JOINDER AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
Execution Version
JOINDER AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
JOINDER AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of January 4, 2024, by and among ARCADIUM LITHIUM PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey with registration number 148645 (“Arcadium”), ARCADIUM LITHIUM INTERMEDIATE IRL LIMITED, a private limited company incorporated in Ireland with registration number 753140 (“IntermediateCo”), ARCADIUM LITHIUM FINANCING IRL LIMITED, a private limited company incorporated in Ireland with registration number 753159 (“XxxXx”), LIVENT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Livent”), LIVENT USA CORP. (f/k/a FMC Lithium USA Corp.), a Delaware corporation (“Lithium Opco,” together with Arcadium, IntermediateCo, XxxXx and Livent, collectively, the “Borrowers” and, each, a “Borrower”), the Guarantors (as defined below), the lenders and issuing banks listed on the signature pages hereof under the heading “Lenders” (the “Consenting Lenders”), and CITIBANK, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Livent, Lithium Opco, the guarantors party thereto from time to time (the “Guarantors”), the lenders party thereto from time to time (such lenders, the “Existing Lenders” and, any Existing Lender that is not a Consenting Lender, a “Non-Consenting Lender”) and the Administrative Agent are party to that certain Xxxxxxx and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2022 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, on May 10, 2023, Livent entered into a Transaction Agreement, which was subsequently amended by the Amendment to Transaction Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2023, and the Second Amendment to Transaction Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2023, with Allkem Limited (ACN 112 589 910), an Australian public company limited by shares (“Allkem”), and Arcadium (the “Transaction Agreement”), providing for a combination of Livent and Allkem in a merger of equals transaction (the “Merger”);
WHEREAS, the Merger became effective on the date hereof, and as a result of the Merger, each of Livent and Allkem became a wholly owned Subsidiary of Arcadium, former Livent stockholders became holders of ordinary shares, par value $1.00 per share, of Arcadium and former Allkem shareholders became holders of Arcadium shares or a CHESS Depositary Instrument quoted on the Australian Securities Exchange representing a beneficial ownership interest (but not legal title) in one ordinary share of Arcadium, and former Allkem shareholders are expected to own approximately 56% of Arcadium and former Livent stockholders are expected to own approximately 44% of Arcadium;
WHEREAS, the consummation of the Merger would result in an Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.01(k) of the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Change of Control”);
WHEREAS, the Livent and Lithium Opco have requested a waiver and consent relating to the Change of Control;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, Livent and Lithium Opco have requested, among other things, that the Consenting Lenders make certain changes to the Existing Credit Agreement (the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”) as contained herein and amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in whole, without constituting a novation, including to, among other things, (i) add Arcadium, IntermediateCo and XxxXx as Borrowers (the “Joinder Parties” and together with the existing Borrowers and Guarantors, collectively, the “Loan Parties”) and (ii) assign certain of Livent’s rights and obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement, including under Section 9.17 of the Existing Credit Agreement, to Arcadium;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, it is intended that Allkem execute a Joinder Agreement within 30 days of the “Amendment Effective Date” (as defined in Section 7 of this Amendment), pursuant to which it shall become an “Australian Guarantor” and “Loan Party” each as defined in, and for the purposes of, the Amended Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 and Section 9.06 of the Existing Credit Agreement, the written consent of each Existing Lender will be required to permit the assignment of the rights and obligations of Livent to Arcadium; and
WHEREAS, Arcadium, IntermediateCo and XxxXx desire to join the Amended Credit Agreement as Borrowers, in each case, pursuant to this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Amended Credit Agreement.
Section 2. Waiver of Event of Default and Consent to Change of Control. Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, the Consenting Lenders, constituting the Required Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement, hereby (a) waive any Event of Default arising under Section 7.01(k) of the Existing Credit Agreement as it relates to the Change of Control and any Default or Event of Default arising from or as a result of any failure to deliver any notice to the Administrative Agent or the Existing Lenders of the Change of Control and (b) notwithstanding any other term, provision or condition of the Existing Credit Agreement, consent to the consummation of the Merger and the Change of Control. Without limiting the generality of Section 7.01(k) of the Existing Credit Agreement, the waiver and consent set forth in this Section 2 shall be limited precisely as written and in the manner and to the extent described in this Section 2 and nothing in this waiver and consent shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of compliance by any Loan Party with respect to any other term, provision or condition of the Existing Credit Agreement that is not related to, arising out of, or resulting from, the Change of Control, or prejudice any right or remedy that the Administrative Agent or any Existing Lender may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement.
Section 3. Xxxxxxx and Assignment. The Joinder Parties and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Consenting Lenders, hereby agree as follows:
(a) Each of the Joinder Parties hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Amendment, such Joinder Party will become a Loan Party under the Amended Credit Agreement and a “Guarantor” for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and shall have all of the obligations of a Loan Party and a Guarantor thereunder as if it had executed the Amended Credit Agreement. Each Joinder Party hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Amended Credit Agreement, including without limitation (a) all of the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in Article V of the Amended Credit Agreement, (b) all of the covenants set forth in Articles VI of the Amended Credit Agreement and (c) all of the guarantee obligations set forth in Article X of the Amended Credit Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing terms of this Section 2, each Joinder Party hereby guarantees, jointly and severally with the other Guarantors, to the Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders, as provided in Article X of the Amended Credit Agreement, the prompt payment and performance of the Guarantied Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof and agrees that if any of the Guarantied Obligations are not paid or performed in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such Joinder Party will, jointly and severally together with the other Guarantors, promptly pay and perform the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guarantied Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
(b) Each of Arcadium, IntermediateCo and XxxXx is, simultaneously with the execution of this Amendment, executing and delivering such Collateral Documents (and such other documents and instruments) as requested by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the Amended Credit Agreement, including but not limited to (i) the Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement and (ii) a Perfection Certificate Supplement.
(c) The addresses of each Joinder Party for purposes of Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement are as follows:
Joinder Party | Address |
Arcadium |
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, 00xx Xx. Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
IntermediateCo | Suite 12, Gateway Hub, Xxxxxxx Airport House, Xxxxxxx, Co. Xxxxx V14 E370 |
XxxXx | Suite 12, Gateway Hub, Xxxxxxx Airport House, Xxxxxxx, Co. Xxxxx V14 E370 |
(d) Livent hereby assigns, and Arcadium hereby assumes, all of Livent’s obligations under Section 9.17 of the Existing Credit Agreement. The Consenting Lenders, constituting (after the application of Section 5 below) all of the lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement, hereby consents to the assignment and assumption set forth in the immediately preceding sentence.
Section 4. Amendments.
(a) Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, the Existing
Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following examples: stricken text and stricken text)
and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following examples: double-underlined text and double-underlined text) as set forth on the pages attached hereto as Annex A;
(b) Exhibits A through G shall be amended as attached as Annex B hereto; and
(c) Schedules 5.02, 5.13, 5.22, 6.03(o), 6.04(a)(ii), 6.04(b)(iii), 6.04(d)(ii), 6.04(d)(vi) and 6.04(o) shall be amended as attached as Annex C hereto.
Section 5. Commitments.
(a) Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, in accordance with Section 3.06 of the Existing Credit Agreement, each Non-Consenting Lender shall be deemed to have assigned and delegated its Commitments (together with its pro rata portion of the Revolving Loans and participations in Letters of Credit in respect thereof), together with all of its other interests, rights and obligations under the Loan Documents in respect thereof, and each Consenting Lender with respect to which the amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule I hereto exceeds the amount of Commitments held by such Consenting Lender immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date (each such Lender, an “Assuming Lender”) shall be deemed to have assumed and accepted the proportionate part of the Commitments (together with the pro rata portion of the Revolving Loans and participations in Letters of Credit in respect thereof) of the Non-Consenting Lenders (the amount of Revolving Loans and participations in Letters of Credit so assumed by such Assuming Lender, such Assuming Lender’s “Assumed Amount”) to the extent as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and delegations upon the Amendment Effective Date, each Consenting Lender shall hold Commitments in an aggregate principal amount that is equal to the respective amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule I hereto and the pro rata portion of the Revolving Loans and participations in Letters of Credit with respect to such Commitments, which Schedule I shall reflect all of the Commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement. On the Amendment Effective Date, (i) each Assuming Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent an amount sufficient to purchase its Assumed Amount at par, (ii) each of Livent and Lithium Opco pay to the Administrative Agent all interest, fees and other amounts then due and owing to each Non-Consenting Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement to and including the Amendment Effective Date, including payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Section 2.10 of the Existing Credit Agreement, costs incurred under Section 3.03 or 9.15 of the Existing Credit Agreement and payments owing under Section 9.04(c) of the Existing Credit Agreement, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall pay the amounts received pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above to the Non-Consenting Lenders, (iv) each Non-Consenting Lender shall no longer be a Lender under the Loan Documents and (v) each Assuming Lender shall become a Lender under the Loan Documents with respect to its Assumed Amount.
(b) Each of Livent, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank confirm, by its signature hereto, that each Assuming Lender is an Eligible Assignee and is acceptable to it. Each party hereto agrees that this Amendment constitutes an Assignment and Acceptance for all purposes of Section 3.06 of the Existing Credit Agreement.
Section 6. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Loan Parties hereby represents and warrants to the Consenting Lenders on the date hereof that:
(a) The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby:
(i) are within such Loan Party’s corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other powers;
(ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary action, including the consent of shareholders, partners, directors and members where required;
(iii) do not and will not (A) contravene such Loan Party’s or any other Restricted Subsidiaries’ respective Constituent Documents, (B) violate any other Requirement of Law applicable to such Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary (including the Margin Regulations), or any order or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator applicable to such Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary, (C) conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in or permit the termination or acceleration of, any Contractual Obligation of such Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary, or (D) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property of such Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary; and
(iv) do not require the consent of, authorization by, approval of, notice to, permit from or filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person, other than those that have been or will be, prior to the Amendment Effective Date, obtained or made, and each of which on the Amendment Effective Date will be in full force and effect.
(b) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party. This Amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms.
(c) Immediately prior to and after giving effect to the terms, conditions, and provisions of this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default exists.
(d) Immediately prior to and after giving effect to the terms, conditions and provisions of this Amendment, the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are correct in all material respects (except any representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same effect as though made on and as of date hereof, other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, refer to an earlier date, such representations and warranties are true and correct as of such earlier date.
Section 7. Conditions to Effectiveness of this Amendment. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in writing by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders)) of the following conditions precedent (the date on which such conditions are satisfied or waived being referred to herein as the “Amendment Effective Date”):
(a) The Merger shall have been consummated substantially concurrently with or prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement, without giving effect to any modifications, amendments, consents or waivers thereto that individually or in the aggregate are materially adverse to the Consenting Lenders or the Administrative Agent without the prior consent of the Required Lenders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned);
(b) Immediately prior to and after giving effect to the terms, conditions, and provisions of this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default exists;
(c) The representations and warranties contained in this Amendment and the other Loan Documents are correct in all material respects (except any representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same effect as though made on and as of the Amendment Effective Date, other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, refer to an earlier date, such representations and warranties are true and correct as of such earlier date;
(d) Each of the following documents shall have been received by the Administrative Agent:
(i) This Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Consenting Lenders (which together constitute the Required Lenders and, after application of Section 5 above, constitute all of the lenders, under the Existing Credit Agreement) and the Issuing Banks;
(ii) Upon request of any Consenting Lender, the Revolving Loan Notes payable by any Borrower to the order of each such Consenting Lender;
(iii) Certified copies of (A) the Constituent Documents of each Loan Party, (B) the resolutions of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of each Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (C) all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to the Loan Documents and (D) (where such concept is legally relevant) a long-form good standing certificate (or its equivalent, if any) for each such Loan Party from its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation;
(iv) A certificate of the secretary, an assistant secretary or a director (or equivalent officer) of each Loan Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of each Loan Party authorized to sign this Amendment, the Loan Guaranty, the Notes, the pledge agreements and the other documents to be delivered hereunder;
(v) A favorable opinion of (a) Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP and Ogier (Jersey) LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, and (b) A&L Goodbody LLP, local counsel to the Administrative Agent, in each case, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and Consenting Lenders and covering such customary matters relating hereto as any Consenting Lender, through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request;
(vi) A certificate of an officer or any authorized person of Arcadium to the effect that (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Amendment and the other Loan Documents are correct (other than any such representations or warranties which, by their terms, refer to a prior date) and (B) no event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default or Event of Default;
(vii) That certain Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, xxxx executed and delivered by each Loan Party and the Administrative Agent;
(viii) A completed Perfection Certificate duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party together with all attachments contemplated thereby;
(ix) A pledge agreement governed by Irish law, xxxx executed and delivered by Xxxxxxxx, with respect to its shares in IntermediateCo in favor of the Administrative Agent;
(x) Solely in respect of IntermediateCo and XxxXx, a certificate certifying that entry into the Loan Documents to which it is or will be a party will not breach sections 82 or 239 of the Irish Companies Act 2014; and
(xi) the results of recent customary lien searches, which shall reveal no Liens on any of the assets of any Loan Party except for Liens permitted by Section 6.04(b) of the Amended Credit Agreement;
(e) Each document (including any UCC or equivalent filings) required by the Collateral Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein (but only to the extent required therein), prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.04(b) of the Amended Credit Agreement), shall be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation;
(f) Confirmation that the Borrowers have paid all fees required to be paid on or before the Amendment Effective Date and all expenses of the Administrative Agent, the Australian Security Trustee and the Consenting Lenders (including the fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent) for which invoices have been presented at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Amendment Effective Date;
(g) Such certificates, documents, agreements and information respecting any Borrowers as any Consenting Lender through the Administrative Agent may reasonably request at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Amendment Effective Date, all documentation and other information relating to the Loan Parties required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and to the extent applicable to any Borrower that constitutes a “legal entity customer” under 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230, a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230, in each case, as reasonably requested by any of the Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Amendment Effective Date, and a properly completed and signed IRS Form W-9 for each Loan Party; and
(h) All material governmental and third-party consents or approvals necessary in connection with this Amendment or material to the continuing operations of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect, and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any governmental authority having appropriate jurisdiction which would restrain or prevent or otherwise impose materially adverse conditions thereon or the financing thereof.
Section 8. Post-Closing Covenant.
(a) On the date of the transfer of the shares in Xxxxx from Livent to IntermediateCo and in any event, within 10 Business Days of the Amendment Effective Date:
(i) IntermediateCo shall enter into a pledge agreement governed by Irish law, duly executed and delivered by IntermediateCo, with respect to its shares in XxxXx in favor of the Administrative Agent (the “XxxXx Pledge”) and shall arrange for any deliverables and notices required to be provided thereunder to be delivered to the Administrative Agent; and
(ii) A&L Goodbody LLP, local counsel to the Administrative Agent, shall deliver a favorable opinion in respect of the XxxXx Pledge in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and Consenting Lenders and covering such customary matters relating hereto as any Consenting Lender, through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request;
(b) Within thirty (30) days of the Amendment Effective Date, each Borrower shall cause Allkem to execute a joinder agreement in the form set out in Exhibit E of the Amended Credit Agreement (the “Allkem Joinder Agreement”). The effectiveness of the joinder contemplated by the Allkem Joinder Agreement is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in writing by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders)) of the following conditions precedent (which shall be satisfied or waived within 30 days of the Amendment Effective Date unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders)):
(i) The Allkem Joinder Agreement, duly executed and delivered by Xxxxxx and the Administrative Agent;
(ii) A security trust deed poll duly executed by the Australian Security Trustee;
(iii) A pledge agreement governed by Australian law, duly executed and delivered by Xxxxxxxx, with respect to its shares in Allkem in favor of the Australian Security Trustee (the “Allkem Pledge Agreement”);
(iv) Each of the following documents shall have been received by the Administrative Agent:
(1) Certified copies of (A) the Constituent Documents of Arcadium, (B) the resolutions of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of Arcadium authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Allkem Pledge Agreement, (C) all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to Allkem Pledge Agreement and (D) (where such concept is legally relevant) a long-form good standing certificate (or its equivalent, if any) for Arcadium from its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation, or in the case of (A) and (D) above, a certificate confirming that there has been no change to such documents since the most recent date Borrowers delivered such documents to the Administrative Agent;
(2) Certificate of a director of Allkem certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of Allkem authorized to sign the Allkem Joinder Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder attaching (A) the Constituent Documents of Allkem, (B) extracts of resolutions of the board of directors of Allkem authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Allkem Joinder Agreement, (C) all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to the Allkem Joinder Agreement and certifying that (D) the representations and warranties contained in the Allkem Joinder Agreement and the other Loan Documents are correct (other than any such representations or warranties which, by their terms, refer to a prior date), (E) no event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default or Event of Default, (F) it has complied with the provisions of Chapter 2E or Part 2J.3 of the Australian Corporations Act in connection with its entry into and performance of any of its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is (or will become) a party, including confirmation that it has conducted any necessary financial assistance whitewash, and (G) it is solvent for the purposes of section 95A of the Australian Corporations Act and there are no grounds for suspecting that it will not continue to be so after executing and complying with its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is (or will become) a party;
(3) A favorable opinion of Xxxxx (Jersey) LLP, local counsel to Arcadium, and Xxxxxx, local counsel to Allkem, in each case, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and Consenting Lenders and covering such customary matters relating to the Allkem Joinder Agreement and Allkem Pledge Agreement (as applicable) as any Consenting Lender, through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request;
(4) An Australian PPSR financing statement in relation to the Allkem Pledge Agreement has been registered; and
(5) The results of recent customary lien searches, which shall reveal no Liens on the shares in Allkem or any of the assets of Allkem except for Liens permitted by Section 6.04(b) of the Amended Credit Agreement.
(v) The Australian Security Trustee shall have received the original certificates and related blank transfer forms representing the shares in Allkem pledged pursuant to the Australian law pledge agreement.
(c) Within ten (10) Business Days (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) of the Amendment Effective Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), the Joinder Parties shall deliver (A) the certificates representing the shares of Stock pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement, together with an undated stock power (or equivalent) for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof and (B) to the extent required to be delivered pursuant to the Security Agreement, each promissory note (if any) pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof;
(d) Within thirty (30) days of the Amendment Effective Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), the Joinder Parties shall deliver evidence of insurance coverage in form, scope, and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and otherwise in compliance with the terms of Section 6.03(e) of the Amended Credit Agreement and Section 4.10 of the Security Agreement;
(e) Within sixty (60) days of the Amendment Effective Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), the Joinder Parties shall deliver Account Control Agreements (as defined in the Security Agreement) with respect to Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodities Accounts (each as defined in the Security Agreement) of each Joinder Party other than Excluded Accounts (as defined in the Security Agreement); and
(f) Within thirty (30) days of the Amendment Effective Date:
(i) Arcadium shall have engaged the services of the Australian Security Trustee (the “Australian Security Trustee Engagement”); and
(ii) to effectuate the Australian Security Trustee Engagement:
(1) Arcadium shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a duly executed joinder agreement to the Amended Credit Agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which the Australian Security Trustee shall have joined the Amended Credit Agreement;
(2) Arcadium shall have entered into a fee letter (the “Security Trustee Fee Letter”) between the Administrative Agent and the Australian Security Trustee with respect to the payment of reasonably customary fees of such Australian Security Trustee;
(3) Arcadium and the Administrative Agent shall have entered into an amendment to the Fee Letter with respect to a reduction of the Administrative Agent’s annual agency fee corresponding to the new annual trustee fee to be included in the Security Trustee Fee Letter reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and
(4) Arcadium and the Administrative Agent shall have entered into an amendment to the Amended Credit Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Australian Security Trustee necessary to effectuate the guarantee, collateral and security arrangements for the benefit of the Lenders.
Section 9. Effect on Loan Documents.
(a) On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Existing Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Amended Credit Agreement and each reference in any other Loan Document to “the Credit Agreement” shall mean and be a reference to the Amended Credit Agreement.
(b) Except as specifically amended hereby, all Loan Documents shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.
(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender, Existing Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents or in any way limit, impair or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the Existing Lenders under the Loan Documents, except as provided herein.
(d) The Borrowers and the other parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, on and after the Amendment Effective Date, this Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement.
Section 10. Applicable Law; Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury; Jurisdiction. THIS AMENDMENT, AND ALL CLAIMS OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) THAT MAY BE BASED UPON, ARISE OUT OF OR RELATE IN ANY WAY TO THIS AMENDMENT, THE EXECUTION OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS AMENDMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW. The jurisdiction and waiver of right to trial by jury provisions in Sections 9.12 and 9.13 of the Amended Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.
Section 11. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Loan Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and upon the Administrative Agent, the Australian Security Trustee and the Lenders and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
(b) The illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Amendment or any instrument or agreement required hereunder shall not in any way affect or impair the legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Amendment or any instrument or agreement required hereunder.
(c) This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy or other electronic imaging (including in .pdf format) means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures (as defined below), deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, 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, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. For the purposes of the foregoing, “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.
(d) Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Amendment.
Section 12. Reaffirmation. Each of the Loan Parties signatory hereto as debtor, grantor, pledgor, guarantor, assignor, or in any other similar capacity in which such Loan Party grants liens or security interests in its property or otherwise acts as accommodation party or guarantor, as the case may be, hereby (a) ratifies and reaffirms all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party (after giving effect hereto) and (b) to the extent such Loan Party granted liens on or security interests in any of its property pursuant to any such Loan Document as security for or otherwise guaranteed the Obligations under or with respect to the Loan Documents, ratifies and reaffirms such guarantee and grant of security interests and liens and confirms and agrees that such security interests and liens hereafter secure all of the Obligations as amended hereby. Each of the Loan Parties signatory hereto hereby consents to this Amendment and acknowledges that each of the Loan Documents (as amended herby) remains in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and reaffirmed. The execution of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent, the Australian Security Trustee or Lenders, constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents or serve to effect a novation of the Obligations.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers to execute and deliver this Amendment as of the date first above written.
LIVENT CORPORATION, as Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Title: |
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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LIVENT USA Corp., as Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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ARCADIUM LITHIUM PLC, as Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Title: |
Chief Financial Officer | |
ARCADIUM LITHIUM INTERMEDIATE IRL LIMITED, as Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Title: |
Director |
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ARCADIUM LITHIUM FINANCING IRL LIMITED, as Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Title: | Director |
[Signature Page to First Amendment to Credit Agreement]
LIVENT ASIA-PACIFIC, INC., as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Name: |
Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Title: |
President |
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LIVENT OVERSEAS LTD., as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Title: |
President |
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LIVENT QUEBEC HOLDINGS LLC, as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Title: |
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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LIVENT LITHIUM LLC, as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Name: |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Title: |
President |
[Signature Page to First Amendment to Credit Agreement]
CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, a Lender and an Issuing
Bank |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Vice President |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
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Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: | Director |
CREDIT SUISSE AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender and an Issuing Bank
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Name: | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, as a Lender and an Issuing Bank
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By: | /s/ Jux Xxxxxx |
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Name: | Jux Xxxxxx | ||
Title: | Director |
Citizens Bank, N.A., as a Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: | Vice President |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, as a
Lender |
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By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Name: | Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
ING CAPITAL LLC, as a Lender |
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By: | /s/ Rexxx Xxxxxxx |
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Name: | Rexxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Director |
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: | Director |
SANTANDER BANK, NA as a Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: | SVP, Underwriting |
SCHEDULE I
Commitments
Lender | Revolving Loan Commitment | Letters of Credit Commitment |
Citibank, N.A. | $75,000,000 | $12,500,000 |
Bank of America, N.A. | $75,000,000 | $12,500,000 |
Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch | $75,000,000 | $12,500,000 |
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation | $75,000,000 | $12,500,000 |
Citizens Bank, N.A. | $60,000,000 | N/A |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA | $60,000,000 | N/A |
ING Capital LLC | $40,000,000 | N/A |
Santander Bank, N.A. | $40,000,000 | N/A |
TOTAL | $500,000,000 | $50,000,000 |
Annex A
ExecutionFinal Version
$500,000,000
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of September
1January 4, 20224
among
Arcadium Lithium plc
Arcadium Lithium Intermediate IRL Limited
Arcadium Lithium
Financing IRL Limited
Livent Corporation
and
LIVENT USA Corp.
as Borrowers
The Guarantors Party Hereto from Time to Time
as Guarantors
The Lenders and Issuing Banks Party Hereto
and
Citibank, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,
* * *
Citibank, N.A.,
BofA Securities, Inc.,
Credit
Suisse Loan Funding LLC
and
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and as Joint Bookrunners,
Bank Of America, N.A.,
Credit
Suisse Loan Funding LLC,
and
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
and
Citizens
Bank, N.A.,
and
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA,
as Co-Documentation Agents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS | |||
Section 1.01. | Certain Defined Terms | ||
Section 1.02. | Computation of Time Periods | ||
Section 1.03. | Accounting Terms and Principles | ||
Section 1.04. | Certain Terms | ||
Section 1.05. | Times of Day | ||
Section 1.06. | Timing of Payment or Performance | ||
Section 1.07. | Interpretive Provisions Relating to Divisions | ||
Section 1.08. | Jersey terms | 51 | |
Section 1.09. | Jersey Customary law waivers | 51 | |
Section 1.10. | Australian Banking Code of Practice | 52 | |
Section 1.11. | Australian Terms | 52 | |
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE LOANS | |||
Section 2.01. | The Revolving Loans | ||
Section 2.02. | The Letters of Credit | ||
Section 2.03. | Fees | ||
Section 2.04. | Reductions and Increases of the Commitments and Term Loan Tranches | ||
Section 2.05. | Repayment | ||
Section 2.06. | Interest | ||
Section 2.07. | Interest Rate Determinations | ||
Section 2.08. | Prepayments | ||
Section 2.09. | Payments and Computations | ||
Section 2.10. | Taxes | ||
Section 2.11. | Sharing of Payments, Etc. | ||
Section 2.12. | Conversion or Continuation of Revolving Loans | ||
Section 2.13. | Defaulting Lender | ||
Section 2.14. | Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions | ||
Section 2.15. | Joint and Several Liability of the Borrowers | ||
Section 2.16. | Benchmark Replacement Setting |
MAKING THE LOANS AND ISSUING THE LETTERS OF CREDIT | |||
Section 3.01. | Making the Revolving Loans | ||
Section 3.02. | Issuance of Letters of Credit | ||
Section 3.03. | Increased Costs | ||
Section 3.04. | Illegality | ||
Section 3.05. | Reasonable Efforts to Mitigate | ||
Section 3.06. | Right to Replace Affected Person or Lender | ||
Section 3.07. | Use of Proceeds | ||
CONDITIONS | |||
Section 4.01. | |||
Section 4.02. | Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing and Letter of Credit Issuance | ||
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | |||
Section 5.01. | Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law; No Default | 84 | |
Section 5.02. | Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations | ||
Section 5.03. | Financial Statements | ||
Section 5.04. | Material Adverse Change | ||
Section 5.05. | Litigation | ||
Section 5.06. | Taxes | ||
Section 5.07. | Full Disclosure | ||
Section 5.08. | Margin Regulations and Investment Company Act | ||
Section 5.09. | ERISA | ||
Section 5.10. | Environmental Matters | ||
Section 5.11. | Ownership of Properties; Liens | ||
Section 5.12. | Insurance | ||
Section 5.13. | Corporate Structure | ||
Section 5.14. | Labor Matters | ||
Section 5.15. | Solvency | ||
Section 5.16. | Status of Loan as Senior Indebtedness | ||
Section 5.17. | No Default or Event of Default | ||
Section 5.18. | Sanctions | ||
Section 5.19. | Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws; USA PATRIOT Act | ||
Section 5.20. | Security Interest in Collateral |
Section 5.21. | Not an Affected Financial Institution | ||
Section 5.22. | Material Agreements | ||
Section 5.23. | Centre of main interests and establishments | 89 | |
Section 5.24. | Australian Representations | 89 | |
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY | |||
Section 6.01. | Financial Covenants | ||
Section 6.02. | Reporting Covenants | ||
Section 6.03. | Affirmative Covenants | ||
Section 6.04. | Negative Covenants | ||
EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 10 |
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Section 7.01. | Events of Default | 10 |
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Section 7.02. | Actions in Respect of the Letters of Credit Upon Event of Default; L/C Cash Collateral Account; Investing of Amounts in the L/C Cash Collateral Account; Release | 10 |
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | |||
Section 8.01. | Authorization and Action | ||
Section 8.02. | Reliance, Etc. | ||
Section 8.03. | The Administrative Agent and their Affiliates as Lenders | ||
Section 8.04. | Lender Credit Decision | ||
Section 8.05. | Indemnification | ||
Section 8.06. | Successor Administrative Agent | ||
Section 8.07. | No Other Duties, Etc. | ||
Section 8.08. | Certain ERISA Matters | ||
Section 8.09. | Incorrect Payment | ||
Section 8.10. | Australian Security Trustee | 117 | |
MISCELLANEOUS | 11 |
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Section 9.01. | Amendments, Etc. | 11 |
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Section 9.02. | Notices, Etc. | 12 |
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Section 9.03. | No Waiver; Remedies | ||
Section 9.04. | Costs and Expenses | ||
Section 9.05. | Rights of Set-off; Payments Set Aside | ||
Section 9.06. | Binding Effect | 12 |
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Section 9.07. | Assignments and Participations | 12 |
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Section 9.08. | No Liability of the Issuing Banks | 12 |
Section 9.09. | Governing Law | 13 |
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Section 9.10. | Execution in Counterparts | 13 |
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Section 9.11. | Confidentiality | 13 |
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Section 9.12. | Submission to Jurisdiction; Service of Process | ||
Section 9.13. | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | ||
Section 9.14. | Judgment Currency | ||
Section 9.15. | European Monetary Union | ||
Section 9.16. | USA PATRIOT Act | ||
Section 9.17. | Appointment of |
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Section 9.18. | Entire Agreement | ||
Section 9.19. | No Fiduciary Duty | ||
Section 9.20. | Appointment for Perfection | ||
Section 9.21. | XXXX Events | ||
Section 9.22. | Acknowledgement Regarding any Supported QFCs | ||
Section 9.23. | Amendment and Restatement | ||
Section 9.24. | Jersey Regulation | 135 | |
Section 9.25. | Force Majeure | 135 | |
LOAN GUARANTY | 13 |
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Section 10.01. | Loan Guaranty | 13 |
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Section 10.02. | Authorization; Other Agreements | 13 |
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Section 10.03. | Loan Guaranty Absolute and Unconditional | 13 |
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Section 10.04. | Waivers | 13 |
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Section 10.05. | Reliance | 13 |
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Section 10.06. | Waiver of Subrogation and Contribution Rights | 13 |
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Section 10.07. | Subordination | 13 |
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Section 10.08. | Default; Remedies | 13 |
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Section 10.09. | Irrevocability | 13 |
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Section 10.10. | Setoff | 13 |
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Section 10.11. | No Marshaling | 13 |
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Section 10.12. | Enforcement; Amendments; Waivers | 13 |
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Section 10.13. | Keepwell | 14 |
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Section 10.14. | Irish Guarantee Limitation | 140 | |
Section 10.15. | Jersey Customary law waivers | 140 |
SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
SCHEDULES | ||
Schedule I | - | Commitments |
Schedule 5.02 | - | Consents |
Schedule 5.13 | - | Subsidiaries |
Schedule 5.22 | - | Material Agreements |
Schedule 6.03(o) | - | Post-Closing Deliverables |
Schedule 6.04(a)(ii) | - | Existing Debt |
Schedule 6.04(b)(iii) | - | Existing Liens |
Schedule 6.04(d)(ii) | - | Existing Investments |
EXHIBITS | ||
Exhibit A | - | Form of Revolving Loan Note |
Exhibit B-1 | - | Form of Notice of Borrowing |
Exhibit B-2 | - | Form of Notice of Conversion or Continuation |
Exhibit C-1 | - | Form of Assignment and Acceptance |
Exhibit C-2 | - | Form of Participation Agreement |
Exhibit C-3 | - | Form of New Commitment Acceptance |
Exhibit D-1 | - | Form of Perfection Certificate |
Exhibit D-2 | - | Form of Perfection Certificate Supplement |
Exhibit E | - | Form of Joinder Agreement |
Exhibit F | - | Form of Amended and Restated Security Agreement |
Exhibit G | - | Form of Compliance Certificate |
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 1January 4, 20224, among ARCADIUM LITHIUM PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of the Bailiwick of Jersey (originally incorporated as Lightning-A Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of the Bailiwick of
Jersey and f/k/a Allkem Livent plc) (“Arcadium”), Arcadium Lithium Intermediate IRL Limited, a private limited company incorporated in Ireland (“IntermediateCo”), Arcadium Lithium Financing IRL Limited, a private limited company incorporated in
Ireland (“Xxxxx”), LIVENT Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Livent”), LIVENT USA CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Lithium Opco”,
together with Arcadium, IntermediateCo, Xxxxx and Livent, collectively, the “Borrowers” and, each, a “Borrower”), the Guarantors (as defined below) party hereto from
time to time, the lenders and issuing banks listed on the signature pages hereof under the heading “Lenders” (the “Lenders”) and the other Lenders party hereto from time to time, and CITIBANK, N.A., as administrative agent (in such
capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders hereunder.
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent are party to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2018 (as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2020,
the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2020, the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2021, and the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2021, 1, 2022 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, on May 10, 2023, Livent entered into a Transaction Agreement, which was subsequently amended by the Amendment to Transaction Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2023, and the Second Amendment to Transaction Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2023, with Allkem Limited (ACN 112 589 910), an Australian public company limited by shares (“Allkem”), and Arcadium (the “Transaction Agreement”), providing for a combination of Livent and Allkem in a merger of equals transaction (the “Merger”);
WHEREAS, the Merger became effective on the date hereof, and as a result of the Merger, each of Livent and Allkem became a wholly owned Subsidiary of Arcadium, former Livent stockholders became holders of ordinary shares, par value $1.00 per share, of Arcadium and former Allkem shareholders became holders of Arcadium shares or a CHESS Depositary Instrument quoted on the Australian Securities Exchange representing a beneficial ownership interest (but not legal title) in one ordinary share of Arcadium and former Allkem shareholders are expected to own approximately 56% of Arcadium and former Livent stockholders are expected to own approximately 44% of Arcadium;
WHEREAS, the Borrowersin connection
with the Merger, Livent and Lithium Opco have requested, among other things, that the Lenders make certain changes to the Existing Credit Agreement as contained herein and amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in whole, without
constituting a novation., including to add Arcadium, IntermediateCo and XxxXx as Borrowers;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, it is intended that Allkem execute a Joinder Agreement within 30 days of the Effective Date, pursuant to which it shall become an Australian Guarantor and Loan Party;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety without constituting a novation, effective on the Effective Date, as follows:
ARTICLE IArticle
I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
Section 1.01. Section 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of
the terms defined):
“Acceptance” means an Assignment and Acceptance or a New Commitment Acceptance.
“Acquisition” means any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of any business or division of a Person, (b) the acquisition of in excess of 50% of the Stock of any Person, or otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary, or (c) a merger, amalgamation or consolidation or any other combination with another Person (other than a Person that is a Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary); provided, that the applicable Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary is the surviving entity.
“Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such calculation plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that if Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.
“Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Administrative Agent’s Account” means, in respect of any Currency, such account as the Administrative Agent shall designate in a notice to LiventArcadium and the Lenders.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affected Person” has the meaning specified in Sections 3.03(e), 3.04 and 3.06.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or that is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, each officer, director, general partner or joint-venturer of such Person, and each Person that is the beneficial owner of 5% or more of any class of Voting Stock of such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” means the possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Allkem” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Alternate Currency” means any lawful currency other than Dollars or Euros (approved by the Administrative Agent and each Lender) which is freely transferable into Dollars.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to any Borrower or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to any Borrower or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to money laundering, including the Patriot Act and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth) and the Criminal Code Amendment (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Act 1999 (Cth) of Australia.
“Applicable Lending Office” means, with respect to each Lender, and for each Type and Currency of Loan, such Lender’s Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Loan or a SOFR Loan and such Lexxxx’s EURIBOR Lending Office in the case of a EURIBOR Loan.
“Applicable Margin” means, as of any date, the applicable margin set forth under the Adjusted Term SOFR/EURIBOR or Base Rate column set forth
below, as applicable, based upon Livent’sArcadium’s First Lien Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination date; provided,
that until the delivery to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to Section 6.02(a), of Livent’sArcadium’s annual or quarterly
consolidated financial statements and compliance certificate for Livent’sArcadium’s first Fiscal Quarter ending after the Effective
Date, the “Applicable Margin” shall be the applicable rate per annum set forth below in Pricing Level I:
Pricing Level | First Lien Leverage Ratio |
Applicable Margin | |
Adjusted Term SOFR LOANS/EURIBOR LOANS |
Base Rate Loans | ||
I | ≤ 1.00 to 1.00 | 1.75% | 0.75% |
II | > 1.00 to 1.00 but ≤ 2.00 to 1.00 |
2.00% | 1.00% |
III | > 2.00 to 1.00 but ≤ 3.00 to 1.00 |
2.25% | 1.25% |
IV | > 3.00 to 1.00 | 2.50% | 1.50% |
For purposes of the foregoing, the Applicable Margin shall be determined as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter of LiventArcadium based upon Livent’sArcadium’s annual or
quarterly consolidated financial statements and compliance certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a) each change in the Applicable Margin resulting
from a change in the First Lien Leverage Ratio shall be effective three (3) Business Days after the Administrative Agent has received the annual or quarterly consolidated financial statements and compliance certificate delivered pursuant to Section
6.02(a) and shall apply during the period commencing on and including the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided, that the First Lien Leverage Ratio
shall be deemed to be in Pricing Level IV if LiventArcadium fails to deliver the annual or quarterly consolidated financial
statements or compliance certificate required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 6.02(a) during the period commencing three (3) Business Days from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until three (3) Business Days after such
consolidated financial statements are delivered.
“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) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Arcadium’s Accountants” means KPMG LLP or other independent nationally-recognized public accountants acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Arcadium’s Business” means Arcadium’s business of developing, manufacturing and/or selling, and providing research and development, marketing and/or other services and support for, lithium products and related organic and inorganic materials and any business reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary thereto, as further detailed in the Disclosure Documents.
“Arrangers” means Citibank, BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, in their respective capacities as joint lead arrangers.
“Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in accordance with Section 9.07 and in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto.
“Australia” means the Commonwealth of Australia (or the state or territories thereof).
“Australian Corporations Act” means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) of Australia.
“Australian GST Act” means the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth) of Australia.
“Australian GST Group” has the meaning given in the Australian GST Act.
“Australian Guarantor” means a Guarantor incorporated in Australia (or the state or territories thereof).
“Australian ITFA” means any agreement whereby a member of an Australian GST Group (under the laws of Australia) may be required to pay an amount or be entitled to receive an amount calculated by reference to an Indirect Tax Amount (having the meaning given to it in section 444-90 of Schedule 1 of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Australia)).
“Australian ITSA” means an agreement between the members of an Australian GST Group which takes effect as an indirect tax sharing agreement under section 444-90 of Schedule 1 of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) of Australia and complies with the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) of Australia and the Australian GST Act as well as any applicable law, official directive, request, guideline or policy (whether or not having the force of law) issued in connection with the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) of Australia.
“Australian PPSA” means the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) of Australia.
“Australian PPSR” means the personal property securities register established under the Australian PPSA.
“Australian Security Document” means the Australian Security Trust Deed and any security documents governed by the laws of Australia hereafter delivered to the Australian Security Trustee granting a Lien on any property as security for all or any part of the Secured Obligations.
“Australian Security Trustee” means any Person that becomes a party to this Agreement as the “Australian Security Trustee” pursuant to a joinder agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Australian Security Trust Deed” means the security trust deed poll entered into by the Australian Security Trustee.
“Australian Tax Agreements” means the Australian ITFA, the Australian ITSA, the Australian Tax Funding Agreement and the Australian Tax Sharing Agreement.
“Australian Tax Act” means the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) of Australia or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) of Australia as applicable.
“Australian Tax Consolidated Group” means a consolidated group or a multiple entry consolidated group as defined in, and for the purposes of, Part 3-90 of the Australian Tax Act.
“Australian Tax Funding Agreement” means any tax funding agreement between members of an Australian Tax Consolidated Group which includes (a) reasonably appropriate arrangements for the funding of tax payments by the Head Company (as defined in the Australian Tax Act) having regard to the position of each member of the Australian Tax Consolidated Group; and (b) an undertaking from each member of the Australian Tax Consolidated Group to compensate each other member adequately for loss of tax attributes (including tax losses and tax offsets) as a result of being a member of the Australian Tax Consolidated Group.
“Australian Tax Sharing Agreement” means any tax sharing agreement for Australian tax consolidation purposes that satisfies the requirements of section 721-25 of the Australian Tax Act for being a valid tax sharing agreement with respect to the members of an Australian Tax Consolidated Group.
“Available Amount Basket” means, at any date (the “Reference Date”), an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a cumulative basis equal to:
(a) $25.0337 million,
plus
(b) 50% of Livent’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries Consolidated net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) (or if Consolidated net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) is negative, 100% of such deficit) determined for the Fiscal Quarter ending on December 31, 2023, plus
(c) (b) 50% of Livent’sArcadium’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries Consolidated net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) (or if Consolidated net
income (determined in accordance with GAAP) is negative, 100% of such deficit) determined for the period (taken as one accounting period) commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending on DecemberMarch 31, 20182024, plus
(d) (c) the
cumulative amount of cash and the fair market value of returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, interest payments, returns of principal, repayments, income and similar amounts) received by LiventArcadium or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Investments made using the Available Amount Basket during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following
the Effective Date through and including the Reference Date, provided, that in no event shall the amount added to the Available Amount Basket pursuant to this clause (c) exceed the original amount of the applicable Investment made using
the Available Amount Basket; plus
(e) (d) in the case
of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the fair market value at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary of the amount of all Investments in such Unrestricted
Subsidiary made using the Available Amount Basket during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Effective Date through and including the Reference Date, provided, that in no event shall the amount added to the
Available Amount Basket pursuant to this clause (d) exceed the lesser of (i) the original amount of the applicable Investment made using the Available Amount Basket, and (ii) the fair market value at the time of the redesignation of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, minus
(f) (e) an amount
equal to the sum of (i) Investments made in respect of the Available Amount Basket, plus (ii) Restricted Payments made in respect of the Available Amount Basket, in each case, after the Effective Date and prior to such time or contemporaneously
therewith.
“Available LC Amount” means, at any time, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit at such time (assuming compliance at such time with all conditions to drawing), provided, that if any Letter of Credit provides for future increases in the maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, then the “Available LC Amount” of such Letter of Credit shall mean, at any time, the
maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit after taking into account all increases in the availability thereunder.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.16(d).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation 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).
“Base Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum as shall be in effect from time to time which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the highest of:
(a) the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank in New York, New York, from time to time, as its “base rate”;
(b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%; and
(c) Adjusted Term SOFR for a one-month tenor in effect on such day (including the interest rate floors set forth therein) plus 1%;
provided that the Base Rate shall not be less than the Floor.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan denominated in Dollars which bears interest as provided in Section 2.06(a)(i).
“Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.
“Benchmark” means, initially (i) with respect to any amounts denominated in Dollars, the Term SOFR Reference Rate and (ii) with respect to any amounts denominated in Euros, EURIBOR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate, EURIBOR or the then-current Benchmark for the applicable
Currency, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.16(a).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event for any then-current Benchmark, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers as the replacement for such Benchmark 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 such Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Currency at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of any 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 Borrowers giving due consideration to (a) 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 or (b) 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 syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Currency at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark for any Currency:
(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) 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
(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) 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 the then-current Benchmark for any Currency, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such Benchmark:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the central bank for the Currency applicable to such Benchmark, 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), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any then-current Benchmark for any Currency, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to such Benchmark has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.16 and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark
Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.16.
“BHC Act Affiliate” means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of a party.
“Borrowers” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Loans of the same Type and, in the case of a SOFR Borrowing or a EURIBOR Borrowing, having the same Interest Period, made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
“Business Day” means a day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized by law to close in New York City, and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any EURIBOR Loans, on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement
Express Transfer (TARGET) System is open.
“Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of, or other arrangement conveying the right to use, property by such Person as lessee that would be accounted for as a capital or finance lease on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in conformity with GAAP.
“Capital Lease Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the capitalized amount of all Consolidated obligations of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries under Capital Leases.
“Cash Collateralize” means, in respect of an obligation, to provide and pledge (as a first priority perfected security interest) cash collateral in Dollars or Alternate Currency specified by the Administrative Agent, at a location and pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and “Cash Collateral” has the corresponding meaning).
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America) or by any foreign government, the securities of which foreign government are rated at least A by S&P or A2 by Moody’s, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody’s;
(c) investments in certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and time deposits maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State
thereof or international commercial bank, in each case, which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500 million and an investment grade rating;
(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above;
(e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5 billion;
(f) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States, foreign government or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s; and
(g) other short-term investments made by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Domestic Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in the relevant jurisdiction in investments of a credit quality and tenor comparable, in each case, in such Restricted Subsidiary’s ordinary course of business, to the foregoing.
“Cash Pooling Arrangements” means a deposit account arrangement among a single depository institution, any Borrower and one or more Restricted Subsidiaries involving the pooling of cash deposits in and overdrafts in respect of one or more deposit accounts with such institution by the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiaries for cash management purposes and treasury operations in the ordinary course of business.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in Section 957 of the Code, any shares of which are treated as owned directly or indirectly, within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the Code, by a “United States shareholder,” as defined in meaning of Section 951(b) of the Code.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or Australia 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: (a) any Person or group of Persons (within the meaning of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 30% or more of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of LiventArcadium, (b) LiventArcadium shall fail to own directly or indirectly 100%
of the issued
and outstanding Stock of IntermediateCo, Finco, Livent, or Lithium Opco, (c) Arcadium shall
fail to own directly 100% of the issued and outstanding Stock of Lithium OpcoAllkem or (cd) during any period of twenty-four (24) consecutive calendar months, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the board of directors of LiventArcadium (together with any new directors whose election by the board of directors of LiventArcadium or whose nomination for election by the stockshareholders of LiventArcadium was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose elections or nomination
for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason other than death or disability to constitute a majority of the directors then in office.
“Citibank” means Citibank, N.A., a national banking association, and its successors.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“Collateral” has the meaning given to “Collateral” in the Security Agreement.
“Collateral Documents” means collectively, the Security Agreement, any Irish Security Document, any Australian Security Document, each Mortgage, each Intellectual Property Security Agreement (as defined in the Security Agreement), all security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral agency agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by any Borrower or any other Loan Party creating (or purporting to create) a Lien upon Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Australian Security Trustee, as applicable, and any supplement or amendment to any of the foregoing delivered to any Administrative Agent or the Australian Security Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to the terms hereof or any other Loan Document.
“Commitment” means, as to any Lender, (a) the Dollar amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule I hereto (it being understood that such Commitment shall also constitute a Commitment with respect to Euros based on the then applicable Dollar Equivalent) or (b) if such Lender has entered into one or more Acceptances, the amount set forth for such Lender in the Register, in each case as the same may be increased or reduced as expressly provided herein (including pursuant to Sections 2.04, 3.06 and 9.07).
“Commitment Fee” means, as of any date, the commitment fee set forth below, based upon Livent’sArcadium’s First Lien Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination date; provided, that until the delivery to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to Section 6.02(a),
of Livent’sArcadium’s annual or quarterly consolidated financial statements and related compliance certificate for Livent’sArcadium’s first Fiscal Quarter ending after the Effective Date, the “Commitment Fee” shall be the applicable rate per annum
set forth below in Pricing Level I:
Pricing Level | First Lien Leverage Ratio | Commitment Fee |
I | ≤ 1.00 to 1.00 | 0.25% |
II | > 1.00 to 1.00 but ≤ 2.00 to 1.00 |
0.30% |
III | > 2.00 to 1.00 but ≤ 3.00 to 1.00 |
0.35% |
IV | > 3.00 to 1.00 | 0.40% |
For purposes of the foregoing, (a) the Commitment Fee shall be determined as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter of LiventArcadium based upon Livent’sArcadium’s annual or quarterly
consolidated financial statements and compliance certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a) and each change in the Commitment Fee resulting from a change in the First Lien Leverage Ratio shall be effective three (3) Business Days after
the Administrative Agent has received the annual or quarterly consolidated financial statements and compliance certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a) and shall apply during the period commencing on and including the effective date of
such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided, that the First Lien Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Pricing Level IV if LiventArcadium fails to deliver the annual or quarterly consolidated financial statements or compliance certificate required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 6.02(a) during
the period commencing three (3) Business Days from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until three (3) Business Days after such consolidated financial statements are delivered.
“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02(a)(iii).
“Confidential Information” has the meaning specified in Section 9.11.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of an initial Benchmark or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate” (if applicable), the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 9.04(c) and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and 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 any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by Consolidated net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated” refers to the consolidation of accounts of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries (or Restricted Subsidiaries where applicable) in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, at any date, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the applicable Person at such date.
“Constituent Documents” means, with respect to any Person, (a) the articles of incorporation and/or organization, certificate of incorporation (including any certificates of incorporation on change of name) or certificate of formation (or the equivalent organizational documents) of such Person, (b) the by-laws, constitution, operating agreement, memorandum, trust deed and articles of association (or the equivalent governing documents) of such Person and (c) any document setting forth the manner of election and duties of the directors or managing members of such Person (if any) and the designation, amount or relative rights, limitations and preferences of any class or series of such Person’s Stock.
“Contaminant” means any material, substance or waste that is classified, regulated or otherwise characterized under any Environmental Law as hazardous, toxic, a contaminant or a pollutant or by other words of similar meaning or regulatory effect, including any greenhouse gas, petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste, asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls, and any Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).
“Continuation”, “Continue” and “Continued” each refer to a continuation of SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans for an additional Interest Period pursuant to Section 2.12.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its tangible or intangible property is bound.
“Covered Entity”
means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b), (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b), or
(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Covered Party”
has the meaning specified in Section 9.22(a).
“Conversion”, “Convert” and “Converted” each refer to a conversion of Revolving Loans of one Type into Revolving Loans of the other Type pursuant to Section 2.12.
“Convertible Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of LiventArcadium (which may be guaranteed by the Guarantors) permitted to be incurred hereunder that is either (a) convertible into
common equity of LiventArcadium (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the
price of such common equity) or (b) sold as units with call options, warrants or rights to purchase (or substantially equivalent derivative transactions) that are exercisable for common equity of LiventArcadium or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common equity).
“Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b), (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b), or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Covered Party” has the meaning specified in Section 9.22(a).
“Currency” means Dollars, Euros or any Alternate Currency.
“Customary Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person, any of the following Liens:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments, governmental charges, claims or levies in each case that are not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the respective Person) have been established;
(b) Liens of landlords, liens in favor of utilities and liens of suppliers, mechanics, carriers, materialmen, warehousemen or workmen and other liens imposed by law or contract which were incurred in the ordinary course of business and (i) which secure amounts not yet due or (ii)(A) which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property (other than immaterial property) or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of any Person or (B) which Liens (or the amounts secured thereby) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject to such Lien and with respect to which adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the respective Person) have been established;
(c) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other types of social security benefits or to secure the performance of trade contracts, bids, tenders, statutory and regulatory obligations, sales, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money), performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, leases, government contracts or customs bonds and other similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(d) encumbrances arising by reason of zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, covenants, rights-of-way, utility easements, building restrictions and other similar encumbrances on the use of real property not materially detracting from the value of such real property or not materially interfering with the ordinary conduct of the business conducted and proposed to be conducted at such real property;
(e) encumbrances, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar charges or encumbrances not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of any Person;
(f) encumbrances arising under leases or subleases of real property that do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of such real property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business conducted at such real property;
(g) financing statements with respect to a lessor’s rights in and to personal property leased to such Person in the ordinary course of such Person’s business;
(h) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments and Xxxxx securing appeal bonds arising from judgments, in each case in circumstances not constituting an Event of
Default, provided, that no cash or property is deposited or delivered to secure any such judgment or award;
(i) Liens encumbering goods under production and arising from progress or partial payments by any Borrower or any of its respective Restricted Subsidiaries relating to the underlying goods;
(j) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by any Borrower or any of its respective Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(k) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-208 of the UCC in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the items being collected upon;
(l) Liens granted by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in favor of any Borrower or another Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness owed by such Restricted Subsidiary;
(m) Liens arising by operation of law under Article 2 of the UCC in favor of a reclaiming seller of goods or buyer of goods;
(n) broker’s Liens, bankers’ Liens, rights of setoff and other similar Liens existing solely with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents on deposit in one or more accounts maintained by each Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, granted in the ordinary course of business in favor of the bank or banks with which such accounts are maintained, including any such Liens or rights of setoff securing amounts owing in the ordinary course of business to such bank with respect to cash management and operating account arrangements, including those involving pooled accounts and netting arrangements;
(o) licenses, sub-licenses and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of either Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(p) Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents constituting xxxxxxx money deposits made by any Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement for a Permitted Acquisition;
(q) non-exclusive licenses of intellectual property granted by the Borrowers or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business that do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the businesses of the Borrowers or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(r) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business.
“Default” means any Event of Default or any event that would constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both.
“Default Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b).
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to such 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 at any time, subject to Section
2.13(e), (a) any Lender that has failed to comply with its obligations under this Agreement to make a Loan, make a payment to any Issuing Bank in respect of a Letter of Credit, or pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other
amount required to be paid by it hereunder (each a “Funding Obligation”) within two (2) Business Days of the date such Funding Obligation was required to be funded hereunder unless such Xxxxxx notifies the Administrative Agent and LiventArcadium in writing that such failure is the result of such Xxxxxx’s good faith determination that one or more conditions
precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (b) any Lender that has notified the Administrative Agent, LiventArcadium or the Issuing Bank in writing, or has stated publicly, that it does not intend to comply with its Funding Obligations hereunder
(unless such writing or public statement relates to such Xxxxxx’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Xxxxxx’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent,
together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) any Lender that has defaulted on its funding obligations under any other loan agreements or credit agreements
generally, (d) any Lender that has, for three or more Business Days after written request of the Administrative Agent or LiventArcadium,
failed to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and LiventArcadium that it will comply with its prospective funding
obligations hereunder (provided, that such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (d) upon the Administrative Agent’s and Livent’sArcadium’s receipt of such written confirmation), (e) any Lender with respect to which a Lender Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Lender or its
Parent Company or (f) any Lender that has, or has a Parent Company that has, become the subject of a Bail-In Action (provided, in each case, that neither the reallocation of Funding Obligations provided for in Section 2.13 as a result
of a Lender’s being a Defaulting Lender nor the performance by Non-Defaulting Lenders of such reallocated Funding Obligations will by themselves cause the relevant Defaulting Lender to become a Non-Defaulting Lender). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary above, any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any of clauses (a) through (e) above will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender will be deemed to be a
Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.13(e)) upon notification of such determination by the Administrative Agent to LiventArcadium,
the Issuing Banks and the Lenders.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of
non-cash consideration received by any Borrower or any of its respective Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a Disposition made pursuant to Section 6.04(e)(xii) that is designated as “Designated Non-Cash Consideration” on the date
received pursuant to a certificate of a responsible officer of LiventArcadium setting forth the basis of such fair market value
(with the amount of Designated Non-Cash Consideration in respect of any Disposition being reduced for
purposes of Section 6.04(e)(xii) upon such Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary converting the same to cash or Cash Equivalents following the closing of the applicable Disposition).
“Disclosure Documents” means (a) for any annual or quarterly financial period ending on or before December 31, 2023, Livent’s (i) annual report on Form 10-K for December 31, 20212, (ii) quarterly report on Form 10-Q for March 31, 20223, and (iii) quarterly report on Form 10-Q for June 30, 20223, and (iv) quarterly report on Form
10-Q for September 30, 2023, in each case, together with any amendments thereto filed by Livent with the SEC or (b) for any annual or quarterly financial periods ending on or
after March 31, 2024, Arcadium’s annual report on Form 10-K or quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, together with any amendments thereto filed by Arcadium with the SEC.
“Disposition” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of any property by any Person (or the granting of any option or other right to do any of the foregoing), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.
“Documentary Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit that is drawable upon presentation of documents evidencing the sale or shipment of goods purchased by any Borrower or any of its respective Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business; provided, that Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC nor any of its Affiliates shall be required to provide Documentary Letters of Credit.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, with respect to any amount denominated
in an Alternate Currency, the amount of Dollars that would be required to purchase such amount of such Alternate Currency, based upon the rate at which such Alternate Currency may be exchanged for Dollars (a) in the case of an amount denominated in
any Alternate Currency other than Euros, in the London foreign exchange market at approximately 11:00 A.M. London time or (b) in the case of an amount denominated in Euros, in the London foreign exchange market at approximately 10:00 A.M. London time
or, at the request of LiventArcadium, 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, in each case for delivery two (2) Business Days thereafter; provided,
that, solely for purposes of calculating the amount of any fronting fee payable to any Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(ii) that is otherwise calculated in Euros or the amount of any Reimbursement Obligations owing to any Issuing Bank
pursuant to Section 3.02(g) or 3.02(h) in respect of any Letter of Credit denominated in Euros, “Dollar Equivalent” shall be the amount of Dollars that would be required to purchase such amount of Euros, based upon the rate determined
by such Issuing Bank through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 A.M. on the date two (2) Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made.
“Dollar Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Dollars” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, the
office of such Lender specified as its “Domestic Lending Office” in its administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent or in the Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender, or such other office of such Lender as such
Lender may from time to time specify to LiventArcadium and the Administrative Agent.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of any Borrower organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia or any entity disregarded for U.S. tax purposes wholly owned by any Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary.
“EBITDA” means, with respect to LiventArcadium and its Restricted Subsidiaries, for any period,
(a) Consolidated net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) for such period, plus, without duplication and to the extent deducted from revenues in determining Consolidated net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) for such period, the sum of:
(i) the aggregate amount of interest expense for such period;
(ii) the aggregate amount of income and franchise tax expense for such period;
(iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such period;
(iv) all other non-cash charges and non-cash losses for such period;
(v) all Non-Recurring Items for such period;
(vi) all fees, expenses and charges incurred in connection with or arising as a result of any proposed or actual acquisitions, investments, asset sales or divestitures; and minus, without duplication and to the extent added to revenues in determining Consolidated net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) for such period,
(b) the sum of:
(i) all non-recurring non-cash gains during such period;
(ii) the amount of cash used during such period to the extent charged against Consolidated net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) in a different period (excluding any item under clause (a)(vi) above); and
(iii) the amount of cash used during such
period relating to a Non-Recurring Item, all as determined on a consolidated basis with respect to LiventArcadium and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
For the purposes of calculating EBITDA for any period, if during such period LiventArcadium or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have made a material Acquisition, EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such material Acquisition
occurred on the first day of such period.
“ECP” means an “eligible contract participant” as defined in Section 1(a)(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and the applicable rules issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and/or the SEC.
“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 clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01means the “Amendment Effective Date” as defined in the First Amendment.
“Eligible Assignee” means a Lender and any Affiliate of such Lender or any other Person approved in writing by the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Banks (to the extent an assignment relates to Revolving Loans and related Commitments) and LiventArcadium (in the case of LiventArcadium, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided, that none of the following
shall be an Eligible Assignee: (a) any natural person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person), (b) any Borrower or any Affiliates of such Borrower or a) any Defaulting
Lender.
“EMU” means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.
“EMU Legislation” means legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency (whether known as the euro or otherwise), being in part the implementation of the third stage of EMU.
“Environmental Law” means any federal, state or local law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award relating to the environment, health, safety or hazardous materials, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Clean Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Atomic Energy Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act and Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 – Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restrictions of Chemicals.
“Environmental Liabilities and Costs” means, with respect to any Person, all liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, Remedial Actions, losses, damages, punitive damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions and interest, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute and whether arising under any Environmental Law, Permit, order or agreement with any Governmental Authority or other Person, in each case relating to any environmental, health or safety condition or to any Release or
threatened Release and resulting from the past, present or future operations of, or ownership of property by, such Person or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Environmental Lien” means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities and Costs.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any Person, trade or business (whether or not incorporated) who for purposes of Title IV of ERISA is a member of any Borrower’s controlled group, or is treated as a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means, with respect to any Person, (a) the occurrence of a reportable event, within the meaning of Section 4043(b) or (c) of ERISA, with respect to any Plan of such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates unless the thirty (30) day notice requirement with respect to such event has been waived by the PBGC; (b) the provision by the administrator of any Plan of such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates of a notice of intent to terminate such Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA with respect to a termination described in Section 4041(c)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (c) the cessation of operations at a facility of such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (d) the complete or partial withdrawal by such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Plan or Multiemployer Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year for which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (e) the failure by such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make any payment or contribution to a Plan required under the minimum funding standards of ERISA; (f) a determination that any Plan is in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 303 of ERISA or Section 430 of the Code); (g) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan of such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates, pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA; or (h) any other event or condition with respect to a Plan that could result in the liability of any Borrower or ERISA Affiliate.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 8.09(a).
“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning specified in Section 8.09(d)(i).
“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” has the meaning specified in Section 8.09(d)(i).
“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning specified in Section 8.09(d)(i).
“Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 8.09(e).
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“EURIBOR” means, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum appearing on the applicable Bloomberg screen (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the Euro interbank market, the “Screen Rate”) as the Euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any other Person which takes over administration of that rate) for deposits in Euros at approximately 11:00 A.M. (Brussels time) on the second TARGET Day immediately preceding the first day of such Interest Period, for a term comparable to such Interest Period; provided that if EURIBOR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then EURIBOR shall be deemed to be the Floor; provided further, that if the applicable Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “Impacted Interest Period”) with respect to the relevant currency, then EURIBOR shall be the Interpolated Rate at such time.
“EURIBOR Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its “EURIBOR Lending Office” in its administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent or in the Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“EURIBOR Loan” means a Loan denominated in Euros which bears interest as provided in Section 2.06(a)(iii).
“EURIBOR Reserve Percentage” of any Lender for any Interest Period for any EURIBOR Loan means the reserve percentage applicable during such Interest Period (or if more than one such percentage shall be so applicable, the daily average of such percentages for those days in such Interest Period during which any such percentage shall be so applicable) under regulations issued from time to time the Federal Reserve Board (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for such Lender with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities having a term equal to such Interest Period.
“Euro” means the single currency of Participating Member States of the European Union.
“Euro Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
“Events of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
“Excluded Domestic Holdco” means a Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than Stock (and, if applicable, Stock and Indebtedness) of one or more Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries described in clause (a) of the definition of “Excluded Foreign Subsidiary.”
“Excluded Foreign Subsidiary” means a Foreign Subsidiary which is (a) a CFC that has not guaranteed or pledged any of its assets to secure,
or with respect to which there shall not have been pledged two-thirds or more of the voting Stock to secure, any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) of a Loan Party or any other Subsidiary of LiventArcadium which is a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, or (b) a Foreign Subsidiary owned by a Foreign Subsidiary described in clause (a); provided that, for purposes of this definition only, in no event shall any Borrower or Allkem be an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary.
“Excluded Hedging Contract” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Hedging Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Hedging Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an ECP at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Hedging Obligation. If a Hedging Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Hedging Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means each Excluded Domestic Holdco and each Excluded Foreign Subsidiary.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a
payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized or incorporated 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 LiventArcadium
under Section 3.06) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.10, 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 2.10(g) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under
FATCA. and (e) any withholding Taxes imposed by Ireland, if on the date on which the payment falls due, the payment could have been made to
the Administrative Agent or the Lender without a withholding on account of Taxes imposed by Ireland if the Lender had been an Irish Qualifying Lender, but on that date the Lender is not or has ceased to be an Irish Qualifying Lender other than as a
result of any change in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or double taxation agreement, or any published practice or published concession of any relevant taxing authority or the relevant Lender is an Irish Treaty
Lender and the Borrower making the payment is able to demonstrate
that the payment could have been made to the Lender without a withholding on account of Taxes imposed by Ireland had that Xxxxxx complied with any procedural formalities necessary for that Borrower to make that payment without a withholding on account of Taxes imposed by Ireland.
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statements to this Agreement.
“Existing Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.23.
“Facility” means the Commitments and the provisions herein relating to the Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit.
“Factoring or Receivables Transaction” means (a) any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by any Person pursuant to which such Person may directly or indirectly sell, convey or otherwise transfer Receivables to any buyer, purchaser or lender of interests in Receivables, including any factoring agreement, discounting arrangement or similar transaction, and (b) any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by any Person pursuant to which such Person may directly or indirectly sell, convey or otherwise transfer Receivables to another Person, or may grant a security interest in, any Receivables of such Person, and any assets related thereto including all collateral securing such Receivables, proceeds of such Receivables and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving Receivables.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided, that the Federal Funds Rate shall not be less than zero.
“Fee Letter” means that certain Fee Letter in respect of the Facility, dated as of
August 1, 2022, between Livent and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
“Final Maturity Date” means the date that is five (5) years after the Effective DateSeptember 1, 2027 (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day).
“Financial Covenant Debt” of any Person means Indebtedness of the type specified in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of the definition of “Indebtedness”;
provided, however, that (a) in the case of clause (c), such obligations shall be included in this definition of Financial Covenant Debt only to the extent such obligations are in respect of unreimbursed drawings under letters of credit, and (b) any obligations supported by a Letter of Credit shall not, to the extent so supported, be included in this definition of Financial Covenant Debt.
“First Amendment” means that certain Xxxxxxx and First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 4, 2024, by and among the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the lenders and issuing banks listed on the signature pages thereof and the Administrative Agent.
“First Lien Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to LiventArcadium and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of any date, the ratio of (a) Financial Covenant Debt as of such date that is secured by a Lien on any asset or property of LiventArcadium or its Restricted Subsidiaries on a pari passu or senior basis with the Loans and the Commitments, minus the amount of cash and
Cash Equivalents that are or would be included on a balance sheet of LiventArcadium and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date
to the extent such cash and Cash Equivalents is not or would not be listed as “restricted” on such balance sheet in accordance with GAAP to (b) EBITDA for the last four Fiscal Quarters ending on or before such date.
“Fiscal Quarter” means each of the three- (3) month periods ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.
“Fiscal Year” means the twelve- (12) month period ending on December 31.
“Flood Insurance” means, for any Material Real Property (including any personal property Collateral located on such Material Real Property) located in a Special Flood Hazard Area, Federal Flood Insurance or private insurance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in either case, that (a) meets the requirements of FEMA and any other applicable federal agencies, (b) includes a deductible not to exceed $50,000 and (c) has a coverage amount equal to the lesser of (i) the insurable value of the buildings and any personal property Collateral located on the Material Real Property as determined by the Administrative Agent or (ii) the maximum policy limits set under the National Flood Insurance Program.
“Flood Insurance Requirements” means, with respect to any Mortgages, Administrative Agent shall have received: (i) evidence as to whether the applicable Material Real Property is located in a Special Flood Hazard Area pursuant to a standard flood hazard determination form ordered and received by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) if such Material Real Property is located in a Special Flood Hazard Area, (A) evidence as to whether the community in which such Material Real Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, (B) the applicable Loan Party’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from Administrative Agent as to the fact that such Material Real Property is located in a Special Flood Hazard Area and as to whether the community in which such Material Real Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program and (C) copies of the applicable Loan Party’s application for a flood insurance policy plus proof of premium payment, a declaration page confirming that flood insurance has been issued, or such other evidence of flood insurance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and naming Administrative
Agent as sole loss payee on behalf of the Secured Parties in the amounts required by an applicable Requirement of Law.
“Floor” means a rate of interest equal to 0.0%.
“Foreign Currency Equivalent” means, with respect to any amount in Dollars, the amount of an Alternate Currency that could be purchased with such amount of Dollars using the reciprocal of foreign exchange rate(s) specified in the definition of the term “Dollar Equivalent”, as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of LiventArcadium that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time, except that, with
respect to the determination of compliance by the Borrowers with the covenants set forth in Section 6.01, “GAAP” shall mean such principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the date of, and used in, the preparation of
the audited combined financial statements of LiventArcadium referred to in Section 5.03.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, taxing or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including any central bank and any supra-national bodies (such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(a).
“Guarantee” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person with respect to any Indebtedness of another Person, if the purpose or intent of such Person in incurring the Guarantee is to provide assurance to the obligee of such Indebtedness that such Indebtedness will be paid or discharged, or that any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or that any holder of such Indebtedness will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof, including (a) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of Indebtedness of another Person and (b) any liability of such Person for Indebtedness of another Person through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such Indebtedness (whether in the form of a loan, advance, stock purchase, capital contribution or otherwise), (ii) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another Person, (iii) to make take-or-pay or similar payments outside of the ordinary course of business, if required, regardless of non-performance by any other party or parties to an agreement, (iv) to purchase, sell or lease (as lessor or lessee) property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of such Indebtedness or to assure the holder of such Indebtedness against loss or (v) to supply funds to, or in any other manner invest in, such other Person (including to pay for property or services irrespective of
whether such property is received or such services are rendered), if in the case of any agreement described under clause (b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above the primary purpose or intent thereof is to provide assurance that Indebtedness of another Person will be paid or discharged, that any agreement relating thereto will be complied with or that any holder of such Indebtedness will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Guarantee shall be equal to the amount of the Indebtedness so guaranteed or otherwise supported.
“Guarantied Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(a).
“Guarantor” means (a) each of Livent’sArcadium’s Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries which is a Material Domestic Subsidiary (other than Lithium Opco) and (b)any
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is also a Borrower) and a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) upon satisfaction of the Post-Closing Covenant set forth in Section 8 of the First Amendment, Allkem, and (c) each Borrower (other than as to its direct
obligations); provided, that subject to any administrative requirements of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including with respect to any “know your client” or similar requirements), LiventArcadium may elect to add additional Domestic Subsidiaries as Guarantors so long as each such added Guarantor complies with Section
6.03(m) of this Agreement as if it were a newly acquired Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is a Material Domestic Subsidiary at the time of such designation.
“Hedging Contracts” means all Interest Rate Contracts, foreign exchange contracts, currency swap or option agreements, forward contracts, commodity swap, purchase or option agreements, other commodity price hedging arrangements, and all other similar agreements or arrangements designed to alter the risks of any Person arising from fluctuations in interest rates, currency values or commodity prices.
“Hedging Obligation” means, with respect to any Person any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, any Permitted Warrant Transaction, and any obligations thereunder, in each case, shall not constitute Hedging Obligations.
“Immaterial Domestic Subsidiary” means, as of any date, any Domestic Subsidiary of LiventArcadium (a) having total assets of less than 5.0% of
Consolidated Total Assets of LiventArcadium and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (b) the contribution to EBITDA of which does not
exceed 5.0% of EBITDA of LiventArcadium and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, as of the last day of the most recent Fiscal
Year for which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a)(ii); provided, that (i) the Consolidated Total Assets of all Immaterial Domestic Subsidiaries
shall not exceed 7.5% of Consolidated Total Assets of LiventArcadium and its Material Domestic Subsidiaries
at any time, and (ii) the contribution to EBITDA of all Immaterial Domestic Subsidiaries shall not exceed 7.5% of EBITDA of LiventArcadium and its Material Domestic Subsidiaries at any time.
“Increase Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(b)(ii).
“Increase Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(b)(ii).
“Increase Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(b)(ii).
“Increasing Lender” means, in connection with any increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.04(b), a Lender whose Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(vi).
“Incremental Term Loan Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c)(vii).
“Incremental Term Loan Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c)(i).
“Incremental Term Loan Facility” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c)(i).
“Incremental Term Loan Facility Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c)(ii).
“Incremental Term Loan Facility Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c)(ii).
“Incremental Term Loan Facility Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c)(ii).
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, as of any date of determination, without duplication,
(a) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;
(b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds (other than surety and performance bonds, which are covered in clause (c) below), debentures or similar instruments or that bear interest;
(c) all reimbursement and other obligations with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, surety bonds and performance bonds, whether or not matured;
(d) all indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of property or services, other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue;
(e) all indebtedness of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property);
(f) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and the present value of future rental payments under all synthetic leases;
(g) all Guarantees of such Person;
(h) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any Stock or Stock Equivalents of such Person, valued, in the case of
redeemable preferred stock, at the greater of its voluntary liquidation preference and its involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends;
(i) all net obligations payable by such Person in respect of Hedging Contracts of such Person; and
(j) all Indebtedness of the type referred to above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property (including accounts and general intangibles) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(b).
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrowers under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to LiventArcadium and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for any period, the ratio of EBITDA for such period to Net Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.
“Interest Income” means, with respect to any Person, on a Consolidated basis for any period, total interest income for such period on a Consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to each SOFR Loan and EURIBOR Loan, the period commencing on the date of such SOFR Loan and EURIBOR Loan and ending one, three or six calendar months thereafter (in each case, subject to the availability for the interest rate applicable to the relevant Currency), as any Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Borrower) may, upon notice received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. on the third U.S. Government Securities Business Day or the third Business Day, as applicable, prior to the first day of such Interest Period, select; provided, that:
(a) the Borrowers may not select any Interest Period that ends after the Final Maturity Date;
(b) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Revolving Loans comprising part of the same Borrowing shall be of the same duration;
(c) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day, provided, in the case of any Interest Period for a SOFR Loan or a EURIBOR Loan, that if such extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on the next preceding Business Day;
(d) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at
the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(e) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.16(d) shall be available for specification in such Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation.
“Interest Rate Contracts” means all interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and interest rate insurance.
“Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available in the relevant currency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period and (b) the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available in the relevant currency) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time; provided, that, if any Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any purchase or other acquisition by such Person of (i) any security issued by, i) a beneficial interest in any security issued by, or ii) any other equity ownership interest in, any other Person, b) any purchase by such Person of all or a significant part of the assets of a business conducted by any other Person, or all or substantially all of the assets constituting the business of a division, branch or other unit operation of any other Person, c) any loan, advance (other than deposits with financial institutions available for withdrawal on demand, prepaid expenses, accounts receivable and similar items made or incurred in the ordinary course of business as presently conducted) or capital contribution by such Person to any other Person, including all Indebtedness of any other Person to such Person arising from a sale of property by such Person other than in the ordinary course of its business, and d) any Guarantees incurred by such Person in respect of Indebtedness of any other Person.
“Ipso Facto Event” means an Australian Guarantor is the subject of:
(a) an announcement, application, compromise, arrangement, managing controller, or administration as described in section 415D(1), 434J(1) or 451E(1) of the Australian Corporations Act; or
(b) any process which under any law with a similar purpose may give rise to a stay on, or prevention of, the exercise of contractual rights.
“Irish Qualifying Lender” means a Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of the Loan Documents that is:
(a) a bank within the meaning of Section 246 of the Irish Taxes Act which is carrying on a bona fide banking business in Ireland for the purposes of Section 246(3)(a) of the Irish Taxes Act; or
(b) a body corporate:
(i) which, by virtue of the law of a Relevant Territory, is resident in the Relevant Territory for the purposes of tax and that Relevant Territory imposes a tax that generally applies to interest receivable in that Relevant Territory by companies from sources outside that Relevant Territory; or
(ii) where interest payable in respect of an advance:
(A) is exempted from the charge to income tax under a double taxation agreement having force of law under the procedures set out in section 826(1) of the Irish Taxes Act; or
(B) would be exempted from the charge to Irish income tax under an Irish Treaty entered into on or before the payment date of that interest if that Irish Treaty had the force of law under the provisions set out in section 826(1) of the Irish Taxes Act at that date;
(iii) which is a United States of America (“U.S.”) company which is incorporated in the U.S. and is taxed in the U.S. on its worldwide income; or
(iv) which is a U.S. limited liability company provided the ultimate recipients of the interest would, if they were themselves Lenders, be Irish Qualifying Lenders within paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) or (b)(iii) of this definition and the business conducted through the LLC is so structured for non-tax commercial reasons and not for tax avoidance purposes; except where, in respect of each of sub-paragraphs (i) to (iv), interest payable to that body corporate in respect of the Loan Documents is paid in connection with a trade or business which is carried on in Ireland by that body corporate (or in the case of (iv) by the ultimate recipients of the interest) through a branch or agency; or
(c) an Irish Treaty Lender; or
(d) a body corporate which advances money in the ordinary course of a trade which includes the lending of money in whose hands any interest payable in respect of monies so advanced is taken into account in computing the trading income of that body corporate and such body corporate has complied with the notification requirements under section 246(5)(a) of the Irish Taxes Act; or
(e) a qualifying company (within the meaning of section 110 of the Irish Taxes Act); or
(f) an investment undertaking (within the meaning of section 739B of the Irish Taxes Act).
“Irish Security Documents” means each Irish Share Charge and each other Irish law governed mortgage, charge, assignment, pledge agreement or security agreement entered into, after the date of this Agreement by any Loan Party (as required by this Agreement or any other Loan Document), each as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Irish Share Charge” means an Irish law charge over shares, appropriately completed, to be entered into among Arcadium and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Irish Taxes Act” means the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, of Ireland.
“Irish Treaty Lender” means a Lender, other than a Lender falling within paragraph (b) of the definition of “Irish Qualifying Lender” which, subject to the completion of all necessary procedural formalities:
(g) treated as a resident of an Irish Treaty State for the purposes of an Irish Treaty;
(h) does not carry on a business in Ireland through a permanent establishment with which that Xxxxxx’s participation in this Agreement is effectively connected; and
(i) fulfils any other conditions which must be fulfilled under the Irish Treaty by residents of that Irish Treaty State for such residents to obtain full exemption from tax imposed by Ireland on interest payable under a Loan Document.
“Irish Treaty State” means a jurisdiction which has a double taxation agreement with Ireland (an “Irish Treaty”) which is in effect and makes provision for full exemption from tax imposed by Ireland on interest.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Issue” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, to issue, extend the expiry of or increase the maximum amount (including by deleting or reducing any scheduled decrease in such maximum amount) of, such Letter of Credit. The terms “Issued” and “Issuance” shall have a corresponding meaning.
“Issuing Bank” means each Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that (a) is listed on the signature pages hereof as an “Issuing Bank” or
(b) hereafter becomes an Issuing Bank with the approval of the Administrative Agent and LiventArcadium by agreeing pursuant to an
agreement with and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and LiventArcadium to be bound by the terms
hereof applicable to Issuing Banks.
“Joinder Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 6.03(m)(i).
“JV Investment” has the meaning specified in Section 6.04(d)(xi).
“JV Investment Basket” has the meaning specified in Section 6.04(d)(xi).
“L/C Cash Collateral Account” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(b).
“L/C Cash Collateral Account Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(b).
“L/C Cash Collateral Account Investments” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(c).
“L/C Cash Collateral Account Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(e)(i).
“Leaseholds” of any Person means all 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 Insolvency Event” shall means that (a) a Lender or its Parent Company is insolvent, or is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or makes a general assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, or (b) such Lender or its Parent Company is the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or similar proceeding, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, intervenor or sequestrator or the like has been
appointed for such Lender or its Parent Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, a Lender will not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Stock in such Lender or its Parent Company by any
Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or
permit such Lender (or such governmental authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
“Lenders” means the Lenders listed on the signature pages hereof and each Eligible Assignee that shall become a party hereto pursuant to Section 9.07 and shall include the Issuing Banks.
“Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.
“Letter of Credit Commitment” means, as to any Issuing Bank, (a) the Dollar amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule I hereto
or (b) such other amount as agreed to by the Issuing Bank and LiventArcadium.
“Letter of Credit Loan” means a payment by an Issuing Bank of a drawing under any Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 3.02 or, without duplication, a payment by a Lender in respect thereof pursuant to Section 3.02.
“Letter of Credit Obligations” means, at any time, the aggregate of all liabilities at such time of the Borrowers to all Issuing Banks with respect to Letters of Credit, whether or not any such liability is contingent, including, without duplication, the sum of (a) the Reimbursement Obligations in respect of the Letters of Credit at such time and (b) Available LC Amount at such time.
“Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(d).
“Letter of Credit Request” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(b).
“Letter of Credit Sub-Facility” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), intellectual property license, security interest (and which includes a “security interest” as defined in sections 12(1) and (2) of the Australian PPSA), or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever intended to assure payment of any Indebtedness or the performance of any other obligation, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease and 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 naming the owner of the asset to which such Xxxx relates as debtor.
“Lithium Opco” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Livent” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Livent’s Accountants”
means KPMG LLP or other independent nationally-recognized public accountants acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Livent’s Business” means Livent’s business of developing, manufacturing and/or selling, and providing research and development, marketing and/or other services and support for, lithium products and related organic and inorganic materials and any business reasonably
related, incidental, complementary or ancillary thereto, as further detailed in the Disclosure Documents.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, each Letter of Credit, the Collateral Documents, the Perfection Certificate, any Perfection Certificate Supplement, the First Amendment and each amendment, certificate, agreement, instrument or document executed by a Loan Party and delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with or pursuant to any of the foregoing, including all other pledges, guarantees, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, notices, letter of credit agreements and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Loan Party and another other waiver, amendment or other modification to any Loan Document.
“Loan Guaranty” means Article X (Loan Guaranty) of this Agreement.
“Loan Parties” means each Borrower and each Guarantor and their respective successors and assigns.
“Loans” means all Revolving Loans and all Letter of Credit Loans.
“Local Time” means, with respect to any Loan denominated, or any payment to be made, in Dollars, New York City time, and with respect to any Loan denominated, or any payment to be made, in an Alternate Currency, the local time in the Principal Financial Center for such Alternate Currency.
“Margin Regulations” means, collectively, Regulations T, U and X, as from time to time in effect, and any regulation replacing the same, of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any successor thereto.
“Material Adverse Change” means a material adverse change in any of (a) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations or
properties of LiventArcadium and its Restricted Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, (b) the legality, validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, (c) the ability of the Loan Parties to repay the Obligations or to perform their respective obligations under the Loan Documents or (d) the rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Loan Documents.
“Material Adverse Effect” means an effect that results in or causes, or could reasonably be expected to result in or cause, a Material Adverse Change.
“Material Contract” means (a) Agreement, dated as of February 21, 1991, as amended, among the Province of Catamarca, Argentina, FMC
Corporation and Minera del Altiplano S.A., as such agreement may be further amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, and (b) Mining Lease 74/244, granted as of December 24, 2009, of Galaxy Lithium Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 130 182 099), and (c) all contracts or agreements the loss of which could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect on any Borrower or any of its respective Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Material Domestic Subsidiary” means any Domestic Subsidiary of LiventArcadium that is not an Immaterial Domestic Subsidiary.
“Material Real Property” means (a) the North Carolina Facility, and (b) any parcel of Real Property owned in fee by any Loan Party and acquired after the Effective Date by such Loan Party having a fair market value in excess of $10 million.
“Material Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of Arcadium that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary.
“Merger” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Mine OpCo” means (a) Minera del Altiplano S.A., a corporation formed under the laws of Argentina, which is involved in lithium mining and processing in Argentina and (b) any Subsidiary of Livent to which the assets of such Person are
transferred at any point.
“Mine OpCo Group Member” means (a) Mine OpCo, (b) any other Restricted Subsidiary that
owns substantially all or a material portion of the assets of Mine OpCo owned on the Effective Date and (c) any direct or indirect parent or holding company of Mine OpCo or such other Restricted Subsidiary (other than Livent).
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
“Mortgages” means collectively, the deeds of trust, trust deeds, hypothecs and mortgages made by any Loan Party in favor or for the benefit of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties creating and evidencing a Lien on Material Real Property in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and any other mortgage
executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.03(m), in each case, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
“Mortgage Requirements” means, with respect to any Material Real Property, (i) provision of (a) a policy or policies of title insurance
together with customary endorsements requested by Administrative Agent issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each Mortgage as a first priority Lien on the Material Real Property described therein free of any
other Liens other than those permitted by this Agreement, (b) a Mortgage executed by the applicable Loan Party in recordable form and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to LiventArcadium and the Administrative Agent, (c) a UCC fixture filing and (d) an ALTA survey which shall include all endorsements and certifications requested by Administrative Agent, (ii)
recording of such Mortgage in the land records of the county in which such Material Real Property to be so encumbered is located and the filing of the UCC fixture filing, (iii) the Flood Insurance Requirements and (iv) a local counsel opinion as to the
enforceability of such Mortgage in the state in which the Material Real Property described in such Mortgage is located in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“National Flood Insurance Program” means the program created by the U.S. Congress pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as revised by the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, that, among other things, mandates the purchase of flood insurance to cover real property improvements and contents located in Special Flood Hazard Areas in participating communities and may provide protection to property owners through a federal insurance program.
“Net Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any Person for any period, Consolidated interest expense for such period less the sum of (a) amortization of debt discount and premium for such period and (b) Interest Income for such period.
“New Commitment Acceptance” means a New Commitment Acceptance executed and delivered by a New Lender, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in accordance with Section 9.07 and in substantially the form of Exhibit C-3 hereto.
“New Lender” means, for purposes of Sections 2.04(b), 2.04(c), and 9.07(c), an Eligible Assignee, approved by the
Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), that LiventArcadium has requested
to become a Lender hereunder pursuant to said Section 2.04(b) or 2.04(c), as applicable.
“North Carolina Facility” means those parcels of real property located in Gaston County, North Carolina, and owned by Lithium Opco in fee simple as listed on Schedule 5(a) of the Perfection Certificate executed and delivered by the Loan Parties as of the Effective Date.
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a) requires the approval of all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 9.01 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.
“Non-Recurring Items” means, to the extent reflected in the determination of Consolidated net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) for any period, provisions for restructuring, discontinued operations, special reserves or other similar charges, including write-downs or write-offs of assets (other than write-downs resulting from foreign currency translations).
“Note” means a Revolving Loan Note.
“Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).
“Obligations” means principal of and interest on the Loans made by each Lender to, and the Notes held by each Lender of, each Borrower (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses (including fees and expenses accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), reimbursements, indemnities and all other advances to, debts, liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties, including any obligations owed pursuant to a Loan Guaranty by a Loan Party, to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents in respect of any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute, contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and any Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights.
“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.06).
“Parent Company” means, with respect to a Lender, the bank holding company (as defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y), if any, that is the direct or indirect parent of such Lender, and/or any Person owning, beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, a majority of the Stock of such Lender.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(f).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(f).
“Participating Member State” means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
“Participation Agreement” means a loan participation agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto.
“Patriot Act” has the meaning specified in Section 9.16.
"Payment Recipient" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09(a).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor.
“Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of
“Term SOFR”.
“Perfection Certificate” means that certain perfection certificate in the form of Exhibit D-1 to be executed and delivered by the Loan Parties, as it may be supplemented from time to time by a Perfection Certificate Supplement or otherwise.
“Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.
“Perfection Certificate Supplement” means a perfection certificate supplement in the form of Exhibit D-2 to be executed and delivered by the Loan Parties, or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent
“Permit” means any permit, approval, authorization, license, variance or permission required from a Governmental Authority under an applicable Requirement of Law.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition in which each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a) the Person or business which is the subject of
such Acquisition is in a similar or complementary line of business as those of LiventArcadium and its Restricted Subsidiaries on
the Effective Date or in a business reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto;
(b) all governmental, corporate and material third-party approvals and consents necessary in connection with such Acquisition shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect;
(c) if acquiring a Person, unless such Person is
contemporaneously merged with and into Lithium OpCoArcadium or a Restricted Subsidiary of LiventArcadium, such Person becomes a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of LiventArcadium
and, simultaneously with such
Acquisition, a Loan Party to the extent required by Section 6.03(m), with such Person’s Stock being pledged as Collateral to the extent required by Section 6.03(m);
(d) such Acquisition shall be consummated in accordance with the terms of the purchase or acquisition agreement executed in connection therewith and with all other material agreements, instruments and documents implementing such Acquisition and in compliance with applicable law and regulatory approvals;
(e) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and all representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on the date of the consummation of such Acquisition, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty specifically refers to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; and
(f) after giving effect to such Acquisition
(including the incurrence, assumption or acquisition of any Indebtedness in connection therewith), LiventArcadium shall be in pro
forma compliance (as if such Acquisition had been consummated at the beginning of such period) with Section 6.01(a).
“Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction” means any call or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on Livent’sArcadium’s common stock (or other securities or property following a merger event, reclassification or other change of the
common stock of LiventArcadium) purchased by LiventArcadium in connection with the issuance of any Convertible Indebtedness; provided that the purchase price for such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, less the proceeds received by LiventArcadium from the sale of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction, does not exceed the net cash proceeds received by LiventArcadium or any other Loan Party from the sale of such Convertible Indebtedness issued in connection with the Permitted Bond Hedge
Transaction.
“Permitted Factoring or Receivables Transaction” means one or more Factoring or Receivables Transactions, but for those Factoring or Receivables Transactions that result in Indebtedness, only to the extent that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness in relation thereto does not exceed $100 million.
“Permitted Warrant Transaction” means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on Livent’sArcadium’s common stock (or other securities or property following a merger event, reclassification or other change of the
common stock of LiventArcadium) sold by LiventArcadium in connection with and substantially concurrently with any purchase by LiventArcadium
of a related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
“Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) 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”.
“Plan Asset Regulations” means 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA.
“Principal Financial Center” means, in the case of any Currency, the principal financial center of the country of issue of such Currency, as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“property” or “properties” means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible.
“Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(b)(i).
“Proposed Increased Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(b)(iv).
“Proposed Existing Lender Incremental Term Loan Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c)(iv).
“Proposed New Commitment” has the meaning specified in Sections 2.04(b)(iii).
“Proposed New Lender Incremental Term Loan Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c)(iii).
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exception may be amended from time to time.
“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 specified in Section 9.22.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Hedging Obligation, each Loan Party that has total assets exceeding $10 million at the time the relevant Loan Guaranty or grant of the relevant security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Hedging Obligation or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Quarterly Dates” means the first Business Day of each April, July, October and January, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date.
“Real Property” of any Person shall mean all of the right, title and interest of such Person in and to land, improvements and fixtures, including Leaseholds and surface rights.
“Receivable” means (a) a right to receive payment arising from the sale or lease of goods or services by a Person to another Person and (b) a right to receive payment arising under a bank acceptance draft or similar payment instrument issued by a bank in connection with the purchase of goods or services by a Person to another Person.
“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender or (c) any Issuing Bank, as applicable.
“Reference Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Available Amount Basket”.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(d).
“Regulation” has the meaning specified in Section 5.23.
“Reimbursement Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(g).
“Reimbursement Obligations” means all matured reimbursement or repayment obligations of the Borrowers to any Issuing Bank with respect to amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.
“Related Party” has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(b).
“Real Property” of any Person shall mean all of the right, title and interest of such Person in and to
land, improvements and fixtures, including Leaseholds and surface rights.
“Release” means, with respect to any Person, any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration, in each case, of any Contaminant into the indoor or outdoor environment or into or out of any property owned by such Person, including the movement of Contaminants through or in the air, soil, surface water, ground water or property.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means (i) with respect to a Benchmark or Benchmark Replacement in respect of any Benchmark applicable to Dollars, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto, and (ii) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement for any Benchmark applicable to a currency other than Dollars, (a) the central bank for the applicable currency or any central bank or other supervisor which is responsible for supervising (1) such Benchmark or Benchmark Replacement for such currency or (2) the administrator of such Benchmark or Benchmark Replacement for such currency or (b) any working group or committee officially endorsed or convened by: (1) the central bank for such currency, (2) any central bank or other supervisor that is responsible for supervising either (x) such Benchmark or Benchmark Replacement for such currency or (y) the administrator of such Benchmark or Benchmark Replacement for such currency, or (3) the Financial Stability Board, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Financial Stability Board, or any successor thereto.
“Remedial Action” means all actions required to (a) clean up, remove, treat or in any other way address any Contaminant in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent the
Release or threat of Release or minimize the further Release so that a Contaminant does not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment or (c) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations and post-remedial monitoring and care.
“Relevant Territory” means:
(a) a member state of the European Union other than Ireland; or
(b) a jurisdiction with which Ireland has entered into an Irish Treaty that has the force of law pursuant to Section 826(1) of the Irish Taxes Act; or
(c) a jurisdiction with which Ireland has entered into an Irish Treaty where that Irish Treaty will (on completion of necessary procedures) have the force of law pursuant to Section 826(1) of the Irish Taxes Act.
“Required Lenders” means Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments or, if the Commitments shall have terminated, Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of (a) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans, plus e) the aggregate Available LC Amount of all Letters of Credit (computed, in the case of Loans denominated in an Alternate Currency and Letters of Credit denominated in Euros, as the Dollar Equivalent thereof, as determined by the Administrative Agent); provided, that, for purposes hereof, neither any Borrower, nor any of its Affiliates, if a Lender, shall be included in i) the Lenders holding such amount of the Loans or Available LC Amount of Letters of Credit or having such amount of the Commitments or ii) determining the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans or Available LC Amount of Letters of Credit or the total Commitments. For purposes of this definition, (1) the Available LC Amount of each Letter of Credit and the outstanding amount of each Letter of Credit Loan shall be considered to be owed to the Lenders ratably according to the amounts of their respective Revolving Loan Notes and Commitments (less, in the case of any Lender which is a Defaulting Lender as a result of a breach of its obligations under Section 3.02(c), the amount in respect of which such Lender is in default) and (2) the unused Commitment of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 9.01.
“Requirement of Law” means, with respect to any Person, the common law and all federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules and regulations, orders, judgments, decrees and other determinations of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator, applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Stock in or any of its respective Restricted Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Stock in or any of its respective Restricted Subsidiaries or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Stock in or any of its respective Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of any of LiventArcadium (including Lithium Opcoany other Borrower) other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“Restrictive Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 6.04(o).
“Revolving Loan” means a Dollar Revolving Loan or a Euro Revolving Loan.
“Revolving Loan Note” means a promissory note of a Borrower payable to the order of any Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of such Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Revolving Loans made by such Lender to such Borrower.
“Revolving Loan Outstandings” means, at any time, the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans (which shall be, in the case of Revolving Loans denominated in a Currency other than Dollars, the Dollar Equivalent thereof at such time).
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc.Ratings, or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
“Sanctioned Country” means a country or territory that is subject or the target of a sanctions program administered or enforced by OFAC, the
European Union, HerHis Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, the
Commonwealth of Australia or the United Nations Security Council (at the time of this Agreement, 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 a Person that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including (a) an entity that is directly or indirectly
controlled or owned 50% or more by the government of a Sanctioned Country, (b) a Person located, organized, incorporated or resident in a Sanctioned Country, to the extent the
target of Sanctions or (c) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the European Union, HerHis Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, the Australian Sanctions Office or the United Nations Security Council. Any Person directly
or indirectly controlled or owned 50 percent or more by any Sanctioned Person is also a Sanctioned Person.
“Sanctions” means economic sanctions administered or enforced by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the European Union, HerHis Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth of Australia or
the United Nations Security Council.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Secured Obligations” means all Obligations, together with all (a) obligations owing to any Person under any Specified Cash Management
Agreement and (b) Hedging Obligations owing to any Person that, in each case under clauses (a) or (b), as applicable, at the time of entering into such arrangement with a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, was the Administrative Agent, a Lender
or an Affiliate thereof; provided, that (i) with respect to such Hedging Obligations, to the extent designated by LiventArcadium
in a written statement (including by way of email) to the Administrative Agent as constituting Secured Obligations (provided, that, a single notice with respect to a specified Hedging Contract may designate all transactions thereunder as being
Secured Obligations, without the need for separate notices for each individual transaction thereunder) and (ii) the definition of “Secured Obligations” shall not
create any guarantee by any Guarantor of (or grant of security interest by any Guarantor to support, as applicable) any Excluded Hedging Contract of such Guarantor for purposes of determining any obligations of any Guarantor.
“Secured Parties” means the Administrative Agent, the Australian Security Trustee, each Lender, each Issuing Bank, each provider under a Specified Cash Management Agreement, each counterparty to a Hedging Contract and each other provider of Secured Obligations as permitted pursuant to the definition thereof.
“Security Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, appropriately completed, to be entered into among the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties, and any other pledge agreement or security agreement entered into, after the date of this Agreement by any Loan Party (as required by this Agreement or any other Loan Document), each as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the SOFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.
“SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Adjusted Term SOFR, other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”.
“SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(a).
“Special Flood Hazard Area” means an area that FEMA has designated as an area subject to special flood hazards, the current standard for which is at least a one percent (1%) chance of a flood equal to or exceeding the base flood elevation (a 100-year flood) in any given year, as per the applicable flood maps.
“Specified Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement providing for treasury, depositary, cash management or commercial, credit or debit card services, including in connection with any automated clearing house transactions, controlled disbursements, return items, overdrafts, interstate depository network services or any similar transactions between any Person (or guaranteed by any Person) and any other Person that (a) was a Lender (or any affiliate thereof) at the time such agreement was entered into or (b) with respect to any such agreement in effect as of the Effective Date, is, as of the Effective Date or within ninety (90) days thereafter, a Lender or an affiliate of such a Lender. Such designation shall not create in favor of such Lender or affiliate of a Lender any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party hereunder or under any Collateral Document.
“Standby Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit that is not a Documentary Letter of Credit.
“Stock” means shares of capital stock (whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock), beneficial, partnership or membership interests, participations or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or equivalent entity, whether voting or non-voting.
“Stock Equivalent” means all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase or subscribe for any Stock, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.
“Subsidiary” of any Person means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or estate of which more than 50% of (a) the issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency), (b) the interest in the capital or profits of such partnership, limited liability company or joint venture or (c) the beneficial interest in such trust or estate is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries.
“Subsidiary Redesignation” has the meaning specified in the definition “Unrestricted Subsidiary.”
“Supported QFC” has the meaning specified in Section 9.22.
“T2” means the real time gross settlement system operated by the Eurosystem, or any successor system.
“TARGET Day” means any day on which TARGET2
(or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system, if any, reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement)T2
is open for the settlement of payments in Eeuros.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Termination Date”
means the earlier of (a) the
date of termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to the second sentence of Section 2.04(a), pursuant to Section 2.08(b) or pursuant to Section
7.01, or (b) the Final Maturity Date.
“Term SOFR” means,
(a) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term
SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and
(b) for any calculation with respect to an Base Rate Loans on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day.
“Term SOFR Adjustment” means a percentage rate equal to 0.10% per annum.
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Termination Date” means the earlier of (a) the date of termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to the second sentence of Section 2.04(a), pursuant to Section 2.08(b) or pursuant to Section 7.01, or (b) the Final Maturity Date.
“Total Committed Increase”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(b)(v).
“Total Committed Incremental
Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c)(v).
“Total Commitments” means $500 million, as such amount may be increased or reduced as provided in Section 2.04 or as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.
“Total Committed Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(b)(v).
“Total Committed Incremental Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c)(v).
“Total Outstandings” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Revolving Loan Outstandings and (b) the Letter of Credit Obligations, at such time.
“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers of this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, including, the payment of taxes, fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith and the other transactions contemplated by or related to the foregoing.
“Treaty on European Union” means the Treaty of Rome of March 25, 1957, as amended by the Single European Act 1986 and the Maastricht Treaty (which was signed at Maastricht on February 7, 1992, and came into force on November 1, 1993).
“Type” means a Base Rate Loan, a SOFR Loan or a EURIBOR Loan.
“UCC” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(e)(ii).
“UK Financial Institution” 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.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means,
(a) any Subsidiary of LiventArcadium designated by LiventArcadium as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary after the Effective Date pursuant to Section 6.03(n), provided, that LiventArcadium shall only be
permitted to so designate an Unrestricted Subsidiary so long as:
(i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such
designation, LiventArcadium shall be in pro forma compliance with (A) the
First Lien Leverage Ratio specified in Section 6.01(a) and (B) the Interest Coverage Ratio specified in Section 6.01(b), in each case, after giving effect to such designation;
(iii) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be capitalized
(to the extent capitalized by LiventArcadium or any Restricted Subsidiary) through Investments as permitted by, and in compliance
with, Section 6.04(d) (valued at the fair market value of such Investments at the time of such designation);
(iv) without duplication of preceding clause (iii), any assets owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the initial designation thereof shall be treated as Investments pursuant to Section 6.04(d) (valued at the fair market value of such Investments at the time of such designation);
(v) LiventArcadium shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate executed by LiventArcadium, certifying compliance with the requirements of
preceding clauses (i) through (iv), and containing the calculations required by the preceding clause (ii);
(b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Additionally, LiventArcadium may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement by written notice to the Administrative Agent (each, a “Subsidiary
Redesignation”); provided, that
(a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom;
(b) LiventArcadium shall be in pro forma compliance with (A) the First Lien Leverage Ratio specified in Section 6.01(a) and (B)
the Interest Coverage Ratio specified in Section 6.01(b), in each case, after giving effect to such designation;
(c) any Indebtedness of the applicable Subsidiary and any Liens encumbering its property existing as of the time of such Subsidiary Redesignation shall be deemed newly incurred or established, as applicable, at such time;
(d) LiventArcadium shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate certifying compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (a) and (b), and containing
the calculations required by the preceding clause (b).
In addition to the foregoing, (i) LiventArcadium may not designate any Mine OpCo Group Member to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (ii) Livent may not designate Lithium OpCoBorrower (or any direct or indirect parent or holding company thereof) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (iii) no Restricted
Subsidiary may be designed as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it was previously designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Unused Commitments” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Commitments then unused and outstanding after deducting the Total Outstandings.
“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. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning specified in Section 9.22.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10(g)(ii)(B)(3).
“Voting Stock” means capital stock issued by a corporation or equivalent interests in any other Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right to so vote has been suspended by the happening of such contingency.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person 100% of the Voting Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or other shares held to satisfy legal or regulatory requirements) are directly or indirectly owned by such Person, or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and any other withholding agent as applicable.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Section 1.02. Section 1.02. Computation of Time Periods. In this Agreement in the computation of
periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
Section 1.03. Section 1.03. Accounting Terms and Principles.
(a) Except as set forth below, all accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in conformity with GAAP and all accounting determinations required to be made pursuant hereto (including for purpose of measuring compliance with Section 6.01 shall, unless expressly otherwise provided herein, be made in conformity with GAAP.
(b) If any change in the accounting principles used in the
preparation of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 6.02(a) is hereafter required or permitted by the rules, regulations, pronouncements and opinions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants (or any successors thereto) and such change is adopted by LiventArcadium with the agreement of
the Livent’sArcadium’s Accountants and results in a change in any of the calculations required by Article V (Representations
and Warranties or Section 6.01 had such accounting change not occurred, for purposes of the calculation of such covenants and the definitions related thereto, such calculation shall be made using GAAP as used by each Borrower in its
December 31, 2021 financial statements.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to in Article VI (Covenants of the Company) shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar
result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of any Borrower or any of its respective Restricted Subsidiaries at “fair value”.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1.03 or in the definitions of “Capital Lease Obligations” or “Capital Lease,” in the event of an accounting change requiring all leases to be capitalized, only those leases (assuming for purposes hereof that such leases were in existence on the date hereof) that would constitute Capital Leases in conformity with GAAP on the date hereof shall be considered Capital Leases, and all calculations and deliverables under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made or delivered, as applicable, in accordance therewith (provided, that together with all financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement after the date of any such accounting change, the Borrowers shall deliver a schedule showing the adjustments necessary to reconcile such financial statements with GAAP as in effect immediately prior to such accounting change).
Section 1.04. Section 1.04. Certain Terms.
(a) The terms “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole, and not to any particular Article, Section, subsection or clause in, this Agreement.
(b) Unless otherwise expressly indicated herein, (i) references in this Agreement to an Exhibit, Schedule, Article, Section, clause or sub-clause refer to the appropriate Exhibit or Schedule to, or Article, Section, clause or sub-clause in this Agreement and (3) the words “above” and “below”, when following a reference to a clause or a sub-clause of any Loan Document, refer to a clause or sub-clause within, respectively, the same Section or clause.
(c) Each agreement defined in this Article I shall include all appendices, exhibits and schedules thereto. Unless the prior written consent of the Required Lenders is required hereunder for an amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to any such agreement and such consent is not obtained, references in this Agreement to such agreement shall be to such agreement as so amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or modified.
(d) References in this Agreement to any statute shall be to such statute as amended or modified from time to time and to any successor legislation thereto, in each case as in effect at the time any such reference is operative.
(e) The term “including” when used in any Loan Document means “including without limitation” except when used in the computation of time periods.
(f) The terms “Lender,” “Issuing Bank” and “Administrative Agent” include, without limitation, their respective successors.
(g) When used with respect to any Loan Party organized in Ireland or Jersey, the term “organized” shall be deemed to refer to “incorporated” and the term “organization” shall be deemed to refer to “incorporation”.
(h) A reference in this Agreement to a person being “unable” or “admitting inability to pay its debts” includes that person being unable to pay its debts within the meaning of Sections 509(3) and 570 of the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland.
(i) When used with respect to any Loan Party organized in Ireland, the term “GAAP” shall be deemed to refer to “GAAP or IFRS (as applicable)”and the term “IFRS” shall mean international accounting standards within the meaning of the IAS Regulation 1606/2002 of the European Parliament to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements.
Section 1.05. Section 1.05. Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times
of day shall be references to New York City Time (daylight savings or standard, as applicable).
Section 1.06. Section 1.06. Timing of Payment or Performance. When the payment of any obligation or
the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as specifically provided herein (including in the definition of Interest
Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.
Section 1.07. Section 1.07. Interpretive Provisions Relating to Divisions. Any reference herein to a
merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust, or an allocation of assets to a
series of a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to,
of or with a separate Person. Any series of a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust and any entity surviving or resulting from the division of a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust shall constitute a separate
Person hereunder (and each series of a limited liability company or entity surviving or resulting from the division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, Material Subsidiary,
Material Domestic Subsidiary, Restricted Subsidiary, Unrestricted Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).
Section 1.08. Jersey terms. In each Loan Document (where the applicable reference relates to any person incorporated, established, constituted or formed under the laws of Jersey) any reference to: (a) insolvency includes, without limitation, bankruptcy (as that term is interpreted pursuant to Article 8 of the Interpretation (Jersey) Law 1954); (b) a compromise or arrangement with any creditor includes, without limitation, any compromise or arrangement with creditors (or any class of creditors) of the type referred to in Article 125 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991;(c) a winding-up includes, without limitation, any winding up procedure or process referred to in Part 21 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 and any other provisional winding up, winding up, dissolution, termination, provisional liquidation or liquidation ordered by the Royal Court of Jersey or otherwise effected pursuant to the laws of Jersey; (d) the appointment of a similar officer to a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or compulsory manager includes, without limitation, the Viscount of the Royal Court of Jersey, any autorisé, any provisional liquidator or liquidator appointed pursuant to Part 21 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 and any other provisional liquidator, liquidator or receiver appointed by the Royal Court of Jersey or otherwise appointed pursuant to the laws of Jersey; (e) any step being taken in relation to a winding-up includes, without limitation, the service of a statutory demand pursuant to Part 21 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991; (f) any step being taken in relation to the appointment of a similar officer to a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or compulsory manager includes, without limitation, the service of a statutory demand pursuant to Part 21 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991; and (g) Lien includes, without limitation, any hypothèque (whether conventional, judicial or arising by operation of law), any lien in respect of any tangible movable property, any security interest created pursuant to the Security Interests (Jersey) Law 1983 and any security interest created pursuant to the Security Interests (Jersey) Law 2012.
Section 1.09. Jersey Customary law waivers. Without prejudice to any other waiver contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Loan Party incorporated, established, constituted or formed under the laws of Jersey waives any right: (a) whether by virtue of the droit de division or otherwise, to require that any liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document be divided or apportioned with any other Loan Party or any other Person or reduced in any way or manner; and (b) whether by virtue of the droit de discussion or otherwise to require that recourse be had to the assets of any other Loan Party or any other Person before any claim is enforced against it in respect of the obligations or liabilities assumed by it under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Section 1.10. Australian Banking Code of Practice. The parties agree that the Australian Banking Code of Practice (published by the Australian Banking Association, as amended, revised or amended and restated from time to time) does not apply to the Loan Documents, nor the transactions under them.
Section 1.11. Australian Terms. In this Agreement or any other Loan Document, where it relates to an Australian Guarantor or a Person or entity incorporated or established under the laws of Australia (or the state or territories thereof), and, in respect of paragraph (b), includes any Person granting a Lien over assets subject to Australian law, a reference to (a) a “Subsidiary” includes a subsidiary within the meaning of Part 1.2 Division 6 of the Australian Corporations Act, and for the avoidance of doubt (i) a trust may be a Subsidiary, for the purposes of which a unit or other beneficial interest will be regarded as a share, (ii) an entity may be a Subsidiary of a trust if it would have been a Subsidiary if that trust were a corporation, and (iii) includes an entity that is a Subsidiary of another entity if controlled by that other entity for the purposes of section 50AA of the Australian Corporations Act, (b) “receiver” includes an administrator, administrative receiver and controller within the meaning given in section 9 of the Australian Corporations Act, (c) “bankruptcy” includes administration, (d) “liquidation” includes, other than for the purpose of a solvent reconstruction or amalgamation previously approved by the Lenders, winding up, (e) a Person being unable, or admitting inability, to pay its debts as they become due includes such Person (i) being, or being presumed or deemed under applicable law to be, insolvent (including being insolvent for the purposes of section 95A of the Australian Corporations Act), (ii) becoming, or taking any step that could result in it becoming, an insolvent under administration (as defined in section 9 of the Australian Corporations Act); (iii) suspending making payment on its debts or being subject to a moratorium; (iv) by reason of actual or anticipated insolvency, commencing negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling its Indebtedness; or (v) has any step taken under the provisions of the Australian Corporations Act to deregister it.
ARTICLE IIArticle II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE LOANS
Section 2.01. Section 2.01. The Revolving Loans.
(a) Each Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars (each, a “Dollar Revolving Loan”) or Euros (each a “Euro Revolving Loan”, and collectively with any Dollar Revolving Loans, the “Revolving Loans”) to either Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date until the Termination Date of such Lender in an aggregate amount as to all Borrowers not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Xxxxxx’s Commitment.
(b) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Total Outstandings shall (1) not on the date of any extension of credit under this Agreement nor on the last day of an Interest Period for any outstanding Borrowing exceed the Total Commitments or (2) not on the last Business Day of any week exceed 103% of the Total Commitments.
(c) Each Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than the Dollar Equivalent of $1 million and integral multiples of the Dollar Equivalent of $500,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, an aggregate amount equal to the then remaining Unused Commitments of the Lenders participating in such Borrowing, as applicable).
(d) Each Borrowing shall consist of Revolving Loans of the same Type in the same Currency made on the same day by the Lenders ratably according to their respective Commitments.
(e) Within the limits set forth above and subject to Section 2.13, each Borrower may from time to time borrow, repay pursuant to Section 2.05 or prepay pursuant to Section 2.08 and reborrow under this Section 2.01.
(f) Each Lender may, at its option, make any Revolving Loan available to any Borrower by causing any branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Revolving Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of such Borrower to repay such Revolving Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Each reference to any Lender shall be deemed to include any of such Lender’s Affiliates which make Revolving Loans; provided that no such Lender shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder until such Xxxxxx’s Affiliates have actually performed such Xxxxxx’s obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall be permitted to deal solely and directly with, and may rely conclusively on, such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.
Section 2.02. Section 2.02. The Letters of Credit. On the terms and subject to the conditions
contained in this Agreement, $50 million of the Facility is available (the “Letter of Credit Sublimit”) for the issuance of letters of credit, in Dollars or Euros, for the account of each Borrower (the “Letter of Credit Sub-Facility”),
and each Issuing Bank agrees to Issue at the request of any Borrower one or more Standby Letters of Credit and, at the sole discretion of the relevant Issuing Bank, Documentary Letters of Credit (each a “Letter of Credit”) from time to time on
any Business Day during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on or before the day that is thirty (30) days prior to the Final Maturity Date in an amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Issuing Bank’s Letter
of Credit Commitment; provided, however, that each Letter of Credit shall expire (or be subject to termination or non-renewal by notice from the applicable Issuing Bank to the beneficiary thereof) at or prior to the close of business
on the earlier of (a) the date that is one (1) year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit and (b) the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Final Maturity Date. Upon any Borrower’s request (a) any Letter of Credit which
is issued in the final year prior to the Final Maturity Date may have an expiry date which is one (1) year after the Final Maturity Date if cash collateralized or covered by standby letter(s) of credit five (5) Business Days prior to the Final
Maturity Date and (b) any Letter of Credit with a one-year tenor may provide for the extension thereof for additional one (1) calendar year periods, which shall in no event extend beyond the Final Maturity Date (after giving effect to the foregoing clause
(a)).
Section 2.03. Section 2.03. Fees.
(a) Commitment Fee. Each Borrower agrees on a joint and several basis to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a Commitment Fee on the average daily amount of the Unused Commitment of such Lender from the Effective Date (in the case of each Lender), and from the effective date specified in the Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender (in the case of each other Lender), until the Termination Date of such Lender, payable in Dollars in arrears on each Quarterly Date during the term of such Lender’s Commitment, and on the Termination Date of such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable rate for Commitment Fees in effect from time to time.
(b) Letter of Credit Compensation.
(i) Each Borrower agrees on a joint and several basis to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commission on such Lender’s pro rata share of the average daily aggregate Available LC Amount of (A) all Standby Letters of Credit outstanding from time to time and (a) all Documentary Letters of Credit outstanding from time to time, in each case at the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time for SOFR Loans, payable in Dollars (the amount of which commission shall be determined, in the case of the Available LC Amount of Letters of Credit denominated in Euros on the basis of the Dollar Equivalent of such amount on the date
payable) in arrears quarterly on each Quarterly Date and on the Termination Date of such Lender, commencing on the first Quarterly Date after the date hereof.
(ii) Each Borrower agrees on a joint and several basis to pay to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, (x) a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, payable quarterly in arrears on each Quarterly Date during which such Issuing Bank has acted in such capacity, and on the scheduled Termination Date of such Issuing Bank (if such Issuing Bank acted in such capacity up to such date), in an amount equal to the product of fifteen (15) basis points per annum of the average daily Available LC Amount of such Letter of Credit multiplied by the actual number of days such Letter of Credit was outstanding in such period, divided by 360, as applicable, which amount shall be payable in Dollars and calculated based on the Dollar Equivalent of any amount otherwise calculated in Euros on the date when such amount is payable, and (y) such customary fees and charges in connection with the issuance or administration of each Letter of Credit as may be agreed in writing between any Borrower and such Issuing Bank from time to time.
(c) Defaulting Lender Fees. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender will not be entitled to any fees accruing pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above, in each case with respect to the entire accrual period with respect to such fees (without prejudice to the rights of the Non-Defaulting Lenders in respect of such fees); provided, that (i) to the extent that a ratable portion of the Letter of Credit Obligations of such Defaulting Lender has been reallocated in accordance with Section 2.13(a)(i) to the Non-Defaulting Lenders, the fees that would have accrued for the benefit of such Defaulting Lender will instead accrue for the benefit of and be payable to such Non-Defaulting Lenders, pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments, and (4) to the extent any portion of such Letter of Credit Obligations cannot be so reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lenders, such fees will instead accrue for the benefit of and be payable to the Issuing Bank as its interests appear (and the pro rata payment provisions of Section 2.09 will automatically be deemed adjusted to reflect the provisions of this Section 2.03(c)).
(d) Other Fees. Each Borrower agrees on a joint and
several basis to pay to the Administrative Agent such fees as from time to time may be separately agreed between any Borrower and the Administrative Agent, including as set forth in the Fee Letter.
Section 2.04. Section 2.04. Reductions and Increases of the Commitments and Term Loan Tranches.
(a) Commitment Reductions, Etc. The Commitment of each
Lender shall be automatically reduced to zero on the Termination Date of such Lender. In addition, LiventArcadium shall have the
right, upon at least three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce ratably in part the unused portions of the respective Commitments of the Lenders, provided, that (A) the Total Commitments shall
not be reduced pursuant to this sentence to an amount which is less than the Total Outstandings, (a) each partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of at least $10 million or any integral multiple of $1 million in excess thereof and (b) a
reduction in the Commitments shall not be allowed if, as a result thereof, the Commitments would be reduced to an amount which is less than the sum of the Letter of Credit Sub-Facility. Each Commitment reduction pursuant to this Section 2.04(a) shall
be permanent (subject, however, to the rights of the Borrowers under Sections 2.04(b) and 2.04(c)).
(b) Optional Increases of Commitments.
(i) Subsequent to the Effective Date and not more than
twice in any calendar year, LiventArcadium may propose to increase the Total Commitments by an aggregate amount of not
less than $20 million or an integral multiple of $10 million in excess thereof (a “Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase”) in the manner set forth below, provided, that:
(A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing either as of the date on which LiventArcadium shall notify the Administrative Agent of its request to increase
the Total Commitments or as of the related Increase Date (as hereinafter defined);
(B) the representations and warranties contained in the
Loan Documents shall be correct in all material respects (except any representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects) both as of the date on which LiventArcadium shall notify the Administrative Agent of its request to increase the Total Commitments and as of the related Increase Date, as though made on and as of such date, other than
any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, refer to a different date, which shall be true and correct as of such earlier date; and
(C) after giving effect to such Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase, the aggregate amount of all such Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increases and Incremental Term Loan Facilities entered into since the Effective Date shall not exceed $200 million.
(ii) LiventArcadium may request an increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments by delivering to the Administrative Agent a notice (an “Increase Notice”, the date of delivery
thereof to the Administrative Agent being the “Increase Notice Date”) specifying (1) the Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase, (2) the proposed date (the “Increase Date”) on which the Commitments would be so increased (which Increase
Date may not be fewer than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days after the Increase Notice Date) and (3) the New Lenders, if any, to whom LiventArcadium desires to offer the opportunity to commit to all or a portion of the Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase. The Administrative Agent shall in turn promptly notify each Lender of Livent’sArcadium’s request by sending each Lender a copy of such notice.
(iii) Not later than the date that is five (5) days after
the Increase Notice Date, the Administrative Agent shall notify each New Lender, if any, identified in the related Increase Notice of the opportunity to commit to all or any portion of the Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase. Each such New Lender
may irrevocably commit to all or a portion of the Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase, representing Commitments and Incremental Term Loan Commitments, as applicable (such New Lender’s “Proposed New Commitment”) by notifying the
Administrative Agent (which shall give prompt notice thereof to LiventArcadium) before 11:00 A.M. on the date that is ten (10)
days after the Increase Notice Date; provided, that:
(A) the Proposed New Commitment of each New Lender shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $10 million; and
(B) each New Lender that submits a Proposed New Commitment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (for its acceptance and recording in the Register) a New Commitment Acceptance in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.07 hereof.
(iv) If the aggregate Proposed New Commitments of all of
the New Lenders shall be less than the Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase, then (unless LiventArcadium otherwise requests)
the Administrative Agent shall, on or prior to the date that is fifteen (15) days after the Increase Notice Date, notify each Lender of the opportunity to so commit to all or any portion of the Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase not committed to
by New Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.04(b)(iii). Each Lender may, if, in its sole discretion, it elects to do so,
irrevocably offer to commit to all or a portion of such remainder, representing Commitments (such Lender’s “Proposed Increased Commitment”), by notifying the Administrative Agent (which shall give prompt notice thereof to LiventArcadium) no later than 11:00 A.M. on the date five (5) days before the Increase Date. In no event shall any Lender be obligated to increase
its Commitments hereunder.
(v) If the aggregate amount of Proposed New Commitments and Proposed Increased Commitments (such aggregate amount, the “Total Committed Increase”) equals or exceeds $20 million, then, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.04(b)(i):
(A) effective on and as of the Increase Date, the Total Commitments shall be increased by the Total Committed Increase (provided, that the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall in no event be increased pursuant to this Section 2.04(b) to more than $700 million, less the amount of any reductions of the Total Commitments under Section 2.04(a)) and shall be allocated among the New Lenders and the Lenders as provided in Section 2.04(b)(vi); and
(B) on the Increase Date, if any Revolving Loans are then outstanding, the Borrowers shall borrow Revolving Loans from all or certain of the Lenders and/or (subject to compliance by the Borrowers with Section 9.04(c)) prepay Revolving Loans of all or certain of the Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender) such that, after giving effect thereto, the Revolving Loans (including the Types, Currencies and Interest Periods thereof) shall be held by the Lenders (including for such purposes New Lenders) ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments.
If the Total Committed Increase is less than $20 million, then the Total Commitments shall not be changed.
(vi) The Total Committed Increase shall be allocated among New Lenders having Proposed New Commitments and Lenders having Proposed Increased Commitments as follows:
(A) If the Total Committed Increase shall be at least $20 million and less than or equal to the Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase, then (1) the initial Commitment of each New Lender shall be such New Lender’s Proposed New Commitment and (i) the Commitment of each Lender shall be increased by such Xxxxxx’s Proposed Increased Commitment.
(B) If the Total Committed Increase shall be greater than the Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase, then the Total Committed Increase shall be allocated:
(1) first to New Lenders (to the extent of
their respective Proposed New Commitments) in such a manner as LiventArcadium and the Administrative Agent shall agree; and
(2) then to Lenders (to the extent of their
respective Proposed Increased Commitments, if any) in such a manner as LiventArcadium shall determine in its sole discretion upon
consultation with the Administrative Agent.
(vii) No increase in the Commitments contemplated hereby shall become effective until the Administrative Agent shall have received (A) to the extent requested, Revolving Loan Notes payable by each of the Borrowers to each New Lender and each Increasing Lender, (c) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such increases in the Commitments, and
Borrowings thereunder, have been duly authorized and (C) a favorable opinion of counsel to the Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, Lender, if any, and New Lenders, if any, and covering such customary matters relating to the Proposed Increased Commitments as the Administrative Agent may request including as to continuing perfection.
(c) Incremental Term Loan Tranches.
(i) Subsequent to the Effective Date and not more than
twice, LiventArcadium may request one or more incremental term loan tranches in an aggregate amount of not less than $50 million
or an integral multiple of $10 million in excess thereof (a “Incremental Term Loan Facility”; and the commitments with in respect thereof, the “Incremental Term Loan Commitments”) in
the manner set forth below, provided, that:
(A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing either as of the date on which LiventArcadium shall notify the Administrative Agent of their request for an
Incremental Term Loan Facility or as of the related Incremental Term Loan Facility Notice Date (as hereinafter defined);
(B) the representations and warranties contained in the
Loan Documents shall be correct in all material respects (except any representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects) both as of the date on which LiventArcadium shall notify the Administrative Agent of their request for an Incremental Term Loan Facility and as of the related Incremental Term Loan Facility Notice Date, as though made
on and as of such date, other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, refer to a different date, which shall be true and correct as of such earlier date;
(C) after giving effect to such Incremental Term Loan Facility, the aggregate amount of all such Incremental Term Loan Facilities and Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increases entered into since the Effective Date shall not exceed $200 million; and
(D) after giving effect to such Incremental Term Loan
Facility, LiventArcadium shall be in pro forma compliance with Section 6.01.
(ii) LiventArcadium may request an incremental term loan facility by delivering to the Administrative Agent a notice (an “Incremental Term Loan Facility Notice”, the date of delivery
thereof to the Administrative Agent being the “Incremental Term Loan Facility Notice Date”) specifying (1) the Incremental Term Loan Facility, (2) the proposed date (the “Incremental Term Loan Facility Date”) on which the Incremental
Term Loan Facility would become effective (which Incremental Term Loan Facility Date may not be fewer than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days after the Incremental Term Loan Facility Notice Date) and (3) the New Lenders, if any, to whom LiventArcadium desires to offer the opportunity to commit to all or a portion of the Incremental Term Loan Facility. The
Administrative Agent shall in turn promptly notify each Lender of Livent’sArcadium’s request by sending each Lender a copy of
such notice.
(iii) Not later than the date that is five (5) days after the Incremental Term Loan Facility Notice Date, the Administrative Agent shall notify each New Lender, if any, identified in the related Incremental Term Loan Facility Notice of the opportunity to commit to all or any portion of the Incremental Term Loan Facility. Each such New Lender may irrevocably commit to all or a portion of the Incremental Term Loan Facility (such New Lender’s “Proposed New Lender Incremental Term Loan Commitment”) by notifying the Administrative Agent (which shall give
prompt notice thereof to LiventArcadium) before 11:00 A.M. on the date that is ten (10) days after the Incremental Term Loan Facility Notice Date; provided, that:
(A) the Proposed New Lender Incremental Term Loan Commitment of each New Lender shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $10 million; and
(B) each New Lender that submits a Proposed New Lender Incremental Term Loan Commitment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (for its acceptance and recording in the Register) a New Commitment Acceptance in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.07 hereof.
(iv) If the aggregate Proposed New Lender Incremental
Term Loan Commitments of all of the New Lenders shall be less than the Incremental Term Loan Facility, then (unless LiventArcadium
otherwise requests) the Administrative Agent shall, on or prior to the date that is fifteen (15) days after the Incremental Term Loan Notice Date, notify each Lender of the opportunity to so commit to all or any portion of the Incremental Term Loan
Facility not committed to by New Lenders pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(iii). Each Lender may, if, in its sole discretion, it elects to do so, irrevocably offer to commit to all or a portion of such remainder (such Lender’s “Proposed Existing
Lender Incremental Term Loan Commitment”), by notifying the Administrative Agent (which shall give prompt notice thereof to LiventArcadium)
no later than 11:00 A.M. on the date five (5) days before the Incremental Term Loan Facility Notice Date. In no event shall any Lender be obligated to increase its Commitments hereunder.
(v) If the aggregate amount of Proposed New Lender Incremental Term Loan Commitments and Proposed Existing Lender Incremental Term Loan Commitments (such aggregate amount, the “Total Committed Incremental Term Loan”) equals or exceeds $50 million, then, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.04(c)(i), effective on and as of the Incremental Term Loan Facility Date, the Total Commitments shall be increased by the Total Committed Incremental Term Loan (provided, that the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall in no event be increased pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) to more than $700 million, less the amount of any reductions of the Total Commitments under Section 2.04(a)) and shall be allocated among the New Lenders and the Lenders as provided in Section 2.04(c)(vi).
If the Total Committed Incremental Term Loan is less than $50 million, then the Total Commitments shall not be changed.
(vi) The Total Committed Incremental Term Loan shall be allocated among New Lenders having Proposed New Lender Incremental Term Loan Commitments and Lenders having Proposed Existing Lender Incremental Term Loan Commitments as follows:
(A) If the Total Committed Incremental Term Loan shall be at least $20 million and less than or equal to the Incremental Term Loan Facility, then (1) the initial Commitment of each New Lender shall be such New Lender’s Proposed New Lender Incremental Term Loan Commitment and (i) the Commitment of each Lender shall be increased by such Xxxxxx’s Proposed Existing Lender Incremental Term Loan Commitment.
(B) If the Total Committed Incremental Term Loan shall
be greater than the Incremental Term Loan Facility, then the Total Committed Incremental Term Loan shall be allocated as determined by LiventArcadium
in consultation with the Administrative Agent.
(vii) No increase in the Commitments contemplated hereby
shall become effective until the Administrative Agent shall have received (A) an amendment (an “Incremental Term Loan Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrowers, each Lender agreeing
to provide such Incremental Term Loan Commitments, if any, each New Lender, if any, and the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.07, provided, the Incremental Term Loan Amendment may, without need for the consent of any other
Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and LiventArcadium, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.04(c), (d) to the extent requested, term loan notes payable by each of the Borrowers to each Lender or each New Lender, as
applicable, (e) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such Incremental Term Loan Amendment has been duly authorized by each of the Loan Parties and (f) a favorable opinion of counsel to the Loan Parties, in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, Lender, if any, and New Lenders, if any, and covering such customary matters relating to the Incremental Term Loan Amendment as the Administrative Agent may request including as to continuing
perfection.
(viii) Any Incremental Term Loan Facility shall (A) be
ratably secured with the Loans, (B) not mature earlier than the Final Maturity Date nor have amortization of greater than 1.00% or less of the original principal amount of such Incremental Term Loan Facility per year, (C) bear interest and other fees
as agreed between LiventArcadium and the Lenders, if any, or New Lenders, if any, providing such Incremental Term Loan Facility
and (D) otherwise be on terms and pursuant to documentation to be determined by LiventArcadium and the Persons willing to provide
such Incremental Term Loan Facility; provided, that to the extent such terms and documentation are not consistent with the then existing Commitments or Incremental Term Loan Commitments (other than with respect to pricing, amortization and
maturity) they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that Incremental Term Loan Facilities may contain customary mandatory prepayments, voting rights and prepayment premiums).
(ix) The Borrowers may use the proceeds of the Incremental Term Loan Facility for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement.
Section 2.05. Section 2.05. Repayment.
(a) Revolving Loans. Subject to Section 2.13(a), each Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the principal amount of each Revolving Loan made by such Lender to such Borrower, and each Revolving Loan made by such Lender shall mature on the Termination Date of such Lender.
(b) Letter of Credit Loans. The Letters of Credit shall be repaid as set forth in Section 3.02.
(c) Certain Prepayments.
(i) If, as of the last Business Day of any week during
the period from the Effective Date until the Final Maturity Date, (A) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of all Loans (for which purpose the amount of any Loan that is denominated in an Alternate Currency shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent
thereof) plus (ii) the Available LC Amount of all Letters of Credit (for which purpose the Available LC Amount of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternate Currency shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent thereof as of the date of
determination) exceeds (g) 103% of the then Total Commitments, the Administrative Agent shall use all reasonable efforts to give prompt written notice thereof to LiventArcadium, specifying the amount to be prepaid under this clause (i), and the Borrowers shall, within two (2) Business Days of the date of such notice, prepay the Loans in an amount so that after giving
effect thereto the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans (determined as aforesaid) plus the Available LC Amount of all Letters of Credit (determined as aforesaid) does not exceed the Total Commitments; provided, that any such payment shall be accompanied by any amounts payable under Section 9.04(c).
(ii) In addition, if on the last day of any Interest
Period the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans (after giving effect to any Loans being made to repay Loans maturing on that date) plus the Available LC Amount of all Letters of Credit would exceed 100% of the aggregate amount
of the Commitments, the Administrative Agent shall use all reasonable efforts to give prompt written notice thereof to LiventArcadium,
specifying the amount to be prepaid under this clause (ii), and the Borrowers shall, within two (2) Business Days of the date of such notice, prepay the Loans, or cause Loans to be prepaid, or reduce the requested Loans in such amounts that
after giving effect to such action the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans (after giving effect to any Loans being made to repay Loans maturing on that date) plus the Available LC Amount of all Letters of Credit does not
exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments; provided, that any such payment shall be accompanied by any amounts payable under Section 9.04(c).
(iii) The determinations of the Administrative Agent under this Section 2.05(c) shall be conclusive and binding on each Borrower in the absence of manifest error.
(d) If any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments in respect of the Obligations due to it from or for the benefit of any Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.05 to the Non-Defaulting Lenders for application to, and reduction of, their ratable portion of all Obligations until such Non-Defaulting Lenders have been repaid in full. Such Defaulting Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to distribute such payments in accordance with Section 2.13(a)(iii). This Section 2.05 shall (i) apply and be effective regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and notwithstanding (h) any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary or (i) any instruction of any Borrower as to its desired application of payments and (5) not be deemed to relieve or otherwise release any Borrower from any of its Obligations due or owing to any Lender, including a Defaulting Lender.
Section 2.06. Section 2.06. Interest.
(a) Ordinary Interest. Each Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by each Lender to such Borrower, from the date of such Loan until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following rates per annum and in each case subject to Section 2.13(a)(iii):
(i) Base Rate Loans and Letter of Credit Loans. If such Loan is either a Revolving Loan or a Letter of Credit Loan which, in each case, bears interest at the Base Rate, a rate per annum equal at all times to the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin, payable on (A) each Quarterly Date while such Base Rate Loan is outstanding or (a) the last day of each month during which such Letter of Credit Loan is outstanding, and in each case, on the date such Base Rate Loan or Letter of Credit Loan shall be paid in full.
(ii) SOFR Loans. If such Loan is a SOFR Loan, a rate per annum equal at all times during each Interest Period for such Loan to the sum of the Adjusted Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin, payable on the last day of such Interest Period and, if such Interest Period has a duration of more than three (3) months, at three- (3) month intervals following the first day of such Interest Period.
(iii) EURIBOR Loans. If such Loan is a EURIBOR Loan, a rate per annum equal at all times during each Interest Period for such Loan to the sum of the applicable EURIBOR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin, payable on the last day of such Interest Period
and, if such Interest Period has a duration of more than three (3) months, at three- (3) month intervals following the first day of such Interest Period.
(b) Default Interest. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default under Section 7.01(a) or Section 7.01(e) that has not been waived, the Administrative Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, require the Borrowers to pay to the fullest extent permitted by law interest (“Default Interest”) on all outstanding Obligations at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans plus two percentage points (2%) per annum; provided, however, that following the acceleration of the Loans and other Obligations pursuant to Section 7.01, Default Interest shall accrue and be payable hereunder whether or not previously required by the Administrative Agent.
Section 2.07. Section 2.07. Interest Rate Determinations.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to LiventArcadium and the Lenders of the applicable interest rate determined by the Administrative Agent for purposes of Section 2.06(a)(i), (ii)
and (iii).
(b) (i) Subject to Section 2.16, if prior to 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on any date on which an interest rate is to be determined pursuant to the definition of Adjusted Term SOFR, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Adjusted Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed SOFR Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, or the Required Lenders have provided notice of such determination to the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and each Lender of such circumstances. Upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers, any right of the Borrowers to select SOFR Loans for any requested Revolving Loan Borrowing or any subsequent Revolving Loan Borrowing shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) until the Administrative Agent revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrowers may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, the Borrowers will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and (ii) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 9.04(c). Subject to Section 2.16, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that “Adjusted Term SOFR” cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof on any given day, the interest rate on Base Rate Loans shall be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate” until the Administrative Agent revokes such determination.
(c) (ii) If prior to 10:00 A.M. on any date on which an interest rate is to be determined pursuant to the definition of “EURIBOR”, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding on
each Borrower) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining EURIBOR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed EURIBOR Loan, or (6) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders in
respect of the relevant facility that EURIBOR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed EURIBOR Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such EURIBOR Loan for such Interest Period, then the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify LiventArcadium and each Lender of such circumstances, whereupon the right of LiventArcadium to select EURIBOR Loans for any requested Borrowing (or for the purposes of Section 2.12, any requested
Conversion or Continuance) or any subsequent Borrowing (or for the purposes of Section 2.12, any subsequent Conversion or Continuance) shall be suspended until the first date on which the circumstances causing such suspension cease to exist.
If LiventArcadium shall not, in turn, before 11:00 A.M. on such date notify the Administrative Agent that a Notice of Borrowing
with respect to such XXXXXXX shall be converted to a
Notice of Borrowing for a Base Rate Loan, such Notice of Borrowing shall be deemed to be canceled and of no
force or effect, and no Borrower shall be liable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect thereto except as set forth in Section 3.01(c). Any outstanding affected EURIBOR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base
Rate Loans (in an amount that is then equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such EURIBOR Loans) at the end of the applicable Interest Period. In the event of such a suspension, the Administrative Agent shall review the circumstances giving rise to such
suspension at least weekly and shall notify LiventArcadium and the Lenders promptly of the end of such suspension, and thereafter
LiventArcadium shall be entitled, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, to borrow EURIBOR Loans.
Section 2.08. Section 2.08. Prepayments.
(a) The Borrowers shall have no right to prepay any principal amount of any Revolving Loan other than as provided in subsection (b) below.
(b) Each Borrower may without premium or penalty, upon (i) in the case of Base Rate Loans, same day notice, (ii) in the case of EURIBOR Loans, at least two Business Day prior notice and (iii) in the case of SOFR Loans, two U.S. Governmental Securities Business Days’ prior notice with respect to any Revolving Loan of the same Type given to the Administrative Agent stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and if such notice is given, such Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding principal amounts of the Loans made to such Borrower comprising part of the same Borrowing in whole or ratably in part, together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid; provided, however, that (i) each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount not less than $1 million or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (or the Foreign Currency Equivalent of such respective amounts in the case of Loans denominated in an Alternate Currency) and (7) if any prepayment of any SOFR Loans or any EURIBOR Loans shall be made on a date which is not the last day of an Interest Period for such Loans, such Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing to each Lender pursuant to Section 9.04(c) so long as such Xxxxxx makes written demand upon such Borrower therefor (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent) within twenty (20) Business Days after such prepayment.
Section 2.09. Section 2.09. Payments and Computations.
(a) All payments of principal of and interest on each Loan in a particular Currency shall be made in such Currency.
(b) (i) All payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts whatsoever payable by a Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes shall be made in immediately available funds, without deduction, setoff or counterclaim, to the Administrative Agent’s Account for the relevant Currency, not later than 11:00 A.M. (in the case of amounts payable in Dollars) or 11:00 A.M. Local Time in the location of the Administrative Agent’s Account (in the case of amounts payable in an Alternate Currency), on the day when due.
(ii) The Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or fees ratably (other than amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.10 or 3.03 or as contemplated by Section 2.03(c) or 2.13) to the Lenders entitled thereto for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(iii) Upon its acceptance of an Acceptance and recording of the information contained therein in the Register pursuant to Section 9.07(d), from and after the effective date
specified in such Acceptance the Administrative Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under the Notes in respect of the interest assigned or assumed thereby to the Lender assignee or New Lender thereunder (as the case may be). The parties to each Assignment and Acceptance shall make all appropriate adjustments in such payments for periods prior to such effective date directly between themselves.
(c) All computations of interest based on the Base Rate (other than if the Base Rate is computed on the basis of the Federal Funds Rate) and of commitment fees and letter of credit commission shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and all computations of interest based on Term SOFR, EURIBOR or the Base Rate based on the Federal Funds Rate shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest or fees are payable. All interest hereunder on any Loan shall be computed on a daily basis based upon the outstanding principal amount of such Loan as of the applicable date of determination. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(d) Whenever any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest, commitment fees or, letter of credit commission, as the case may be; provided, however, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day or Business Days, as applicable.
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Xxxxxxxx has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each relevant Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent that such Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.
(f) Anything in Section 2.05 or 2.06 to the contrary notwithstanding, and without prejudice to Section 2.06(b) or 7.01(a), if any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal or interest denominated in an Alternate Currency within one (1) Business Day after the due date therefor in the case of principal and three (3) Business Days after the due date therefor in the case of interest (without giving effect to any acceleration of maturity under Article VII (Events of Default)), the amount so in default shall automatically be redenominated in Dollars on the day one (1) Business Day after the due date therefor in the case of a principal payment and three (3) Business Days after the due date therefor in the case of an interest payment in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such principal or interest.
(g) If any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments in respect of the Obligations subject to this Section 2.09 due to it from and for the benefit of the Borrowers to the Non-Defaulting Lenders for application to, and reduction of, the Non-Defaulting Lenders’ ratable portion of all Obligations until such Non-Defaulting Lenders have been repaid in full. Each Defaulting Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to distribute such payments in accordance with Section 2.13(a)(iii). This Section 2.09(g) shall (i) apply at any time such Lender is a Defaulting Lender and be effective regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred or is continuing and notwithstanding (a) any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary or (b) any instruction of any Borrower as to its desired application of payments and (8) not be deemed to relieve or
otherwise release any Borrower from any of its Obligations due or owing to any Lender, including a Defaulting Lender.
(h) In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR or EURIBOR, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR or EURIBOR.
Section 2.10. Section 2.10. Taxes.
(a) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 2.10, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank and the term “Requirement of Law” includes FATCA.
(b) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Loan Parties under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Requirement of Law. If any Requirement of 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 by a Withholding Agent, 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 any Requirement of Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Loan Parties shall be increased as necessary (or, in relation to Australian withholding tax, the Loan Parties shall pay an additional amount) so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.10) the applicable Recipient 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 Xxxxxxxx. The Borrowers shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the applicable Requirements of Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(d) Indemnification by Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.10) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Loan Parties 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 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrowers have not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrowers to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Xxxxxx’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.07(f) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all
amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (e).
(f) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Borrowers to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.10, the Borrowers 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.
(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 Loan Document shall deliver to LiventArcadium
and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by LiventArcadium or the Administrative Agent, such
properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by LiventArcadium 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 LiventArcadium
or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by the applicable Requirements of Law or reasonably requested by LiventArcadium or the Administrative Agent as will enable LiventArcadium 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 clauses (g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) of this Section 2.10) 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 LiventArcadium and the Administrative Agent on or about the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from
time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of LiventArcadium 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 LiventArcadium and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested
by the recipient) on or about the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of LiventArcadium or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or 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 Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or 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;
(2) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-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 either Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrowers as 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 or IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or
(4) 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, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 or Exhibit B-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 B-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is
legally entitled to do so, deliver to LiventArcadium and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested
by the recipient) on or about the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of LiventArcadium or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by the applicable Requirements of 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 the applicable Requirements of Law to permit LiventArcadium or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan
Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable),
such Lender shall deliver to LiventArcadium and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time
or times reasonably requested by LiventArcadium or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by the applicable
Requirements of Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by LiventArcadium or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for LiventArcadium 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, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D),
“FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously
delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify LiventArcadium
and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(E) Each party which becomes a Lender on the day on which this Agreement is entered into confirms that, on such date, it is an Irish Qualifying Lender (other than an Irish Treaty Lender), unless it notifies Arcadium and the Administrative Agent in writing that it is not an Irish Qualifying Lender or is an Irish Treaty Lender. Each party which becomes a Lender after the date of this Agreement shall indicate, in the Assignment and Acceptance which it executes on becoming a Lender and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and without liability to any Borrower, which of the following categories it falls in: (a) an Irish Qualifying Lender (other than an Irish Treaty Lender); (b) an Irish Treaty Lender or (c) not an Irish Qualifying Lender. If a Lender fails to indicate its status in accordance with this clause, then such Lender shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement (including by the relevant Borrowers) as if it is not an Irish Qualifying Lender until such time as it notifies Arcadium and the Administrative Agent which category applies. An Assignment and Acceptance shall not be invalidated by any failure of a Lender to comply with this clause. A Lender shall promptly notify Arcadium and the Administrative Agent if it ceases to be an Irish Qualifying Lender.
(F) Following a request from a Borrower, the relevant Lender shall provide to the relevant Borrower any correct, complete and accurate information available to the Lender necessary for the relevant Borrower to comply with its obligations under sections 891A, 891E, 891F and 891G of the Irish Taxes Act.
(h) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.10 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.10 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this clause (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this clause (h) 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 clause (h) 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.
(i) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.10 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
Section 2.11. Section 2.11. Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether
voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the Revolving Loans or the Letter of Credit Loans made by it (other than as expressly provided herein) in excess of its ratable share of payments on
account of the Revolving Loans or the Letter of Credit Loans obtained by all such Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from such other Lenders such participations in the Revolving Loans or the Letter of Credit Loans made by them as shall be
necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them, provided, however, that, if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase
from each Lender shall be rescinded and such Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the
purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to such Xxxxxx’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Xxxxxx’s required repayment to (9) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. Each Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.11 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
Section 2.12. Section 2.12. Conversion or Continuation of Revolving Loans.
(a) Each Borrower may elect (i) at any time on any Business Day to Convert Base Rate Loans or any portion thereof to SOFR Loans or (10) at the end of any applicable Interest Period, to Convert SOFR Loans or any portion thereof into Base Rate Loans or to Continue SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans or any portion thereof for an additional Interest Period; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of the SOFR Loans Converted or SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans Continued for each Interest Period must be in the amount of at least $5 million or an integral multiple of $1 million in excess thereof. Each Conversion or Continuation shall be allocated among the Revolving Loans of each Lender in accordance with such Lender’s pro rata share. Subject to clause (b) below, each such election shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 (Form of Notice of Conversion or Continuation) (a “Notice of Conversion or Continuation”) and shall be made by giving the Administrative Agent (a) in the case of a Continuation or Conversion into SOFR Loans, at least three U.S Government Securities Business Days’ prior written notice, (B) in the case of a Continuation of EURIBOR Loans, at least three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice, and (C) in the case of a Conversion into Base Rate Loans, at least one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice, in each case, specifying (i) the amount and Type of Revolving Loan being Converted or Continued, (ii) in the case of a Conversion to SOFR Loans or a Continuation of SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans, the applicable Interest Period and (iii) in the case of a Conversion, the date of Conversion (which date shall be a Business Day and, if a Conversion from SOFR Loans, shall also be the last day of the applicable Interest Period).
(b) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of a Notice of Conversion or Continuation and of the options selected therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Conversion in whole or in part of Base Rate Loans to SOFR Loans, and no Continuation in whole or in part of SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans upon the expiration of any applicable Interest Period, shall be permitted at any time at which (i) a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or (11) the Continuation of a SOFR Loan or a EURIBOR Loan, or Conversion into, a SOFR Loan would violate any provision of Section 2.07, 3.03 or 3.04. If, within the time period required under the terms of this Section 2.12, the Administrative Agent does not receive a Notice of Conversion or Continuation from the applicable Borrower containing a permitted election to Continue any SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans for an additional Interest Period or to Convert any such Revolving Loans, then, upon the expiration of the applicable Interest Period, such Revolving Loans, if denominated in Dollars, shall be automatically Converted to Base Rate Loans and such Revolving Loans, if denominated in Euros, shall be automatically Continued as EURIBOR Loans with an interest period of one (1) month (or if consented by all Lenders, seven (7) days). Each Notice of Conversion or Continuation shall be irrevocable.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each SOFR Loan and each EURIBOR Loan shall, upon the expiration of the applicable Interest Period, be automatically Converted to a Base Rate Loan.
Section 2.13. Section 2.13. Defaulting Lender.
(a) Reallocation of Defaulting Lender Commitments. If a Lender becomes, and during the period it remains, a Defaulting Lender, the following provisions shall apply:
(i) in the case of each Defaulting Lender, the ratable portion of such Defaulting Lender with respect to any such outstanding Obligations will, subject to the limitation in the first
proviso below, automatically be reallocated (effective on the date such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender) among the Lenders that are Non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata in accordance with such Non-Defaulting Lenders’ respective Commitments; provided, that (A) the sum of each Non-Defaulting Lender’s ratable portion of the Total Outstandings may not in any event exceed the Commitment of such Non-Defaulting Lender as in effect at the time of such reallocation and (a) neither such reallocation nor any payment by a Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant thereto will constitute a waiver or release of any claim any Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender, or cause such Defaulting Lender to be a Non-Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, any such reallocation shall only be permitted to the extent that the conditions set forth in Section 4.02(a)(i) and Section 4.02(a)(ii) have been satisfied at the time of such reallocation.
(ii) in the case of each Defaulting Lender, to the extent that any portion (the “unreallocated portion”) of the ratable portion of such Defaulting Lender with respect to any such outstanding and future Letter of Credit Obligations cannot be so reallocated, whether by reason of the first proviso in clause (i) above or otherwise, the Borrowers will (on a joint and several basis), not later than five (5) Business Days after demand by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Issuing Banks), (A) Cash Collateralize (pursuant to procedures similar to those detailed in Section 7.02 and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) the Obligations of the Borrowers to the Issuing Banks in respect of such Obligations or (b) make other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and to the Issuing Banks, in their reasonable discretion, to protect them against the risk of non-payment by such Defaulting Lender; and
(iii) in the case of each Defaulting Lender, any amount paid by any Borrower for the account of such Defaulting Lender under this Agreement (whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity payments or other amounts) will not be paid or distributed to such Defaulting Lender, but will instead be retained by the Administrative Agent in a segregated, non-interest bearing account until (subject to Section 2.03(c)) the termination of the Commitments and payment in full of all the Obligations and will be applied by the Administrative Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to the making of payments from time to time in the following order of priority: first to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, second to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Bank (pro rata as to the respective amounts owing to any Issuing Bank) under this Agreement, third to the payment of post-default interest and then current interest due and payable to the Lenders hereunder other than Defaulting Lenders as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement as determined in any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or the Issuing Banks against such Defaulting Lender, ratably among them in accordance with the amounts of such interest then due and payable to them, fourth to the payment of fees then due and payable to the Non-Defaulting Lenders hereunder as a result of such Defaulting Xxxxxx’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement as determined in any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or the Issuing Banks against such Defaulting Lender, ratably among them in accordance with the amounts of such fees then due and payable to them, fifth to pay principal and Reimbursement Obligations in respect of the Letters of Credit at such time then due and payable to the Non-Defaulting Lenders hereunder ratably in accordance with the amounts thereof then due and payable to them, sixth to the ratable payment of other amounts then due and payable to the Non-Defaulting Lenders as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement as determined in any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or the Issuing Banks against such Defaulting Lender, seventh after the termination of the Commitments and payment in full of all the Obligations, to pay amounts owing under this Agreement to such Defaulting Lender or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
(b) Cash Collateral Call. If any Lender becomes, and during the period it remains, a Defaulting Lender, if any Letter of Credit is at the time outstanding, the Issuing Banks may (except, in the
case of a Defaulting Lender, to the extent the Commitments have been fully reallocated pursuant to Section 2.13(a)), by notice to Livent and such Defaulting Lender through the Administrative Agent, require any Borrower (i) to deposit in a cash collateral account maintained by the Administrative Agent an amount at least equal to 105% of the aggregate amount of the unreallocated obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Defaulting Lender to be applied pro rata in respect thereof, or (12) to make other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and to the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, in their sole discretion to protect them against the risk of non-payment by such Defaulting Lender.
(c) Right to Give Drawdown Notices. In furtherance of the foregoing, if any Lender becomes, and during the period it remains, a Defaulting Lender, and the applicable Borrower fails to Cash Collateralize (pursuant to procedures similar to those detailed in Section 7.02 and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) or prepay its obligations in respect of Letter of Credit Obligations within five (5) Business Days after demand by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.13, any Issuing Bank is hereby authorized by the Borrowers (which authorization is irrevocable and coupled with an interest) to give, in its discretion, through the Administrative Agent, Notices of Borrowing pursuant to Section 3.01 in such amounts and in such times as may be required to (i) pay matured Reimbursement Obligations and/or (13) Cash Collateralize (pursuant to procedures similar to those detailed in Section 7.02 and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) the Obligations of the applicable Borrower in respect of Letters of Credit Obligations in an amount at least equal to the aggregate amount of the obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Defaulting Lender in respect of such Letter of Credit.
(d) Termination of Defaulting Lender Commitments. LiventArcadium may terminate the unused amount of the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender upon not less than ten (10) Business Days’
prior notice to the Administrative Agent (who will promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and in such event the provisions of Section 2.09 will apply to all amounts thereafter paid by any Borrower for the account of such Defaulting Lender
under this Agreement (whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity or other amounts); provided, that such termination will not be deemed to be a waiver or release of any claim any Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Banks or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender.
(e) Cure. If LiventArcadium, Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks, as applicable, agree in writing in their discretion that a Lender that is a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a
Defaulting Lender, as the case may be, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with
respect to any amounts then held in the segregated account referred to in Section 2.13(a)), such Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase such portion of outstanding Loans (including the purchase at par of any Revolving Loans and
related Commitments that were reallocated pursuant to Section 2.13(a)) of the other Lenders and/or make such other adjustments as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause such Xxxxxx’s ratable portion to be on a pro
rata basis in accordance with their respective Commitment, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender and will become a Non-Defaulting Lender; provided, that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees
accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrowers while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from
Defaulting Lender to Non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Xxxxxx having been a Defaulting Lender.
(f) Non-Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the occurrence of any Lender becoming a Defaulting Lender shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations to make such Loan or payment on any date required under this Agreement and no other Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any Defaulting Lender to make any Loan or payment required under this Agreement.
Section 2.14. Section 2.14. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other
agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
Section 2.15. Section 2.15. Joint and Several Liability of the Borrowers.
(a) Each of the Borrowers is accepting joint and several liability with respect to the Loans and all other Secured Obligations in consideration of the financial accommodation to be provided by the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of each of the Borrowers and in consideration of the undertakings of each of the Borrowers to accept joint and several liability for the obligations of each of them, regardless of which Borrower actually receives the benefit of such Loan or other Secured Obligations or the manner in which the Lenders account for such Loans or other Secured Obligations on their books and records. Each Borrower’s obligations with respect to the Loans made to it, and each Borrower’s obligations arising as a result of the joint and several liability of such Borrower hereunder, with respect to the Loans of the other Borrower hereunder, shall be separate and distinct obligations, but all such obligations shall be primary obligations of each Borrower.
(b) Each Borrower’s obligations arising as a result of the joint and several liability of such Borrower hereunder with respect to the Secured Obligations in respect of the other Borrower hereunder shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be unconditional irrespective of (i) the validity or enforceability or subordination of such Secured Obligations of the other Borrower, (14) the absence of any attempt to collect such Secured Obligations from the other Borrower, any other guarantor, or any other security therefor, or the absence of any other action to enforce the same, (15) the waiver, consent, extension, forbearance or granting of any indulgence by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders with respect to such Secured Obligations of the other Borrower, or any part thereof, or any other agreement now or hereafter executed by the other Borrower and delivered to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, (16) the failure by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to take any steps to perfect and maintain their security interest in, or to preserve their rights to, any security or collateral for such Secured Obligations of the other Borrower or (17) any other circumstances which might constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor or of the other Borrower (other than the occurrence of the Termination Date and the irrevocable payment in full of the Secured Obligations). With respect to each Borrower’s obligations arising as a result of the joint and several liability of such Borrower hereunder with respect to the Loans and other Secured Obligations of the other Borrower hereunder, such Borrower waives, until the Termination Date and the irrevocable payment in full of the Secured Obligations, any right to enforce any right of subrogation or any remedy which the Administrative Agent or any Lender now has or may hereafter have against such Borrower, any endorser or any guarantor of all or any part of such Secured Obligations, and any benefit of,
and any right to participate in, any security or collateral given to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to secure payment of such Secured Obligations or any other liability of the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, the Lenders may proceed directly and at once, without notice, against either Borrower to collect and recover the full amount, or any portion of, the Secured Obligations, without first proceeding against the other Borrower or any other Person, or against any security or collateral for such Secured Obligations. Each Borrower consents and agrees that the Lenders shall be under no obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Borrower or against or in payment of any or all of such Secured Obligations.
Section 2.16. Section 2.16. Benchmark Replacement Setting.
(a) Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event with respect to any Benchmark, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers may amend this Agreement to replace such Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all affected Xxxxxxx and the Borrowers so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. No replacement of a Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 2.16(a) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
(b) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(c) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of (i) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (ii) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement. The Administrative Agent will notify the Borrowers of (x) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 2.16(d) and (y) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any notice required to be delivered by the Administrative Agent as set forth in this Section 2.16 may be provided, at the option of the Administrative Agent (in its sole discretion), in one or more notices and may be delivered together with, or as part of any amendment which implements any Benchmark Replacement or Conforming Changes. 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 2.16, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.16.
(d) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if any then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate or EURIBOR) 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 Xxxxxxxxx has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is
not or will not be representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) 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 not or will not be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor
(e) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrowers’ receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrowers may revoke any pending request for a SOFR Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans, or a EURIBOR Borrowing of, or continuation of EURIBOR Loans, in each case, to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period denominated in the applicable Currency and, failing that, (A) in the case of any request for any affected SOFR Loan, the Borrowers will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans and (B) in the case of any request for any affected EURIBOR Loan, if applicable, then such request shall be ineffective and shall, at the Borrowers’ election, (I) be converted into Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars (in an amount that is then equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such EURIBOR Loans) at the end of the applicable Interest Period or (II) be prepaid in full at the end of the applicable Interest Period; provided that, with respect to any EURIBOR Loan, if no election is made by the Borrowers by the earlier of (x) that date this is three Business Days after receipt by the Borrowers of such notice and (y) the last day of the current Interest Period for the applicable EURIBOR Loan, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have elected clause (I) above. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 9.04(c). During a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to any Benchmark or at any time that a tenor for any then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark that is the subject of such Benchmark Unavailability Period or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of Base Rate. During such Benchmark Unavailability Period, any outstanding SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans, as applicable, shall be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans (in the case of such EURIBOR Loans, in an amount that is then equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such EURIBOR Loans) at the end of the applicable Interest Period.
(f) Disclaimer. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR or EURIBOR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR, EURIBOR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR, EURIBOR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrowers. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR, EURIBOR or any other Benchmark, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrowers, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law
or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
ARTICLE XXXXxxxxxx XXX
MAKING THE LOANS AND ISSUING THE LETTERS OF CREDIT
Section 3.01. Section 3.01. Making the Revolving Loans.
(a) Each Borrowing shall
be made on notice, given not later than (i) 11:00 A.M. on the third Business Day prior to the date of a EURIBOR Loan Borrowing, (ii) 11:00 A.M. on the third U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to the date of a SOFR Loan Borrowing, and (iii)
11:00 A.M. on the day of a Base Rate Loan Borrowing, by LiventArcadium to the Administrative Agent, which shall give to each
Lender prompt notice thereof by telecopier. Each notice of a Borrowing (a “Notice of Borrowing”) shall be made in writing by telecopier or electronic mail in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto, specifying therein the
requested (a) date of such Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (b) Currency and Type of Revolving Loan comprising such Borrowing, (c) aggregate amount of such Borrowing, (d) in the case of a Borrowing comprised of SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans,
the Interest Period for each such Revolving Loan; provided that if no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested SOFR Loan or EURIBOR Loan, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one
month’s duration, and and (e) the name of the applicable Borrower. Each Lender shall (i) before 11:00 A.M. Local Time on the date of such Borrowing (in the case of a either a SOFR Loan Borrowing or a
EURIBOR Loan Borrowing) and (ii) before 1:00 P.M. on the date of such Borrowing (in the case of a Base Rate Loan Borrowing), make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s
Account for the relevant Currency in same day funds, such Xxxxxx’s ratable portion of such Borrowing. After the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article IV (Conditions),
the Administrative Agent will make such funds available to the relevant Borrower in such manner as the Administrative Agent and such Borrower may agree; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall first make a portion of
such funds equal to the aggregate principal amount of any Letter of Credit Loans as to which a Borrower has received timely notice made by the Issuing Banks and by any other Lender and outstanding on the date of such Borrowing, plus interest accrued
and unpaid thereon to and as of such date, available to the relevant Issuing Banks and such other Lenders for repayment of such Letter of Credit Loans.
(b) Anything in clause (a) above to the contrary notwithstanding, a Borrower may not select SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans for any Borrowing if the aggregate amount of such Borrowing is less than $1 million or the Foreign Currency Equivalent thereof.
(c) Subject to Sections 2.07(b)2.07(a) and 3.04, each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the
Borrowers. In the case of any Borrowing by a Borrower which the related Notice of Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans, such Borrower shall indemnify each relevant Lender against any loss, cost or expense incurred by
such Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice of Borrowing for such Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article IV (Conditions), including any loss (excluding loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Revolving Loan to be made by such Lender as part of such Borrowing when such Revolving Loan, as
a result of such failure, is not made on such date.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the time any Borrowing is required to be made that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Xxxxxx’s ratable portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with clause (a) of this Section 3.01 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the relevant Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the
extent that such Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender and the relevant Borrower severally agree to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to such Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to Revolving Loans comprising such Borrowing and (18) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Rate, provided, that such Borrower retains its rights against such Lender with respect to any damages it may incur as a result of such Xxxxxx’s failure to fund, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall such Borrower be liable to such Lender or any other Person for the interest payable by such Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this sentence. If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
(e) The failure of any Lender to make the Revolving Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Revolving Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Revolving Loan to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.
Section 3.02. Section 3.02. Issuance of Letters of Credit.
(a) No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to Issue any Letter of Credit upon the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall purport by its terms to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from Issuing such Letter of Credit or any Requirement of Law applicable to such Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Bank refrain from, the Issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction or reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated) not in effect on the date of this Agreement or that would result in any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense that was not applicable, in effect or known to such Issuing Bank as of the date of this Agreement and that such Issuing Bank in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it;
(ii) such Issuing Bank shall have received any written notice of the type described in clause (c) below;
(iii) after giving effect to the Issuance of such Letter of Credit, (A) the aggregate Total Outstandings would exceed the aggregate of the Commitments in effect at such time, (a) the Letter of Credit Obligations at such time would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit or (b) the aggregate of all liabilities of the Borrowers to such Issuing Bank with respect to Letters of Credit would exceed the Letter of Credit Commitment of such Issuing Bank;
(iv) any fees due in connection with any Issuance have not been paid;
(v) such Letter of Credit is requested to be Issued in a form that is not acceptable to such Issuing Bank or such issuance would violate any policies of the Issuing Bank applicable to Letters of Credit, including, without limitation, any “know your client” or similar requirements;
(vi) such Letter of Credit is a Documentary Letter of Credit unless such Issuing Bank has agreed in its sole discretion to provide Documentary Letters of Credit; or
(vii) such Letter of Credit is requested to be denominated in any currency other than Dollars or Euros.
None of the Lenders (other than the Issuing Banks in their capacity as such) shall have any obligation to Issue any Letter of Credit.
(b) In connection with the Issuance of each Letter of Credit, a Borrower shall give the relevant Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent at least two (2) Business Days’ prior written notice, in form and substance acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank, of the requested Issuance of such Letter of Credit (a “Letter of Credit Request”). Such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the Issuing Bank of such Letter of Credit, the Currency of Issuance (Dollars or Euros) and face amount of the Letter of Credit requested, the date of Issuance of such requested Letter of Credit, the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which date shall be a Business Day) and the Person for whose benefit the requested Letter of Credit is to be issued. Such notice, to be effective, must be received by the relevant Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. on the second Business Day prior to the date of the requested Issuance of such Letter of Credit.
(c) Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 3.02 and in Section 2.02 (including, for certainty, the completion of any “know your client” or similar requirements), the relevant Issuing Bank shall, on the requested date, Issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the applicable Borrower in accordance with such Issuing Bank’s usual and customary business practices. No Issuing Bank shall Issue any Letter of Credit in the period commencing on the first Business Day after it receives written notice from any Lender that one or more of the conditions precedent contained in Section 4.02 shall not on such date be satisfied or duly waived and ending when such conditions are satisfied or duly waived. The relevant Issuing Bank shall not otherwise be required to determine that, or take notice whether, the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 have been satisfied in connection with the Issuance of any Letter of Credit.
(d) If requested by the relevant Issuing Bank, prior to the issuance of each Letter of Credit by such Issuing Bank, and as a condition of such Issuance and of the participation of each Lender in the Letter of Credit Obligations arising with respect thereto in accordance with clause (f) below, the applicable Borrower shall have delivered to such Issuing Bank a letter of credit reimbursement agreement, in such form as the Issuing Bank may employ in its ordinary course of business for its own account (a “Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement”), signed by such Xxxxxxxx, and such other documents or items as may be required pursuant to the terms thereof. In the event of any conflict between the terms of any Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.
(e) Each Issuing Bank shall:
(i) give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice confirmed promptly thereafter in writing, which writing may be a telecopy or electronic mail) of the Issuance of a Letter of Credit Issued by it, of all drawings under a Letter of Credit Issued by it and the payment (or the failure to pay when due) by the applicable Borrower of any Reimbursement Obligation when due;
(ii) upon the request of any Lender, furnish to such Lender, copies of any Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement to which such Issuing Bank is a party and such other documentation as may reasonably be requested by such Xxxxxx; and
(iii) no later than
ten (10) Business Days following the last day of each calendar month, provide to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall provide a copy to each Lender requesting the same) and LiventArcadium separate schedules for Documentary Letters of Credit and Standby Letters of Credit issued by it under the Letter of Credit Sub-Facility, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth the
aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations outstanding at the end of each month and any information requested by any Borrower or the Administrative Agent relating thereto.
(f) Immediately upon the issuance by an Issuing Bank of a Letter of Credit in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each Lender, and each Lender shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from such Issuing Bank, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation, to the extent of such Xxxxxx’s pro rata share of the Commitments, in such Letter of Credit and the obligations of the applicable Borrower with respect thereto (including all Letter of Credit Obligations with respect thereto) and any security therefor and guaranty pertaining thereto.
(g) Each Borrower agrees to pay to the Issuing Bank of any Letter of Credit the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of all Reimbursement Obligations owing to such Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit issued for its account no later than the date that is the next succeeding Business Day after such Xxxxxxxx receives written notice from such Issuing Bank that payment has been made under such Letter of Credit (the “Reimbursement Date”), irrespective of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that such Borrower may have at any time against such Issuing Bank or any other Person.
(h) In the event that any Issuing Bank makes any payment under any Letter of Credit and the applicable Borrower shall not have repaid the Dollar Equivalent of such amount to such Issuing Bank pursuant to clause (g) or any such payment by such Borrower is rescinded or set aside for any reason, such Reimbursement Obligation shall be payable on demand with interest thereon computed (i) from the date on which such Reimbursement Obligation arose to the Reimbursement Date, at the rate of interest applicable during such period to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans and (19) from the Reimbursement Date until the date of repayment in full, at the rate of interest applicable during such period to past due Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, which shall promptly notify each Lender of such failure, and each Lender shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank the amount of such Xxxxxx’s pro rata share of such payment in Dollars (based upon the Dollar Equivalent of such amount on the date of such payment) and in immediately available funds. If the Administrative Agent so notifies such Lender prior to 11:00 A.M. on any Business Day, such Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank its pro rata share of the amount of such payment on such Business Day in immediately available funds. Upon such payment by a Lender, such Lender shall, except during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default under Section 7.01(e) and notwithstanding whether or not the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 shall have been satisfied (which conditions precedent the Lenders hereby irrevocably waive), be deemed to have made a Revolving Loan to applicable Borrower in the principal amount of such payment. Whenever any Issuing Bank receives from any Borrower a payment of a Reimbursement Obligation as to which the Administrative Agent has received for the account of such Issuing Bank any payment from a Lender pursuant to this clause (h), such Issuing Bank shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each Lender, in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such Lender’s pro rata share of the amount of such payment adjusted, if necessary, to reflect the respective amounts the Lenders have paid in respect of such Reimbursement Obligation.
(i) If and to the extent such Lender shall not have so made its pro rata share of the amount of the payment required by clause (h) above, as applicable, available to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank, such Xxxxxx agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank forthwith on demand any such unpaid amount together with interest thereon, for the first Business Day after payment was first due at the Federal Funds Rate and, thereafter until such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank, at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Facility.
(j) Each Borrower’s obligation to pay each Reimbursement Obligation and the obligations of the Lenders to make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Banks with
respect to Letters of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, under any and all circumstances whatsoever, including the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, and irrespective of any of the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or any Loan Document, or any term or provision therein;
(ii) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the provisions of any Letter of Credit or any Loan Document;
(iii) the existence of any claim, set off, defense or other right that such Borrower, any other party guaranteeing, or otherwise obligated with, such Borrower, any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof or any other Person may at any time have against the beneficiary under any Letter of Credit, any Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other related or unrelated agreement or transaction;
(iv) any drawing or document presented under a 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;
(v) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a drawing or document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and
(vi) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind of the Issuing Bank, the other Lenders, the Administrative Agent or any other Person or any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 3.02 or Section 2.02, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of such Borrower’s obligations hereunder.
Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the relevant Issuing Bank under or in connection with any Letter of Credit, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment, shall not put such Issuing Bank under any resulting liability to the applicable Borrower or any Lender. In determining whether drawings and documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof, the Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary and, in making any payment under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may rely exclusively on the documents presented to it under such Letter of Credit as to any and all matters set forth therein, including reliance on the amount of any drawing presented under such Letter of Credit, whether or not the amount due to the beneficiary thereunder equals the amount of such drawing and whether or not any document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit proves to be insufficient in any respect, if such document on its face appears to be in order, and whether or not any other statement or any other document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit proves to be forged or invalid or any statement therein proves to be inaccurate or untrue in any respect whatsoever and any noncompliance in any immaterial respect of the documents presented under such Letter of Credit with the terms thereof shall, in each case, be deemed not to constitute willful misconduct or gross negligence, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment, of the Issuing Bank.
Section 3.03. Section 3.03. Increased Costs.
(a) If, due to either
(i) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation, in each case after the date hereof or (20) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or not
having the force of law) which implements any introduction or change specified in clause (i) above, there shall be (x) any increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans or
(y) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, or (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes” and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters
of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves (including pursuant to regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for such Lender with respect to liabilities or assets which are Eurocurrency Liabilities), other liabilities or capital attributable
thereto, then the Borrowers (on a joint and several basis) shall from time to time, within ten (10) Business Days after written demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of such Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost incurred during the six (6) month period prior to the date of such demand. A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to LiventArcadium and the Administrative Agent by such Xxxxxx and showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof,
shall be prima facie evidence of such costs.
(b) If any Lender
determines that compliance with (i) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of, any law or regulation, in each case after the date hereof, or (21) any guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental authority
(whether or not having the force of law) which implements any introduction or change specified in clause (i) above, affects or would affect the amount of capital or liquidity required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any
corporation controlling such Lender and that the amount of such capital or liquidity is increased by or based upon the existence of such Xxxxxx’s commitment to lend or to issue or participate in Letters of Credit hereunder and other commitments of
this type, then, within ten (10) Business Days after written demand by such Xxxxxx (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrowers (on a joint and several basis) shall from time to time pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or such corporation in the light of such circumstances for such increase in capital or liquidity incurred during the six (6) month period prior to the date of such
demand, to the extent that such Lender reasonably determines such increase in capital or liquidity to be allocable to the existence of such Xxxxxx’s commitment to lend or to issue or participate in Letters of Credit hereunder. A certificate as to
such amounts submitted to LiventArcadium and the Administrative Agent by such Xxxxxx and showing in reasonable detail the basis
for the calculation thereof shall be prima facie evidence of such costs.
(c) Failure or delay
on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation, provided, that no Borrower shall be required
to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six (6) months prior to the date that such Lender notifies LiventArcadium of the circumstances giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Xxxxxx’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the circumstances giving
rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six (6) month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
(d) Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, pay to each Lender on the last day of each Interest Period so long as such Lender is maintaining reserves against Eurocurrency Liabilities (or so long as such Lender is maintaining reserves against any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on EURIBOR Loans is determined as provided in this Agreement or against any category of extensions of credit or other assets of such Lender that includes any EURIBOR Loans) an additional amount (determined by such
Xxxxxx and notified to LiventArcadium through the Administrative Agent) equal to the product of the following for each EURIBOR Loan for each day during such Interest Period:
(i) the principal amount of such EURIBOR Loan outstanding on such day; and
(ii) the remainder of (A) a fraction the numerator of which is the rate (expressed as a decimal) at which interest accrues on such EURIBOR Loan for such Interest Period as provided in this Agreement (less the Applicable Margin) and the denominator of which is one minus the EURIBOR Reserve Percentage in effect on such day minus (a) such numerator; and
(iii) 1/360.
(e) If any Borrower is required to pay any Lender any amounts under this Section 3.03, the applicable Lender shall be an “Affected Person”, and each Borrower shall have the rights set forth in Section 3.06 to replace such Affected Person.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, for purposes of this Section 3.03, each of (i) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and all requests, rules, guidelines and directives promulgated thereunder and (22) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives concerning capital adequacy or liquidity effective after the date hereof promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities in each case pursuant to Basel III, are deemed to have been introduced or adopted after the date hereof, regardless of the date enacted or adopted.
Section 3.04. Section 3.04. Illegality.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes it unlawful, or any central bank or other
governmental authority asserts that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its Applicable Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to make SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans or to fund or maintain SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans, then, subject to the
provisions of Section 3.06, (i) the obligation of such Lender to make SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans hereunder shall be suspended until the first date on which the circumstances causing such suspension cease to exist (and, to the extent required
by applicable law, cancelled), (ii) any SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans made or to be made by such Lender shall be converted automatically to Base Rate Loans (in the case of such EURIBOR Loans, in an amount that is then equal to the Dollar Equivalent of
such EURIBOR Loans) and (23) such Lender shall be an “Affected Person”, and each Borrower shall have the right set forth in Section 3.06 to replace such Affected Person. In the event of such a suspension, such Lender shall review the
circumstances giving rise to such suspension at least weekly and shall notify LiventArcadium, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders promptly of the end of such suspension, and thereafter the applicable Borrower shall be entitled to borrow SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans from such Lender. During such suspension period, the Borrowers shall, if necessary to avoid such
illegality, upon demand from any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, (i) convert all affected SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans or (ii) convert all EURIBOR Loans to Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars (in an
amount that is then equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such EURIBOR Loans) (in each case, if necessary to avoid such illegality, the Administrative Agent shall compute the Base Rate without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”),
(A) with respect to SOFR Loans, on the Interest Payment Date therefor, if all affected Lenders may lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loans to such day, or immediately, if any Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loans to such
day or (B) with respect to EURIBOR Loans, on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if all affected Lenders may lawfully continue to maintain such EURIBOR Loans, to such day, or immediately, if any Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain
such EURIBOR Loans, as applicable, to such day. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 9.04(c).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, for purposes of this Section 3.04, each of (A) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and all requests, rules, guidelines and directives promulgated thereunder and (B) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives concerning capital adequacy or liquidity effective after the date hereof promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities in each case pursuant to Basel III, are deemed to have been introduced or adopted after the date hereof, regardless of the date enacted or adopted.
Section 3.05. Section 3.05. Reasonable Efforts to
Mitigate. Each Lender shall use its commercially reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to minimize any amounts payable by the Borrowers under Section 3.03 and to minimize any
period of illegality described in Section 3.04. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender agrees that, to the extent reasonably possible to such Lender, it will change its Applicable Lending Office if such change would
eliminate or reduce amounts payable to it under Section 3.03 or eliminate any illegality of the type described in Section 3.04, as the case may be. Each Xxxxxx further agrees to notify LiventArcadium promptly after such Xxxxxx learns of the circumstances giving rise to such a right to payment or such illegality have changed such that such right to payment or such
illegality, as the case may be, no longer exists.
Section 3.06. Section 3.06. Right to Replace Affected
Person or Lender. In the event (i) the Borrowers are required to pay any Taxes with respect to an Affected Person pursuant to Section 2.10 or any amounts with respect to an Affected Person pursuant to Section 3.03, (ii) any
Borrower receives a notice from an Affected Person pursuant to Section 3.04, or (24) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or Non-Consenting Lender (treating such Lender as an “Affected Person” for purposes of this Section 3.06), LiventArcadium may elect, if such amounts continue to be charged or such notice is still effective, to replace such Affected Person as
a party to this Agreement, provided, that, concurrently therewith, (a) another financial institution which is an Eligible Assignee and is reasonably satisfactory to LiventArcadium and the Administrative Agent (or if the Lender then serving as Administrative Agent is the Person to be replaced and the Administrative Agent has resigned its position, the
Lender becoming the successor Administrative Agent) and satisfactory to the Issuing Banks, shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash and at par the Loans and participation in Letters of Credit of the Affected Person, pursuant to an
Assignment and Acceptance and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations (including all outstanding Loans) of the Affected Person to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of Section 9.07
applicable to assignments and (b) the Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, pay to such Affected Person in same day funds on the day of such replacement all interest, fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Affected Person by any
Borrower hereunder to and including the date of termination, including payments due such Affected Person under Section 2.10, costs incurred under Section 3.03 or 9.15 and payments owing under Section 9.04(c).
Section 3.07. Section 3.07. Use of Proceeds. The
Letters of Credit and the proceeds of the Loans shall be available (and each Borrower agrees that it shall use such proceeds) for general corporate purposes (including capital expenditures and Permitted Acquisitions) of each Borrower and its
Subsidiaries; provided, that neither any Lender nor the Administrative Agent shall have any responsibility for the use of any of the Letters of Credit or the proceeds of Loans.
ARTICLE IVArticle IV
CONDITIONS
Section 4.01. [Reserved.]
Section 4.01. Conditions Precedent to Effective Date. Each Lender’s respective Commitments hereunder shall
become effective, on the terms and subject to the other conditions set forth herein, on the date (the “Effective Date”) that each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
9.01):
(a) Each of
the following documents, which shall be dated the Effective Date and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) Upon
request of any Lender, the Revolving Loan Notes payable by any Borrower to the order of each such Lender;
(ii) This
Agreement, duly executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties, pursuant to which each of the Loan Parties guarantee the Secured Obligations, and the Loan Parties shall duly executed and delivered copies of any other Loan Documents (including
any amendments to existing Mortgages on any Material Real Property) as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;
(iii)
Certified copies of (A) the charter and by-laws of each Loan Party, (B) the resolutions of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of each Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (C) all
documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to the Loan Documents and (D) a long form good standing certificate (or its equivalent) for each such Loan Party from its jurisdiction of
organization;
(iv) A
certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary (or equivalent officer) of each Loan Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of each Loan Party authorized to sign this Agreement, the Loan Guaranty and the Notes and the
other documents to be delivered hereunder;
(v) A
favorable opinion of (A) Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, and (B) XxXxxxxXxxxx LLP, local counsel to the Loan Parties, in each case, in form and substance reasonably accepted to the Administrative Agent and Lenders and covering such customary
matters relating hereto as any Lender, through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request;
(vi) A
certificate of an officer or any authorized person of Livent to the effect that (A) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are correct (other than any such representations or warranties which, by their terms, refer to a
prior date) and (B) no event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default; and
(vii) A
completed Perfection Certificate duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party, together with all attachments contemplated thereby;
(b) The
results of recent customary lien searches, which shall reveal no Liens on any of the assets of any Loan Party except for Liens permitted by Section 6.04(b);
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall have received (i) the certificates representing the shares of Stock pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer
of the pledgor
thereof and (ii) to the extent
required to be delivered pursuant to the Security Agreement, each promissory note (if any) pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in
blank) by the pledgor thereof;
(d) Each
document (including any UCC financing statement) required by the Collateral Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected Lien
on the Collateral described therein (but only to the extent required therein), prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.04(b), shall be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation;
(e) Evidence
of insurance coverage in form, scope, and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and otherwise in compliance with the terms of Section 6.03(e) of this Agreement and Section
4.10 of the Security Agreement;
(f)
Confirmation that the Borrowers have paid all fees (including amounts then payable under the Fee Letter) required to be paid on or before the Effective Date and all expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including the fees and expenses of counsel to the
Administrative Agent) for which invoices have been presented at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Effective Date;
(g) The
representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are correct in all material respects (except any representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Effective Date;
(h) Such
certificates, documents, agreements and information respecting any Borrowers as any Lender through the Administrative Agent may reasonably request at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information
relating to the Loan Parties required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and to the extent applicable to any Borrower that constitutes a “legal entity customer”
under 31 C.F.R. §1010.230, a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by 31 C.F.R. §1010.230, in each case, as reasonably requested by any of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the
Effective Date, and a properly completed and signed IRS Form W-9 for each Loan Party;
(i) The
Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence of Livent and its Restricted Subsidiaries compliance with the Flood Insurance Requirements, copies of which have been provided to the Lenders who have requested such evidence; and
(j) All
material governmental and third-party consents or approvals necessary in connection with this Agreement or material to the continuing operations of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect, and all applicable
waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any governmental authority having appropriate jurisdiction which would restrain or prevent or otherwise impose materially adverse conditions thereon or the financing
thereof.
Section 4.02.