Facility agreement
Exhibit 4.5
EXECUTION VERSION

U.S.$250,000,000
Dated 30 June 2025
for
with
DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A.
acting as Agent
Ref: L-360305
CONTENTS
| CLAUSE | PAGE | |
| SECTION 1 | ||
| INTERPRETATION | ||
| 1. | Definitions and interpretation | 2 |
| SECTION 2 | ||
| THE FACILITY | ||
| 2. | The Facility | 23 |
| 3. | Purpose | 25 |
| 4. | Conditions of Utilisation | 25 |
| SECTION 3 | ||
| UTILISATION | ||
| 5. | Utilisation | 26 |
| SECTION 4 | ||
| REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION | ||
| 6. | Repayment | 27 |
| 7. | Prepayment and cancellation | 28 |
| SECTION 5 | ||
| COSTS OF UTILISATION | ||
| 8. | Interest | 32 |
| 9. | Interest Periods | 34 |
| 10. | Changes to the calculation of interest | 34 |
| 11. | Fees | 36 |
| SECTION 6 | ||
| ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS | ||
| 12. | Tax gross-up and indemnities | 37 |
| 13. | Increased Costs | 42 |
| 14. | Other indemnities | 44 |
| 15. | Mitigation by the Lenders | 45 |
| 16. | Costs and expenses | 46 |
| SECTION 7 | ||
| GUARANTEE | ||
| 17. | Guarantee and indemnity | 47 |
| SECTION 8 | ||
| REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT | ||
| 18. | Representations | 50 |
| 19. | Information undertakings | 55 |
| 20. | Financial covenants | 58 |
| 21. | General undertakings | 60 |
| 22. | Events of Default | 66 |
| SECTION 9 | ||
| CHANGES TO PARTIES | ||
| 23. | Changes to the Lenders | 71 |
| 24. | Changes to the Obligors | 76 |
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| SECTION 10 | ||
| THE FINANCE PARTIES | ||
| 25. | Role of the Agent and the Arranger | 78 |
| 26. | Conduct of business by the Finance Parties | 87 |
| 27. | Sharing among the Finance Parties | 87 |
| SECTION 11 | ||
| ADMINISTRATION | ||
| 28. | Payment mechanics | 89 |
| 29. | Set-off | 93 |
| 30. | Notices | 93 |
| 31. | Calculations and certificates | 95 |
| 32. | Partial invalidity | 95 |
| 33. | Remedies and waivers | 95 |
| 34. | Amendments and waivers | 96 |
| 35. | Confidential Information | 101 |
| 36. | Confidentiality of Funding Rates | 105 |
| 37. | Bail-In | 106 |
| 38. | Counterparts | 107 |
| SECTION 12 | ||
| GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT | ||
| 39. | Governing law | 108 |
| 40. | Enforcement | 108 |
| THE SCHEDULES | ||
| SCHEDULE | PAGE | |
| SCHEDULE 1 | The Original Lenders | 109 |
| SCHEDULE 2 | Conditions precedent | 110 |
| SCHEDULE 3 | Utilisation Request | 113 |
| SCHEDULE 4 | Form of Transfer Certificate | 114 |
| SCHEDULE 5 | Form of Assignment Agreement | 115 |
| SCHEDULE 6 | Form of Accession Letter | 116 |
| SCHEDULE 7 | Form of Resignation Letter | 117 |
| SCHEDULE 8 | Form of Compliance Certificate | 118 |
| SCHEDULE 9 | Timetables | 119 |
| SCHEDULE 10 | Form of Increase Confirmation | 120 |
| SCHEDULE 11 | Reference Rate Terms | 121 |
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THIS AGREEMENT is dated 30 June 2025 and made between:
| (1) | ETORO GROUP LTD., a business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, with company number 1373068 (the “Company” and the “Original Borrower”); |
| (2) | ETORO LTD, a company incorporated under the laws of Israel, with registration number 51390834-3, as original guarantor (together with the Company the “Original Guarantors”); |
| (3) | CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNATIONAL, SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, LONDON BRANCH, BANK HAPOALIM B.M., DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A. and UBS AG LONDON BRANCH as mandated lead arrangers and BANK LEUMI LE-ISRAEL B.M. and MIZUHO BANK, LTD. as lead arrangers (whether acting individually or together the “Arranger”); |
| (4) | THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders) as lenders (the “Original Lenders”); and |
| (5) | DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A. as agent of the other Finance Parties (the “Agent”). |
IT IS AGREED as follows:
SECTION 1
| INTERPRETATION |
| 1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
| 1.1 | Definitions |
In this Agreement:
“Acceptable Bank” means a bank or financial institution which has a rating for its long-term unsecured and non-credit enhanced debt obligations of BBB+ or higher by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or Fitch Ratings Ltd or Baa1 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Services Limited or a comparable rating from an internationally recognised credit rating agency.
“Accession Letter” means a document substantially in the form set out in Schedule 6 (Form of Accession Letter).
“Additional Borrower” means a company which becomes an Additional Borrower in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Additional Business Day” means any day specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Additional Guarantor” means a company which becomes an Additional Guarantor in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Additional Obligor” means an Additional Borrower or an Additional Guarantor.
“Adjusted EBITDA” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial definitions).
“Affiliate” means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.
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“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means:
| (a) | the Terrorism Act 2000, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017; |
| (b) | US Executive Order No. 13224 on Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (the USA Patriot Act); or |
| (c) | any related or similar law or regulation relating to the detection, investigation, or prevention of money laundering or terrorist financing. |
“Assignment Agreement” means an agreement substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5 (Form of Assignment Agreement) or any other form agreed between the relevant assignor and assignee.
“Authorisation” means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation or registration.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including the date which is one month before the Termination Date.
“Available Commitment” means a Lender’s Commitment minus:
| (a) | the amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans; and |
| (b) | in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the amount of its participation in any Loans that are due to be made on or before the proposed Utilisation Date, other than, in relation to any proposed Utilisation, that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s participation in any Loans that are due to be repaid or prepaid on or before the proposed Utilisation Date. |
“Available Facility” means the aggregate for the time being of each Lender’s Available Commitment.
“Blocking Law” means:
| (a) | any provision of Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/1996 of 22 November 1996 (or any law or regulation implementing such Regulation in any member state of the European Union); |
| (b) | any provision of Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/1996 of 22 November 1996, as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom; or |
| (c) | section 7 of the German Foreign Trade Regulation (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung). |
“Borrower” means an Original Borrower or an Additional Borrower, unless it has ceased to be a Borrower in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Break Costs” means any amount specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in London, Luxembourg, Road Town and Tel Aviv and:
| (a) | (in relation to any date for payment or purchase of a currency) the principal financial centre of the country of that currency; and |
| (b) | (in relation to the fixing of an interest rate in relation to a Loan) which is an Additional Business Day relating to that Loan or Unpaid Sum. |
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“BVI” means the British Virgin Islands.
“BVI Companies Act” means the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (as revised) of the BVI.
“BVI Corporate Records” means:
| (a) | the Certificate of Incorporation; |
| (b) | each Certificate of Change of Name (if any); |
| (c) | the Memorandum and Articles of Association; |
| (d) | the Register of Members; |
| (e) | the Register of Directors; |
| (f) | the private Register of Charges; and |
| (g) | the Certificate of Good Standing (issued from time to time, by the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the BVI). |
“BVI Insolvency Act” means the Insolvency Act, 2003 (as amended) of the BVI.
“Cash Cure” means the prepayment or repayment by a member of the Group of Borrowings using cash in hand or at the bank.
“Cash Cure Amount” means the amount by which Borrowings are actually reduced as a result of a Cash Cure.
“Central Bank Rate” has the meaning given to that term in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Central Bank Rate Adjustment” has the meaning given to that term in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Commitment” means:
| (a) | in relation to an Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the heading “Commitment” in Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders) and the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement or assumed by it in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase); and |
| (b) | in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement or assumed by it in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase), |
to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.
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“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 8 (Form of Compliance Certificate).
“Confidential Information” means all information relating to the Company, any Obligor, the Group, any member of the Group, the Finance Documents or a Facility of which a Finance Party becomes aware in its capacity as, or for the purpose of becoming, a Finance Party or which is received by a Finance Party in relation to, or for the purpose of becoming a Finance Party under, the Finance Documents or a Facility from either:
| (a) | any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or |
| (b) | another Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party directly or indirectly from any member of the Group or any of its advisers, in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied from such information but excludes: |
| (i) | information that: |
| (A) | is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by that Finance Party of Clause 35 (Confidential Information); |
| (B) | is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or |
| (C) | is known by that Finance Party before the date the information is disclosed to it in accordance with paragraphs (a) or (b) above or is lawfully obtained by that Finance Party after that date, from a source which is, as far as that Finance Party is aware, unconnected with the Group and which, in either case, as far as that Finance Party is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality; and |
| (ii) | any Funding Rate. |
“Confidentiality Undertaking” means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in a recommended form of the LMA or in any other form agreed between the Company and the Agent.
“Default” means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance specified in Clause 22 (Events of Default) which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender:
| (a) | which has failed to make its participation in a Loan available (or has notified the Agent or the Company (which has notified the Agent) that it will not make its participation in a Loan available) by the Utilisation Date of that Loan in accordance with Clause 5.4 (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’ participation); |
| (b) | which has otherwise rescinded or repudiated a Finance Document; |
| (c) | with respect to which an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing; or |
| (d) | which is a Sanctions Restricted Person, |
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unless, in the case of paragraph (a) above:
| (i) | its failure to pay is caused by: |
| (A) | administrative or technical error; or |
| (B) | a Disruption Event; and, payment is made within five Business Days of its due date; or |
| (ii) | the Lender is disputing in good faith whether it is contractually obliged to make the payment in question. |
“Disruption Event” means either or both of:
| (a) | a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in order for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; or |
| (b) | the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing that, or any other Party: |
| (i) | from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or |
| (ii) | from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents, |
and which (in either such case) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, the Party whose operations are disrupted.
“▇▇▇▇▇” means the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system operated by the SEC.
“Eligible Institution” means any Lender or other bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity selected by the Company and which, in each case, is not a member of the Group.
“Environment” means humans, animals, plants and all other living organisms including the ecological systems of which they form part and the following media:
| (a) | air (including, without limitation, air within natural or man-made structures, whether above or below ground); |
| (b) | water (including, without limitation, territorial, coastal and inland waters, water under or within land and water in drains and sewers); and |
| (c) | land (including, without limitation, land under water). |
“Environmental Claim” means any claim, proceeding, formal notice or investigation by any person in respect of any Environmental Law.
“Environmental Law” means any applicable law or regulation which relates to:
| (a) | the pollution or protection of the Environment; |
| (b) | the conditions of the workplace; or |
| (c) | the generation, handling, storage, use, release or spillage of any substance which, alone or in combination with any other, is capable of causing harm to the Environment, including, without limitation, any waste. |
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“Environmental Permits” means any permit and other Authorisation and the filing of any notification, report or assessment required under any Environmental Law for the operation of the business of any member of the Group conducted on or from the properties owned or used by any member of the Group.
“Event of Default” means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 22 (Events of Default).
“Facility” means the revolving loan facility made available under this Agreement as described in Clause 2 (The Facility).
“Facility Office” means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Agent in writing on or before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date, by not less than five Business Days’ written notice) as the office or offices through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.
“Fallback Interest Period” means, in relation to a Loan, the period specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“FATCA” means:
| (a) | sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code and any associated regulations; |
| (b) | any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to in paragraph (a) above; and |
| (c) | any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction. |
“FATCA Application Date” means:
| (a) | in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2014; or |
| (b) | in relation to a “passthru payment” described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraph (a) above, the first date from which such payment may become subject to a deduction or withholding required by FATCA. |
“FATCA Deduction” means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Finance Document required by FATCA.
“FATCA Exempt Party” means a Party that is entitled to receive payments free from any FATCA Deduction, including (but not limited to) a Party that is a financial institution or a branch thereof that is:
| (a) | organized and/or located in the US or in a jurisdiction that has in effect a FATCA intergovernmental agreement to improve tax compliance and to implement FATCA; and |
| (b) | not treated by the US Internal Revenue Service as a Nonparticipating Financial Institution for FATCA purposes. |
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“Fee Letter” means any letter or letters dated on or about the date of this Agreement between the Arranger and the Company (or the Agent and the Company) setting out any of the fees referred to in Clause 11 (Fees).
“Finance Document” means this Agreement, any Fee Letter, any Accession Letter, any Resignation Letter, any Reference Rate Supplement and any other document designated as such by the Agent and the Company.
“Finance Lease” means any lease or hire purchase contract, a liability under which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a balance sheet liability.
“Finance Party” means the Agent, the Arranger or a Lender.
“Financial Indebtedness” means any indebtedness for or in respect of:
| (a) | moneys borrowed; |
| (b) | any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent; |
| (c) | any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument (but not Trade Instruments); |
| (d) | the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a balance sheet liability (other than any liability in respect of a lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP in force immediately before the adoption of IFRS 16 (Leases), have been treated as an operating lease); |
| (e) | receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis); |
| (f) | any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) of a type not referred to in any other paragraph of this definition having the commercial effect of a borrowing (but excluding any trade credit given to any member of the Group in the ordinary course of trade for not more than 120 days); |
| (g) | any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value (or, if any actual amount is due as a result of the termination or close-out of that derivative transaction, that amount) shall be taken into account); |
| (h) | shares which are expressed to be redeemable by a party that is not a member of the Group; |
| (i) | any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution in respect of an underlying liability (but not in any case Trade Instruments) of an entity which is not a member of the Group and which liability would fall within one of the other paragraphs of this definition; |
| (j) | any amount of any liability under an advance or deferred purchase agreement if: |
| (i) | one of the primary reasons behind entering into the agreement is to raise finance or to finance the acquisition or construction of the asset or service in question; or |
| (ii) | the agreement is in respect of the supply of assets or services and payment is due more than 120 days after its customary date of payment; and |
| (k) | the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (j) above; |
provided that: (i) the consignment of crypto-assets in the ordinary course of trading; (ii) any debt or obligation exclusively among and between members of the Group; and (iii) (other than for the purposes of Clause 22.5 (Cross default)) any indebtedness described under paragraph (g) above incurred by a member of the Group in the ordinary course of trading (“Ordinary Course Derivative Liabilities”) shall not constitute Financial Indebtedness.
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“Financial Quarter” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial definitions).
“Funding Rate” means any individual rate notified by a Lender to the Agent pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of Clause 10.3 (Cost of funds).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles, standards and practices in the jurisdiction of the relevant Obligor, including IFRS.
“Group” means the Company and its Subsidiaries for the time being.
“Guarantor” means an Original Guarantor or an Additional Guarantor, unless it has ceased to be a Guarantor in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Historic Primary Term Rate” means, in relation to any Loan, the most recent applicable Primary Term Rate for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan and which is as of a day which is no more than three days before the Quotation Day.
“Holding Company” means, in relation to a person, any other person in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.
“IFRS” means International Accounting Standards, International Financial Reporting Standards and related Interpretations, together with any future standards and related interpretations issued or adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board, in each case as amended and to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements.
“Impaired Agent” means the Agent at any time when:
| (a) | it has failed to make (or has notified a Party that it will not make) a payment required to be made by it under the Finance Documents by the due date for payment; |
| (b) | the Agent otherwise rescinds or repudiates a Finance Document; |
| (c) | (if the Agent is also a Lender) it is a Defaulting Lender under paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of the definition of “Defaulting Lender”; or |
| (d) | an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Agent; |
unless, in the case of paragraph (a) above:
| (i) | its failure to pay is caused by: |
| (A) | administrative or technical error; or |
| (B) | a Disruption Event; and |
payment is made within five Business Days of its due date; or
| (ii) | the Agent is disputing in good faith whether it is contractually obliged to make the payment in question. |
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“Increase Confirmation” means a confirmation substantially in the form set out in Schedule 10 (Form of Increase Confirmation).
“Increase Lender” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 2.2 (Increase).
“Insolvency Event” in relation to an entity means that the entity:
| (a) | is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger); |
| (b) | becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due; |
| (c) | makes a general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors; |
| (d) | institutes or has instituted against it, by a regulator, supervisor or any similar official with primary insolvency, rehabilitative or regulatory jurisdiction over it in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organisation or the jurisdiction of its head or home office, a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation by it or such regulator, supervisor or other official; |
| (e) | has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or petition instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition is instituted or presented by a person or entity not described in paragraph (d) above and: |
| (i) | results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or liquidation; or |
| (ii) | is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within 30 days of the institution or presentation thereof; |
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| (f) | has exercised in respect of it one or more of the stabilisation powers pursuant to Part 1 of the Banking Act 2009 and/or has instituted against it a bank insolvency proceeding pursuant to Part 2 of the Banking Act 2009 or a bank administration proceeding pursuant to Part 3 of the Banking Act 2009; |
| (g) | has a resolution passed for its winding-up, official management or liquidation (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger); |
| (h) | seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or substantially all its assets (other than, for so long as it is required by law or regulation not to be publicly disclosed, any such appointment which is to be made, or is made, by a person or entity described in paragraph (d) above); |
| (i) | has a secured party take possession of all or substantially all its assets or has a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other legal process levied, enforced or sued on or against all or substantially all its assets and such secured party maintains possession, or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained, in each case within 30 days thereafter; |
| (j) | causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which, under the applicable laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any of the events specified in paragraphs (a) to (i) above; or |
| (k) | takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the foregoing acts. |
“Intellectual Property” means:
| (a) | any patents, trademarks, service marks, designs, business names, copyrights, database rights, design rights, domain names, moral rights, inventions, confidential information, knowhow and other intellectual property rights and interests (which may now or in the future subsist), whether registered or unregistered; and |
| (b) | the benefit of all applications and rights to use such assets of each member of the Group (which may now or in the future subsist). |
“Interest Period” means, in relation to a Loan, each period determined in accordance with Clause 9 (Interest Periods) and, in relation to an Unpaid Sum, each period determined in accordance with Clause 8.3 (Default interest).
“Interpolated Historic Primary Term Rate” means, in relation to any Loan, the rate (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the two relevant Primary Term Rates) which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:
| (a) | the most recent applicable Primary Term Rate for the longest period (for which that Primary Term Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and |
| (b) | the most recent applicable Primary Term Rate for the shortest period (for which that Primary Term Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan, |
each of which is as of a day which is no more than three days before the Quotation Day.
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“Interpolated Primary Term Rate” means, in relation to any Loan, the rate (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the two relevant Primary Term Rates) which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:
| (a) | the applicable Primary Term Rate for the longest period (for which that Primary Term Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and |
| (b) | the applicable Primary Term Rate for the shortest period (for which that Primary Term Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan, each as of the Quotation Time. |
“Israeli Companies Law” means the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999.
“Israeli Guarantee Law” means the Israeli Guarantee Law, 5727-1967.
“Israeli Insolvency Law” means the Israeli Insolvency and Economic Rehabilitation Law, 5778-2018.
“IPO Registration Statement” means the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-286050) as originally filed with the SEC on 24 March 2025 (as supplemented through to 15 May 2025).
“Legal Opinion” means any legal opinion delivered pursuant to Clause 4 (Conditions of Utilisation) or Clause 24 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Legal Reservations” means:
| (a) | the principle that equitable remedies may be granted or refused at the discretion of a court, the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation, court schemes, moratoria, administration, other laws generally affecting the rights of creditors and any other laws of public policy relevant in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the relevant member of the Group; |
| (b) | the time barring of claims under applicable limitation laws (including the Limitation Acts or equivalent legislation in any applicable jurisdiction), the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for or indemnify a person against non-payment of stamp duty may be void, defences of acquiescence, set-off or counterclaim; |
| (c) | the principle that any additional interest and/or any prepayment fee imposed under any relevant agreement may be held to be unenforceable on the grounds that it is a penalty and thus void; |
| (d) | the principle that a court may not give effect to an indemnity for legal costs incurred by an unsuccessful litigant; and |
| (e) | any other general principles which are set out as qualifications as to matters of law in the Legal Opinions. |
“Lender” means:
| (a) | any Original Lender; and |
| (b) | any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become a Party as a “Lender” in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase) or Clause 23 (Changes to the Lenders), |
which in each case has not ceased to be a Party as such in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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“Leverage Ratio” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial definitions).
“Limitation Acts” means the Limitation Act 1980 and the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984.
“LMA” means the Loan Market Association.
“Loan” means a loan made or to be made under the Facility or the principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.
“Majority Lenders” means a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than 662/3 per cent. of the Total Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated more than 662/3 per cent. of the Total Commitments immediately prior to the reduction).
“Margin” means:
| (a) | subject to paragraph (b) below, 3.00 per cent per annum; or |
| (b) | if the Leverage Ratio, as determined by the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraphs (a), (c) or (e) of Clause 19.1 (Financial statements) or Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Clause 19.2 (Compliance Certificate), equals or exceeds 2:1, 3.50 per cent. per annum. |
“Market Disruption Rate” means the rate (if any) specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on or material adverse change in:
| (a) | the financial condition, assets or business of the Group taken as a whole; |
| (b) | the ability of the Obligors (taken together as a group) to perform or comply with their payment obligations under any Finance Document or obligations under Clause 20 (Financial covenants); or |
| (c) | subject to the Legal Reservations, the validity or enforceability of the Finance Documents or the rights or remedies of any Finance Party under any of the Finance Documents. |
“Material Group Company” means:
| (a) | the Company; |
| (b) | any Additional Borrower; |
| (c) | the Original Guarantor; and |
| (d) | each Subsidiary of the Company which has earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation calculated on the same basis as Adjusted EBITDA representing 10 per cent. or more of Adjusted EBITDA or has gross assets representing 10 per cent. or more of the gross assets of the Group, calculated on a consolidated basis. |
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Compliance with the conditions set out in paragraph (d) above shall be determined by reference to the most recent Compliance Certificate supplied by the Company and/or the latest audited financial statements of that Subsidiary (consolidated in the case of a Subsidiary which itself has Subsidiaries) and the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Group. However, if a Subsidiary has been acquired since the date as at which the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Group were prepared, the financial statements shall be deemed to be adjusted in order to take into account the acquisition of that Subsidiary.
“Month” means, in relation to an Interest Period (or any other period for the accrual of commission or fees in a currency), a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, subject to adjustment in accordance with the rules specified as Business Day Conventions in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“New Lender” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 23 (Changes to the Lenders).
“Obligor” means a Borrower or a Guarantor.
“Original Financial Statements” means:
| (a) | in relation to the Company, the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group for the financial year ended 31 December 2024 as they appear in the IPO Registration Statement; and |
| (b) | solely for the purposes of paragraph (b) of Clause 19.3 (Requirements as to financial statements) in relation to the Original Guarantor, the Original Guarantor 2024 Accounts. |
“Original Guarantor 2024 Accounts” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 19.1 (Financial statements).
“Original Jurisdiction” means, in relation to an Obligor, the jurisdiction under whose laws that Obligor is incorporated as at the date of this Agreement or, in the case of an Additional Obligor, as at the date on which that Additional Obligor becomes Party as a Borrower or a Guarantor (as the case may be).
“Original Obligor” means an Original Borrower or an Original Guarantor.
“Party” means a party to this Agreement.
“Permitted Financial Indebtedness” means Financial Indebtedness:
| (a) | arising under the Finance Documents; |
| (b) | raised by the issue of shares by the Borrower (the “New Issuance”), which are redeemable at the option of the holder, provided that: |
| (i) | such shares are not redeemable until after the Termination Date, and |
| (ii) | the New Issuance does not result in gaining control of the Company by any person or group of persons acting in concert under Clause 7.2 (Change of control); |
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| (c) | arising under any cash-pooling, netting, set-off or other cash management arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business; |
| (d) | any receivables financing, discounting or factoring to the extent they are entered into on a non-recourse basis in an aggregate amount of up to U.S.$25,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies); |
| (e) | arising under corporate credit card facilities and overdraft facilities entered into in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount of up to U.S.$25,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies); |
| (f) | arising as a result of daylight exposures and BACS and SEPA facilities entered into in the ordinary course of the Group’s treasury activities; |
| (g) | in respect of any liability of any member of the Group owed to any customer or client, in its capacity as such, in the ordinary course of trading; |
| (h) | owed by any member of the Group to any liquidity provider or payment processor that is necessary for the operation of the business of any member of the Group provided that such Financial Indebtedness: |
| (i) | is incurred by way of a transaction made in the ordinary course of trading activities; and |
| (ii) | would not, in accordance with GAAP, be included as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company were a consolidated balance sheet of the Company to be prepared as at the date such Financial Indebtedness is incurred; |
| (i) | under Finance Leases of vehicles, plant, equipment or computers, provided that the aggregate capital value of all such items so leased does not exceed U.S.$25,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies); or |
| (j) | which is incurred exclusively by one or more Obligors if immediately after giving effect to such incurrence and the application of proceeds of that Financial Indebtedness; |
| (i) | the Leverage Ratio is not higher than the Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such incurrence; or |
| (ii) | the Leverage Ratio is not higher than 2.25:1, |
in each case, assuming, for the purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio, that such Financial Indebtedness has been incurred and applied as of the then most recent Quarter Date to have occurred;
| (k) | which is incurred by a member of the Group (other than an Obligor) if the outstanding principal amount of such Financial Indebtedness does not exceed U.S.$25,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) in aggregate for all members of the Group (other than the Obligors) at any time; and/or |
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| (l) | incurred by or existing in respect of any company which becomes a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement, where such Financial Indebtedness is incurred prior to the date on which that company becomes a member of the Group, if: |
| (i) | the Financial Indebtedness was not incurred, or having its maturity date extended, in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that company; |
| (ii) | the principal amount of such Financial Indebtedness has not been increased in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that company; and |
| (iii) | the Financial Indebtedness is repaid and cancelled in full (and all Security and Quasi-Security existing in respect of such Financial Indebtedness released) within six months of that company becoming a member of the Group. |
“Primary Term Rate” means the rate specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Quotation Day” means the day specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Quotation Time” means the relevant time (if any) specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Quoted Tenor” means, in relation to a Primary Term Rate, any period for which that rate is customarily published.
“Reference Rate Supplement” means a document which:
| (a) | is agreed in writing by the Company, the Agent (in its own capacity) and the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders or, in the case of any Reference Rate Supplement which has the effect of a reduction in the Margin, all the Lenders); |
| (b) | specifies the relevant terms which are expressed in this Agreement to be determined by reference to Reference Rate Terms; and |
| (c) | has been made available to the Company and each Finance Party. |
“Reference Rate Terms” means, in relation to:
| (a) | a Loan or an Unpaid Sum; |
| (b) | an Interest Period for such a Loan or Unpaid Sum (or other period for the accrual of commission or fees); or |
| (c) | any term of this Agreement relating to the determination of a rate of interest in relation to such a Loan or Unpaid Sum, |
the terms set out in Schedule 11 (Reference Rate Terms) or in any relevant Reference Rate Supplement.
“Register of Charges” means the private register of charges maintained by the Original Borrower pursuant to Section 162 of the BVI Companies Act.
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“Register of Directors” means the register of directors maintained by the Original Borrower pursuant to Section 118 of the BVI Companies Act.
“Register of Members” means the register of members maintained by the Original Borrower pursuant to Section 41 of the BVI Companies Act.
“Registered Agent” means the registered agent of the Original Borrower in the BVI appointed in accordance with Section 91(2) of the BVI Companies Act.
“Related Fund” in relation to a fund (the “first fund”), means a fund which is managed or advised by the same investment manager or investment adviser as the first fund or, if it is managed by a different investment manager or investment adviser, a fund whose investment manager or investment adviser is an Affiliate of the investment manager or investment adviser of the first fund.
“Relevant Market” means the market specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Repeating Representations” means each of the representations set out in Clauses 18.1 (Status) to 18.4 (Power and authority), 18.6 (Governing law and enforcement), 18.10 (No default), paragraphs (a) and (b) of 18.12 (Financial statements), 18.14 (No proceedings), 18.18 (Anti-corruption laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws) and 18.21 (Sanctions).
“Reporting Day” means the day (if any) specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Reporting Time” means the relevant time (if any) specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Representative” means any delegate, agent, manager, administrator, nominee, attorney, trustee or custodian.
“Resignation Letter” means a letter substantially in the form set out in Schedule 7 (Form of Resignation Letter).
“Rollover Loan” means one or more Loans:
| (a) | made or to be made on the same day that one or more maturing Loans is or are due to be repaid; |
| (b) | the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the amount of the maturing Loan(s); |
| (c) | in the same currency as the maturing Loan(s); and |
| (d) | made or to be made to the same Borrower for the purpose of refinancing the maturing Loan(s). |
“Sanctions” means any economic or financial sanctions, trade embargoes or other similar restrictive measures imposed, enacted, administered or enforced from time to time by any Sanctions Authority.
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“Sanctions Authority” means:
| (a) | the US government (including the US Department of State, the US Department of Commerce and the US Department of the Treasury (including the Office of Foreign Assets Control)); |
| (b) | the United Kingdom government (including H.M. Treasury and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office); |
| (c) | the State of Israel (including the Israeli Ministry of Finance and the Israeli Ministry of Defence); |
| (d) | the United Nations Security Council; or |
| (e) | the European Union (or any of its member states), |
including, in each case, any other governmental institution or agency of the foregoing.
“Sanctions Restricted Person” means any person that is, or is owned or controlled (as such terms are interpreted in accordance with applicable Sanctions laws and regulations) by one or more persons that is, (a) publicly designated by a Sanctions Authority to be the target of Sanctions, (b) a citizen of, located or resident in, or incorporated or organised under the laws of a country or territory that is the target of country-wide or territory-wide Sanctions or (c) otherwise the target of Sanctions.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Security” means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any person or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.
“Separate Loan” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 6.1 (Repayment of Loans).
“Specified Time” means a day or time determined in accordance with Schedule 9 (Timetables).
“Subsidiary” means any person (referred to as the “first person”) in respect of which another person (referred to as the “second person”):
| (a) | has the power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or otherwise) to: |
| (i) | cast, or control the casting of, more than 50 per cent. of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the first person; |
| (ii) | appoint or remove all, or the majority, of the directors or other equivalent officers of the first person; or |
| (iii) | give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of the first person with which the directors or other equivalent officers of the first person are obliged to comply; or |
| (b) | holds beneficially more than 50 per cent. of the issued share capital of the first person (excluding any part of that issued share capital that carries no right to participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution of either profits or capital). |
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“Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).
“Term Reference Rate” means, in relation to a Loan:
| (a) | the applicable Primary Term Rate as of the Quotation Time for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan; or |
| (b) | as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Interest calculation if no Primary Term Rate), and if, in either case, that rate is less than zero, the Term Reference Rate shall be deemed to be zero. |
“Termination Date” means the date falling three years after the date of this Agreement.
“Total Commitments” means the aggregate of the Commitments, being U.S.$250,000,000 at the date of this Agreement.
“Total Debt” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial definitions).
“Trade Instruments” means any performance bonds, advance payment bonds or documentary letters of credit issued in respect of the obligations of any member of the Group arising in the ordinary course of trading of that member of the Group.
“Transfer Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 4 (Form of Transfer Certificate) or any other form agreed between the Agent and the Company.
“Transfer Date” means, in relation to an assignment or a transfer, the later of:
| (a) | the proposed Transfer Date specified in the relevant Assignment Agreement or Transfer Certificate; and |
| (b) | the date on which the Agent executes the relevant Assignment Agreement or Transfer Certificate. |
“Treasury Transactions” means any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price.
“Unpaid Sum” means any sum due and payable but unpaid by an Obligor under the Finance Documents.
“US” means the United States of America.
“US Tax Obligor” means:
| (a) | a Borrower which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or |
| (b) | an Obligor some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents are from sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes. |
“Utilisation” means a utilisation of a Facility.
“Utilisation Date” means the date of a Utilisation, being the date on which the relevant Loan is to be made.
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“Utilisation Request” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Utilisation Request).
“VAT” means:
| (a) | any value added tax imposed by the Value Added Tax Act 1994; |
| (b) | any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and |
| (c) | any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in the United Kingdom, BVI, the State of Israel or in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above or imposed elsewhere. |
| 1.2 | Construction |
| (a) | Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to: |
| (i) | the “Agent”, the “Arranger”, any “Finance Party”, any “Lender”, any “Obligor” or any “Party” shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees to, or of, its rights and/or obligations under the Finance Documents; |
| (ii) | “assets” includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description; |
| (iii) | a Lender’s “cost of funds” in relation to its participation in a Loan is a reference to the average cost (determined either on an actual or a notional basis) which that ▇▇▇▇▇▇ would incur if it were to fund, from whatever source(s) it may reasonably select, an amount equal to the amount of that participation in that Loan for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan; |
| (iv) | the Agent’s “cost of funds” is a reference to the average cost (determined either on an actual or a notional basis) which the Agent would incur if it were to fund, from whatever source(s) it may reasonably select, an amount equal to the amount referred to in paragraph (b) of Clause 28.4 (Clawback and pre-funding); |
| (v) | a “Finance Document” or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended, restated (however fundamentally and whether or not more onerously) or replaced and includes any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under that Finance Document or other agreement or instrument; |
| (vi) | a “group of Lenders” includes all the Lenders; |
| (vii) | “indebtedness” includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent; |
| (viii) | a “person” includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium, partnership or other entity (whether or not having separate legal personality); |
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| (ix) | a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or of any regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation; |
| (x) | a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted from time to time; and |
| (xi) | a time of day is a reference to London time. |
| (b) | Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only. |
| (c) | Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement. |
| (d) | A Default (other than an Event of Default) is “continuing” if it has not been remedied or waived and an Event of Default is “continuing” if it has not been waived. |
| (e) | A reference in this Agreement to a page or screen of an information service displaying a rate shall include: |
| (i) | any replacement page of that information service which displays that rate; and |
| (ii) | the appropriate page of such other information service which displays that rate from time to time in place of that information service, |
and, if such page or service ceases to be available, shall include any other page or service displaying that rate specified by the Agent after consultation with the Company.
| (f) | A reference in this Agreement to a Central Bank Rate shall include any successor rate to, or replacement rate for, that rate. |
| (g) | Any Reference Rate Supplement overrides anything in: |
| (i) | Schedule 11 (Reference Rate Terms); or |
| (ii) | any earlier Reference Rate Supplement. |
| (h) | The determination of the extent to which a rate is “for a period equal in length” to an Interest Period shall disregard any inconsistency arising from the last day of that Interest Period being determined pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. |
| 1.3 | Currency symbols and definitions |
“U.S.$”, “USD” and “U.S. dollars” denote the lawful currency of the United States of America.
| 1.4 | Third party rights |
| (a) | Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document a person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the “Third Parties Act”) to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement. |
| (b) | Notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any person who is not a Party is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time. |
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| 1.5 | Israeli insolvency terms |
In this Agreement, where it relates to a person incorporated or having its centre of main interests in Israel, a reference to insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, receivership, administration, reorganisation, moratorium, dissolution, winding-up, relief of debtors, or similar proceedings in respect of such person hereunder shall also include proceedings under the laws of the State of Israel, including a decision or order relating to:
| (a) | liquidation, winding-up, dissolution, administration or a debt arrangement, as such terms are understood under the Israeli Companies Law and the Israeli Insolvency Law; |
| (b) | the appointment of a receiver or trustee or other authorised functionary (“baal tafkid”), as such term is understood under the Israeli Insolvency Law; |
| (c) | a reorganisation order, freeze order, stay of proceedings (“▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇”) (or other similar remedy), protection from creditors, relief of debtors, an order for commencing proceedings (“Tzav Ptichat Halichim”), an order for financial rehabilitation (“Hafala Leshem Shikum Calcali”) or an order for liquidation (“Tzav Piruk”); and/or |
| (d) | the recognition of a foreign proceeding with respect to an insolvency of a company (“Hakara be ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇”), as such term is understood under the Israeli Insolvency Law. |
| 1.6 | No personal liability |
No director, officer or employee of an Obligor or any other member of the Group shall be personally liable for:
| (a) | any statement made by an Obligor or relevant member of the Group in any certificate or other document delivered to any Finance Party pursuant to the Finance Documents; or |
| (b) | any breach by an Obligor of Clause 18 (Representations), |
except as a result of fraud (in which case any liability of such individual shall be determined in accordance with applicable law).
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SECTION 2
THE FACILITY
| 2. | THE FACILITY |
| 2.1 | The Facility |
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available to the Borrowers a U.S.dollar revolving loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Commitments.
| 2.2 | Increase |
| (a) | The Company may by giving prior notice to the Agent by no later than the date falling 10 Business Days after the effective date of a cancellation of: |
| (i) | the Available Commitments of a Defaulting Lender in accordance with paragraph (a) of Clause 7.6 (Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender); or |
| (ii) | the Commitments of a Lender in accordance with: |
| (A) | Clause 7.1 (Illegality); or |
| (B) | paragraph (a) of Clause 7.6 (Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender), |
request that the Commitments be increased (and the Commitments shall be so increased) in an aggregate amount in U.S. dollars of up to the amount of the Available Commitments or Commitments so cancelled as follows:
| (iii) | the increased Commitments will be assumed by one or more Eligible Institutions (each an “Increase Lender”) each of which confirms in writing (whether in the relevant Increase Confirmation or otherwise) its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations of a Lender corresponding to that part of the increased Commitments which it is to assume, as if it had been an Original Lender in respect of those Commitments; |
| (iv) | each of the Obligors and any Increase Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another as the Obligors and the Increase Lender would have assumed and/or acquired had the Increase Lender been an Original Lender in respect of that part of the increased Commitments which it is to assume; |
| (v) | each Increase Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender” and any Increase Lender and each of the other Finance Parties shall assume obligations towards one another and acquire rights against one another as that Increase Lender and those Finance Parties would have assumed and/or acquired had the Increase Lender been an Original Lender in respect of that part of the increased Commitments which it is to assume; |
| (vi) | the Commitments of the other Lenders shall continue in full force and effect; and |
| (vii) | any increase in the Commitments shall take effect on the date specified by the Company in the notice referred to above or any later date on which the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Increase Confirmation delivered to it by the relevant Increase Lender. |
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| (b) | The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (c) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Increase Confirmation appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Increase Confirmation. |
| (c) | The Agent shall only be obliged to execute an Increase Confirmation delivered to it by an Increase Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the assumption of the increased Commitments by that Increase Lender. |
| (d) | Each Increase Lender, by executing the Increase Confirmation, confirms (for the avoidance of doubt) that the Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the increase becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement and that it is bound by that decision to the same extent as it would have been had it been an Original Lender. |
| (e) | The Company shall promptly on demand pay the Agent the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by it in connection with any increase in Commitments under this Clause 2.2. |
| (f) | The Increase Lender shall, on the date upon which the increase takes effect, pay to the Agent (for its own account) a fee in an amount equal to the fee which would be payable under Clause 23.4 (Assignment or transfer fee) if the increase was a transfer pursuant to Clause 23.6 (Procedure for transfer) and if the Increase Lender was a New Lender. |
| (g) | The Company may pay to the Increase Lender a fee in the amount and at the times agreed between the Company and the Increase Lender in a letter between the Company and the Increase Lender setting out that fee. A reference in this Agreement to a Fee Letter shall include any letter referred to in this paragraph (g). |
| (h) | Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to find an Increase Lender and in no event shall any Lender whose Commitment is replaced by an Increase Lender be required to pay or surrender any of the fees received by such Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents. |
| (i) | Clause 23.5 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders) shall apply mutatis mutandis in this Clause 2.2 in relation to an Increase Lender as if references in that Clause to: |
| (i) | an “Existing Lender” were references to all the Lenders immediately prior to the relevant increase; |
| (ii) | the “New Lender” were references to that “Increase Lender”; and |
| (iii) | a “re-transfer” and “re-assignment” were references to respectively a “transfer” and “assignment”. |
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| 2.3 | Finance Parties’ rights and obligations |
| (a) | The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents. |
| (b) | The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from an Obligor is a separate and independent debt in respect of which a Finance Party shall be entitled to enforce its rights in accordance with paragraph (c) below. The rights of each Finance Party include any debt owing to that Finance Party under the Finance Documents and, for the avoidance of doubt, any part of a Loan or any other amount owed by an Obligor which relates to a Finance Party’s participation in a Facility or its role under a Finance Document (including any such amount payable to the Agent on its behalf) is a debt owing to that Finance Party by that Obligor. |
| (c) | A Finance Party may, except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under or in connection with the Finance Documents. |
| 3. | PURPOSE |
| 3.1 | Purpose |
Each Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under the Facility towards the general corporate purposes of the Group (including funding of acquisitions, provided that not more than U.S.$25,000,000 of the principal amount of the Loans in aggregate may be used to fund acquisitions in any Financial Year).
| 3.2 | Monitoring |
No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.
| 4. | CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION |
| 4.1 | Initial conditions precedent |
| (a) | No Borrower may deliver a Utilisation Request unless the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part I of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied. |
| (b) | Other than to the extent that the Majority Lenders notify the Agent in writing to the contrary before the Agent gives the notification described in paragraph (a) above, the Lenders authorise (but do not require) the Agent to give that notification. The Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such notification. |
| 4.2 | Further conditions precedent |
The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation) if on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date:
| (a) | in the case of a Rollover Loan, no Event of Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan and, in the case of any other Loan, no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan; and |
| (b) | the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are true in all material respects. |
| 4.3 | Maximum number of Loans |
| (a) | A Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request if as a result of the proposed Utilisation more than 10 Loans would be outstanding. |
| (b) | Any
Separate Loan shall not be taken into account in this Clause 4.3. |
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SECTION 3
| UTILISATION |
| 5. | UTILISATION |
| 5.1 | Delivery of a Utilisation Request |
A Borrower may utilise a Facility by delivery to the Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than the Specified Time.
| 5.2 | Completion of a Utilisation Request |
| (a) | Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless: |
| (i) | the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period applicable to that Facility; |
| (ii) | the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); |
| (iii) | the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 (Interest Periods); and |
| (iv) | it specifies the account and bank (which must be in the principal financial centre of the country of the currency of the Utilisation in which banks are open for general business on that day or London) to which the proceeds of the Utilisation are to be credited. |
| (b) | Only one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request. |
| 5.3 | Currency and amount |
| (a) | The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be U.S. dollars. |
| (b) | The amount of the proposed Loan must be: |
| (i) | a minimum of U.S.$5,000,000 or, if less, the Available Facility; and |
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(ii) | in any event such that its principal amount is less than or equal to the Available Facility. |
| 5.4 | Lenders’ participation |
| (a) | If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met and subject to Clause 6.1 (Repayment of Loans), each Lender shall make its participation in each Loan available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office. |
| (b) | The amount of each Lender’s participation in each Loan will be equal to the proportion borne by its Available Commitment to the Available Facility immediately prior to making the Loan. |
| (c) | The Agent shall notify each Lender of the amount of its participation in each Loan and, if different, the amount of that participation to be made available in accordance with Clause 28.1 (Payments to the Agent), in each case by the Specified Time. |
| 5.5 | Cancellation of Commitment |
The Commitments which, at that time, are unutilised shall be immediately cancelled at the end of the Availability Period.
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SECTION 4
REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
| 6. | REPAYMENT |
| 6.1 | Repayment of Loans |
| (a) | Each Borrower which has drawn a Loan shall repay that Loan on the last day of its Interest Period. |
| (b) | Without prejudice to each Borrower’s obligation under paragraph (a) above, if one or more Loans are to be made available to a Borrower: |
| (i) | on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid by that Borrower; and |
| (ii) | in whole or in part for the purpose of refinancing the maturing Loan, |
the aggregate amount of the new Loans shall, unless the Company notifies the Agent to the contrary in the relevant Utilisation Request, be treated as if applied in or towards repayment of the maturing Loan so that:
| (A) | if the amount of the maturing Loan exceeds the aggregate amount of the new Loans: |
| (1) | the relevant Borrower will only be required to make a payment under Clause 28.1 (Payments to the Agent) in an amount equal to that excess; and |
| (2) | each Lender’s participation in the new Loans shall be treated as having been made available and applied by the Borrower in or towards repayment of that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s participation in the maturing Loan and that Lender will not be required to make a payment under Clause 28.1 (Payments to the Agent) in respect of its participation in the new Loans; and |
| (B) | if the amount of the maturing Loan is equal to or less than the aggregate amount of the new Loans: |
| (1) | the relevant Borrower will not be required to make a payment under Clause 28.1 (Payments to the Agent); and |
| (2) | each Lender will be required to make a payment under Clause 28.1 (Payments to the Agent) in respect of its participation in the new Loans only to the extent that its participation in the new Loans exceeds that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s participation in the maturing Loan and the remainder of that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s participation in the new Loans shall be treated as having been made available and applied by the Borrower in or towards repayment of that Lender’s participation in the maturing Loan. |
| (c) | At any time when a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, the maturity date of each of the participations of that Lender in the Loans then outstanding will be automatically extended to the Termination Date and will be treated as separate Loans (the “Separate Loans”). |
| (d) | If the Borrower makes a prepayment of a Loan pursuant to Clause 7.4 (Voluntary prepayment), a Borrower to whom a Separate Loan is outstanding may prepay that Loan by giving not less than five Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice to the Agent. |
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The proportion borne by the amount of the prepayment of the Separate Loan to the amount of the Separate Loans shall not exceed the proportion borne by the amount of the prepayment of the Loan to the Loans. The Agent will forward a copy of a prepayment notice received in accordance with this paragraph (d) to the Defaulting Lender concerned as soon as practicable on receipt.
| (e) | Interest in respect of a Separate Loan will accrue for successive Interest Periods agreed by the Borrower and the Agent by the time and date specified by the Agent (acting reasonably) and will be payable by that Borrower to the Agent (for the account of that Defaulting Lender) on the last day of each Interest Period of that Loan. |
| (f) | The terms of this Agreement relating to Loans generally shall continue to apply to Separate Loans other than to the extent inconsistent with paragraphs (c) to (e) above, in which case those paragraphs shall prevail in respect of any Separate Loan. |
| 7. | PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION |
| 7.1 | Illegality |
If, in any applicable jurisdiction, it becomes unlawful for any Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund or maintain its participation in any Loan or it becomes unlawful for any Affiliate of a Lender for that Lender to do so:
| (a) | that ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event; |
| (b) | upon the Agent notifying the Company, each Available Commitment of that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and |
| (c) | to the extent that the Lender’s participation has not been transferred pursuant to paragraph (d) of Clause 7.6 (Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender), each Borrower shall repay that Lender’s participation in the Loans made to that Borrower on the last day of the Interest Period for each Loan occurring after the Agent has notified the Company or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law) and that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s corresponding Commitment(s) shall be immediately cancelled in the amount of the participations repaid. |
| 7.2 | Change of control |
| (a) | If any person or group of persons acting in concert gains control of the Company: |
| (i) | the Company shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event; |
| (ii) | a Lender shall not be obliged to fund a Utilisation (except for a Rollover Loan); and |
| (iii) | if a Lender so requires and notifies the Agent within 10 Business Days of the Company notifying the Agent of the event, the Agent shall, by not less than five days’ notice to the Company, cancel each Available Commitment of that Lender and declare the participation of that Lender in all Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents immediately due and payable, whereupon each such Available Commitment will be immediately cancelled, any Commitment of that Lender shall immediately cease to be available for further Utilisation and all such Loans, accrued interest and other amounts shall become immediately due and payable. |
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| (b) | For the purpose of paragraph (a) above “control” means: |
| (i) | the power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or otherwise) to: |
| (A) | cast, or control the casting of, the majority of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the Company; |
| (B) | appoint or remove all, or the majority, of the directors or other equivalent officers of the Company; or |
| (C) | give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of the Company with which the directors or other equivalent officers of the Company are obliged to comply; and/or |
| (ii) | the holding beneficially of 30 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company (excluding any part of that issued share capital that carries no right to participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution of either profits or capital). |
| (c) | For the purpose of paragraph (a) above “acting in concert” means a group who, pursuant to an agreement or understanding (whether formal or informal), co-operate to obtain or consolidate control of, or to consolidate their interests in, the Company. |
| 7.3 | Specified Acquisition |
| (a) | If any member of the Group enters into an agreement in relation to a Specified Acquisition: |
| (i) | the Company shall promptly (and in any case at least 30 days before completion of that Specified Acquisition) notify the Agent of, and provide reasonable details about, that Specified Acquisition, including, without limitation, the identity and business of the company, business or undertaking being acquired |
| (ii) | a Lender shall not be obliged to fund a Utilisation (except for a Rollover Loan); and |
| (iii) | if a Lender so requires and notifies the Agent within 10 Business Days of the Company notifying the Agent of the event, the Agent shall, by not less than five days’ notice to the Company, cancel each Available Commitment of that Lender and, with effect from completion of that Specified Acquisition, declare the participation of that Lender in all Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents immediately due and payable, and upon completion of that Specified Acquisition, each such Available Commitment will be immediately cancelled, any Commitment of that Lender shall immediately cease to be available for further Utilisation and all such Loans, accrued interest and other amounts shall become immediately due and payable. |
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| (b) | For the purpose of paragraph (a) above “Specified Acquisition” means any acquisition by a member of the Group of a company (or any shares in a company) or a business (or, in each case, any interest in any of them) the consideration (including associated costs and expenses) for which, together with any Financial Indebtedness or other associated actual or contingent liabilities, in each case remaining in the acquired company or business, exceeds U.S.$500,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies). |
| 7.4 | Voluntary cancellation |
The Company may, if it gives the Agent not less than five Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or any part (being a minimum amount of U.S.$5,000,000) of the Available Facility. Any cancellation under this Clause 7.3 shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders rateably.
| 7.5 | Voluntary prepayment |
A Borrower to which a Loan has been made may, if it gives the Agent not less than five Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice prepay the whole or any part of any Loan (but, if in part, being an amount that reduces the Loan by a minimum amount of U.S.$2,500,000).
| 7.6 | Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender |
| (a) | If: |
| (i) | any sum payable to any Lender by an Obligor is required to be increased under paragraph (c) of Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up); or |
| (ii) | any Lender claims indemnification from the Company under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) or Clause 13.1 (Increased Costs), |
the Company may, whilst the circumstance giving rise to the requirement for that increase or indemnification continues, give the Agent notice of cancellation of the Commitment(s) of that Lender and its intention to procure the repayment of that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s participation in the Loans or give the Agent notice of its intention to replace that Lender in accordance with paragraph (d) below.
| (b) | On receipt of a notice of cancellation referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Available Commitment(s) of that Lender shall be immediately reduced to zero. |
| (c) | On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Company has given notice of cancellation under paragraph (a) above (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Company in that notice), each Borrower to which a Loan is outstanding shall repay that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s participation in that Loan and that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s corresponding Commitment(s) shall be immediately cancelled in the amount of the participations repaid. |
| (d) | If: |
| (i) | any of the circumstances set out in paragraph (a) above apply to a Lender; or |
| (ii) | an Obligor becomes obliged to pay any amount in accordance with Clause 8.1 (Illegality) to any Lender, |
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the Company may, on 10 Business Days’ prior notice to the Agent and that ▇▇▇▇▇▇, replace that Lender by requiring that Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, that Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to an Eligible Institution which confirms its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations of the transferring Lender in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) for a purchase price in cash payable at the time of the transfer in an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s participation in the outstanding Loans and all accrued interest (to the extent that the Agent has not given a notification under Clause 24.10 (Pro rata interest settlement)), Break Costs and other amounts payable in relation thereto under the Finance Documents.
| (e) | The replacement of a Lender pursuant to paragraph (d) above shall be subject to the following conditions: |
| (i) | the Company shall have no right to replace the Agent; |
| (ii) | neither the Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to find a replacement Lender; |
| (iii) | in no event shall the Lender replaced under paragraph (d) above be required to pay or surrender any of the fees received by such Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents; and |
| (iv) | the Lender shall only be obliged to transfer its rights and obligations pursuant to paragraph (d) above once it is satisfied that it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to that transfer. |
| (f) | A Lender shall perform the checks described in paragraph (e)(iv) above as soon as reasonably practicable following delivery of a notice referred to in paragraph (d) above and shall notify the Agent and the Company when it is satisfied that it has complied with those checks. |
| (g) | If any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, the Company may, at any time whilst the Lender continues to be a Defaulting Lender, give the Agent 10 Business Days’ notice of cancellation of each Available Commitment of that Lender. |
| (h) | On the notice referred to in paragraph (g) above becoming effective, each Available Commitment of the Defaulting Lender shall be immediately reduced to zero. |
| (i) | The Agent shall as soon as practicable after receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (g) above, notify all the Lenders. |
| 7.7 | Restrictions |
| (a) | Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 7 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment. |
| (b) | Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty. |
| (c) | Unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, any part of the Facility which is prepaid or repaid may be reborrowed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. |
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| (d) | The Borrowers shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loans or cancel all or any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement. |
| (e) | Subject to Clause 2.2 (Increase), no amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated. |
| (f) | If the Agent receives a notice under this Clause 7 it shall promptly forward a copy of that notice to either the Company or the affected Lender, as appropriate. |
| (g) | If all or part of any Lender’s participation in a Loan under a Facility is repaid or prepaid and is not available for redrawing (other than by operation of Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent)), an amount of that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Commitment (equal to the amount of the participation which is repaid or prepaid) in respect of that Facility will be deemed to be cancelled on the date of repayment or prepayment. |
| 7.8 | Application of prepayments |
Any prepayment of a Loan pursuant to Clause 7.2 (Change of control) or Clause 7.5 (Voluntary prepayment) shall be applied pro rata to each Lender’s participation in that Loan.
SECTION 5
COSTS OF UTILISATION
| 8. | INTEREST |
| 8.1 | Calculation of interest |
The rate of interest on each Loan for an Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:
| (a) | Margin; and |
| (b) | Term Reference Rate. |
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| 8.2 | Payment of interest |
| (a) | The Borrower to which a Loan has been made shall pay accrued interest on that Loan on the last day of each Interest Period. |
| (b) | If the Compliance Certificate received by the Agent which relates to the audited financial statements of the Group delivered pursuant to paragraph (a) of Clause 19.1 (Financial Statements) shows that a higher Margin should have applied during a certain period, then the Company shall (or shall ensure the relevant Borrower shall) promptly pay to the Agent any amounts necessary to put the Agent and the Lenders in the position they would have been in had the appropriate rate of the Margin applied during such period. |
| 8.3 | Default interest |
| (a) | If an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is the sum of 1 per cent per annum and the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan in the currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Agent (acting reasonably). Any interest accruing under this Clause 8.3 shall be immediately payable by the Obligor on demand by the Agent. |
| (b) | If any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Loan and which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to that Loan: |
| (i) | the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to that Loan; and |
| (ii) | the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first Interest Period shall be the sum of 1 per cent per annum and the rate which would have applied if the overdue amount had not become due. |
| (c) | Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue amount but will remain immediately due and payable. |
| 8.4 | Notifications |
| (a) | The Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Lenders and the relevant Borrower of the determination of a rate of interest relating to a Loan. |
| (b) | The Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower of each Funding Rate relating to a Loan. |
| (c) | This Clause 8.4 shall not require the Agent to make any notification to any Party on a day which is not a Business Day. |
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| 9. | INTEREST PERIODS |
| 9.1 | Selection of Interest Periods |
| (a) | A Borrower (or the Company on behalf of a Borrower) may select an Interest Period for a Loan in the Utilisation Request for that Loan. |
| (b) | If a Borrower (or the Company) fails to select an Interest Period in the Utilisation Request for that Loan, the relevant Interest Period will be the period specified in the applicable Reference Rate Terms. |
| (c) | Subject to this Clause 9, a Borrower (or the Company) may select an Interest Period of any period specified in the applicable Reference Rate Terms or of any other period agreed between the Company, the Agent and all the Lenders in relation to the relevant Loan. |
| (d) | An Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Termination Date. |
| (e) | Each Interest Period for a Loan shall start on the Utilisation Date or (if already made) on the last day of its preceding Interest Period. |
| (f) | A Loan has one Interest Period only. |
| (g) | No Interest Period shall be longer than six Months. |
| 9.2 | Non-Business Days |
Any rules specified as “Business Day Conventions” in the applicable Reference Rate Terms for a Loan or Unpaid Sum shall apply to each Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum.
| 10. | CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST |
| 10.1 | Interest calculation if no Primary Term Rate |
| (a) | Interpolated Primary Term Rate: If no Primary Term Rate is available for the Interest Period of a Loan, the applicable Term Reference Rate shall be the Interpolated Primary Term Rate for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan. |
| (b) | Shortened Interest Period: If paragraph (a) above applies but it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Primary Term Rate, the Interest Period of the Loan shall (if it is longer than the applicable Fallback Interest Period) be shortened to the applicable Fallback Interest Period and the applicable Term Reference Rate shall be determined pursuant to the definition of “Term Reference Rate”. |
| (c) | Shortened Interest Period and Historic Primary Term Rate: If paragraph (b) above applies but no Primary Term Rate is available for the Interest Period of that Loan and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Primary Term Rate, the applicable Term Reference Rate shall be the Historic Primary Term Rate for that Loan. |
| (d) | Shortened Interest Period and Interpolated Historic Primary Term Rate: If paragraph (c) above applies but no Historic Primary Term Rate is available for the Interest Period of the Loan, the applicable Term Reference Rate shall be the Interpolated Historic Primary Term Rate for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan. |
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| (e) | Term Fallback Option: If paragraph (d) above applies but it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Historic Primary Term Rate then if “fixed Central Bank Rate will apply as a fallback” is specified in the Reference Rate Terms for that Loan, the Interest Period of that Loan shall (if it is longer than the applicable Fallback Interest Period) be shortened to the applicable Fallback Interest Period and the applicable Term Reference Rate shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of: |
| (i) | the Central Bank Rate as for the Quotation Day; and |
| (ii) | any applicable Central Bank Rate Adjustment. |
| (f) | Cost of funds: If paragraph (e) above applies but: |
| (i) | there is no applicable Central Bank Rate; and |
| (ii) | “Cost of funds will apply as a fallback” is specified in the Reference Rate Terms, |
Clause 10.3 (Cost of funds) shall apply to that Loan for that Interest Period.
| 10.2 | Market disruption |
| If: |
| (a) | a Market Disruption Rate is specified in the Reference Rate Terms for a Loan; and |
| (b) | before the Reporting Time for that Loan, the Agent receives notifications from a Lender or Lenders (whose participations in that Loan exceed 35 per cent. of that Loan) that its cost of funds relating to its participation in that Loan would be in excess of that Market Disruption Rate, then Clause 10.3 (Cost of funds) shall apply to that Loan for the relevant Interest Period. |
| 10.3 | Cost of funds |
| (a) | If this Clause 10.3 applies to a Loan for an Interest Period, Clause 8.1 (Calculation of interest) shall not apply to that Loan for that Interest Period and the rate of interest on each Lender’s share of that Loan for that Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of: |
| (i) | the applicable Margin; and |
| (ii) | the weighted average of the rates notified to the Agent by each Lender as soon as practicable and in any event by the Reporting Time for that Loan, to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum its cost of funds relating to its participation in that Loan. |
| (b) | If this Clause 10.3 applies and the Agent or the Company so requires, the Agent and the Company shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than 30 days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest. |
| (c) | Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall, with the prior consent of all the Lenders and the Company, be binding on all Parties. |
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| (d) | If this Clause 10.3 applies pursuant to Clause 10.2 (Market disruption) and: |
| (i) | a Lender’s Funding Rate is less than the relevant Market Disruption Rate; or |
| (ii) | a Lender does not notify a rate to the Agent by the relevant Reporting Time, |
that Lender’s cost of funds relating to its participation in that Loan for that Interest Period shall be deemed, for the purposes of paragraph (a) above, to be the Market Disruption Rate for that Loan.
| (e) | Subject to paragraph (d) above, if this Clause 10.3 applies but any Lender does not notify a rate to the Agent by the Reporting Time for the relevant Loan the rate of interest shall be calculated on the basis of the rates notified by the remaining Lenders. |
| (f) | If this Clause 10.3 applies the Agent shall, as soon as is practicable, notify the Company. |
| 10.4 | Break Costs |
| (a) | If an amount is specified as Break Costs in the Reference Rate Terms for a Loan or Unpaid Sum, each Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs (if any) attributable to all or any part of that Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by that Borrower on a day prior to the last day of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum. |
| (b) | Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in respect of which they become, or may become, payable. |
| 11. | FEES |
| 11.1 | Commitment fee |
| (a) | The Company shall pay to the Agent (for the account of each Lender) a fee in U.S. dollars computed at the rate of: |
| (i) | subject to paragraph (ii) below, 0.50 per cent. per annum; or |
| (ii) | if the Leverage Ratio, as determined by the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraphs (a), (d) and (e) of Clause 19.1 (Financial statements) or Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Clause 19.2 (Compliance Certificate), equals or exceeds 2:1, 0.80 per cent. per annum, |
in each case, on that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Available Commitment for the Availability Period.
| (b) | The accrued commitment fee is payable on the last day of each successive period of three Months which ends during the relevant Availability Period, on the last day of the Availability Period and, if cancelled in full, on the cancelled amount of the relevant Lender’s Commitment at the time the cancellation is effective. |
| (c) | No commitment fee is payable to the Agent (for the account of a Lender) on any Available Commitment of that Lender for any day on which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender. |
| 11.2 | Upfront fee |
The Company shall pay to the Arranger an upfront fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
| 11.3 | Agency fee |
The
Company shall pay to the Agent (for its own account) an agency fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
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SECTION 6
ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
| 12. | TAX GROSS-UP AND INDEMNITIES |
| 12.1 | Definitions |
In this Agreement:
“Protected Party” means a Finance Party which is or will be subject to any liability, or required to make any payment, for or on account of Tax in relation to a sum received or receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be received or receivable) under a Finance Document.
“Tax Credit” means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax.
“Tax Deduction” means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a Finance Document, other than a FATCA Deduction.
“Tax Payment” means either the increase in a payment made by an Obligor to a Finance Party under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity).
Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 12 a reference to “determines” or “determined” means a determination made in the absolute discretion of the person making the determination.
| 12.2 | Tax gross-up |
| (a) | Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law. |
| (b) | The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If the Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the Company and that Obligor. |
| (c) | If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required. |
| (d) | If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law. |
| (e) | Within 30 days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority. |
| (f) | Each Finance Party shall, at the request of the Company or the Agent and at the expense of the Company, use its reasonable efforts to co-operate to complete, deliver and maintain any documentation or procedural requirements that may be required under applicable law to enable an Obligor to make a payment without a Tax Deduction or with a reduced Tax Deduction, provided that doing so would not, in the reasonable opinion of the Finance Party, be prejudicial to its legal or commercial position. |
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| (g) | A Lender shall be deemed to have co-operated for the purposes of paragraph (f) above if the Lender has provided a completed ITA Form A/114 (Claim for Reduced Rate of Withholding Tax/Exemption from Withholding Tax in the State of Israel on Payments to a Non Resident) to the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, the Form A/114 shall be deemed to be completed if the relevant Lender has provided to the Borrower a certificate of tax residency issued by the tax authority in its jurisdiction of incorporation, in lieu of completing Part H of the ITA Form A/114. |
| 12.3 | Tax indemnity |
| (a) | The Company shall (within three Business Days of demand by the Agent) pay to a Protected Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which that Protected Party determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered for or on account of Tax by that Protected Party in respect of a Finance Document. |
| (b) | Paragraph (a) above shall not apply: |
| (i) | with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party: |
| (A) | under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or |
| (B) | under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party’s Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction, |
if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by that Finance Party; or
| (ii) | to the extent a loss, liability or cost: |
| (A) | is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up); or |
| (B) | relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party. |
| (c) | A Protected Party making, or intending to make, a claim under paragraph (a) above shall promptly notify the Agent of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall notify the Company. |
| (d) | A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this Clause 12.3, notify the Agent. |
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| 12.4 | Tax Credit |
If an Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines that:
| (a) | a Tax Credit is attributable to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, to that Tax Payment or to a Tax Deduction in consequence of which that Tax Payment was required; and |
| (b) | that Finance Party has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit, |
the Finance Party shall pay an amount to the Obligor which that Finance Party reasonably determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been required to be made by the Obligor.
| 12.5 | Stamp taxes |
The Company shall pay and, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability that Finance Party incurs in relation to all stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document except for:
| (a) | any such Tax payable in connection with any Transfer Certificate, Assignment Agreement or other transfer or disposal by a Lender of any of its rights or obligations under a Finance Document; or |
| (b) | any such Tax arising as a result of a voluntary registration by a Finance Party where such registration is not required by applicable law to evidence, prove, maintain, enforce, compel or otherwise assert the rights of such party or obligations of any party under a Finance Document. |
| 12.6 | VAT |
| (a) | All amounts expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to a Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any supply or service for VAT purposes are deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on that supply or service, and accordingly, subject to paragraph (b) below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply or service made by any Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document and such Finance Party is required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT, that Party must pay to such Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply or service) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT (and such Finance Party must promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to that Party). |
| (b) | If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party (the “Supplier”) to any other Finance Party (the “Recipient”) under a Finance Document, and any Party other than the Recipient (the “Relevant Party”) is required by the terms of any Finance Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for that supply to the Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse or indemnify the Recipient in respect of that consideration): |
| (i) | (where the Supplier is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must also pay to the Supplier (at the same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of the VAT. The Recipient must (where this paragraph (i) applies) promptly pay to the Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the Recipient receives from the relevant tax authority which the Recipient reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply; and |
| (ii) | (where the Recipient is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must promptly, following demand from the Recipient, pay to the Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that supply but only to the extent that the Recipient reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT. |
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| (c) | Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Finance Party for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Finance Party for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent that such Finance Party reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority. |
| (d) | Any reference in this Clause 12.6 to any Party shall, at any time when such Party is treated as a member of a group or unity (or fiscal unity) for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the representative member of such group at such time (the term “representative member” to have the same meaning as in the Value Added Tax Act 1994). |
| (e) | In relation to any supply made by a Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document, if reasonably requested by such Finance Party, that Party must promptly provide such Finance Party with details of that Party’s VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Finance Party’s VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply. |
| 12.7 | FATCA information |
| (a) | Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Party shall, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party: |
| (i) | confirm to that other Party whether it is: |
| (A) | a FATCA Exempt Party; or |
| (B) | not a FATCA Exempt Party; |
| (ii) | supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party’s compliance with FATCA; and |
| (iii) | supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party’s compliance with any other law, regulation, or exchange of information regime. |
| (b) | If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that other Party reasonably promptly. |
| (c) | Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any Finance Party to do anything, and paragraph (a)(iii) above shall not oblige any other Party to do anything, which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of: |
| (i) | any law or regulation; |
| (ii) | any fiduciary duty; or |
| (iii) | any duty of confidentiality. |
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| (d) | If a Party fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraph (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c) above applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information. |
| (e) | If a Borrower is a US Tax Obligor, or the Agent reasonably believes that its obligations under FATCA or any other applicable law or regulation require it, each Lender shall, within ten Business Days of: |
| (i) | where an Original Borrower is a US Tax Obligor and the relevant Lender is an Original Lender, the date of this Agreement; |
| (ii) | where a Borrower is a US Tax Obligor on a date on which any other Lender becomes a Party as a Lender, that date; |
| (iii) | the date a new US Tax Obligor accedes as a Borrower; or |
| (iv) | where a Borrower is not a US Tax Obligor, the date of a request from the Agent, |
supply to the Agent:
| (A) | a withholding certificate on Form W-8, Form W-9 or any other relevant form; or |
| (B) | any withholding statement or other document, authorisation or waiver as the Agent may require to certify or establish the status of such Lender under FATCA or that other law or regulation. |
| (f) | The Agent shall provide any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver it receives from a Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) above to the relevant Borrower. |
| (g) | If any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver provided to the Agent by a Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) above is or becomes materially inaccurate or incomplete, that Lender shall promptly update it and provide such updated withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver to the Agent unless it is unlawful for the Lender to do so (in which case the Lender shall promptly notify the Agent). The Agent shall provide any such updated withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver to the relevant Borrower. |
| (h) | The Agent may rely on any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver it receives from a Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) or (g) above without further verification. The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with paragraph (e), (f) or (g) above. |
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| 12.8 | FATCA Deduction |
| (a) | Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction. |
| (b) | Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction), notify the Party to whom it is making the payment and, in addition, shall notify the Company and the Agent and the Agent shall notify the other Finance Parties. |
| 13. | INCREASED COSTS |
| 13.1 | Increased Costs |
| (a) | Subject to Clause 13.3 (Exceptions) the Company shall, within three Business Days of a demand by the Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of (i) the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation or (ii) compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement or (iii) the implementation or application of or compliance with any Regulatory Capital Requirements. |
| (b) | In this Agreement: |
“Basel III” means:
| (i) | the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems”, “Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring” and “Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated; |
| (ii) | the rules for global systemically important banks contained in “Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement – Rules text” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated; and |
| (iii) | any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to “Basel III”, including “Basel III: Finalising post-crisis reforms” published in December 2017. |
“EU CRD IV” means:
| (i) | Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (“CRR”); and |
| (ii) | Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC (“CRD4”). |
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“EU CRD V” means:
| (i) | Regulation (EU) No 2019/876 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 amending CRR and Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (“CRR2”); and |
| (ii) | Directive (EU) 2019/878 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 amending CRD4 (“CRD5”). |
“EU CRD VI” means:
| (i) | Regulation (EU) No 2024/1623 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 amending CRR; and |
| (ii) | Directive (EU) 2024/1619 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 amending CRD4. |
“EU Regulatory Capital Requirements” means EU CRD IV, EU CRD V and EU CRD VI.
“Increased Costs” means:
| (i) | a reduction in the rate of return from a Facility or on a Finance Party’s (or its Affiliate’s) overall capital; |
| (ii) | an additional or increased cost; or |
| (iii) | a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document, |
which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates to the extent that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into its Commitment or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance Document.
“Regulatory Capital Requirements” means Basel III, any EU Regulatory Capital Requirements or any UK Regulatory Capital Requirements or any law or regulation that implements or applies Basel III, any EU Regulatory Capital Requirements or any UK Regulatory Capital Requirements.
“UK Regulatory Capital Requirements” means:
| (i) | CRR and CRR2 as they form part of domestic law of the United Kingdom; |
| (ii) | the law of the United Kingdom or any part of it, which immediately before IP completion day (as defined in the WAA) implemented CRD4 and CRD5 and their respective implementing measures; |
| (iii) | direct EU legislation (as defined in the Withdrawal Act), which immediately before IP completion day (as defined in the WAA) implemented EU CRD IV and EU CRD V as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom; |
| (iv) | any law or regulation which amends, supplements, replaces or restates any law or regulation specified in paragraphs (i) to (iii) above; and |
| (v) | any law or regulation which otherwise implements or is related to the implementation of Basel III or any other regulatory capital requirement in the United Kingdom. |
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“WAA” means the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.
“Withdrawal Act” means the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
| 13.2 | Increased Cost claims |
| (a) | A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 13.1 (Increased Costs) shall notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall promptly notify the Company. |
| (b) | Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs. |
| 13.3 | Exceptions |
| (a) | Clause 13.1 (Increased Costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is: |
| (i) | attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an Obligor; |
| (ii) | attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party; |
| (iii) | compensated for by Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so compensated solely because any of the exclusions in paragraph (b) of Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) applied); or |
| (iv) | attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of any law or regulation. |
| (b) | In this Clause 13.3, a reference to a “Tax Deduction” has the same meaning given to that term in Clause 12.1 (Definitions). |
| 14. | OTHER INDEMNITIES |
| 14.1 | Currency indemnity |
| (a) | If any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of: |
| (i) | making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor; |
| (ii) | obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings, that Obligor shall as an independent obligation, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party to whom that Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum. |
| (b) | Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable. |
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| 14.2 | Other indemnities |
The Company shall (or shall procure that an Obligor will), within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Finance Party as a result of:
| (i) | the occurrence of any Event of Default; |
| (ii) | a failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result of Clause 27 (Sharing among the Finance Parties); |
| (iii) | funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Loan requested by a Borrower in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of default or negligence by that Finance Party alone); or |
| (iv) | a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by a Borrower or the Company. |
| 14.3 | Indemnity to the Agent |
The Company shall promptly indemnify the Agent against any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of:
| (i) | investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default; |
| (ii) | acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; or |
| (iii) | instructing lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts as permitted under this Agreement. |
| 15. | MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS |
| 15.1 | Mitigation |
| (a) | Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Company, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 12 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased Costs) including (but not limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office. |
| (b) | Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under the Finance Documents. |
| 15.2 | Limitation of liability |
| (a) | The Company shall promptly indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation). |
| (b) | A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation) if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it. |
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| 16. | COSTS AND EXPENSES |
| 16.1 | Transaction expenses |
The Company shall within ten Business Days of demand pay the Agent and the Arranger the amount of all costs and expenses (including pre-agreed or capped legal fees) reasonably incurred (as evidenced by the relevant invoices) by any of them in connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing, execution and syndication of:
| (a) | this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement; and |
| (b) | any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement. |
| 16.2 | Amendment costs |
| If: |
| (a) | an Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent; or |
| (b) | an amendment is required pursuant to Clause 28.10 (Change of currency), the Company shall, within ten Business Days of demand, reimburse the Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses (including pre-agreed or capped legal fees) reasonably incurred by the Agent in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or requirement. |
| 16.3 | Enforcement costs |
The Company shall, within three Business Days of demand, pay to each Finance Party the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by that Finance Party in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document.
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SECTION 7
GUARANTEE
| 17. | GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY |
| 17.1 | Guarantee and indemnity |
Each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally jointly and severally:
| (a) | guarantees to each Finance Party punctual performance by each Borrower of all that Borrower’s obligations under the Finance Documents; |
| (b) | undertakes with each Finance Party that whenever a Borrower does not pay any amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, that Guarantor shall immediately on demand pay that amount as if it was the principal obligor; and |
| (c) | agrees with each Finance Party that if any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal, it will, as an independent and primary obligation, indemnify that Finance Party immediately on demand against any cost, loss or liability it incurs as a result of a Borrower not paying any amount which would, but for such unenforceability, invalidity or illegality, have been payable by it under any Finance Document on the date when it would have been due. The amount payable by a Guarantor under this indemnity will not exceed the amount it would have had to pay under this Clause 17 if the amount claimed had been recoverable on the basis of a guarantee. |
| 17.2 | Continuing guarantee |
This guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the ultimate balance of sums payable by any Obligor under the Finance Documents, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part.
| 17.3 | Reinstatement |
If any discharge, release or arrangement (whether in respect of the obligations of any Obligor or any security for those obligations or otherwise) is made by a Finance Party in whole or in part on the basis of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or must be restored in insolvency, liquidation, administration or otherwise, without limitation, then the liability of each Guarantor under this Clause 17 will continue or be reinstated as if the discharge, release or arrangement had not occurred.
| 17.4 | Waiver of defences |
The obligations of each Guarantor under this Clause 17 will not be affected by an act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this Clause, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under this Clause 17 (without limitation and whether or not known to it or any Finance Party) including:
| (a) | any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Obligor or other person; |
| (b) | the release of any other Obligor or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the Group; |
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| (c) | the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any Obligor or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security; |
| (d) | any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of an Obligor or any other person; |
| (e) | any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Finance Document or any other document or security including without limitation any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other document or security; |
| (f) | any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; |
| (g) | any insolvency or similar proceedings; or |
| (h) | any provision of the Israeli Guarantee Law, provided that, should the Israeli Guarantee Law for any reason be deemed to be applicable to the Finance Documents, each Guarantor incorporated in the State of Israel hereby expressly waives all rights and defences that may have been available to them under such laws. |
| 17.5 | Immediate recourse |
Each Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other rights or security or claim payment from any person before claiming from that Guarantor under this Clause 17. This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a Finance Document to the contrary.
| 17.6 | Appropriations |
Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) may:
| (a) | refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or received by that Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise) and no Guarantor shall be entitled to the benefit of the same; and |
| (b) | hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from any Guarantor or on account of any Guarantor’s liability under this Clause 17. |
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| 17.7 | Deferral of Guarantors’ rights |
Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless the Agent otherwise directs, no Guarantor will exercise any rights which it may have by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents or by reason of any amount being payable, or liability arising, under this Clause 17:
| (a) | to be indemnified by an Obligor; |
| (b) | to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of any Obligor’s obligations under the Finance Documents; |
| (c) | to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance Documents by any Finance Party; |
| (d) | to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring any Obligor to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which any Guarantor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under Clause 17.1 (Guarantee and indemnity); |
| (e) | to exercise any right of set-off against any Obligor; and/or |
| (f) | to claim or prove as a creditor of any Obligor in competition with any Finance Party. |
If a Guarantor receives any benefit, payment or distribution in relation to such rights it shall hold that benefit, payment or distribution to the extent necessary to enable all amounts which may be or become payable to the Finance Parties by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents to be repaid in full on trust for the Finance Parties and shall promptly pay or transfer the same to the Agent or as the Agent may direct for application in accordance with Clause 28 (Payment mechanics).
| 17.8 | Release of Guarantors’ right of contribution |
If any Guarantor (a “Retiring Guarantor”) ceases to be a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents for the purpose of any sale or other disposal of that Retiring Guarantor then on the date such Retiring Guarantor ceases to be a Guarantor:
| (a) | that Retiring Guarantor is released by each other Guarantor from any liability (whether past, present or future and whether actual or contingent) to make a contribution to any other Guarantor arising by reason of the performance by any other Guarantor of its obligations under the Finance Documents; and |
| (b) | each other Guarantor waives any rights it may have by reason of the performance of its obligations under the Finance Documents to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties under any Finance Document or of any other security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, any Finance Document where such rights or security are granted by or in relation to the assets of the Retiring Guarantor. |
| 17.9 | Additional security |
This guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or security now or subsequently held by any Finance Party.
| 17.10 | Guarantee limitations |
No Guarantor incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be liable to make any payment referred to in this Clause 17 if such payment is prohibited under Section 302 of the Israeli Companies Law and any obligation to make any payment under this Clause 17 shall be subject to, and shall be limited to an amount up to, the Guarantor’s distributable proceeds at the time of realization, calculated in accordance with the Israeli Companies Law; it being agreed that no payment, exercise or realisation shall be made to the extent it is determined to be a “prohibited distribution” under Section 301 of the Israeli Companies Law.
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SECTION 8
REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT
| 18. | REPRESENTATIONS |
Each Obligor makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 18 to each Finance Party on the date of this Agreement.
| 18.1 | Status |
| (a) | It is a corporation, duly incorporated, validly existing and, in relation to the Company only, in good standing under the law of its Original Jurisdiction. |
| (b) | It and each Material Group Company has the power to own its assets and carry on its business in all material respects as it is being conducted. |
| (c) | In respect of an Obligor incorporated in the State of Israel, it is not a registered as a ‘violating company’ as defined in Section 362A of the Israel Companies Law and has not received a warning notice that it is to become a ‘violating company’. |
| (d) | It is acting for its own account and not for the account of any other person. |
| 18.2 | Binding obligations |
The obligations expressed to be assumed by it in each Finance Document are, subject to the Legal Reservations, legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations in accordance with their terms.
| 18.3 | Non-conflict with other obligations |
The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents do not and will not conflict with:
| (a) | any law or regulation applicable to it in any material respect; |
| (b) | its constitutional documents; or |
| (c) | any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its assets where such conflict has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
| 18.4 | Power and authority |
It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated by those Finance Documents.
| 18.5 | Validity and admissibility in evidence |
Subject to the Legal Reservations, all Authorisations required:
| (a) | to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Finance Documents to which it is a party; and |
| (b) | to make the Finance Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation, have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect if failure to obtain or effect those Authorisations has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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| 18.6 | Governing law and enforcement |
Subject to the Legal Reservations:
| (a) | the choice of English law as the governing law of the Finance Documents will be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation; and |
| (b) | any judgment obtained in England in relation to a Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation. |
| 18.7 | Insolvency |
| (a) | No: |
| (i) | corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in paragraph (a) of Clause 22.7 (Insolvency proceedings); or |
| (ii) | creditors’ process described in Clause 22.8 (Creditors’ process), has been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in relation to a Material Group Company. |
| (b) | The Company is not “insolvent” as that expression is specified in Section 8(1) of the BVI Insolvency Act and will not become so “insolvent” in consequence of entering into, and performing its obligations under, the Finance Documents. |
| 18.8 | Deduction of Tax |
It is not required to make any Tax Deduction (as defined in Clause 12.1 (Definitions)) from any payment it may make under any Finance Document, except for any Tax Deduction that it has disclosed in writing to the Agent prior to the date of this Agreement.
| 18.9 | No filing or stamp taxes |
Under the law of its Original Jurisdiction it is not necessary that the Finance Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents.
| 18.10 | No default |
| (a) | No Event of Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the making of any Utilisation. |
| (b) | No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on it or any Material Group Company or to which its (or any Material Group Company’s) assets are subject which has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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| 18.11 | No misleading information |
| (a) | Any written factual information provided by or on behalf of any member of the Group to the Agent in connection with this Agreement (the “Information”) was true and accurate in all respects as at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at which it is stated except to the extent such inaccuracy could not reasonably be expected to materially prejudice the interests of the Lenders. |
| (b) | The financial projections contained in the Information have been prepared on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions. |
| (c) | Nothing has occurred or been omitted from the Information and no information has been given or withheld that results in the information contained in the Information being untrue or misleading in any respect which could reasonably be expected to materially prejudice the interests of the Lenders. |
| 18.12 | Financial statements |
| (a) | Its Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. |
| (b) | Its Original Financial Statements fairly present its financial condition as at the end of the relevant financial year and its results of operations as at the end of and for the relevant financial year (consolidated in the case of the Company). |
| (c) | There has been no material adverse change in its business or financial condition (or the business or consolidated financial condition of the Group, in the case of the Company) since 31 December 2024. |
| 18.13 | Pari passu ranking |
Its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.
| 18.14 | No proceedings |
| (a) | No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings of or before any court, arbitral body or agency which could reasonably be expected to be adversely determined and, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has or have (to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)) been started or (so far as it is aware) threatened against it or any of its Subsidiaries. |
| (b) | No judgment or order of a court, arbitral body or agency which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has (to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)) been made against it or any of its Subsidiaries. |
| 18.15 | No breach of laws |
| (a) | It has not (and none of its Subsidiaries has) breached any law or regulation which breach has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
| (b) | No labour disputes are current or, to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry), threatened against any member of the Group which have or are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
| (c) | All Authorisations necessary for the conduct of the business, trade and ordinary activities of members of the Group have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect if failure to obtain or effect those Authorisations has or might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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| 18.16 | Environmental laws |
| (a) | Each member of the Group is in compliance with Clause 21.18 (Environmental compliance) and to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry) no circumstances have occurred which would prevent such compliance in a manner or to an extent which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
| (b) | No Environmental Claim has been commenced or (to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)) is formally threatened against any member of the Group where that claim has or is reasonably likely to be adversely determined and, if determined against that member of the Group, is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
| 18.17 | Taxation |
| (a) | It is not (and none of its Subsidiaries is) overdue in the filing of any Tax returns and it is not (and none of its Subsidiaries is) overdue in the payment of any amount in respect of Tax where such failure to take action could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
| (b) | No claims or investigations are being, or are reasonably likely to be, made or conducted against it (or any of its Subsidiaries) with respect to Taxes which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
| (c) | It is resident for Tax purposes only in its Original Jurisdiction, it being understood that the Company is a BVI incorporated company and also resident in the State of Israel for tax purposes. |
| 18.18 | Anti-corruption laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws |
| (a) | Each member of the Group has conducted its businesses in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of applicable anti-corruption laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws of all jurisdictions in which that member of the Group conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency including regulations governing predicate offences for money laundering and no material action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving that member of the Group or its management board with respect to such anti-corruption laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending and no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated. |
| (b) | The Group has instituted and maintained policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws. |
| 18.19 | Security and Financial Indebtedness |
| (a) | No Security or Quasi-Security exists over all or any of the present or future assets of it or any member of the Group other than as permitted by this Agreement. |
| (b) | No Financial Indebtedness remains outstanding or will be payable by it or any member of the Group other than or as permitted by this Agreement. |
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| 18.20 | Good title to assets |
It and each of its Subsidiaries has a good, valid and marketable title to, or valid leases or licences of, and all appropriate Authorisations to use, the assets necessary to carry on its business as presently conducted where failure would have a Material Adverse Effect.
| 18.21 | Sanctions |
| (a) | No member of the Group nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees is, has been, or is engaged in any transaction, activity or conduct that could reasonably be expected to result in it or them being: |
| (i) | in breach of Sanctions in any material respect; or |
| (ii) | a Sanctions Restricted Person. |
| (b) | The Company has implemented and maintains policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Company and each other member of the Group with Sanctions. |
| (c) | Neither it nor any member of the Group nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees has received notice of or is aware of any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation commenced against it by any Sanctions Authority with respect to Sanctions. |
| (d) | No provision of this Clause 18.21 will apply to or in favour of any person if and to the extent that it would result in a breach, by or in respect of that person, of any applicable Blocking Law. |
| 18.22 | Intellectual Property |
It and each of its Subsidiaries:
| (a) | is the sole legal and beneficial owner of or has licensed to it on normal commercial terms all the Intellectual Property which is material in the context of its business and which is required by it in order to carry on its business as it is being conducted; and |
| (b) | does not (nor does any of its Subsidiaries), in carrying on its businesses, infringe any Intellectual Property of any third party in any respect which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
| 18.23 | Group structure chart |
The Group Structure Chart delivered to the Agent pursuant to Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) is true, complete and accurate in all material respects.
| 18.24 | Repetition |
The Repeating Representations (and, in the case of paragraph (b) below, the representations set out in Clauses 18.5 (Validity and admissibility in evidence), 18.7 (Insolvency), 18.8 (Deduction of Tax), 18.9 (No filing or stamp taxes), 18.15 (No breach of laws) to 18.17 (Taxation), paragraph (b) of 18.18 (Anti-corruption laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws), 18.19 (Security and Financial Indebtedness), 18.20 (Good title to assets) and 18.22 (Intellectual Property)) are deemed to be made by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing on:
| (a) | in the case of each Obligor, the date of each Utilisation Request and the first day of each Interest Period; and |
| (b) | in the case of an Additional Obligor, the day on which the company becomes (and on which it is proposed that the company becomes) an Additional Obligor. |
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| 19. | INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS |
The undertakings in this Clause 19 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
| 19.1 | Financial statements |
The Company shall supply to the Agent in sufficient copies for all the Lenders:
| (a) | as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each of its financial years, its audited consolidated financial statements for that financial year; |
| (b) |
| (i) | as soon as the same become available but in any event by no later than 30 September 2025, the Original Guarantor’s audited financial statements for its financial year ending on 31 December 2024 in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent acting on behalf of the Lenders (the “Original Guarantor 2024 Accounts”); and |
| (ii) | within the time period required by the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Original Guarantor and in any event within 270 days after the end of its financial years (and to the extent that such financial statements are produced or required by the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Original Guarantor) the Original Guarantor’s audited financial statements for that financial year; |
| (c) | as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each half of each of its financial years, its management report for that financial half year; |
| (d) | as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each half of each of its financial years, the management report of each other Obligor for that financial half year; and |
| (e) | as soon as they become available, but in any event within 90 days of the end of its Financial Quarter, its management report for that Financial Quarter (other than the fourth Financial Quarter in any financial year). |
| 19.2 | Compliance Certificate |
| (a) | The Company shall supply to the Agent, with each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraph (a), (c) and (e) of Clause 19.1 (Financial statements): |
| (i) | a Compliance Certificate setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 20 (Financial covenants) as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up and the list of Material Group Companies; and |
| (ii) | a report, in respect of the period to which the relevant financial statements relate, detailing any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation commenced by any Sanctions Authority with respect to Sanctions against any member of the Group as far as the Company or any member of the Group is aware. |
| (b) | Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by an authorised officer of the Company. |
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| 19.3 | Requirements as to financial statements |
| (a) | Each set of financial statements or management reports (as applicable) delivered by the Company pursuant to Clause 19.1 (Financial statements) shall be certified by an authorised officer of the relevant company as fairly presenting its (or, as the case may be, its consolidated) financial condition as at the end of and for the period in relation to which those financial statements were drawn up and shall, in each case, include a balance sheet and profit and loss report. |
| (b) | The Company shall procure that each set of financial statements of an Obligor delivered pursuant to Clause 19.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using GAAP, accounting practices and financial reference periods consistent with those applied in the preparation of the Original Financial Statements for that Obligor unless, in relation to any set of financial statements, it notifies the Agent that there has been a change in GAAP, the accounting practices or reference periods and its auditors (or, if appropriate, the auditors of the Obligor) deliver to the Agent: |
| (i) | a description of any change necessary for those financial statements to reflect the GAAP, accounting practices and reference periods upon which that Obligor’s Original Financial Statements were prepared; and |
| (ii) | sufficient information, in form and substance as may be reasonably required by the Agent, to enable the Lenders to determine whether Clause 20 (Financial covenants) has been complied with and make an accurate comparison between the financial position indicated in those financial statements and that ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Original Financial Statements. |
Any reference in this Agreement to those financial statements shall be construed as a reference to those financial statements as adjusted to reflect the basis upon which the Original Financial Statements were prepared.
| (c) | If the Company notifies the Agent of a change in accordance with paragraph (b) above the Company and the Agent shall enter into negotiations in good faith with a view to agreeing any amendments to this Agreement which are necessary as a result of the change. To the extent practicable these amendments will be such as to ensure that the change does not result in any material alteration in the commercial effect of the obligations in this Agreement. If any amendments are agreed they shall take effect and be binding on each of the Parties in accordance with their terms. |
| 19.4 | Information: miscellaneous |
| (a) | The Company shall supply to the Agent (in sufficient copies for all the Lenders, if the Agent so requests) promptly, such information regarding the financial condition, business and operations of any member of the Group as any Finance Party (through the Agent) may reasonably request, subject to paragraph (b) below, and provided that the Company shall not be required to deliver any information which it cannot deliver in accordance with applicable law or regulation or which is subject to legally binding confidentiality restrictions. |
| (b) | Save for the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Clause 19.1 (Financial statements), any information or documentation publicly filed by an Obligor on ▇▇▇▇▇ shall be deemed to be delivered to the Agent on the date it is so filed provided that that Obligor notifies the Agent of that filing on that date. |
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| 19.5 | Notification of default |
| (a) | Each Obligor shall notify the Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence (unless that Obligor is aware that a notification has already been provided by another Obligor). |
| (b) | Promptly upon a request by the Agent, the Company shall supply to the Agent a certificate signed by an authorised signatory on its behalf certifying that no Default is continuing (or if a Default is continuing, specifying the Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it). |
| 19.6 | Direct electronic delivery by Company |
The Company may satisfy its obligation under this Agreement to deliver any information in relation to a Lender by delivering that information directly in accordance with Clause 30.6 (Electronic communication) to the extent that Lender and the Agent agree to this method of delivery.
| 19.7 | “Know your customer” checks |
| (a) | If: |
| (i) | the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement; |
| (ii) | any change in the status of an Obligor (or of a Holding Company of an Obligor) after the date of this Agreement; or |
| (iii) | a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer, |
obliges the Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Lender) to comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, each Obligor shall promptly upon the request of the Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for the Agent, such Lender or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.
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| (b) | Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself) in order for the Agent to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents. |
| (c) | The Company shall, by not less than 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent, notify the Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) of its intention to request that one of its Subsidiaries becomes an Additional Obligor pursuant to Clause 24 (Changes to the Obligors). |
| (d) | Following the giving of any notice pursuant to paragraph (c) above, if the accession of such Additional Obligor obliges the Agent or any Lender to comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Company shall promptly upon the request of the Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for the Agent or such Lender or any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the accession of such Subsidiary to this Agreement as an Additional Obligor. |
| 19.8 | No breach of legislation |
| (a) | In no event shall an Obligor be obliged under this Agreement or any Finance Document to disclose any information if doing so would constitute a breach of any applicable stock exchange rules, security laws or similar regulations. |
| (b) | Each Obligor shall take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and could result in an Obligor not being able to disclose information as a result of paragraph (a) above. |
| (c) | Each Obligor must, so far as is permissible by law, promptly notify the Agent of any circumstance that arises where it is obliged under this Agreement or any other Finance Document to disclose information which would constitute a breach of any applicable security laws or similar regulations and that Obligor must provide the Agent with the relevant details of the applicable security laws or similar regulations and the steps it has taken to mitigate those circumstances. |
| 20. | FINANCIAL COVENANTS |
| 20.1 | Financial definitions |
| In this Agreement: |
“Adjusted EBITDA” means, in relation to a Relevant Period, the consolidated “net income (loss)” as shown in the latest financial statements of the Group delivered pursuant to Clause 19.1 (Financial Statements) minus the following items:
| (a) | “Finance and other expenses, net”; |
| (b) | “Taxes on income”; |
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| (c) | “Share based payments expenses”; |
| (d) | “Depreciation, amortisation and impairment”; |
| (e) | “Employee non-cash expenses”; |
| (f) | Transaction-related costs”; and |
| (g) | “Other expense”, |
in each case as such item is also set out in the most recent financial statements of the Group delivered pursuant to Clause 19.1 (Financial Statements) and calculated on the same basis that (i) “Adjusted EBITDA” is calculated in the IPO Registration Statement and (ii) such items are calculated and reported in the Original Financial Statements.
“Borrowings” means, at any time, the aggregate outstanding principal, capital or nominal amount (and any fixed or minimum premium payable on redemption) of the then current consolidated Financial Indebtedness of the members of the Group, but excluding any indebtedness referred to in paragraph (g) of the definition of “Financial Indebtedness” and any guarantee or indemnity for any of that indebtedness.
Any Borrowings in a currency other than U.S. dollars shall be taken into account in its U.S. dollars equivalent at the average rate of exchange over the applicable Relevant Period.
“Financial Quarter” means the period commencing on the day after one Quarter Date and ending on the next Quarter Date.
“Financial Year” means the annual accounting period of the Group ending on or about 31 December in each year.
“Leverage Ratio” means, in respect of any Relevant Period, the ratio of Total Debt on the last day of that Relevant Period to Adjusted EBITDA in respect of that Relevant Period.
“Quarter Date” means each of 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December.
“Relevant Period” means each period of 12 months ending on a Quarter Date.
“Total Debt” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of all obligations of members of the Group for or in respect of Borrowings at that time.
“Total Equity” means the total equity of the Group as calculated on the same basis as the total equity is calculated in the Original Financial Statements of the Company.
| 20.2 | Financial condition |
The Company shall ensure that:
| (a) | Leverage Ratio: the Leverage Ratio in respect of any Relevant Period shall not exceed 3.5:1. |
| (b) | Total Equity: Total Equity shall at all times be more than or equal to U.S.$550,000,000. |
| 20.3 | Financial testing |
| (a) | The financial covenants set out in Clause 20.2 (Financial condition) shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP applicable to the Original Financial Statements of the Company and tested by reference to each of the financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraphs (a), (c) and (e) of Clause 19.1 (Financial statements) and/or each Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Clause 19.2 (Compliance Certificate). |
| (b) | For the purpose of this Clause 20, no item shall be included or excluded more than once in any calculation. |
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| 21. | GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS |
The undertakings in this Clause 21 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
| 21.1 | Authorisations |
Each Obligor shall promptly:
| (i) | obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and |
| (ii) | subject to the Legal Reservations, promptly upon request, supply certified copies to the Agent of, |
any Authorisation required under any law or regulation of its jurisdiction of incorporation to:
| (i) | enable it to perform its material obligations under the Finance Documents; |
| (ii) | ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation of any Finance Document; and |
| (iii) | carry on its business where failure to do so has or might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
| 21.2 | Compliance with laws |
Each Obligor shall comply in all respects with all applicable laws to which it may be subject, if failure so to comply would materially impair its ability to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents.
| 21.3 | Anti-corruption laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws |
| (a) | No Obligor shall (and the Company shall use its best efforts to ensure that no other member of the Group and none of their directors, officers, or employees will) perform any actions in accordance with the Finance Documents or directly or indirectly use any part of the proceeds of the Facility for any purpose which would breach: |
| (i) | the Bribery Act 2010, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the Israeli Penal Law, 1977, or other similar legislation in other jurisdictions; or |
| (ii) | any applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws. |
| (b) | Each Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that the Group will): |
| (i) | conduct its businesses in compliance in all material respects with applicable anticorruption laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws; and |
| (ii) | maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws. |
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| 21.4 | Negative pledge |
In this Clause 21.4, “Quasi-Security” means an arrangement or transaction described in paragraph (b) below and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agree that a guarantee or counter-guarantee is not a “preferential arrangement having a similar effect” for the purposes of this definition of “Quasi-Security”.
| (a) | No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets. |
| (b) | No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will): |
| (i) | sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by an Obligor or any other member of the Group; |
| (ii) | sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms; |
| (iii) | enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or |
| (iv) | enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect, |
in circumstances where the arrangement or transaction is entered into primarily as a method of raising Financial Indebtedness or of financing the acquisition of an asset.
| (c) | Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any Security or (as the case may be) Quasi-Security, listed below: |
| (i) | any netting combination of accounts, group account service, sweeping, notional or other cash-pooling arrangements or set-off arrangement entered into by any member of the Group in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances; |
| (ii) | any payment or close out netting or set-off arrangement pursuant to any hedging transaction entered into by a member of the Group for the purpose of: |
| (A) | hedging any risk to which any member of the Group is exposed in its ordinary course of trading; or |
| (B) | its interest rate or currency management operations which are carried out in the ordinary course of business and for non-speculative purposes only, |
excluding, in each case, any Security or Quasi-Security under a credit support arrangement in relation to a hedging transaction;
| (iii) | any Security or Quasi-Security arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of trading; |
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| (iv) | any Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting any asset acquired by a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement if: |
| (A) | the Security or Quasi-Security was not created in contemplation of the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group; |
| (B) | the principal amount secured has not been increased in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group; and |
| (C) | the Security or Quasi-Security is removed or discharged within six months of the date of acquisition of such asset; |
| (v) | any Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting any asset of any company which becomes a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement, where the Security or Quasi-Security is created prior to the date on which that company becomes a member of the Group, if: |
| (A) | the Security or Quasi-Security was not created in contemplation of the acquisition of that company; |
| (B) | the principal amount secured has not increased in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that company; and |
| (C) | the Security or Quasi-Security is removed or discharged within six months of that company becoming a member of the Group; |
| (vi) | any Security or Quasi-Security entered into pursuant to any Finance Document; |
| (vii) | any Security or Quasi-Security arising under any retention of title, hire purchase or conditional sale arrangement or arrangements having similar effect in respect of goods supplied to a member of the Group in the ordinary course of trading and on the supplier’s standard or usual terms and not arising as a result of any default or omission by any member of the Group; |
| (viii) | any Security or Quasi-Security arising by operation of law securing amounts due or which may become due under any court order or judgment or any governmental authority; |
| (ix) | any Security or Quasi-Security arising by operation of law in respect of Taxes being contested in good faith; |
| (x) | any Security or Quasi-Security arising as a result of legal proceedings being contested in good faith; |
| (xi) | any Security or Quasi-Security over ownership interests in joint ventures to secure obligations to other joint venture partners which in aggregate does not exceed U.S.$25,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies) at any time; |
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| (xii) | any Security or Quasi-Security arising as a result of any escrow arrangement facilitating any disposal or acquisition not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement; |
| (xiii) | any Security or Quasi-Security arising as a consequence of any Finance Lease permitted pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Financial Indebtedness”; |
| (xiv) | any Security or Quasi-Security arising as a consequence of a transaction with a liquidity provider or payment processor that is permitted pursuant to paragraph (h)of the definition of “Permitted Financial Indebtedness”; |
| (xv) | any Security or Quasi-Security arising in connection with any Treasury Transaction permitted under Clause 21.10 (Treasury Transactions); |
| (xvi) | any Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting any asset if Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting such asset is also provided on an equal and ratable basis in favour of the Finance Parties in respect of the obligations of the Obligors under the Finance Documents; and |
| (xvii) | any Security or Quasi-Security securing indebtedness the principal amount of which does not exceed U.S.$20,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies). |
| 21.5 | Disposals |
| (a) | No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset. |
| (b) | Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any sale, lease, transfer or other disposal: |
| (i) | made in the ordinary course of trading of the Group; |
| (ii) | of assets in exchange for other assets comparable or superior as to type, value and quality (other than an exchange of a non-cash asset for cash); |
| (iii) | of assets by a member of the Group to another member of the Group; |
| (iv) | of obsolete or redundant assets; |
| (v) | of financial assets which have been consigned to the Group by its customers; |
| (vi) | constituted by a licence of intellectual property rights permitted by Clause 21.15 (Intellectual Property); |
| (vii) | arising as a result of a Security permitted by Clause 21.4 (Negative pledge); |
| (viii) | for cash not otherwise prohibited under the Finance Documents; or |
| (ix) | where the higher of the market value or consideration receivable does not exceed U.S.$100,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies) in any financial year. |
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| 21.6 | Merger and continuation |
| (a) | No Obligor shall enter into any amalgamation, demerger, merger or corporate reconstruction. |
| (b) | The Company shall not continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands whether pursuant to Section 184 of the BVI Companies Act or otherwise. |
| (c) | Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any sale, lease, transfer or other disposal permitted pursuant to Clause 21.5 (Disposals). |
| 21.7 | Change of business |
The Company shall procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of the business of the Group from that carried on at the date of this Agreement.
| 21.8 | Insurance |
The Group shall maintain insurances on and in relation to its business and assets with reputable underwriters or insurance companies against those risks, and to the extent, in the Company’s reasonable judgement, is appropriate and prudent for the Group, taking into account the nature of the business and sector in which it operates and the Group’s jurisdictional footprint and size.
| 21.9 | Financial Indebtedness |
| (a) | No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) incur or allow to remain outstanding any Financial Indebtedness. |
| (b) | Paragraph (a) above does not apply to Permitted Financial Indebtedness. |
| 21.10 | Treasury Transactions |
No Obligor shall (and the Company will procure that no other member of the Group will) enter into any Treasury Transaction, other than for bona fide business purposes and not for speculative purposes.
| 21.11 | Preservation of assets |
Each Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that each other member of the Group will) maintain in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) all of its assets necessary in the conduct of its business where failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
| 21.12 | Pari passu ranking |
Each Obligor shall ensure that at all times any unsecured and unsubordinated claims of a Finance Party against it under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors except those creditors whose claims are mandatorily preferred by laws of general application to companies.
| 21.13 | Arm’s length basis |
No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) enter into any transaction with any person except on arm’s length terms, provided that the fees, costs and expenses payable under the Finance Documents in the amounts set out in the Finance Documents delivered to the Agent under Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent) or agreed by the Agent shall not be a breach of this Clause 21.13.
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| 21.14 | Sanctions |
| (a) | No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no member of the Group will) directly or knowingly indirectly use any monies advanced under any Facility or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity: |
| (i) | who is a Sanctions Restricted Person in violation of Sanctions; |
| (ii) | to fund or facilitate any activities or business in breach of Sanctions; or |
| (iii) | in any manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any person participating in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise; |
| (b) | No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no member of the Group will) directly or indirectly fund all or any part of a payment to a Finance Party out of proceeds derived from any business or transaction which is prohibited by Sanctions, which is with a Sanctions Restricted Person or which would otherwise result in a breach of Sanctions by a Finance Party. |
| (c) | Each Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that each member of the Group will) comply in all material respects with Sanctions. |
| (d) | The Company shall (and shall ensure that each member of the Group will) implement and maintain appropriate policies and procedures to: |
| (i) | prevent any action being taken which would be contrary to paragraph (a) or (b) above; and |
| (ii) | ensure compliance with Sanctions. |
| (e) | No provision of this Clause 21.14 will apply to or in favour of any person if and to the extent that it would result in a breach, by or in respect of that person, of any applicable Blocking Law. |
| 21.15 | Intellectual Property |
Each Obligor shall (and the Company shall procure that each other member of the Group will):
| (i) | preserve and maintain the subsistence and validity of the Intellectual Property necessary for the business of the relevant Group member; |
| (ii) | use reasonable endeavours to prevent any infringement in any material respect of the Intellectual Property; |
| (iii) | make registrations and pay all registration fees and taxes necessary to maintain the Intellectual Property in full force and effect and record its interest in that Intellectual Property; |
| (iv) | not use or permit the Intellectual Property to be used in a way or take any step or omit to take any step in respect of that Intellectual Property which may materially and adversely affect the existence or value of the Intellectual Property or imperil the right of any member of the Group to use such property; and |
| (v) | not discontinue the use of the Intellectual Property, |
where failure to do so, in the case of paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above, or, in the case of paragraphs (iv) and (v) above, such use, permission to use, omission or discontinuation, is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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| 21.16 | Taxation |
Each Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that each member of the Group will) pay and discharge all Taxes imposed upon it or its assets within the time period allowed without incurring penalties unless and only to the extent that:
| (i) | such payment is being contested in good faith; |
| (ii) | adequate reserves are being maintained for those Taxes; and |
| (iii) | such payment can be lawfully withheld and failure to pay those Taxes does not have or is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
| 21.17 | Environmental compliance |
Each Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that each member of the Group will):
| (i) | comply with all Environmental Law; |
| (ii) | obtain, maintain and ensure compliance with all requisite Environmental Permits; |
| (iii) | implement procedures to monitor compliance with and to prevent liability under any Environmental Law, |
where failure to do so has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
| 21.18 | Environmental Claims |
Each Obligor shall (through the Company), promptly upon becoming aware of the same, inform the Agent in writing of:
| (i) | any Environmental Claim against any member of the Group which is current, pending or threatened; and |
| (ii) | any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any member of the Group, |
where the claim, if determined against that member of the Group, has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
| 22. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
Each of the events or circumstances set out in this Clause 22 is an Event of Default (save for Clause 22.14 (Acceleration)).
| 22.1 | Non-payment |
An Obligor does not pay on the due date any amount payable pursuant to a Finance Document at the place at and in the currency in which it is expressed to be payable unless:
| (a) | its failure to pay is caused by: |
| (i) | administrative or technical error; or |
| (ii) | a Disruption Event; and |
| (b) | payment is made within five Business Days of its due date. |
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| 22.2 | Financial covenants |
| (a) | Any requirement of Clause 20 (Financial covenants) is not satisfied. |
| (b) | Subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) below, no Event of Default under paragraph (a) will occur in respect of the Leverage Ratio for a Relevant Period, if on or prior to the date falling five Business Days after the date on which the relevant financial statements in respect of that Relevant Period are delivered to the Agent under (a), (c) or (e) of Clause 19.1 (Financial Statements) and/or each Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Clause 19.2 (Compliance Certificate) (the “Cure Date”) a Cash Cure is made which ensures that had Borrowings been reduced by the Cash Cure Amount of that Cash Cure, as at the last day of the Relevant Period, the breach of the Leverage Ratio would not have occurred. |
| (c) | Paragraph (b) above will only apply if each of the following conditions is satisfied: |
| (i) | the Company delivers to the Agent a certificate in the agreed form within 5 Business Days after the date on which the relevant Compliance Certificate referred to in paragraph (b) above was due to be delivered; |
| (ii) | such certificate shall be signed by the Chief Financial Officer and one other director of the Company and shall confirm the Cash Cure Amount applied by the relevant member of the Group; |
| (iii) | the certificate shall be accompanied by a revised Compliance Certificate setting out calculations in reasonable detail indicating compliance with the ratios in Clause 27.2 (Financial condition) after taking into account the Cash Cure Amount used to remedy the non-compliance; |
| (iv) | the Company may not make any such election to use a Cash Cure: |
| (i) | more than once in respect of any Relevant Period; | |
| (ii) | more than three times over the life of the Facility; or | |
| (iii) | in respect of consecutive Relevant Periods. |
| (d) | The Cash Cure Amount as contemplated by this Clause 22: |
| (i) | must reduce the Total Debt by the Cash Cure Amount; and |
| (ii) | shall be deemed to have been applied (and the relevant prepayment or repayment made) on the last day of the Relevant Period in respect of which they are to be taken into account to remedy non-compliance with the Leverage Ratio pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Financial condition). |
| 22.3 | Other obligations |
| (a) | An Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents (other than those referred to in Clause 22.1 (Non-payment) and Clause 22.2 (Financial covenants)). |
| (b) | No Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur: |
| (i) | subject to paragraph (ii) below, if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within 20 Business Days; or |
| (ii) | in relation to Clause 19 (Information undertakings), if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within 10 Business Days, |
in each case of the earlier of (A) the Agent giving notice to the Company and (B) the Company becoming aware of the failure to comply.
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| 22.4 | Misrepresentation |
| (a) | Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor in the Finance Documents or any other document delivered by or on behalf of any Obligor under or in connection with any Finance Document is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed to be made. |
| (b) | No Event of Default under paragraph (a) above (other than an Event of Default occurring as a result of a misrepresentation in Clause 18.21 (Sanctions)) will occur if the circumstances giving rise to the misrepresentation are capable of remedy and such misrepresentation is remedied within 20 Business Days of the earlier of (i) the Agent giving notice to the Company and (ii) the Company becoming aware of such misrepresentation. |
| 22.5 | Cross default |
| (a) | Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period. |
| (b) | Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described). |
| (c) | Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any member of the Group as a result of an event of default (however described). |
| (d) | Any creditor of any member of the Group becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described). |
| (e) | No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 22.5 if: |
| (i) | the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above is less than: (x) in the case of any Ordinary Course Derivative Liabilities and subject to paragraph (ii) below, U.S.$40,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies), or (y) U.S.$25,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies); or |
| (ii) | in the case of a failure to pay on the due date or within any applicable grace period in respect of any Ordinary Course Derivative Liabilities: |
| (A) | such failure to pay is caused by: |
| (1) | administrative or technical error; or |
| (2) | a Disruption Event; and |
| (B) | payment is made within three Business Days of its due date or expiry of any applicable grace period. |
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| 22.6 | Insolvency |
| (a) | A Material Group Company: |
| (i) | is deemed to be insolvent or is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due; |
| (ii) | suspends making payments on any of its debts; or |
| (iii) | by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors (excluding any Finance Party in its capacity as such) with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness. |
| (b) | A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of a Material Group Company. |
| (c) | The Company is or becomes “insolvent” as that expression is specified in Section 8(1) of the BVI Insolvency Act. |
| 22.7 | Insolvency proceedings |
Any formal corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to:
| (a) | the suspension of payments, a moratorium or stay of proceedings in respect of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Material Group Company other than a solvent liquidation or reorganisation of any Material Group Company which is not an Obligor; |
| (b) | a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of any Material Group Company; |
| (c) | the appointment of a liquidator (other than in respect of a solvent liquidation of a Material Group Company which is not an Obligor), receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Material Group Company or any of their assets; |
| (d) | the issue of an order by an Israeli court for the commencement of insolvency proceedings (“tsav le-ptichat halichim”) (as defined in the Israeli Insolvency Law) against a Material Group Company in Israel; or |
| (e) | enforcement of any Security over any assets of any Material Group Company, |
or any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction.
This Clause 22.7 shall not apply to any procedure or step taken by a person which is not a member of the Group and which is being contested in good faith and which is discharged, stayed or dismissed within 30 days of commencement or any enforcement of any Security over any asset or assets of a Material Group Company having an aggregate value of less than U.S.$25,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies).
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| 22.8 | Creditors’ process |
| (a) | Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affects any asset or assets of a Material Group Company and is not discharged within 20 Business Days. |
| (b) | No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 22.8 if the aggregate value of the asset or assets affected by any event described in paragraph (a) above is less than U.S.$25,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies). |
| 22.9 | Cessation of business |
Any Material Group Company suspends or ceases to carry on (or threatens to suspend or cease to carry on) all or a material part of its business.
| 22.10 | Ownership of the Obligors |
An Obligor (other than the Company) is not or ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Company.
| 22.11 | Unlawfulness |
It is or becomes unlawful for an Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents.
| 22.12 | Repudiation |
An Obligor repudiates a Finance Document or evidences an intention to repudiate a Finance Document.
| 22.13 | Expropriation |
The authority or ability of any Material Group Company to conduct its business is limited or wholly or substantially curtailed by any seizure, expropriation, nationalisation, compulsory acquisition, intervention, restriction or other action by or on behalf of any governmental, regulatory or other authority or other person in relation to any Material Group Company or any of their assets or the shares in that Material Group Company (including without limitation the displacement of all or part of the management of any Material Group Company), in each case which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
| 22.14 | Acceleration |
On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing the Agent may, and shall if so directed by the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Company:
| (i) | cancel each Available Commitment of each Lender whereupon each such Available Commitment shall immediately be cancelled and each Facility shall immediately cease to be available for further Utilisation; |
| (ii) | declare that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable; and/or |
| (iii) | declare that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Agent on the instructions of the Majority Lenders. |
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SECTION 9
CHANGES TO PARTIES
| 23. | CHANGES TO THE LENDERS |
| 23.1 | Assignments and transfers by the Lenders |
Subject to this Clause 23, a Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may:
| (i) | assign any of its rights or transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations to another bank or financial institution or to a trust, fund or other entity which is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets (the “New Lender”); or |
| (ii) | enter into any sub-participation (or similar arrangement) in relation to any of its rights and obligations. |
| 23.2 | Company consent |
| (a) | The consent of the Company is required for an assignment, transfer or sub-participation where voting rights are transferred to the sub-participant by an Existing Lender, unless the assignment transfer or sub-participation is: |
| (i) | to another Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender; |
| (ii) | made at a time when an Event of Default (other than a Specified Event) is continuing, and such assignment, transfer or sub-participation is to a bank or financial institution that in each case qualifies as an Acceptable Bank; or |
| (iii) | made at a time when a Specified Event is continuing. |
| (b) | The consent of the Company to an assignment, transfer or sub-participation must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Company will be deemed to have given its consent 10 Business Days after the Existing Lender has requested it unless consent is expressly refused by the Company within that time. |
| (c) | In this Clause 23.2, “Specified Event” means an Event of Default arising under Clauses 22.1 (Non-payment), 22.2 (Financial covenants), 22.6 (Insolvency), 22.7 (Insolvency proceedings), 22.8 (Creditors’ process), 22.9 (Cessation of business), 22.12 (Repudiation) and paragraphs (b) and (c) of Clause 22.5 (Cross default). |
| 23.3 | Other conditions of assignment, transfer or sub-participation |
| (a) | An assignment will only be effective on: |
| (i) | receipt by the Agent (whether in the Assignment Agreement or otherwise) of written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent) that the New Lender will assume the same obligations to the other Finance Parties as it would have been under if it had been an Original Lender; and |
| (ii) | performance by the Agent of all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to such assignment to a New Lender, the completion of which the Agent shall promptly notify to the Existing Lender and the New Lender. |
| (b) | A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 23.6 (Procedure for transfer) is complied with. |
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| (c) | If: |
| (i) | a Lender assigns, transfers or sub-participates any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and |
| (ii) | as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 12 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased Costs), |
then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled to receive payment under those Clauses to the same extent as the Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have been if the assignment, transfer, subparticipation or change had not occurred.
| (d) | Each New Lender, by executing the relevant Transfer Certificate or Assignment Agreement, confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the transfer or assignment becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement and that it is bound by that decision to the same extent as the Existing Lender would have been had it remained a Lender. |
| 23.4 | Assignment or transfer fee |
The New Lender shall, on the date upon which an assignment or transfer takes effect, pay to the Agent (for its own account) a fee of U.S.$3,500.
| 23.5 | Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders |
| (a) | Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for: |
| (i) | the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other documents; |
| (ii) | the financial condition of any Obligor; |
| (iii) | the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or |
| (iv) | the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document, |
and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.
| (b) | Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it: |
| (i) | has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and |
| (ii) | will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force. |
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| (c) | Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to: |
| (i) | accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 23; or |
| (ii) | support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise. |
| 23.6 | Procedure for transfer |
| (a) | Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 23.2 (Company consent) and Clause 23.3 (Other conditions of assignment or transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer Certificate. |
| (b) | The Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender. |
| (c) | Subject to Clause 23.10 (Pro rata interest settlement), on the Transfer Date: |
| (i) | to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”); |
| (ii) | each of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender; |
| (iii) | the Agent, the Arranger, the New Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent the Agent, the Arranger and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents; and |
| (iv) | the New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender”. |
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| 23.7 | Procedure for assignment |
| (a) | Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 23.2 (Company consent) and Clause 23.3 (Other conditions of assignment, transfer or sub-participation) an assignment may be effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Assignment Agreement. |
| (b) | The Agent shall only be obliged to execute an Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the assignment to such New Lender. |
| (c) | Subject to Clause 23.10 (Pro rata interest settlement), on the Transfer Date: |
| (i) | the Existing Lender will assign absolutely to the New Lender the rights under the Finance Documents expressed to be the subject of the assignment in the Assignment Agreement; |
| (ii) | the Existing Lender will be released by each Obligor and the other Finance Parties from the obligations owed by it (the “Relevant Obligations”) and expressed to be the subject of the release in the Assignment Agreement; and |
| (iii) | the New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender” and will be bound by obligations equivalent to the Relevant Obligations. |
| (d) | Lenders may utilise procedures other than those set out in this Clause 23.7 to assign their rights under the Finance Documents (but not, without the consent of the relevant Obligor or unless in accordance with Clause 23.6 (Procedure for transfer), to obtain a release by that Obligor from the obligations owed to that Obligor by the Lenders nor the assumption of equivalent obligations by a New Lender) provided that they comply with the conditions set out in Clause 23.2 (Company consent) and Clause 23.3 (Other conditions of assignment, transfer or sub-participation). |
| 23.8 | Copy of Transfer Certificate, Assignment Agreement or Increase Confirmation to Company |
The Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a Transfer Certificate, an Assignment Agreement or an Increase Confirmation, send to the Company a copy of that Transfer Certificate, Assignment Agreement or Increase Confirmation.
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| 23.9 | Security over Lenders’ rights |
In addition to the other rights provided to Lenders under this Clause 23, each Lender may without consulting with or obtaining consent from any Obligor, at any time charge, assign or otherwise create Security in or over (whether by way of collateral or otherwise) all or any of its rights under any Finance Document to secure obligations of that Lender including, without limitation:
| (i) | any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and |
| (ii) | any charge, assignment or other Security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as security for those obligations or securities, |
except that no such charge, assignment or Security shall:
| (i) | release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or |
| (ii) | require any payments to be made by an Obligor other than or in excess of, or grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents. |
| 23.10 | Pro rata interest settlement |
| (a) | If the Agent has notified the Lenders that it is able to distribute interest payments on a “pro rata basis” to Existing Lenders and New Lenders then (in respect of any transfer pursuant to Clause 23.6 (Procedure for transfer) or any assignment pursuant to Clause 23.7 (Procedure for assignment) the Transfer Date of which, in each case, is after the date of such notification and is not on the last day of an Interest Period): |
| (i) | any interest or fees in respect of the relevant participation which are expressed to accrue by reference to the lapse of time shall continue to accrue in favour of the Existing Lender up to but excluding the Transfer Date (“Accrued Amounts”) and shall become due and payable to the Existing Lender (without further interest accruing on them) on the last day of the current Interest Period; and |
| (ii) | the rights assigned or transferred by the Existing Lender will not include the right to the Accrued Amounts, so that, for the avoidance of doubt: |
| (A) | when the Accrued Amounts become payable, those Accrued Amounts will be payable to the Existing Lender; and |
| (B) | the amount payable to the New Lender on that date will be the amount which would, but for the application of this Clause 23.10, have been payable to it on that date, but after deduction of the Accrued Amounts. |
| (b) | In this Clause 23.10 references to “Interest Period” shall be construed to include a reference to any other period for accrual of fees. |
| (c) | An Existing Lender which retains the right to the Accrued Amounts pursuant to this Clause 23.10 but which does not have a Commitment shall be deemed not to be a Lender for the purposes of ascertaining whether the agreement of any specified group of Lenders has been obtained to approve any request for a consent, waiver, amendment or other vote of Lenders under the Finance Documents. |
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| 23.11 | Register |
The Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a copy of each assignment or transfer delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
| 24. | CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS |
| 24.1 | Assignments and transfer by Obligors |
No Obligor may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents.
| 24.2 | Additional Borrowers |
| (a) | Subject to compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (c) and (d) of Clause 19.7 (“Know your customer” checks), the Company may request that any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries becomes an Additional Borrower. That Subsidiary shall become an Additional Borrower if: |
| (i) | that Subsidiary is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, Israel or the United Kingdom or all the Lenders approve the addition of that Additional Borrower; |
| (ii) | the Company delivers to the Agent a duly completed and executed Accession Letter; | |
| (iii) | the Subsidiary is (or becomes) a Guarantor prior to becoming a Borrower; | |
| (iv) | the Company confirms that no Default is continuing or would occur as a result of that Subsidiary becoming an Additional Borrower; and |
| (v) | the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in relation to that Additional Borrower, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. |
| (b) | The Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied that it has received (in form and substance satisfactory to it, acting reasonably) all the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent). |
| (c) | Other than to the extent that the Majority Lenders notify the Agent in writing to the contrary before the Agent gives the notification described in paragraph (b) above, the Lenders authorise (but do not require) the Agent to give that notification. The Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such notification. |
| 24.3 | Resignation of a Borrower |
| (a) | The Company may request that a Borrower (other than the Company) ceases to be a Borrower by delivering to the Agent a Resignation Letter. |
| (b) | The Agent shall accept a Resignation Letter and notify the Company and the Lenders of its acceptance if: |
| (i) | no Default is continuing or would result from the acceptance of the Resignation Letter (and the Company has confirmed this is the case); and |
| (ii) | the Borrower is under no actual or contingent obligations as a Borrower under any Finance Documents, |
whereupon that company shall cease to be a Borrower and shall have no further rights or obligations as a Borrower under the Finance Documents.
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| 24.4 | Additional Guarantors |
| (a) | Subject to compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (c) and (d) of Clause 19.7 (“Know your customer” checks), the Company may request that any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries becomes an Additional Guarantor. That Subsidiary shall become an Additional Guarantor if: |
| (i) | the Company delivers to the Agent a duly completed and executed Accession Letter; and |
| (ii) | the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in relation to that Additional Guarantor, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. |
| (b) | The Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied that it has received (in form and substance satisfactory to it, acting reasonably) all the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent). |
| (c) | Other than to the extent that the Majority Lenders notify the Agent in writing to the contrary before the Agent gives the notification described in paragraph (b) above, the Lenders authorise (but do not require) the Agent to give that notification. The Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such notification. |
| 24.5 | Repetition of Representations |
Delivery of an Accession Letter constitutes confirmation by the relevant Subsidiary that the Repeating Representations and each of the representations set out in Clauses 18.5 (Validity and admissibility in evidence), 18.7 (Insolvency), 18.8 (Deduction of Tax), 18.9 (No filing or stamp taxes), 18.15 (No breach of laws) to 18.17 (Taxation), 18.19 (Security and Financial Indebtedness), 18.20 (Good title to assets) and 18.22 (Intellectual Property) in respect of that Subsidiary only are true and correct in relation to it as at the date of delivery as if made by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing.
| 24.6 | Resignation of a Guarantor |
| (a) | The Company may request that a Guarantor (other than an Original Guarantor) ceases to be a Guarantor by delivering to the Agent a Resignation Letter. |
| (b) | The Agent shall accept a Resignation Letter and notify the Company and the Lenders of its acceptance if: |
| (i) | no Default is continuing or would result from the acceptance of the Resignation Letter (and the Company has confirmed this is the case); and |
| (ii) | all the Lenders have consented to the Company’s request. |
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SECTION 10
THE FINANCE PARTIES
| 25. | ROLE OF THE AGENT AND THE ARRANGER |
| 25.1 | Appointment of the Agent |
| (a) | Each of the Arranger and the Lenders appoints the Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with the Finance Documents. |
| (b) | Each of the Arranger and the Lenders authorises the Agent to perform the duties, obligations and responsibilities and to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent under or in connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions. |
| 25.2 | Instructions |
| (a) | The Agent shall: |
| (i) | unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent in accordance with any instructions given to it by: |
| (A) | all Lenders if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is an all Lender decision; and |
| (B) | in all other cases, the Majority Lenders; and |
| (ii) | not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from acting) in accordance with paragraph (i) above. |
| (b) | The Agent shall be entitled to request instructions, or clarification of any instruction, from the Majority Lenders (or, if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is a decision for any other Lender or group of Lenders, from that Lender or group of Lenders) as to whether, and in what manner, it should exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion. The Agent may refrain from acting unless and until it receives any such instructions or clarification that it has requested. |
| (c) | Save in the case of decisions stipulated to be a matter for any other Lender or group of Lenders under the relevant Finance Document and unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions given to the Agent by the Majority Lenders shall override any conflicting instructions given by any other Parties and will be binding on all Finance Parties. |
| (d) | The Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with any instructions of any Lender or group of Lenders until it has received any indemnification and/or security that it may in its discretion require (which may be greater in extent than that contained in the Finance Documents and which may include payment in advance) for any cost, loss or liability which it may incur in complying with those instructions. |
| (e) | In the absence of instructions, the Agent may act (or refrain from acting) as it considers to be in the best interest of the Lenders. |
| (f) | The Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first obtaining that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any Finance Document. |
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| 25.3 | Duties of the Agent |
| (a) | The Agent’s duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and administrative in nature. |
| (b) | Subject to paragraph (c) below, the Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Agent for that Party by any other Party. |
| (c) | Without prejudice to Clause 23.8 (Copy of Transfer Certificate, Assignment Agreement or Increase Confirmation to Company), paragraph (b) above shall not apply to any Transfer Certificate, any Assignment Agreement or any Increase Confirmation. |
| (d) | Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Agent is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party. |
| (e) | If the Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties. |
| (f) | If the Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest, commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other than the Agent or the Arranger) under this Agreement, it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties. |
| (g) | The Agent shall provide to the Company, within 10 Business Days of a request by the Company (but no more frequently than once per calendar month), a list (which may be in electronic form) setting out the names of the Lenders as at that Business Day, their respective Commitments, the address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention any communication is to be made) of each Lender for any communication to be made or document to be delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents, the electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the transmission of information by electronic mail or other electronic means to and by each Lender to whom any communication under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by that means and the account details of each Lender for any payment to be distributed by the Agent to that Lender under the Finance Documents. |
| (h) | The Agent shall have only those duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in the Finance Documents to which it is expressed to be a party (and no others shall be implied). |
| 25.4 | Role of the Arranger |
Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, the Arranger has no obligations of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any Finance Document.
| 25.5 | No fiduciary duties |
| (a) | Nothing in any Finance Document constitutes the Agent or the Arranger as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person. |
| (b) | Neither the Agent nor the Arranger shall be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account. |
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| 25.6 | Business with the Group |
The Agent and the Arranger may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any member of the Group.
| 25.7 | Rights and discretions |
| (a) | The Agent may: |
| (i) | rely on any representation, communication, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; |
| (ii) | assume that: |
| (A) | any instructions received by it from the Majority Lenders, any Lenders or any group of Lenders are duly given in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents; and |
| (B) | unless it has received notice of revocation, that those instructions have not been revoked; and |
| (iii) | rely on a certificate from any person: |
| (A) | as to any matter of fact or circumstance which might reasonably be expected to be within the knowledge of that person; or |
| (B) | to the effect that such person approves of any particular dealing, transaction, step, action or thing, |
as sufficient evidence that that is the case and, in the case of paragraph (A) above, may assume the truth and accuracy of that certificate.
| (b) | The Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent for the Lenders) that: |
| (i) | no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under Clause 22.1 (Non-payment)); |
| (ii) | any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or any group of Lenders has not been exercised; and |
| (iii) | any notice or request made by the Company (other than a Utilisation Request) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the Obligors. |
| (c) | The Agent may engage and pay for the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts. |
| (d) | Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (c) above or paragraph (e) below, the Agent may at any time engage and pay for the services of any lawyers to act as independent counsel to the Agent (and so separate from any lawyers instructed by the Lenders) if the Agent in its reasonable opinion deems this to be necessary. |
| (e) | The Agent may rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts (whether obtained by the Agent or by any other Party) and shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of its so relying. |
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| (f) | The Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its officers, employees and agents. |
| (g) | Unless a Finance Document expressly provides otherwise the Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has received as agent under this Agreement. |
| (h) | Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (g) above, the Agent: |
| (i) | may disclose; and |
| (ii) | on the written request of the Company or the Majority Lenders shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, disclose, |
the identity of a Defaulting Lender to the Company and to the other Finance Parties.
| (i) | Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the Agent nor the Arranger is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would, or might in its reasonable opinion, constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality. |
| (j) | Notwithstanding any provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, the Agent is not obliged to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties, obligations or responsibilities or the exercise of any right, power, authority or discretion if it has grounds for believing the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against, or security for, such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. |
| 25.8 | Responsibility for documentation |
Neither the Agent nor the Arranger is responsible or liable for:
| (i) | the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by the Agent, the Arranger, an Obligor or any other person in or in connection with any Finance Document or the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; |
| (ii) | the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; or |
| (iii) | any determination as to whether any information provided or to be provided to any Finance Party is non-public information the use of which may be regulated or prohibited by applicable law or regulation relating to insider dealing or otherwise. |
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| 25.9 | No duty to monitor |
The Agent shall not be bound to enquire:
| (i) | whether or not any Default has occurred; |
| (ii) | as to the performance, default or any breach by any Party of its obligations under any Finance Document; or |
| (iii) | whether any other event specified in any Finance Document has occurred. |
| 25.10 | Exclusion of liability |
| (a) | Without limiting paragraph (b) below (and without prejudice to any other provision of any Finance Document excluding or limiting the liability of the Agent), the Agent will not be liable for: |
| (i) | any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value, or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of taking or not taking any action under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct; |
| (ii) | exercising, or not exercising, any right, power, authority or discretion given to it by, or in connection with, any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with, any Finance Document, other than by reason of its gross negligence or wilful misconduct; or |
| (iii) | without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above, any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) arising as a result of: |
| (A) | any act, event or circumstance not reasonably within its control; or |
| (B) | the general risks of investment in, or the holding of assets in, any jurisdiction, |
including (in each case and without limitation) such damages, costs, losses, diminution in value or liability arising as a result of: nationalisation, expropriation or other governmental actions; any regulation, currency restriction, devaluation or fluctuation; market conditions affecting the execution or settlement of transactions or the value of assets (including any Disruption Event); breakdown, failure or malfunction of any third party transport, telecommunications, computer services or systems; natural disasters or acts of God; war, terrorism, insurrection or revolution; or strikes or industrial action.
| (b) | No Party (other than the Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Agent in respect of any claim it might have against the Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any officer, employee or agent of the Agent may rely on this paragraph (b) subject to Clause 1.4 (Third party rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act. |
| (c) | The Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents to be paid by the Agent if the Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the Agent for that purpose. |
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| (d) | Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent or the Arranger to carry out: |
| (i) | any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any person; or |
| (ii) | any check on the extent to which any transaction contemplated by this Agreement might be unlawful for any Lender or for any Affiliate of any Lender, |
on behalf of any Lender and each Lender confirms to the Agent and the Arranger that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Agent or the Arranger.
| (e) | Without prejudice to any provision of any Finance Document excluding or limiting the Agent’s liability, any liability of the Agent arising under or in connection with any Finance Document shall be limited to the amount of actual loss which has been suffered (as determined by reference to the date of default of the Agent or, if later, the date on which the loss arises as a result of such default) but without reference to any special conditions or circumstances known to the Agent at any time which increase the amount of that loss. In no event shall the Agent be liable for any loss of profits, goodwill, reputation, business opportunity or anticipated saving, or for special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages, whether or not the Agent has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages. |
| 25.11 | Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent |
Each Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if the Total Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments immediately prior to their reduction to zero) indemnify the Agent, within three Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or liability including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever incurred by the Agent (otherwise than by reason of the Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct) (or, in the case of any cost, loss or liability pursuant to Clause 28.11 (Disruption to payment systems etc.), notwithstanding the Agent’s negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) in acting as Agent under the Finance Documents (unless the Agent has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to a Finance Document).
| 25.12 | Resignation of the Agent |
| (a) | The Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates acting through an office in the same jurisdiction as its existing office as successor by giving notice to the Lenders and the Company. |
| (b) | Alternatively, the Agent may resign by giving 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and the Company, in which case the Majority Lenders (after consultation with the Company) may appoint a successor Agent. |
| (c) | If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above within 20 days after notice of resignation was given, the retiring Agent (after consultation with the Company) may appoint a successor Agent (acting through an office in the same jurisdiction as the retiring Agent). |
| (d) | If the Agent wishes to resign because (acting reasonably) it has concluded that it is no longer appropriate for it to remain as agent and the Agent is entitled to appoint a successor Agent under paragraph (c) above, the Agent may (if it concludes (acting reasonably) that it is necessary to do so in order to persuade the proposed successor Agent to become a party to this Agreement as Agent) agree with the proposed successor Agent amendments to this Clause 25 and any other term of this Agreement dealing with the rights or obligations of the Agent consistent with then current market practice for the appointment and protection of corporate trustees together with any reasonable amendments to the agency fee payable under this Agreement which are consistent with the successor Agent’s normal fee rates and those amendments will bind the Parties. |
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| (e) | The retiring Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent under the Finance Documents. |
| (f) | The Agent’s resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment of a successor. |
| (g) | Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents (other than its obligations under paragraph (e) above) but shall remain entitled to the benefit of Clause 14.3 (Indemnity to the Agent) and this Clause 25 (and any agency fees for the account of the retiring Agent shall cease to accrue from (and shall be payable on) that date). Its successor and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party. |
| (h) | The Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above (and, to the extent applicable, shall use reasonable endeavours to appoint a successor Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) above) if on or after the date which is three months before the earliest FATCA Application Date relating to any payment to the Agent under the Finance Documents, either: |
| (i) | the Agent fails to respond to a request under Clause 12.7 (FATCA information) and a Lender reasonably believes that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; |
| (ii) | the information supplied by the Agent pursuant to Clause 12.7 (FATCA information) indicates that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; or |
| (iii) | the Agent notifies the Company and the Lenders that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date, |
and (in each case) a Lender reasonably believes that a Party will be required to make a FATCA Deduction that would not be required if the Agent were a FATCA Exempt Party, and that ▇▇▇▇▇▇, by notice to the Agent, requires it to resign.
| 25.13 | Replacement of the Agent |
| (a) |
| (i) | After consultation with the Company, the Majority Lenders may, by giving 30 days’ notice to the Agent (or, at any time the Agent is an Impaired Agent, by giving any shorter notice determined by the Majority Lenders) replace the Agent by appointing a successor Agent (acting through an office in the same jurisdiction as the retiring Agent) that is an Original Lender or an Affiliate of an Original Lender. |
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| (ii) | The Majority Lenders may, with the consent of the Company, by giving 30 days’ notice to the Agent (or, at any time the Agent is an Impaired Agent, by giving any shorter notice determined by the Majority Lenders) replace the Agent by appointing a successor Agent (acting through an office in the same jurisdiction as the retiring Agent) that is not an Original Lender or an Affiliate of an Original Lender, provided that the consent of the Company must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed to such replacement. |
| (b) | The retiring Agent shall (at its own cost if it is an Impaired Agent and otherwise at the expense of the Lenders) make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent under the Finance Documents. |
| (c) | The appointment of the successor Agent shall take effect on the date specified in the notice from the Majority Lenders to the retiring Agent. As from this date, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents (other than its obligations under paragraph (b) above) but shall remain entitled to the benefit of Clause 14.3 (Indemnity to the Agent) and this Clause 25 (and any agency fees for the account of the retiring Agent shall cease to accrue from (and shall be payable on) that date). |
| (d) | Any successor Agent and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party. |
| 25.14 | Confidentiality |
| (a) | In acting as agent for the Finance Parties, the Agent shall be regarded as acting through its agency division which shall be treated as a separate entity from any other of its divisions or departments. |
| (b) | If information is received by another division or department of the Agent, it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it. |
| 25.15 | Relationship with the Lenders |
| (a) | Subject to Clause 23.10 (Pro rata interest settlement), the Agent may treat the person shown in its records as ▇▇▇▇▇▇ at the opening of business (in the place of the Agent’s principal office as notified to the Finance Parties from time to time) as the Lender acting through its Facility Office: |
| (i) | entitled to or liable for any payment due under any Finance Document on that day; and |
| (ii) | entitled to receive and act upon any notice, request, document or communication or make any decision or determination under any Finance Document made or delivered on that day, |
unless it has received not less than five Business Days’ prior notice from that Lender to the contrary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
| (b) | Any Lender may by notice to the Agent appoint a person to receive on its behalf all notices, communications, information and documents to be made or despatched to that Lender under the Finance Documents. Such notice shall contain the address, fax number and (where communication by electronic mail or other electronic means is permitted under Clause 30.6 (Electronic communication)) electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the transmission of information by that means (and, in each case, the department or officer, if any, for whose attention communication is to be made) and be treated as a notification of a substitute address, fax number, electronic mail address (or such other information), department and officer by that Lender for the purposes of Clause 30.2 (Addresses) and paragraph (a)(ii) of Clause 30.6 (Electronic communication) and the Agent shall be entitled to treat such person as the person entitled to receive all such notices, communications, information and documents as though that person were that ▇▇▇▇▇▇. |
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| 25.16 | Credit appraisal by the Lenders |
Without affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender confirms to the Agent and the Arranger that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including but not limited to:
| (a) | the financial condition, status and nature of each member of the Group; |
| (b) | the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; |
| (c) | whether that ▇▇▇▇▇▇ has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and |
| (d) | the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information provided by the Agent, any Party or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document. |
| 25.17 | Agent’s management time |
Any amount payable to the Agent under Clause 14.3 (Indemnity to the Agent), Clause 16 (Costs and expenses) and Clause 25.11 (Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent) shall include the cost of utilising the Agent’s management time or other resources and will be calculated on the basis of such reasonable daily or hourly rates as the Agent may notify to the Company and the Lenders, and is in addition to any fee paid or payable to the Agent under Clause 11 (Fees).
| 25.18 | Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent |
If any Party owes an amount to the Agent under the Finance Documents the Agent may, after giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not exceeding that amount from any payment to that Party which the Agent would otherwise be obliged to make under the Finance Documents and apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the amount owed. For the purposes of the Finance Documents that Party shall be regarded as having received any amount so deducted.
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| 25.19 | Amounts paid in error |
| (a) | If the Agent pays an amount to another Party and within 10 Business Days of the date of payment the Agent notifies that Party that such payment was an Erroneous Payment then the Party to whom that amount was paid by the Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Agent, calculated by the Agent to reflect its cost of funds. |
| (b) | Neither: |
| (i) | the obligations of any Party to the Agent; nor |
| (ii) | the remedies of the Agent, |
(whether arising under this Clause 25.19 or otherwise) which relate to an Erroneous Payment will be affected by any act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this paragraph (b), would reduce, release or prejudice any such obligation or remedy (whether or not known by the Agent or any other Party).
| (c) | All payments to be made by a Party to the Agent (whether made pursuant to this Clause 25.19 or otherwise) which relate to an Erroneous Payment shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim. |
| (d) | In this Clause 25.19, “Erroneous Payment” means a payment of an amount by the Agent to another Party which the Agent determines (in its sole discretion) was made in error. |
| 26. | CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES |
No provision of this Agreement will:
| (a) | interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit; |
| (b) | oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or |
| (c) | oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax. |
| 27. | SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES |
| 27.1 | Payments to Finance Parties |
If a Finance Party (a “Recovering Finance Party”) receives or recovers any amount from an Obligor other than in accordance with Clause 28 (Payment mechanics) (a “Recovered Amount”) and applies that amount to a payment due under the Finance Documents then:
| (a) | the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days, notify details of the receipt or recovery to the Agent; |
| (b) | the Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of the amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had the receipt or recovery been received or made by the Agent and distributed in accordance with Clause 28 (Payment mechanics), without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Agent in relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution; and |
| (c) | the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days of demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the “Sharing Payment”) equal to such receipt or recovery less any amount which the Agent determines may be retained by the Recovering Finance Party as its share of any payment to be made, in accordance with Clause 28.6 (Partial payments). |
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| 27.2 | Redistribution of payments |
The Agent shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the relevant Obligor and distribute it between the Finance Parties (other than the Recovering Finance Party) (the “Sharing Finance Parties”) in accordance with Clause 28.6 (Partial payments) towards the obligations of that Obligor to the Sharing Finance Parties.
| 27.3 | Recovering Finance Party’s rights |
On a distribution by the Agent under Clause 27.2 (Redistribution of payments) of a payment received by a Recovering Finance Party from an Obligor, as between the relevant Obligor and the Recovering Finance Party, an amount of the Recovered Amount equal to the Sharing Payment will be treated as not having been paid by that Obligor.
| 27.4 | Reversal of redistribution |
If any part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by a Recovering Finance Party becomes repayable and is repaid by that Recovering Finance Party, then:
| (a) | each Sharing Finance Party shall, upon request of the Agent, pay to the Agent for the account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to the appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together with an amount as is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its proportion of any interest on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering Finance Party is required to pay) (the “Redistributed Amount”); and |
| (b) | as between the relevant Obligor and each relevant Sharing Finance Party, an amount equal to the relevant Redistributed Amount will be treated as not having been paid by that Obligor. |
| 27.5 | Exceptions |
| (a) | This Clause 27 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid and enforceable claim against the relevant Obligor. |
| (b) | A Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other Finance Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received or recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings, if: |
| (i) | it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings; and |
| (ii) | that other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those legal or arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably practicable having received notice and did not take separate legal or arbitration proceedings. |
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SECTION 11
ADMINISTRATION
| 28. | PAYMENT MECHANICS |
| 28.1 | Payments to the Agent |
| (a) | On each date on which an Obligor or a Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, that Obligor or Lender shall make the same available to the Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Agent as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment. |
| (b) | Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency and with such bank as the Agent, in each case, specifies. |
| 28.2 | Distributions by the Agent |
Each payment received by the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party shall, subject to Clause 28.3 (Distributions to an Obligor) and Clause 28.4 (Clawback and prefunding), be made available by the Agent as soon as practicable after receipt to the Party entitled to receive payment in accordance with this Agreement (in the case of a Lender, for the account of its Facility Office), to such account as that Party may notify to the Agent by not less than five Business Days’ notice with a bank specified by that Party in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency.
| 28.3 | Distributions to an Obligor |
The Agent may (with the consent of the Obligor or in accordance with Clause 29 (Set-off)) apply any amount received by it for that Obligor in or towards payment (on the date and in the currency and funds of receipt) of any amount due from that Obligor under the Finance Documents or in or towards purchase of any amount of any currency to be so applied.
| 28.4 | Clawback and pre-funding |
| (a) | Where a sum is to be paid to the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party, the Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum. |
| (b) | Unless paragraph (c) below applies, if the Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that the Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Agent, calculated by the Agent to reflect its cost of funds. |
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| (c) | If the Agent is willing to make available amounts for the account of a Borrower before receiving funds from the Lenders then if and to the extent that the Agent does so but it proves to be the case that it does not then receive funds from a Lender in respect of a sum which it paid to the Borrower: |
| (i) | the Agent shall notify the Company of that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s identity and the Borrower to whom that sum was made available shall on demand refund it to the Agent; and |
| (ii) | the Lender by whom those funds should have been made available or, if that ▇▇▇▇▇▇ fails to do so, the Borrower to whom that sum was made available, shall on demand pay to the Agent the amount (as certified by the Agent) which will indemnify the Agent against any funding cost incurred by it as a result of paying out that sum before receiving those funds from that ▇▇▇▇▇▇. |
| 28.5 | Impaired Agent |
| (a) | If, at any time, the Agent becomes an Impaired Agent, an Obligor or a Lender which is required to make a payment under the Finance Documents to the Agent in accordance with Clause 28.1 (Payments to the Agent) may instead either: |
| (i) | pay that amount direct to the required recipient(s); or |
| (ii) | if in its absolute discretion it considers that it is not reasonably practicable to pay that amount direct to the required recipient(s), pay that amount or the relevant part of that amount to an interest-bearing account held with an Acceptable Bank and in relation to which no Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing, in the name of the Obligor or the Lender making the payment (the “Paying Party”) and designated as a trust account for the benefit of the Party or Parties beneficially entitled to that payment under the Finance Documents (the “Recipient Party” or “Recipient Parties”). |
In each case such payments must be made on the due date for payment under the Finance Documents.
| (b) | All interest accrued on the amount standing to the credit of the trust account shall be for the benefit of the Recipient Party or the Recipient Parties pro rata to their respective entitlements. |
| (c) | A Party which has made a payment in accordance with this Clause 28.5 shall be discharged of the relevant payment obligation under the Finance Documents and shall not take any credit risk with respect to the amounts standing to the credit of the trust account. |
| (d) | Promptly upon the appointment of a successor Agent in accordance with Clause 25.13 (Replacement of the Agent), each Paying Party shall (other than to the extent that Party has given an instruction pursuant to paragraph (e) below) give all requisite instructions to the bank with whom the trust account is held to transfer the amount (together with any accrued interest) to the successor Agent for distribution to the relevant Recipient Party or Recipient Parties in accordance with Clause 28.2 (Distributions by the Agent). |
| (e) | A Paying Party shall, promptly upon request by a Recipient Party and to the extent: |
| (i) | that it has not given an instruction pursuant to paragraph (d) above; and |
| (ii) | that it has been provided with the necessary information by that Recipient Party, |
give all requisite instructions to the bank with whom the trust account is held to transfer the relevant amount (together with any accrued interest) to that Recipient Party.
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| 28.6 | Partial payments |
| (a) | If the Agent receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under the Finance Documents, the Agent shall apply that payment towards the obligations of that Obligor under the Finance Documents in the following order: |
| (i) | first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid amount owing to the Agent or the Arranger under the Finance Documents; |
| (ii) | secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement; |
| (iii) | thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement; and |
| (iv) | fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents. |
| (b) | The Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority Lenders, vary the order set out in paragraphs (a)(ii) to (iv) above. |
| (c) | Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by an Obligor. |
| 28.7 | No set-off by Obligors |
All payments to be made by an Obligor under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim.
| 28.8 | Business Days |
| (a) | Any payment under the Finance Documents which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not). |
| (b) | During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date. |
| 28.9 | Currency of account |
| (a) | Subject to paragraphs (b) to (e) below, U.S. dollars is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from an Obligor under any Finance Document. |
| (b) | A repayment of a Loan or Unpaid Sum or a part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum shall be made in the currency in which that Loan or Unpaid Sum is denominated, pursuant to this Agreement, on its due date. |
| (c) | Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum in respect of which the interest is payable was denominated, pursuant to this Agreement, when that interest accrued. |
| (d) | Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred. |
| (e) | Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than U.S. dollars shall be paid in that other currency. |
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| 28.10 | Change of currency |
| (a) | Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then: |
| (i) | any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Agent (after consultation with the Company); and |
| (ii) | any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Agent (acting reasonably). |
| (b) | If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Company) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice in the Relevant Market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency. |
| 28.11 | Disruption to payment systems etc. |
If either the Agent determines (in its discretion) that a Disruption Event has occurred, or the Agent is notified by the Company that a Disruption Event has occurred:
| (a) | the Agent may, and shall if requested to do so by the Company, consult with the Company with a view to agreeing with the Company such changes to the operation or administration of the Facility as the Agent may deem necessary in the circumstances; |
| (b) | the Agent shall not be obliged to consult with the Company in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) above if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no obligation to agree to such changes; |
| (c) | the Agent may consult with the Finance Parties in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) above but shall not be obliged to do so if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; |
| (d) | any such changes agreed upon by the Agent and the Company shall (whether or not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred) be binding upon the Parties as an amendment to (or, as the case may be, waiver of) the terms of the Finance Documents notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 34 (Amendments and waivers); |
| (e) | the Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever (including, without limitation for negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with this Clause 28.11; and |
| (f) | the Agent shall notify the Finance Parties of all changes agreed pursuant to paragraph (d) above. |
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| 29. | SET-OFF |
A Finance Party may set off any matured obligation due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any matured obligation owed by that Finance Party to that Obligor, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.
| 30. | NOTICES |
| 30.1 | Communications in writing |
Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by fax or letter.
| 30.2 | Addresses |
The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is:
| (a) | in the case of the Company, that identified with its name below; |
| (b) | in the case of each Lender or any other Obligor, that notified in writing to the Agent on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Party; and |
| (c) | in the case of the Agent, that identified with its name below, |
or any substitute address, fax number or department or officer as the Party may notify to the Agent (or the Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a change is made by the Agent) by not less than five Business Days’ notice.
| 30.3 | Delivery |
| (a) | Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective: |
| (i) | if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or |
| (ii) | if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address, |
and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under Clause 30.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer.
| (b) | Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent will be effective only when actually received by the Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified with the Agent’s signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Agent shall specify for this purpose). |
| (c) | All notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the Agent. |
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| (d) | Any communication or document made or delivered to the Company in accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Obligors. |
| (e) | Any communication or document which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (d) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day. |
| 30.4 | Notification of address and fax number |
Promptly upon changing its address or fax number, the Agent shall notify the other Parties.
| 30.5 | Communication when Agent is Impaired Agent |
If the Agent is an Impaired Agent the Parties may, instead of communicating with each other through the Agent, communicate with each other directly and (while the Agent is an Impaired Agent) all the provisions of the Finance Documents which require communications to be made or notices to be given to or by the Agent shall be varied so that communications may be made and notices given to or by the relevant Parties directly. This provision shall not operate after a replacement Agent has been appointed.
| 30.6 | Electronic communication |
| (a) | Any communication or document to be made or delivered by one Party to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made or delivered by electronic mail or other electronic means (including, without limitation, by way of posting to a secure website) if those two Parties: |
| (i) | notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the transmission of information by that means; and |
| (ii) | notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them by not less than five Business Days’ notice. |
| (b) | Any such electronic communication or delivery as specified in paragraph (a) above to be made between an Obligor and a Finance Party may only be made in that way to the extent that those two Parties agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication or delivery. |
| (c) | Any such electronic communication or document as specified in paragraph (a) above made or delivered by one Party to another will be effective only when actually received (or made available) in readable form and in the case of any electronic communication or document made or delivered by a Party to the Agent only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Agent shall specify for this purpose. |
| (d) | Any electronic communication or document which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraph (c) above, after 5:00 p.m. in the place in which the Party to whom the relevant communication or document is sent or made available has its address for the purpose of this Agreement shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day. |
| (e) | Any reference in a Finance Document to a communication being sent or received or a document being delivered shall be construed to include that communication or document being made available in accordance with this Clause 30.6. |
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| 30.7 | English language |
| (a) | Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English. |
| (b) | All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be: |
| (i) | in English; or |
| (ii) | if not in English, and if so required by the Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document. |
| 31. | CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES |
| 31.1 | Accounts |
In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by a Finance Party are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.
| 31.2 | Certificates and determinations |
Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.
| 31.3 | Day count convention and interest calculation |
| (a) | Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from day to day and the amount of any such interest, commission or fee is calculated: |
| (i) | on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days (or, in any case where the practice in the Relevant Market differs, in accordance with that market practice); and |
| (ii) | subject to paragraph (b) below, without rounding. |
| (b) | The aggregate amount of any accrued interest, commission or fee which is, or becomes, payable by an Obligor under a Finance Document shall be rounded to two decimal places. |
| 32. | PARTIAL INVALIDITY |
If, at any time, any provision of a Finance Document is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.
| 33. | REMEDIES AND WAIVERS |
No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Finance Party, any right or remedy under a Finance Document shall operate as a waiver of any such right or remedy or constitute an election to affirm any of the Finance Documents. No waiver or election to affirm any Finance Document on the part of any Finance Party shall be effective unless in writing. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy shall prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in each Finance Document are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
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| 34. | AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS |
| 34.1 | Required consents |
| (a) | Subject to Clause 34.2 (All Lender matters) and Clause 34.3 (Other exceptions) any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Obligors and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties. |
| (b) | The Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause. |
| (c) | Paragraph (c) of Clause 23.10 (Pro rata interest settlement) shall apply to this Clause 34. |
| 34.2 | All Lender matters |
Subject to Clause 34.4 (Changes to reference rates) an amendment or waiver of any term of any Finance Document that has the effect of changing or which relates to:
| (a) | the definition of “Majority Lenders” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions); |
| (b) | an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents; |
| (c) | a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or commission payable; |
| (d) | a change in currency of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents; |
| (e) | an increase in any Commitment, an extension of any Availability Period or any requirement that a cancellation of Commitments reduces the Commitments of the Lenders rateably under the relevant Facility; |
| (f) | a change to the Borrowers or Guarantors other than in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Obligors); |
| (g) | any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders; |
| (h) | Clause 2.3 (Finance Parties’ rights and obligations), Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request), Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 7.2 (Change of control), Clause 7.8 (Application of prepayments), Clause 23 (Changes to the Lenders), Clause 24 (Changes to the Obligors), Clause 27 (Sharing among the Finance Parties), this Clause 34, Clause 39 (Governing law) or Clause 40.1 (Jurisdiction); |
| (i) | the nature or scope of the guarantee and indemnity granted under Clause 17 (Guarantee and indemnity), or |
| (j) | the definition of “Sanctions”, “Sanctions Authority” or “Sanctions Restricted Person” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions), or Clause 18.21 (Sanctions) or Clause 21.14 (Sanctions), |
shall not be made without the prior consent of all the Lenders.
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| 34.3 | Other exceptions |
An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the Agent or the Arranger (each in their capacity as such) may not be effected without the consent of the Agent or the Arranger, as the case may be.
| 34.4 | Changes to reference rates |
| (a) | Subject to Clause 34.3 (Other exceptions), if a Published Rate Replacement Event has occurred in relation to any Published Rate for a currency which can be selected for a Loan, any amendment or waiver which relates to: |
| (i) | providing for the use of a Replacement Reference Rate in relation to that currency in place of that Published Rate; and |
| (ii) |
| (A) | aligning any provision of any Finance Document to the use of that Replacement Reference Rate; |
| (B) | enabling that Replacement Reference Rate to be used for the calculation of interest under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any consequential changes required to enable that Replacement Reference Rate to be used for the purposes of this Agreement); |
| (C) | implementing market conventions applicable to that Replacement Reference Rate; |
| (D) | providing for appropriate fallback (and market disruption) provisions for that Replacement Reference Rate; or |
| (E) | adjusting the pricing to reduce or eliminate, to the extent reasonably practicable, any transfer of economic value from one Party to another as a result of the application of that Replacement Reference Rate (and if any adjustment or method for calculating any adjustment has been formally designated, nominated or recommended by the Relevant Nominating Body, the adjustment shall be determined on the basis of that designation, nomination or recommendation), |
may be made with the consent of the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) and the Obligors.
| (b) | If any Lender fails to respond to a request for an amendment or waiver described in paragraph (a) above within 15 Business Days (or such longer time period in relation to any request which the Company and the Agent may agree) of that request being made: |
| (i) | its Commitment(s) shall not be included for the purpose of calculating the Total Commitments under the relevant Facility/ies when ascertaining whether any relevant percentage of Total Commitments has been obtained to approve that request; and |
| (ii) | its status as a Lender shall be disregarded for the purpose of ascertaining whether the agreement of any specified group of Lenders has been obtained to approve that request. |
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| (c) | In this Clause 34.4: |
“Published Rate” means the Primary Term Rate for any Quoted Tenor.
“Published Rate Replacement Event” means, in relation to a Published Rate:
| (i) | the methodology, formula or other means of determining that Published Rate has, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Obligors, materially changed; |
| (ii) |
| (i) |
| (A) | the administrator of that Published Rate or its supervisor publicly announces that such administrator is insolvent; or |
| (B) | information is published in any order, decree, notice, petition or filing, however described, of or filed with a court, tribunal, exchange, regulatory authority or similar administrative, regulatory or judicial body which reasonably confirms that the administrator of that Published Rate is insolvent, |
provided that, in each case, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that Published Rate;
| (ii) | the administrator of that Published Rate publicly announces that it has ceased or will cease to provide that Published Rate permanently or indefinitely and, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that Published Rate; |
| (iii) | the supervisor of the administrator of that Published Rate publicly announces that such Published Rate has been or will be permanently or indefinitely discontinued; |
| (iv) | the administrator of that Published Rate or its supervisor announces that that Published Rate may no longer be used; or |
| (v) | the supervisor of the administrator of that Primary Term Rate makes a public announcement or publishes information stating that that Primary Term Rate for that Quoted Tenor is no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative of the underlying market or economic reality that it is intended to measure and that representativeness will not be restored (as determined by such supervisor); or |
| (iii) | the administrator of that Published Rate determines that that Published Rate should be calculated in accordance with its reduced submissions or other contingency or fallback policies or arrangements and either: |
| (i) | the circumstance(s) or event(s) leading to such determination are not (in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Obligors) temporary; or |
| (ii) | that Published Rate is calculated in accordance with any such policy or arrangement for a period no less than the period specified as the “Published Rate Contingency Period” in the Reference Rate Terms relating to that Published Rate; or |
| (iv) | in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Obligors, that Published Rate is otherwise no longer appropriate for the purposes of calculating interest under this Agreement. |
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“Relevant Nominating Body” means any applicable central bank, regulator or other supervisory authority or a group of them, or any working group or committee sponsored or chaired by, or constituted at the request of, any of them or the Financial Stability Board.
“Replacement Reference Rate” means a reference rate which is:
| (i) | formally designated, nominated or recommended as the replacement for a Published Rate by: |
| (i) | the administrator of that Published Rate (provided that the market or the economic reality that such reference rate measures is the same as that measured by that Published Rate); or | |
| (ii) | any Relevant Nominating Body, |
and if replacements have, at the relevant time, been formally designated, nominated or recommended under both paragraphs, the “Replacement Reference Rate” will be the replacement under paragraph (ii) above;
| (ii) | in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Obligors, generally accepted in the international or any relevant domestic syndicated loan markets as the appropriate successor to a Published Rate; or |
| (iii) | in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Obligors, an appropriate successor to a Published Rate. |
| 34.5 | Disenfranchisement of Defaulting Lenders |
| (a) | For so long as a Defaulting Lender has any Available Commitment, in ascertaining: |
| (i) | the Majority Lenders; or |
| (ii) | whether: |
| (A) | any given percentage (including, for the avoidance of doubt, unanimity) of the Total Commitments under the relevant Facility/ies; or |
| (B) | the agreement of any specified group of Lenders, |
has been obtained to approve any request for a consent, waiver, amendment or other vote under the Finance Documents,
that Defaulting Lender’s Commitments under the relevant Facility/ies will be reduced by the amount of its Available Commitments
under the relevant Facility/ies and, to the extent that that reduction results in that Defaulting Lender’s Total Commitments being
zero, that Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a Lender for the purposes of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above.
| (b) | For the purposes of this Clause 34.5, the Agent may assume that the following Lenders are Defaulting Lenders: |
| (i) | any Lender which has notified the Agent that it has become a Defaulting Lender; |
| (ii) | any Lender in relation to which it is aware that any of the events or circumstances referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of “Defaulting Lender” has occurred, |
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unless it has received notice to the contrary from the Lender concerned (together with any supporting evidence reasonably requested by the Agent) or the Agent is otherwise aware that the Lender has ceased to be a Defaulting Lender.
| 34.6 | Excluded Commitments |
If any Defaulting Lender fails to respond to a request for a consent, waiver, amendment of or in relation to any term of any Finance Document or any other vote of Lenders under the terms of this Agreement within 10 Business Days (unless the Company and the Agent agree to a longer time period in relation to any request) of that request being made:
| (i) | its Commitment(s) shall not be included for the purpose of calculating the Total Commitments under the relevant Facility/ies when ascertaining whether any relevant percentage (including, for the avoidance of doubt, unanimity) of Total Commitments has been obtained to approve that request; and |
| (ii) | its status as a Lender shall be disregarded for the purpose of ascertaining whether the agreement of any specified group of Lenders has been obtained to approve that request. |
| 34.7 | Replacement of a Defaulting Lender |
| (a) | The Company may, at any time a Lender has become and continues to be a Defaulting Lender, by giving 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent and such Lender: |
| (i) | replace such Lender by requiring such Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 23 (Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations under this Agreement; |
| (ii) | require such Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 23 (Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of the undrawn Commitment of the Lender; or |
| (iii) | require such Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 23 (Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations in respect of the Facility, |
to an Eligible Institution (a “Replacement Lender”) which confirms its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations, or all the relevant obligations, of the transferring Lender in accordance with Clause 23 (Changes to the Lenders) for a purchase price in cash payable at the time of transfer which is either:
| (A) | in an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s participation in the outstanding Loans and all accrued interest (to the extent that the Agent has not given a notification under Clause 24.10 (Pro rata interest settlement)), Break Costs and other amounts payable in relation thereto under the Finance Documents; or |
| (B) | in an amount agreed between that Defaulting Lender, the Replacement Lender and the Company and which does not exceed the amount described in paragraph (A) above. |
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| (b) | Any transfer of rights and obligations of a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Clause 34.7 shall be subject to the following conditions: |
| (i) | the Company shall have no right to replace the Agent; |
| (ii) | neither the Agent nor the Defaulting Lender shall have any obligation to the Company to find a Replacement Lender; |
| (iii) | the transfer must take place no later than 10 Business Days after the notice referred to in paragraph (a) above; |
| (iv) | in no event shall the Defaulting Lender be required to pay or surrender to the Replacement Lender any of the fees received by the Defaulting Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents; and |
| (v) | the Defaulting Lender shall only be obliged to transfer its rights and obligations pursuant to paragraph (a) above once it is satisfied that it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to that transfer to the Replacement Lender. |
| (c) | The Defaulting Lender shall perform the checks described in paragraph (b)(v) above as soon as reasonably practicable following delivery of a notice referred to in paragraph (a) above and shall notify the Agent and the Company when it is satisfied that it has complied with those checks. |
| 35. | CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION |
| 35.1 | Confidentiality |
Each Finance Party agrees to keep all Confidential Information confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by Clause 35.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) and Clause 35.3 (Disclosure to numbering service providers), and to ensure that all Confidential Information is protected with security measures and a degree of care that would apply to its own confidential information.
| 35.2 | Disclosure of Confidential Information |
| Any Finance Party may disclose: |
| (a) | to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information; |
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| (b) | to any person: |
| (i) | to (or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents or which succeeds (or which may potentially succeed) it as Agent and, in each case, to any of that person’s Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers; |
| (ii) | with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to, one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Obligors and to any of that person’s Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers; |
| (iii) | appointed by any Finance Party or by a person to whom paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf (including, without limitation, any person appointed under paragraph (b) of Clause 25.15 (Relationship with the Lenders)); |
| (iv) | who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above; |
| (v) | to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation; |
| (vi) | to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes; |
| (vii) | to whom or for whose benefit that Finance Party charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 23.9 (Security over Lenders’ rights); |
| (viii) | who is a Party; or |
| (ix) | with the consent of the Company, |
in each case, such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if:
| (A) | in relation to paragraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking except that there shall be no requirement for a Confidentiality Undertaking if the recipient is a professional adviser and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information; |
| (B) | in relation to paragraph (b)(iv) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information they receive and is informed that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information; |
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| (C) | in relation to paragraphs (b)(v), (b)(vi) and (b)(vii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of that Finance Party, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances; |
| (c) | to any person appointed by that Finance Party or by a person to whom paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including without limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services referred to in this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Company and the relevant Finance Party; and |
| (d) | to any rating agency (including its professional advisers) such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such rating agency to carry out its normal rating activities in relation to the Finance Documents and/or the Obligors if the rating agency to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information. |
| 35.3 | Disclosure to numbering service providers |
| (a) | Any Finance Party may disclose to any national or international numbering service provider appointed by that Finance Party to provide identification numbering services in respect of this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors the following information: |
| (i) | names of Obligors; |
| (ii) | country of domicile of Obligors; |
| (iii) | place of incorporation of Obligors; |
| (iv) | date of this Agreement; |
| (v) | Clause 39 (Governing law); |
| (vi) | the names of the Agent and the Arranger; |
| (vii) | date of each amendment and restatement of this Agreement; |
| (viii) | amounts of, and names of, the Facility (and any tranches); |
| (ix) | amount of Total Commitments; |
| (x) | currencies of the Facility; |
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| (xi) | type of Facility; |
| (xii) | ranking of Facility; |
| (xiii) | Termination Date for the Facility; |
| (xiv) | changes to any of the information previously supplied pursuant to paragraphs (i) to (xiii) above; and |
| (xv) | such other information agreed between such Finance Party and the Company, |
to enable such numbering service provider to provide its usual syndicated loan numbering identification services.
| (b) | The Parties acknowledge and agree that each identification number assigned to this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors by a numbering service provider and the information associated with each such number may be disclosed to users of its services in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of that numbering service provider. |
| (c) | Each Obligor represents that none of the information set out in paragraphs (i) to (xv) of paragraph (a) above is, nor will at any time be, unpublished price-sensitive information. |
| (d) | The Agent shall notify the Company and the other Finance Parties of: |
| (i) | the name of any numbering service provider appointed by the Agent in respect of this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors; and |
| (ii) | the number or, as the case may be, numbers assigned to this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors by such numbering service provider. |
| 35.4 | Entire agreement |
This Clause 35 constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties in relation to the obligations of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents regarding Confidential Information and supersedes any previous agreement, whether express or implied, regarding Confidential Information.
| 35.5 | Inside information |
Each of the Finance Parties acknowledges that some or all of the Confidential Information is or may be price-sensitive information and that the use of such information may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and each of the Finance Parties undertakes not to use any Confidential Information for any unlawful purpose.
| 35.6 | Notification of disclosure |
Each of the Finance Parties agrees (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the Company:
| (a) | of the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of Clause 35.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and |
| (b) | upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 35. |
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| 35.7 | Continuing obligations |
The obligations in this Clause 35 are continuing and, in particular, shall survive and remain binding on each Finance Party for a period of 12 months from the earlier of:
| (a) | the date on which all amounts payable by the Obligors under or in connection with this Agreement have been paid in full and all Commitments have been cancelled or otherwise cease to be available; and |
| (b) | the date on which such Finance Party otherwise ceases to be a Finance Party. |
| 36. | CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES |
| 36.1 | Confidentiality and disclosure |
| (a) | The Agent and each Obligor agree to keep each Funding Rate confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by paragraphs (b) and (c) below. |
| (b) | The Agent may disclose: |
| (i) | any Funding Rate to the Borrower pursuant to Clause 8.4 (Notifications); and |
| (ii) | any Funding Rate to any person appointed by it to provide administration services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents to the extent necessary to enable such service provider to provide those services if the service provider to whom that information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Agent and the relevant Lender. |
| (c) | The Agent and each Obligor may disclose any Funding Rate to: |
| (i) | any of its Affiliates and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives if any person to whom that Funding Rate is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (i) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of that Funding Rate or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to it; |
| (ii) | any person to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation if the person to whom that Funding Rate is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be pricesensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Agent or the relevant Obligor, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; |
| (iii) | any person to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes if the person to whom that Funding Rate is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Agent or the relevant Obligor, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; and |
| (iv) | any person with the consent of the relevant Lender. |
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| 36.2 | Related obligations |
| (a) | The Agent and each Obligor acknowledge that each Funding Rate is or may be pricesensitive information and that its use may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and the Agent and each Obligor undertake not to use any Funding Rate for any unlawful purpose. |
| (b) | The Agent and each Obligor agree (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the relevant Lender: |
| (i) | of the circumstances of any disclosure made pursuant to paragraph (c)(ii) of Clause 36.1 (Confidentiality and disclosure) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and |
| (ii) | upon becoming aware that any information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 36. |
| 37. | BAIL-IN |
| 37.1 | Contractual recognition of bail-in |
Notwithstanding any other term of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding between the Parties, each Party acknowledges and accepts that any liability of any Party to any other Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be subject to Bail-In Action by the relevant Resolution Authority and acknowledges and accepts to be bound by the effect of:
| (a) | any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation): |
| (i) | a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such liability; |
| (ii) | a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and |
| (iii) | a cancellation of any such liability; and |
| (b) | a variation of any term of any Finance Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability. |
| 37.2 | Bail-in definitions |
In this Clause 37:
“Article 55 BRRD” means Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-down and Conversion Powers.
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“Bail-In Legislation” means:
| (a) | in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time implements, Article 55 BRRD, the relevant implementing law or regulation as described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time; |
| (b) | in relation to the United Kingdom, the UK Bail-In Legislation; and |
| (c) | in relation to any state other than such an EEA Member Country and the United Kingdom, any analogous law or regulation from time to time which requires contractual recognition of any Write-down and Conversion Powers contained in that law or regulation. |
“EEA Member Country” means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the document described as such and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time.
“Resolution Authority” means any body which has authority to exercise any Write-down and Conversion Powers.
“UK Bail-In Legislation” means Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 and any other law or regulation applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (otherwise than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Write-down and Conversion Powers” means:
| (a) | in relation to any Bail-In Legislation described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time, the powers described as such in relation to that Bail-In Legislation in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule; |
| (b) | in relation to the UK Bail-In Legislation, any powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person 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 UK Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and |
| (c) | in relation to any other applicable Bail-In Legislation: |
| (i) | any powers under that Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person 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; and |
| (ii) | any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation. |
| 38. | COUNTERPARTS |
Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of the Finance Document.
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SECTION 12
GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
| 39. | GOVERNING LAW |
This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
| 40. | ENFORCEMENT |
| 40.1 | Jurisdiction |
| (a) | The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement) (a “Dispute”). |
| (b) | The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary. |
| (c) | Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) above, no Finance Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Finance Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions. |
| 40.2 | Service of process |
Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each Obligor (other than an Obligor incorporated in England and Wales):
| (i) | irrevocably appoints Etoro (UK) Limited as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document; and |
| (ii) | agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Obligor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned. |
This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 1
The Original Lenders
| Name of Original Lender | Commitment | |||
| [***] | [***] | |||
| [***] | [***] | |||
| [***] | [***] | |||
| [***] | [***] | |||
| [***] | [***] | |||
| [***] | [***] | |||
| [***] | [***] | |||
| [***] | [***] | |||
| Total | U.S.$ | 250,000,000 | ||
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SCHEDULE 2
conditions precedent
PART I
conditions precedent to initial utilisation
| 1. | Original Obligors |
| (a) | A copy of the constitutional documents of the Original Guarantor and a copy of the BVI Corporate Records of the Original Borrower. |
| (b) | A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of each Original Obligor: |
| (i) | approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party; |
| (ii) | authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; |
| (iii) | authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant, any Utilisation Request) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a party; and |
| (iv) | in respect of each Original Obligor incorporated in the State of Israel, confirming that, pursuant to sections 256(d) and 282 of the Israeli Companies Law, all approvals as required under the Israeli Companies Law and its constitutional documents have been duly obtained for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to which it is a party. |
| (c) | A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph (b) above. |
| (d) | A copy of a resolution signed by all the holders of the issued shares in each Original Guarantor (other than the Company), approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which the Original Guarantor is a party. |
| (e) | A certificate of each Original Obligor (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on any Original Obligor to be exceeded. |
| (f) | A certificate of an authorised signatory of the relevant Original Obligor certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part I of Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement. |
| (g) | A Certificate of Incumbency (or certificate of the Registered Agent’s Certificate) issued by the Registered Agent of the Original Borrower confirming (amongst other customary matters): |
| (i) | the name of each person entered in the Register of Members as the holder of any issued shares in the Original Borrower; |
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| (ii) | the name of each person entered in the Register of Directors as a director of the Original Borrower; and |
| (iii) | the Borrower has paid all fees, annual fees and penalties due and payable by the Original Borrower to the BVI Registrar. |
| 2. | Legal opinions |
| (a) | A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, legal advisers to the Arranger and the Agent in England, substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing this Agreement. |
| (b) | A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, legal advisers to the Arranger and the Agent in the British Virgin Islands, substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing this Agreement. |
| (c) | A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, legal advisers to the Arranger and the Agent in Israel, substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing this Agreement. |
| 3. | Other documents and evidence |
| (a) | A copy of the Group Structure Chart. |
| (b) | Evidence that the initial public offering in respect of the shares of the Company has occurred. |
| (c) | Evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 40.2 (Service of process), if not an Original Obligor, has accepted its appointment. |
| (d) | A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Company accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document. |
| (e) | The Original Financial Statements in respect of the Company. |
| (f) | Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Obligors pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees) and Clause 16 (Costs and expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the first Utilisation Date. |
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PART II
conditions precedent required to be
delivered by an additional obligor
| 1. | An Accession Letter, duly executed by the Additional Obligor and the Company. |
| 2. | A copy of the constitutional documents of the Additional Obligor. |
| 3. | A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Additional Obligor: |
| (a) | approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Accession Letter and the Finance Documents and resolving that it execute the Accession Letter; |
| (b) | authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Accession Letter on its behalf; |
| (c) | authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all other documents and notices (including, in relation to an Additional Borrower, any Utilisation Request) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents; and |
| (d) | in respect of each Additional Obligor incorporated in the State of Israel, confirming that, pursuant to sections 256(d) and 282 of the Israeli Companies Law, all approvals as required under the Israeli Companies Law and its constitutional documents have been duly obtained for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to which it is a party. |
| 4. | A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 3 above. |
| 5. | If the Additional Guarantor is incorporated in England and Wales, or if so required by the Agent, a copy of a resolution signed by all the holders of the issued shares of the Additional Guarantor, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which the Additional Guarantor is a party. |
| 6. | A certificate of the Additional Obligor (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on it to be exceeded. |
| 7. | A certificate of an authorised signatory of the Additional Obligor certifying that each copy document listed in this Part II of Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of the Accession Letter. |
| 8. | A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (in each case acting reasonably) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by the Accession Letter or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document. |
| 9. | If available, the latest audited financial statements of the Additional Obligor. |
| 10. | A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, legal advisers to the Arranger and the Agent in England. |
| 11. | If the Additional Obligor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales, a legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Arranger and the Agent in the jurisdiction in which the Additional Obligor is incorporated. |
| 12. | If
the proposed Additional Obligor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and
Wales, evidence that the process agent specified in Clause 40.2 (Service of process),
if not an Obligor, has accepted its appointment in relation to the proposed Additional Obligor. |
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SCHEDULE 11
reference rate terms
| Currency: | U.S. dollars. |
Choice of Term Fallback Option
Fixed Central Bank Rate will apply as a fallback.
Cost of funds as a fallback
Cost of funds will not apply as a fallback.
| Definitions | ||
| Additional Business Days: | Any day other than: |
| (a) | a Saturday or a Sunday; and | ||
| (b) | a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (or any successor organisation) recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in US Government securities. |
| Break Costs: | The amount (if any) by which: |
| (a) | the interest (exceeding the Margin) which a Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in the relevant Loan or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of that Loan or Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period; | ||
| exceeds: | |||
| (b) | the amount which that ▇▇▇▇▇▇ would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period. | ||
| Business Day Conventions (definition of “Month” and Clause 9.2 (Non-Business Days)): | (a) | If any period is expressed to accrue by reference to a Month or any number of Months then, in respect of the last Month of that period: |
| (i) | subject to paragraph (ii) below, if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business Day; | ||
| (ii) | if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month; and | ||
| (iii) | if an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, that Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month in which that Interest Period is to end. |
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| (b) | If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period will instead end on the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not). |
| Central Bank Rate: | (a) | The short-term interest rate target set by the US Federal Open Market Committee as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from time to time; or | |
| (b) | if that target is not a single figure, the arithmetic mean of: |
| (i) | the upper bound of the short-term interest rate target range set by the US Federal Open Market Committee and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; and | ||
| (ii) | the lower bound of that target range. |
| Central Bank Rate Adjustment: | In relation to the Central Bank Rate prevailing at close of business on any Additional Business Day, the 20 per cent. trimmed arithmetic mean (calculated by the Agent, or by any other Finance Party which agrees to do so in place of the Agent) of the Central Bank Rate Spreads for the five most immediately preceding Additional Business Days for which the Primary Term Rate for a period equal in length to the applicable Interest Period is available.
For this purpose, “Central Bank Rate Spread” means, in relation to any Additional Business Day, the difference (expressed as a percentage rate per annum) calculated by the Agent (or by any other Finance Party which agrees to do so in place of the Agent) between: |
| (a) | the Primary Term Rate for a period equal in length to the applicable Interest Period for that Additional Business Day; and | ||
| (b) | the Central Bank Rate prevailing at close of business on that Additional Business Day. |
| Fallback Interest Period: | One Month. | |
| Market Disruption Rate: | The Term Reference Rate. | |
| Primary Term Rate: | The Term SOFR reference rate administered by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant period published (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the publication of that rate). |
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| Quotation Day: | (a) | Subject to paragraph (b) below, two Additional Business Days before the first day of the relevant Interest Period (unless market practice differs in the relevant syndicated loan market, in which case the Quotation Day will be determined by the Agent in accordance with that market practice (and if quotations would normally be given on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of those days)). | |
| (b) | If the Term Reference Rate is, or is based on, the Central Bank Rate, two Additional Business Days before the first day of the relevant Interest Period. |
| Quotation Time: | The Quotation Day. | |
| Relevant Market: | The market for overnight cash borrowing collateralised by US Government securities. |
| Reporting Day: | (a) | Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Quotation Day. | |
| (b) | If the Term Reference Rate is, or is based on the Central Bank Rate, the date falling two Business Days after the Quotation Day. |
| Published
Rate Contingency Period: |
Primary Term Rate: 30 days. | |
| Interest Periods | ||
| Periods capable of selection as Interest Periods (paragraph (a) of Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods)): | One and three Months. | |
| Length of Interest Period in absence of selection (paragraph (b) of Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods)): | One month. | |
| Reporting Times | ||
| Deadline for Lenders to report market disruption in accordance with Clause 10.2 (Market disruption): | Close of business in London on the Reporting Day for the relevant Loan. | |
| Deadline for Lenders to report their cost of funds in accordance with Clause 10.3 (Cost of funds): | Close of business on the date falling two Business Days after the Reporting Day for the relevant Loan (or, if earlier, on the date falling two Business Days before the date on which interest is due to be paid in respect of the Interest Period for that Loan). |
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Signatures
The Company
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| Fax No: | N/A | |
| Attention: | [***], [***] |
| By: | ![]() |
The Original Borrower
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| Fax No: | N/A |
| Attention: | [***], [***] |
| By: | ![]() |
The Original Guarantors
ETORO LTD
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| Fax No: | N/A |
| Attention: | [***], [***] |
| By: | ![]() |
The Original Guarantors (continued)
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| Fax No: | N/A |
| Attention: | [***], [***] |
| By: | ![]() |
The Arranger
CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH
| By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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The Arranger (continued)
BANK LEUMI LE-ISRAEL B.M.
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The Arranger (continued)
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNATIONAL
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The Arranger (continued)
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.
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| Name: | ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Title: | Managing Director |
The Arranger (continued)
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, LONDON BRANCH
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| ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | ||
| By: | /s/ Nlkeda | |
| Nlkeda |
The Arranger (continued)
BANK HAPOALIM B.M.
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The Arranger (continued)
DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A.
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The Arranger (continued)
UBS AG LONDON BRANCH
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| ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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| By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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The Original Lenders
CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH
| By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ Managing Director |
The Original Lenders (continued)
BANK LEUMI LE-ISRAEL B.M.
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The Original Lenders (continued)
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNATIONAL BANK
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The Original Lenders (continued)
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.
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| Name: | ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Title: | Managing Director |
The Original Lenders (continued)
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, LONDON BRANCH
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| ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | ||
| By: | /s/ Nlkeda | |
| Nlkeda |
The Original Lenders (continued)
BANK HAPOALIM B.M.
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The Original Lenders (continued)
DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A.
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The Original Lenders (continued)
UBS AG LONDON BRANCH
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| ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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The Agent
DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A.
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| L-1115 Luxembourg, Luxembourg | ||
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