AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of November 14, 2023 (this “Amendment”), among Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), each of the Guarantors party hereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPM”), as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities and including any permitted successor or assign, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement referred to below), and the Lenders party hereto.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent entered into a Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018 (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2023, the “Existing Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires to conduct an open market purchase pursuant to Section 10.04(14) of the Existing Credit Agreement and to offer to each Lender holding Term Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement (each such Lender, in such capacity, an “Existing Term Lender” and, each Term Loan outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, an “Existing Term Loan”) the right to exchange 100% of its Existing Term Loans, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, at par, for the same principal amount of new term loans (the “Exchange Term Loans”) made (or deemed made) under the New Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined below) (the “Term Loan Exchange Offer” and the exchange of such Existing Term Loans pursuant to the Term Loan Exchange Offer, the “Loan Exchange”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower further desires to conduct an open market purchase pursuant to Section 10.04(14) of the Existing Credit Agreement to repurchase (the “Loan Repurchase”), at par, 100% of the Existing Term Loans of each Existing Term Lender set forth on Schedule A hereto;
WHEREAS, (x) each Existing Term Lender that executes and delivers a signature page to the “Lender Consent (Exchange Term Loans)” in the form attached hereto as Annex A (a “Lender Consent”) and selects the “Cashless Settlement Option” on or prior to November 9, 2023 (such date, or such later date as the Borrower may agree in its sole discretion, the “Consent Deadline”) agrees to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, the Term Loan Exchange Offer, the Loan Exchange and the Loan Repurchase (as defined below) and agrees to exchange 100% (or such lesser amount communicated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent and agreed by the Borrower) of its Existing Term Loans pursuant to the Loan Exchange (each such Existing Term Lender, in such capacity, an “Exchange Consenting Lender” and collectively, the “Exchange Consenting Lenders”) and (y) each Existing Lender that executes and delivers a Lender Consent and selects the “Post-Closing Settlement Option” on or prior to the Consent Deadline agrees to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, the Term Loan Exchange Offer, the Loan Exchange and the Loan Repurchase and agrees to have 100% (or such lesser amount communicated
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to such Lender by the Administrative Agent and agreed by the Borrower) of its Existing Term Loans repurchased by the Borrower at a purchase price equal to par plus accrued and unpaid interest to (but excluding) the date hereof pursuant to the Loan Repurchase (each such existing lender in such capacity, a “Post-Closing Settlement Option Lender” and collectively, the “Post-Closing Settlement Option Lenders”; the Exchange Consenting Lenders and the Post-Closing Settlement Option Lenders, collectively, the “Consenting Lenders”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the Lenders party hereto (including the Consenting Lenders, which collectively constitute the Required Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement) have agreed to amend certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement and the Collateral Agreement (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) as provided herein; and
WHEREAS, JPM, Truist Securities, Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., MUFG Bank, Ltd., Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, TPG Capital BD, LLC and Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC have each agreed to act as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for this Amendment (collectively, the “Amendment No. 2 Lead Arrangers”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1. Definitions
Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below). In addition:
“ABL Facility” means the ABL Facility (as defined in the New Term Loan Credit Agreement).
“ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex E.
“Amendment No. 1 to ABL Credit Agreement” means that certain Amendment No. 1 to Revolving Credit Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to Collateral Agreement to be dated on or about the date hereof, among the Borrower, Truist Bank, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder, and each lender party thereto.
“New Term Loan Credit Agreement” means that certain Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrower, JPM, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder, and each of the Consenting Lenders (including by execution and delivery of a Lender Consent in accordance with this Amendment).
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“Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex C.
ARTICLE II
AMENDMENTS
Section 2.1. Amendments to the Credit Agreement
(a) Effective as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (as defined below), immediately prior to giving effect to the
consummation of the Loan Exchange and the Loan Repurchase, the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the bolded, underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following
example: underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the
Existing Credit Agreement attached as Annex B-1 hereto (the “Amended Credit Agreement”).
(b) After giving effect to the Loan Exchange and the Loan Repurchase, (i) the outstanding principal amount of Existing Term Loans shall be reduced by the aggregate principal amount of Existing Term Loans that are exchanged for Exchange Term Loans pursuant to the Term Loan Exchange Offer or repurchased by the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Repurchase and (ii) the scheduled repayment of principal payable on each Initial Term Loan Installment Date pursuant to Section 2.06(1) of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be reduced on a pro rata basis in accordance with Section 10.04(14)(c) of the Existing Credit Agreement.
Section 2.2. Amendments to the Collateral Agreement.
(a) Effective as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, immediately prior to the consummation of the Loan Exchange and
the Loan Repurchase, the Collateral Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken
text) and to add the bolded, underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example:
underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the
Collateral Agreement attached as Annex B-2 hereto.
(b) [Reserved.]
Section 2.3. Intercreditor Agreements and Implementation.
The Lenders party hereto, which constitute the Required Lenders, hereby authorize and instruct (a) the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, (b) the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and (c) the Collateral Agent to deliver all Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) in its possession to JPM in its capacity as the collateral agent under the New Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Initial First Lien Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent (each as defined in the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement) under the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
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Section 2.4. Amendment to ABL Credit Agreement.
The Lenders party hereto, which constitute the Required Lenders, hereby consent to entry into the Amendment No. 1 to ABL Credit Agreement by the Borrower and the other parties thereto.
ARTICLE III
LOAN EXCHANGE AND LOAN REASSIGNMENT
Section 3.1. Loan Exchange and Loan Repurchase.
The Borrower, each Guarantor, JPM, in its capacities as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Existing Credit Agreement and administrative agent and collateral agent under the New Term Loan Credit Agreement, and each of the Consenting Lenders (constituting the Required Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement) agree that the Loan Exchange and the Loan Repurchase shall automatically occur immediately after the effectiveness of this Amendment without need for the execution of an Assignment and Assumption.
Section 3.2. Exchange Mechanics.
The Consenting Lenders (constituting the Required Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement) hereby acknowledge and agree to the cashless roll and exchange mechanics set forth on Annex D hereto (the “Exchange Mechanics”) with respect to Existing Term Loans subject to the Loan Exchange and direct the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as administrative agent under the New Term Loan Credit Agreement) to implement such mechanics on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.
Section 3.3. Exchange Fee.
The Borrower agrees to pay on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date to the Administrative Agent, for the pro rata benefit of each Exchange Consenting Lender, a fee in an amount equal to 5.00% of the aggregate principal amount of Existing Term Loans that such Exchange Consenting Lender exchanges for Exchange Term Loans in connection with the Term Loan Exchange Offer (such fee, the “Exchange Fee”). Such Exchange Fee will be fully due and payable in cash and earned on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date. All fees received by the Administrative Agent or any Exchange Consenting Lender hereunder may be shared among any such Exchange Consenting Lender and its Affiliates as such Exchange Consenting Lender may determine in its sole discretion (or, in respect of any fee paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of an Exchange Consenting Lender, as such Exchange Consenting Lender directs the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion).
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ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
Section 4.1. Amendment No. 2 Effective Date
This Amendment shall be legal, valid and binding on and as of the date hereof, and, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 4.1, the amendments and waivers implemented pursuant to the terms hereof shall become effective immediately at such time that the following conditions has been satisfied or waived (the “Amendment No. 2 Effective Date”):
(a) (Effectiveness of Transactions) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that substantially concurrently with the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (x) each of the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the New Term Loan Credit Agreement has been satisfied and (y) the Amendment No. 1 to ABL Credit Agreement shall become effective;
(b) (Minimum Participation Condition) The Administrative Agent has received executed and delivered Lender Consents from Consenting Lenders that hold, in the aggregate, not less than $2,100,000,000 (or as otherwise modified or waived by the Borrower in its sole discretion) of the Existing Term Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment (such Consenting Lenders, the “Required Consenting Lenders”);
(c) (Credit Documents) The Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts of this Amendment (including, in the case of each Consenting Lender, an executed Lender Consent, which shall constitute a signature page and counterpart hereto) that, when taken together, bear the signatures of (A) the Borrower, (B) each Guarantor, (C) the Administrative Agent and (D) the Required Consenting Lenders;
(d) (Secretary’s Certificate) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from each Loan Party (or the Borrower on behalf thereof), dated on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party (or the Borrower on behalf thereof), and attested to by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (or the Borrower on behalf thereof), together with copies of the certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws (or equivalent organizational documents), as applicable, of such Loan Party, the resolutions of such Loan Party referred to in such certificate approving this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action, if any, with respect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, and certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Loan Party authorized to sign this Amendment and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, and each of the foregoing shall be in customary form;
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(e) (Closing Certificate) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, dated the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, to the effect that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the transactions contemplated hereby;
(f) (Solvency Certificate) The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate from the chief financial officer or another officer with equivalent duties of the Borrower on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date after giving effect to all of the transactions contemplated hereby, substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Existing Credit Agreement;
(g) (Legal opinions) The Administrative Agent shall have received from Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, special New York counsel to the Loan Parties, and such other counsel as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, written opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent dated the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date;
(h) (Fees and costs) The Borrower shall have paid on or prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, or will pay substantially concurrently with the occurrence of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (i) to the extent agreed in writing, all reasonable and documented costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Amendment No. 2 Lead Arrangers incurred in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Amendment No. 2 Lead Arrangers) and any other fees, agreed in writing to be payable to the Amendment No. 2 Lead Arrangers on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, and (ii) the Exchange Fee; and
(i) (Interest; Principal) The Borrower shall have paid, or caused to be paid, to the Administrative Agent, (x) for the ratable benefit of the Existing Term Lenders, all accrued and unpaid interest with respect to the Existing Term Loans and (y) for the benefit of each Post-Closing Settlement Option Lender, the principal amount of its Existing Term Loans subject to the Loan Repurchase, pursuant to the terms thereof.
By executing and delivering a signature page to the Lender Consent by the Consent Deadline, each Consenting Lender agrees (i) to all amendments and other provisions of this Amendment, (ii) to accept and participate in the Term Loan Exchange Offer or Loan Repurchase, in accordance with the election in such Lender Consent and (iii) in the case of the Exchange Consenting Lenders, to be a party to New Term Loan Credit Agreement as a Lender (as defined in the New Term Loan Credit Agreement) by virtue of execution and delivery of the Lender Consent.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the effectiveness of this Amendment shall be deemed to occur immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Term Loan Exchange Offer, the Loan Exchange and the Loan Repurchase.
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 5.1. Representations and Warranties
To induce the Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders to enter into this Amendment, each Loan Party represents and warrants that, as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date:
(a) Organizational Status. The Borrower and each Loan Party (i) is a Person duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (to the extent such status or an analogous concept applies to such an organization or in such jurisdiction), (ii) has all requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and (iii) is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except in each case of clause (i) (as it relates to good standing), (ii) and (iii), as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Power and Authority; Enforceability. Each Loan Party has the corporate, partnership, limited liability company, unlimited liability company or other applicable business entity power and authority, as the case may be, to execute, deliver and perform the terms and provisions of this Amendment and has taken all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company, unlimited liability company or other applicable business entity action, as the case may be, to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Amendment. Each Loan Party has duly executed and delivered this Amendment, and this Amendment constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting creditors’ rights and by equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law).
(c) No Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by any Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, nor compliance by it with the terms and provisions thereof, will (i) result in a breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien (other than any Liens created by the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens) upon the property or assets of such Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries under (x) any Contractual Obligation to which such Loan Party is a party or affecting such Loan Party or the properties or assets of such Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (y) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Loan Party or its property or assets is subject, (ii) violate applicable Law or (iii) contravene the terms of its Organizational Documents, except with respect to clauses (i) and (ii), as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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(d) Approvals. Except to the extent the failure to obtain or make the same would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with (except for (x) those that have otherwise been obtained or made on or prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and which remain in full force and effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and (y) filings which are necessary to perfect the security interests created under the Collateral Documents), or exemption by, any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to be obtained or made by, or on behalf of, any Loan Party to authorize, or is required to be obtained or made by, or on behalf of, any Loan Party in connection with, the execution, delivery and performance of any Loan Document.
(e) No Specified Event of Default. As of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 6.1. Effect of Amendment.
(a) On and after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, each reference in the Existing Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Existing Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Existing Credit Agreement, mean and are a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified by this Amendment. This Amendment is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement and shall be construed, administered and applied in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof. Any Loan Document that contains a provision that is inconsistent with the modifications made pursuant to this Amendment, or the transactions provided for herein, is deemed to be amended in a corresponding manner, or to permit such transactions, as the case may be.
(b) The Existing Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, as specifically amended by this Amendment, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Security Documents and all of the Collateral described therein (after giving effect to this Amendment) do and shall continue to secure the payment of all Obligations that survive this Amendment including without limitation under the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment does not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents. This Amendment shall not constitute a substitution or novation of the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Documents.
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Section 6.2. Counterparts.
This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Amendment constitutes the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and to the other Loan Documents and their respective successors and assigns. This Amendment may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures (including, without limitation, facsimile and “pdf”) and shall be considered an original, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. This Amendment and any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Amendment (each a “Communication”), may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same Amendment. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or acceptance by any of the parties hereto of a manually signed paper Communication which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed Communication converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. For purposes hereof, “Electronic Record” and “Electronic Signature” shall have the meanings assigned to them, respectively, by 15 USC § 7006, as it may be amended from time to time.
Section 6.3. GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The provisions of Sections 10.07, 10.11 and 10.15 of the Existing Credit Agreement are incorporated herein and apply to this Amendment, mutatis mutandis.
Section 6.4. Headings.
Article and Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and are not to affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment.
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Section 6.5. Reaffirmation.
Each Loan Party hereby expressly acknowledges the terms of this Amendment and reaffirms, as of the date hereof, (a) other than to the extent expressly set forth herein, the covenants and agreements contained in each Loan Document to which it is a party, including, in each case, such covenants and agreements as in effect immediately after giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) its guarantee of the Obligations under each Guaranty, and its prior grant of security interest and pledge under the Security Documents and each Loan Document and confirms that, other than to the extent expressly set forth herein, the Liens on the Collateral, security interests and pledges granted pursuant to the Security Documents and each Loan Document continue in full force and effect after giving effect to this Amendment and secure the Obligations, including without limitation, any additional Obligations resulting from or incurred pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement.
Section 6.6. Indemnification.
(a) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Consenting Lender and each of their respective Affiliates and all of their respective advisors, agents, employees, officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, investment advisors, trustees and other representatives of each of the foregoing, in each case, together with their respective successors and assigns (each, an “Indemnitee”) against, and to hold each of them harmless from, any and all claims, obligations (including removal or remedial actions), damages, losses, liabilities, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, and reasonable, documented and invoices out-of-pocket fees, expenses and disbursements (limited to reasonable and documented legal fees of a single firm of counsel for all Indemnitees, taken as a whole, and, if necessary, one firm of counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for all Indemnitees taken as a whole (and, in each case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, where the applicable Indemnitees affected by such conflict informs the Borrower of such conflict and has retained, or thereafter retains, its own counsel of an additional counsel for each group of affected Indemnitees similarly situated, taken as a whole)) (but excluding Taxes other than Taxes that represent liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, costs, expenses and disbursements arising from a non-Tax claim) incurred by, imposed on or assessed against any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or in any way related to, or by reason of, any investigation, litigation or other proceeding (whether or not the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Consenting Lender is a party thereto and whether or not such investigation, litigation or other proceeding is brought by or on behalf of any Loan Party) related to the entering into and/or performance of the Existing Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, this Amendment, the Loan Exchange, the Loan Reassignment or any transactions contemplated by any of the foregoing (all of the foregoing in this Section 6.6, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that no Loan Party shall have any obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities (i) have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, any Affiliate of such Indemnitee or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, Affiliates, trustees or investment advisors (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-
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appealable decision), (ii) do not involve or arise from any act or omission by any Loan Party or any of their respective affiliates and is brought by an Indemnitee against another Indemnitee (other than claims against any Agent solely in its capacity as such or in its fulfilling such role), or (iii) have resulted from a material breach of the obligations of such Indemnitee under the Existing Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or this Amendment (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision). The foregoing indemnification of this Section 6.6 (i) shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the repayment or prepayment of any of the Loans, or the termination of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Amended Credit Agreement, this Amendment, any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.
(b) No party hereto (and no Indemnitee or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower) shall be responsible or liable to any other party hereto (or any Indemnitee or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower) for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission systems in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, the other Loan Document, this Amendment, the Loan Exchange, the Loan Repurchase or any transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(c) No party hereto (and no Indemnitee or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower) shall be responsible to any other party hereto (or any Indemnitee or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower) for any indirect, special, exemplary, incidental, punitive or consequential damages (including, without limitation, any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings) which may be alleged as a result of the Existing Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, this Amendment, the Loan Exchange, the Loan Repurchase or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby; provided that nothing in this Section 6.6(c) shall limit the Loan Parties’ indemnity obligations to the extent that such indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages are included in any claim by a third party unaffiliated with any Indemnitee with respect to which the applicable Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under Section 6.6(a).
(d) None of the Administrative Agent or any Related Party (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) of the foregoing, nor any of their respective affiliates (each of the foregoing, an “Agent-Related Person”), shall be liable to any Existing Term Lender, any Lender or any of their respective affiliates, equity holders or debt holders for any losses, costs, damages or liabilities incurred, directly or indirectly, as a result of any Agent-Related Person, or their counsel or other representatives, taking any action pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement or the Exchange Mechanics, except, in each case, to the extent arising from any Agent-Related Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Each Existing Term Lender agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person in accordance with the Existing Credit Agreement and the Borrower confirms its obligations to the applicable parties in accordance with, and to the extent expressly set forth in, Section 10.05 of the Existing Credit Agreement.
[Signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS OF NEW YORK, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |
AMNEAL BIOSCIENCES LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |
GEMINI LABORATORIES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |
IMPAX LABORATORIES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |
AMEDRA PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |
TRAIL SERVICES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 Term Loan Credit Agreement]
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Executive Director |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to Term Loan Credit Agreement]
Annex B-1
Amended Credit Agreement
Blackline
[See attached.]
Annex A to Amendment No. 2
$2,700,000,000191,979,259.14
TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT,
dated as of May 4, 2018,
as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Term Loan Credit Agreement,
dated as of May 30, 2023,
and as amended by Amendment No. 2 to Term Loan Credit Agreement,
dated as of November 14, 2023
among
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC,
as the Borrower,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,
as Bookrunners and Arrangers
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I | Page | |||||
Definitions |
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SECTION 1.01. |
Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.02. |
Terms Generally | |||||
SECTION 1.03. |
Accounting Terms; GAAP; Fair Market Value | |||||
SECTION 1.04. |
Effectuation of Transfers | |||||
SECTION 1.05. |
Currencies | |||||
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SECTION 1.07. |
Certifications | |||||
SECTION 1.08. |
Pro Forma Calculations | |||||
SECTION 1.09. |
LCA Election | |||||
SECTION 1.10. |
Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification | |||||
ARTICLE II |
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The Credits |
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SECTION 2.01. |
Term Loans and Borrowings | |||||
SECTION 2.02. |
Request for Borrowing | |||||
SECTION 2.03. |
Funding of Borrowings | |||||
SECTION 2.04. |
Interest Elections | |||||
SECTION 2.05. |
Promise to Pay; Evidence of Debt | |||||
SECTION 2.06. |
Repayment of Term Loans | |||||
SECTION 2.07. |
Optional Prepayment of Term Loans | |||||
SECTION 2.08. |
Mandatory Prepayment of Term Loans | |||||
SECTION 2.09. |
Fees | |||||
SECTION 2.10. |
Interest | |||||
SECTION 2.11. |
Alternate Rate of Interest | |||||
SECTION 2.12. |
Increased Costs | |||||
SECTION 2.13. |
Break Funding Payments | |||||
SECTION 2.14. |
Taxes | |||||
SECTION 2.15. |
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs | |||||
SECTION 2.16. |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | |||||
SECTION 2.17. |
[Reserved] | |||||
SECTION 2.18. |
Incremental Facilities | |||||
SECTION 2.19. |
Refinancing Term Loans | |||||
SECTION 2.20. |
Extensions of Term Loans | |||||
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ARTICLE III |
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Representations and Warranties |
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SECTION 3.01. |
Organization; Powers | |||||
SECTION 3.02. |
Authorization; No Contravention | |||||
SECTION 3.03. |
Enforceability | |||||
SECTION 3.04. |
Governmental Approvals | |||||
SECTION 3.05. |
Title to Properties; Liens |
SECTION 3.06. |
Subsidiaries | |||||
SECTION 3.07. |
Litigation; Compliance with Laws | |||||
SECTION 3.08. |
Federal Reserve Regulations | |||||
SECTION 3.09. |
Investment Company Act | |||||
SECTION 3.10. |
Use of Proceeds | |||||
SECTION 3.11. |
Tax Returns | |||||
SECTION 3.12. |
No Material Misstatements | |||||
SECTION 3.13. |
Environmental Matters | |||||
SECTION 3.14. |
Security Documents | |||||
SECTION 3.15. |
Location of Real Property and Leased Premises | |||||
SECTION 3.16. |
Solvency | |||||
SECTION 3.17. |
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect | |||||
SECTION 3.18. |
Insurance | |||||
SECTION 3.19. |
USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Corruption; Sanctions | |||||
SECTION 3.20. |
Intellectual Property Rights; Licenses, Etc | |||||
SECTION 3.21. |
Employee Benefit Plans | |||||
SECTION 3.22. |
Labor Matters | |||||
ARTICLE IV |
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Conditions of Lending |
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SECTION 4.01. |
Conditions Precedent | |||||
ARTICLE V |
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Affirmative Covenants |
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SECTION 5.01. |
Existence; Businesses and Properties | |||||
SECTION 5.02. |
Insurance | |||||
SECTION 5.03. |
Taxes | |||||
SECTION 5.04. |
Financial Statements, Reports, etc | |||||
SECTION 5.05. |
Litigation and Other Notices | |||||
SECTION 5.06. |
Compliance with Laws | |||||
SECTION 5.07. |
Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections | |||||
SECTION 5.08. |
Use of Proceeds | |||||
SECTION 5.09. |
Compliance with Environmental Laws | |||||
SECTION 5.10. |
Further Assurances; Additional Security | |||||
SECTION 5.11. |
Credit Ratings | |||||
SECTION 5.12. |
Post-Closing Matters | |||||
ARTICLE VI |
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Negative Covenants |
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SECTION 6.01. |
Indebtedness | |||||
SECTION 6.02. |
Liens | |||||
SECTION 6.03. |
[Reserved] | |||||
SECTION 6.04. |
Investments, Loans and Advances | |||||
SECTION 6.05. |
Fundamental Changes | |||||
SECTION 6.06. |
Dispositions | |||||
SECTION 6.07. |
Restricted Payments |
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SECTION 6.08. |
Transactions with Affiliates | |||||
SECTION 6.09. |
Business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries | |||||
SECTION 6.10. |
Burdensome Agreements | |||||
SECTION 6.11. |
Limitation on Payments and Modifications of Certain Indebtedness; Amendments of Certain Documents | |||||
SECTION 6.12. |
Use of Proceeds | |||||
ARTICLE VII |
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[Reserved]. |
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ARTICLE VIII |
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Events of Default |
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SECTION 8.01. |
Events of Default | |||||
ARTICLE IX |
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The Agents |
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SECTION 9.01. |
Appointment | |||||
SECTION 9.02. |
Delegation of Duties | |||||
SECTION 9.03. |
Exculpatory Provisions | |||||
SECTION 9.04. |
Reliance by Administrative Agent | |||||
SECTION 9.05. |
Notice of Default | |||||
SECTION 9.06. |
Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders | |||||
SECTION 9.07. |
Indemnification | |||||
SECTION 9.08. |
Agent in Its Individual Capacity | |||||
SECTION 9.09. |
Successor Agent | |||||
SECTION 9.10. |
Arrangers | |||||
SECTION 9.11. |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters | |||||
SECTION 9.12. |
Certain ERISA Matters | |||||
SECTION 9.13. |
Erroneous Payments | 188 | ||||
ARTICLE X |
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Miscellaneous |
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SECTION 10.01. |
Notices; Communications | |||||
SECTION 10.02. |
Survival of Agreement | |||||
SECTION 10.03. |
Binding Effect | |||||
SECTION 10.04. |
Successors and Assigns | |||||
SECTION 10.05. |
Expenses; Indemnity | |||||
SECTION 10.06. |
Right of Set-off | |||||
SECTION 10.07. |
Applicable Law | |||||
SECTION 10.08. |
Waivers; Amendment | |||||
SECTION 10.09. |
Interest Rate Limitation | |||||
SECTION 10.10. |
Entire Agreement | |||||
SECTION 10.11. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | |||||
SECTION 10.12. |
Severability | |||||
SECTION 10.13. |
Counterparts | |||||
SECTION 10.14. |
Headings |
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SECTION 10.15. |
Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process | |||||
SECTION 10.16. |
Confidentiality | |||||
SECTION 10.17. |
Platform; Borrower Materials | |||||
SECTION 10.18. |
[Reserved] | |||||
SECTION 10.19. |
USA PATRIOT Act Notice | |||||
SECTION 10.20. |
Intercreditor Agreements | |||||
SECTION 10.21. |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility | |||||
SECTION 10.22. |
Private-Side Information Contacts | |||||
SECTION 10.23. |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of |
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SECTION 10.24. |
Acknowledgement Regarding any Supported QFCs | 214 |
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Exhibits and Schedules | ||
Exhibit A | Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
Exhibit B | Form of Solvency Certificate | |
Exhibit C | Form of Borrowing Request | |
Exhibit D | Form of Interest Election Request | |
Exhibit E | Form of Non-Debt Fund Affiliate Assignment and Acceptance | |
Exhibit F | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit G | Form of Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement | |
Exhibit H | Form of Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement | |
Exhibit I | Form of Note | |
Exhibit J | Dutch Auction Procedures | |
Exhibit K | Form of Escrow Agreement | |
Schedule 2.01 | Commitments | |
Schedule 3.06 | Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 3.11 | Taxes | |
Schedule 3.13 | Environmental Matters | |
Schedule 3.15(1) | Owned Material Real Property | |
Schedule 3.15(2) | Leased Material Real Property | |
Schedule 3.18 | Insurance | |
Schedule 5.12 | Post-Closing Matters | |
Schedule 6.04 | Investments | |
Schedule 6.08 | Transactions with Affiliates | |
Schedule 6.10 | Burdensome Agreements | |
Schedule 10.01 | Notice Information |
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TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 4, 2018 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), by and among AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party hereto from time to time and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“JPM”), as administrative agent (in such capacity, and as further defined in Section 1.01, the “Administrative Agent”), and as collateral agent (in such capacity, and as further defined in Section 1.01, the “Collateral Agent”).
RECITALS
(1) | Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2017 (such agreement, including all exhibits and schedules thereto, each as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Acquisition Agreement”), by and among Impax (as defined herein), Atlas Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation which on the Closing Date will change its name to Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Amneal Inc.”), and the Borrower, Amneal Inc. will directly or indirectly (a) acquire (the “Acquisition”) all of the Capital Stock of Impax and (b) contribute (the “Contribution”) all of the Capital Stock of Impax to the Borrower. |
(2) | In connection with the consummation of the Acquisition, (a) the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower in the form of Term Loans on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $2,700.0 million, (b) certain financial institutions have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower in the form of revolving loans and letters of credit under the ABL Credit Agreement (as defined herein) and (c) the proceeds of the Term Loans and any ABL Loans (as defined herein) will be applied on the Closing Date to (i) consummate the Acquisition, the Closing Date Refinancing and the other Transactions (including the Specified Tender Offer, which shall be consummated with the portion of the Term Loans deposited into the Escrow Account (as defined herein)) and (ii) pay the Transaction Costs (as defined herein). |
(1) AGREEMENT
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“ABL Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “ABL Credit Agreement”.
“ABL Claims” means the “ABL Claims” as defined in the Closing Date ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“ABL Credit Agreement” means the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated
as of the Closing
DateJune 2, 2022, among the Borrower, the lenders
party thereto and
JPMTruist
Bank, as administrative agent and collateral agent
(together with its successors in such capacity, the “ABL Agent”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to ABL Credit Agreement (as defined in Amendment No. 2), as such document may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“ABL Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
“ABL Extended Revolving Commitments” means “Extended Loans” as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
“ABL Facility” means the “Revolving Facility” and any “Incremental Facility,” each as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
“ABL Incremental Facilities” means any “Incremental Facility” as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
“ABL Loan Documents” means the ABL Credit Agreement and the other “Loan Documents” as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement, as each such document may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
“ABL Loans” means any “Loans” as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
“ABL Obligations” means the
“Obligations” as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
“ABL Other Loans” means “Refinancing Term Loans” as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
“ABL Priority Collateral” means the “ABL Priority Collateral” as defined in the Closing Date ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“ABL Priority Collateral Asset Sale” means any Asset Sale that consists of or includes the disposition of ABL Priority Collateral outside the ordinary course of business.
“ABL Security Documents” means the “Security Documents” as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
“ABR” means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of:
(1) | the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus 1⁄2 of 1%; |
(2) | the Prime Rate in effect on such day; |
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(3) | Adjusted Term SOFR for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%; provided that for the purpose of this definition, Adjusted Term SOFR for any day shall be based on the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m. Chicago time on such day (or any amended publication time for the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the CME Term SOFR Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference Rate methodology); and |
(4) | 1.00% per annum. |
Any change in the ABR due to a change in the NYFRB Rate, the Prime Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR will be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the NYFRB Rate, the Prime Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR, as the case may be. If the ABR is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof, then the ABR shall be the greater of clauses (1), (2) and (4) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (3) above. For the avoidance of doubt, if the ABR as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“ABR Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
“ABR Loan” means any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the ABR.
“Acquisition” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Acquisition Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Acquisition Documents” means the collective reference to the Acquisition Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and all agreements expressly contemplated thereby, each as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Additional Lender” means the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders and investors (other than natural persons and any Disqualified Institution) that become Lenders in connection with an Incremental Term Loan or Refinancing Term Loan; provided that the Administrative Agent shall have consented (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to any Additional Lender to the extent its consent would be required under Section 10.04 for an assignment of Term Loans to such Additional Lender.
“Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR” means an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Daily Simple SOFR, plus (b) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) per annum; provided that if Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for any Interest Period, (a) the Term SOFR for such Interest Period, plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that if Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.
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“Administrative Agent” means JPM, in its capacity as administrative agent for itself and the Lenders hereunder, and any duly appointed successor in such capacity.
“Administrative Agent Fees” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(1).
“Administrative Questionnaire” means a customary Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. No Person (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower) in whom a Receivables Subsidiary makes an Investment in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing will be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries solely by reason of such Investment.
“Affiliated Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that is an Investor or an Affiliate of an Investor at such time, excluding in any case (a) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (b) any natural person.
“Agency Fee Letter” means the Agency Fee Letter, dated November 6, 2017, by and among the Borrower, JPM, BANA and MLPFSI, as amended and in effect from time to time and including any joinders thereto.
“Agents” means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in their respective capacities as such.
“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“All-In Yield” means, as to any Indebtedness or Term Loans of any Class, the yield thereof, whether in the form of
interest rate, margin, OID, upfront fees, an increase due to an Adjusted Term SOFR floor or ABR floor (with such increased amount being equated to interest margins for purposes of determining any increase to the Applicable Margin); provided
that (1) OID will be measured with reference to the Term Loan proceeds received by the Borroweroriginal issue price for the Term Loans (and not with reference to any
price at which Term Loans are assigned), (2) OID and upfront fees shall be equated to interest rate assuming a 4-year life to maturity (or, if less, the stated life to maturity at the time of its incurrence of the applicable Indebtedness) and
(3) “All-In Yield” shall not include any arrangement fees, structuring fees, underwriting fees, commitment fees, ticking fees or any other fees similar to the foregoing in each case to the extent not paid or payable generally to all
applicable lenders.
“Amendment No. 1” means that certain Amendment No. 1 to Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2023, among each of the Loan Parties party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
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“Amendment No. 2” means that certain Amendment No. 2 to Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, among each of the Loan Parties party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders (as defined therein).
“ Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” means November 14, 2023.
“Amneal Holdings” means Amneal Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Amneal Inc.” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Annual Financial Statements” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04(1).
“Anti-Corruption Laws” shall mean all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar legislation in any other jurisdictions (as any of the foregoing laws may from time to time be amended, renewed, extended, or replaced).
“Applicable Margin” means:
(1) | with respect to any Initial Term Loans made on the Closing Date, the percentage per annum determined in accordance with the pricing grid set forth below, based on the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the most recent fiscal quarter ending on the date prior to the first day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower: |
First Lien Net Leverage Ratio |
Applicable Margin For ABR Loans |
Applicable Margin for Term Benchmark Loans |
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Category 1: Greater than 3.00 to 1.00 |
2.50 | % | 3.50 | % | ||||
Category 2: Less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 |
2.25 | % | 3.25 | % |
For purposes of the foregoing, each change in the Applicable Margin under this clause (1) resulting from a change in the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.04(1) or 5.04(2) of the Required Financial Statements indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided that the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 1, at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request of the Required Lenders, if the Borrower fails to deliver the Required Financial Statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.04(1) or 5.04(2) or the certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower required pursuant to Section 5.04(3) during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such Required Financial Statements and such certificate are delivered;
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(2) | with respect to any Incremental Term Loans, the “Applicable Margin” set forth in the Incremental Facility Amendment establishing the terms thereof; |
(3) | with respect to any Refinancing Term Loans, the “Applicable Margin” set forth in the Refinancing Amendment establishing the terms thereof; and |
(4) | with respect to any Extended Term Loans, the “Applicable Margin” set forth in the Extension Amendment establishing the terms thereof. |
“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender any fund that is administered, advised or managed by:
(a) | such Lender; |
(b) | any Affiliate of such Lender; or |
(c) | any entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages such Xxxxxx. |
“Arranger” means each of JPM, XXXX and RBC.
“Arranger Fee Letter” means the Amended and Restated Fee Letter, dated November 6, 2017, by and among the Borrower, JPM, BANA, MLPFSI and RBC, as amended and in effect from time to time and including any joinders thereto.
“Asset Sale” means any Casualty Event or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any Sale Leaseback Transaction) to any Person of any asset or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than any disposition of any Securitization Assets.
“Assignee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(2).
“Assignor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(2).
“Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (if required by Section 10.04), substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form that is approved by the Administrative Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, in respect of any CapitalFinance Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
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“Available Amount” means, as of any date, an amount, not less than zero, determined on a cumulative basis, equal to the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) | the greater of (a) $165.0 million and (b) an amount equal to the Equivalent Percentage of the amount in the preceding clause (a) multiplied by TTM Consolidated EBITDA as of the applicable date of determination; plus |
(2) | 50% of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the first day of the fiscal quarter during which the Closing Date occurs to the end of the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which Required Financial Statements have been or are required to be delivered (or in the case such Consolidated Net Income is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit); provided that (i) if such amount as so determined would be less than zero, such amount shall be deemed to be zero and (ii) if clause (2) of the Available Amount as defined in the New Term Loan Credit Agreement is a greater amount, this clause (2) shall be equal to such greater amount; plus |
(3) | the cumulative amount of cash proceeds and the fair market value of property (other than cash) received by the Borrower or any Parent Entity in connection with the sale or issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Parent Entity after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date (including upon exercise of warrants or options or in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment) which, with respect to proceeds or property received in connection with the sale or issuance of Equity Interests of a Parent Entity, have been contributed to the capital of the Borrower or exchanged for Equity Interest of the Borrower, other than the proceeds of Disqualified Stock, Excluded Contributions, Cure Amounts, or equity used to incur Contribution Indebtedness and, in each case, Not Otherwise Applied; plus |
(4) | 100% of the aggregate amount of cash contributions to the capital of the Borrower and the fair market value of property other than cash contributed to the capital of the Borrower after the Closing Date, other than the proceeds of Disqualified Stock, Excluded Contributions, Cure Amounts, or equity used to incur Contribution Indebtedness and, in each case, Not Otherwise Applied; plus |
(5) | 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness (including the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary issued after the Closing Date (other than Indebtedness (including Disqualified Stock) issued to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary), which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any Parent Entity; plus |
(6) | 100% of the aggregate amount of cash (and the fair market value of property other than cash) received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date from (a) the sale, transfer or other disposition (other than to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) of the Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Minority Investment to the extent such Investments were made in reliance on the Available Amount or (b) any dividend or other distribution (including any payment on intercompany Indebtedness) by any such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Minority Investment to the extent any such Investments were made in reliance on the Available Amount; plus |
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(7) | in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Minority Investment becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Minority Investment has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, the lesser of (a) the fair market value of the Investments of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Minority Investment at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Minority Investment becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, transfer or liquidation (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable) and (b) the fair market value of the original Investments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Minority Investment, in each case, solely to the extent such Investments were made in reliance on the Available Amount and as determined by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in good faith; plus |
(8) | the returns (including repayments of principal and payments of interest), profits, distributions, returns of capital and similar amounts received in cash or Cash Equivalents by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in reliance on the Available Amount pursuant to Section 6.04(3) (including as a result of any termination or unwinding of such Investments) not in excess of the amount of such Investments; plus |
(9) | any mandatory prepayment declined by a Lender; minus |
(10) | the use of such Available Amount since the Closing Date. |
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise, for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to clause (5) of Section 2.11.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEAAffected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55
of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule. and (b) with respect to the
United
Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks,
investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation,
administration or other insolvency proceedings).
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“BANA” means Bank of America, N.A.
“Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds” means the cash proceeds of Asset Sales involving aggregate consideration of $25.0 million or less.
“Benchmark” means, initially, with respect to any (i) RFR Loan, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR or (ii) Term Benchmark Loan, Adjusted Term SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR, or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (2) of Section 2.11.
“Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(1) Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR;
(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
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“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement and/or any Term Benchmark Loan, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “ABR,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower) decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower) determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower) decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component hereof) have been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) and even if such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
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For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) if such Benchmark is a term rate, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark (or component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), in each case, which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.
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For the avoidance of doubt if such Benchmark is a term rate, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.11 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.11.
“Beneficial Owner” has the
meaning given to that term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have a
corresponding meaning.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code to which Section 4975 of the Code applies, and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Big Boy Letter” means (1) a letter from a Lender acknowledging that:
(a) | an Affiliated Lender may have information regarding the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, their ability to perform the Obligations or any other material information that has not previously been disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (which may include MNPI) (“Excluded Information”), |
(b) | the Excluded Information may not be available to such Lender, |
(c) | such Lender has independently and without reliance on any other party made its own analysis and determined to assign Term Loans to or buy Term Loans from, as the case may be, an Affiliated Lender pursuant to Section 10.04 notwithstanding its lack of knowledge of the Excluded Information and |
(d) | such Lender waives and releases any claims it may have against the Administrative Agent, such Affiliated Lender, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates with respect to the nondisclosure of the Excluded Information; or |
(2) | a letter otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Affiliated Lender and assigning Lender. |
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“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors, board of managers or other governing body of such Person, or if such Person is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of directors, board of managers or other governing body of such entity, and the term “directors” means members of the Board of Directors.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.17(1).
“Borrowing” means a group of Term Loans of a single Type made on a single date under a single Term Facility and, in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.02 and substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Budget” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04(5).
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close; provided that, in addition to the foregoing, a Business Day shall also exclude, in relation to Loans referencing the Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such Loans referencing the Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR or any other dealings of such Loans referencing Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR, any such day that is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of
all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under CapitalFinance Leases) incurred by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries
during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” or similar items reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period; provided that Capital Expenditures will not include:
(1) | expenditures to the extent they are made with (a) Equity Interests of any Parent Entity or (b) proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of, or a cash capital contribution to, the Borrower after the Closing Date; |
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(2) | expenditures with proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property to the extent such expenditures are made to replace or repair such lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
(3) | interest capitalized during such period; |
(4) | expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such Person and that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary) and for which none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other Person (whether before, during or after such period); |
(5) | the book value of any asset owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a Capital Expenditure during such period as a result of such Person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period; provided that any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused will be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period that such expenditure is actually made; |
(6) | the purchase price of equipment purchased during such period to the extent the consideration therefor consists of any combination of (a) used or surplus equipment traded in at the time of such purchase or (b) the proceeds of a concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business; |
(7) | Investments in respect of any Permitted Acquisitions; |
(8) | the Acquisition; or |
(9) | the purchase of property, plant or equipment to the extent purchased with the proceeds of Asset Sales that are not applied to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.08. |
“Capital Lease
Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, at the time any
determination thereof is to be made, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other similar arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are
required to be classified and accounted for as capital
leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP (excluding the footnotes thereto) and, for purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any
time will be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital Leases” means
all leases that have been or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date, recorded as capitalized leases; provided that for all
purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capital Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability in accordance with GAAP
as in effect on the Closing Date.
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“Capital Stock” means:
(1) | in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; |
(2) | in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; |
(3) | in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and |
(4) | any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person. |
“Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (or any Subsidiary thereof).
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(1) | Dollars, Canadian dollars, Japanese yen, pounds sterling, euros or the national currency of any participating member of the European Union or, in the case of any Non-U.S. Subsidiary, any local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business and not for speculation; |
(2) | direct obligations of the United States of America, the United Kingdom or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America, the United Kingdom or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof, in each case, with maturities not exceeding two years; |
(3) | time deposits, eurodollar time deposits, certificates of deposit and money market deposits, in each case, with maturities not exceeding one year from the date of acquisition thereof, demand deposits, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any commercial bank having capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $250.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof); |
(4) | repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above and clause (6) below entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (3) above; |
(5) | commercial paper or variable or fixed rate notes maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition issued by a corporation rated at least “P-1” by Xxxxx’x or “A-1” by S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency); |
(6) | securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Xxxxx’x or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency); |
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(7) | Indebtedness issued by Persons with a rating of at least “A 2” by Xxxxx’x or “A” by S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency), in each case, with maturities not exceeding one year from the date of acquisition, and marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least “P-2” or “A-2” from either Xxxxx’x or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency); |
(8) | Investments in money market funds with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition that are rated “Aaa3” by Xxxxx’x and “AAA” by S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency); |
(9) | instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (1) through (8) above denominated in any foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above customarily utilized in the countries where any such Restricted Subsidiary is located or in which such Investment is made; |
(10) | shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such funds’ investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (1) through (9) above; and |
(11) | solely with respect to any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, any investment that such Captive Insurance Subsidiary is not prohibited to make in accordance with applicable law. |
“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property.
“Certain Funds Provisions”has the meaning given to such term in the Commitment Letter.means
customary “SunGard” or “certain funds” conditionality provisions agreed to by the lenders providing an Incremental Facility (including the making and accuracy of Specified Representations as conformed for such Incremental
Facility).
A “Change in Control” will be deemed to occur if:
(1) | at any time a “change of control” (or comparable event) occurs under the ABL Credit Agreement or the documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the foregoing, in each case, if any Indebtedness is outstanding under such agreement; or |
(2) | any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, but
excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person and its subsidiaries and any Person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), other than the Permitted Holders, acquires, directly or
indirectly, |
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the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Amneal Inc. and the percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power so held is greater than the percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Amneal Inc. Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate by the Permitted Holders, taken together (determined on a fully diluted basis but without giving effect to contingent voting rights that have not yet vested) unless, in the case of this clause (2), the Permitted Holders have the right or the ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the board of directors of Amneal Inc.; or |
(3) | Amneal Inc. fails to Control the Borrower. |
“Change in Law” means:
(1) | the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date; |
(2) | any change in law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date; or |
(3) | compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.12(2), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any written request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority, made or issued after the Closing Date; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (b) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States of America or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, in each case will be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated or issued. |
“Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.09.
“Class” means, with respect to a Term Facility, (a) when used with respect to Lenders, the Lenders under such Term Facility, and (b) when used with respect to Term Loans or Borrowings, Term Loans or Borrowings under such Term Facility.
“Closing Date” means May 4, 2018.
“Closing Date EBITDA” means $619,791,601.
“Closing Date First Lien Net Leverage Ratio”
means 4.20 to 1.00.
“Closing Date
ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means the
Amended and Restated ABL / Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement,
dated as of the
ClosingAmendment
No. 2 Effective Date, by and among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
JPM,, Truist Bank, in its capacity as
administrative agent and collateral agent under the ABL Credit Agreement, and JPM, in its capacity as
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administrative agent and collateral agent under the New Term Loan Credit Agreement and acknowledged by the Loan Parties, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof and thereof.
“ Closing Date Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” means the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, by and among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and JPM, in its capacity as the Debt Representative under the New Term Loan Credit Agreement, and acknowledged by the Loan Parties, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof and thereof.
“Closing Date Refinancing” means the repayment of the debt and termination of the commitments under the Existing Credit Facilities and release of all Liens and security interests related thereto.
“Closing Date Total Net Leverage Ratio” means 4.20 to 1.00.
“CME Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) (or a successor administrator).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means the “Collateral” as defined in the Collateral Agreement and also includes all other property that is subject to any Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to any Security Document; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral will not include any Excluded Assets.
“Collateral Agent” means JPM, in its capacity as Collateral Agent for itself and the other Secured Parties, and any duly appointed successor in that capacity.
“Collateral
Agreement” means the Term Loan Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Loan Parties party thereto and the Collateral Agent, as amended, on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Term Loans as
set forth on Schedule 2.01. On the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of Commitments is $2,700.0
million.
“Commitment Letter” means that certain Xxxxxxx and Restated Commitment Letter, dated as of November 6, 2017, by and among the Borrower, JPM, BANA, MLPFSI and RBC and including any joinders thereto.
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“Consolidated Amortization Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any Test Period, the amortization expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs for such Test Period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Cash Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a
consolidated basis) for any Test Period, the sum of: (1) cash consolidated interest expense (less cash interest income) for such period plus (2) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of
Disqualified Stock made during such period.
“Consolidated Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the sum (without duplication) of the
aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, unreimbursed obligations in respect of drawn letters of credit (to the extent not
cash collateralized),
CapitalFinance
Lease Obligations, Indebtedness obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments and obligations with respect to Disqualified Stock, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP (but excluding the effects of the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions, any Permitted Acquisition or any other investment permitted hereunder), based upon the most recent fiscal quarter for which Required
Financial Statements have been or are required to have been delivered; provided, that Consolidated Debt will include any Convertible Indebtedness to the extent of the aggregate principal amount thereof; provided, further, that
Consolidated Debt shall not include any Indebtedness in respect of:
(1) | any Qualified Receivables Transaction; |
(2) | any letter of credit, except to the extent of unreimbursed obligations in respect of drawn letters of credit (provided that any unreimbursed amount under commercial letters of credit shall not be counted as Consolidated Debt until three business days after such amount is drawn (it being understood that any borrowing, whether automatic or otherwise, to fund such reimbursement shall be counted)); or |
(3) | obligations under Hedge Agreements. |
“Consolidated Depreciation Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any Test Period, the depreciation expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any Test Period, Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, adjusted by:
(1) | adding thereto, in each case, only to the extent deducted (and not added back) in determining such Consolidated Net Income and without duplication: |
(a) | Consolidated Interest Expense for such Test Period; |
(b) | Consolidated Amortization Expense for such Test Period; |
(c) | Consolidated Depreciation Expense for such Test Period; |
(d) | Consolidated Tax Expense for such Test Period; |
(e) | the amount of any restructuring, severance, relocation, consolidation, integration, remediation or similar items or reserves in such Test Period (whether or not characterized as such in accordance with GAAP), including items or reserves incurred or taken in connection with (i) Permitted Acquisitions and other Permitted Investments after the Closing Date and (ii) severance and the consolidation or closing of any facilities after the Closing Date; |
(f) | the amount of costs relating to signing, retention and completion bonuses, relocation expenses, recruiting expenses, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any strategic or new initiatives, transition costs, consolidation and closing costs for facilities, business optimization expenses and new systems design and implementation costs; |
(g) | the amount of “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to the Transactions, any Specified Transaction or any other restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative that are projected by such Person in good faith to result from actions taken, committed to be taken or expected to be taken no later than 24 months after the end of such Test Period (which amounts will be determined by such Person in good faith and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such amounts had been realized on the first day of such Test Period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such Test Period from such actions; provided, that the amounts added back pursuant to this clause (g) shall not exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA after giving effect to this clause (g) and all other permitted add-backs and adjustments; |
(h) | any costs or expenses incurred in such Test Period pursuant to or in connection with or resulting from any management equity plan, profits interest or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any post-employment benefit plans or agreements or any grants or sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other similar rights or any stock subscription, stockholders or partnership agreement; |
(i) | any net loss from disposed, abandoned, closed or discontinued operations; |
(j) | cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any Test Period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (2) below for any previous Test Period and not added back; |
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(k) | any non-cash charges or expenses reducing Consolidated Net Income for such Test Period (provided that if any such non-cash item represents an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future Test Period, (i) such Person may determine not to add back such non-cash item in the current Test Period and (ii) to the extent such Person does decide to add back such non-cash item, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future Test Period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior Test Period); |
(l) | all charges, costs, expenses, accruals or reserves in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Equity Interests held by officers or employees of such Person and all losses, charges and expenses related to payments made to holders of options or other derivative Equity Interests in the common equity of such Person or any direct or indirect parent thereof in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equity holders of such Person or any direct or indirect parent thereof, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were equity holders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution; |
(m) | the amount of any expenses paid on behalf of any member of the board of directors or reimbursable to such member of the board of directors; |
(n) | all judgments, liabilities, obligations, damages of any kind, including liquidated damages, settlement amounts,
losses, fines, costs, fees, expenses (including reasonable attorneys |
(o) | losses or discounts on any sale of receivables, Securitization Assets and related assets in connection with any Qualified Receivables Transaction; |
(p) | earn-outs and contingent consideration obligations (including to the extent accounted for as bonuses and other compensation), payments in respect of dissenting shares, and purchase price adjustments, made by such Person during such Test Period, in each case, in connection with an investment or acquisition permitted hereunder; |
(q) | the amount of any contingent payments in connection with the licensing of Intellectual Property Rights or other assets; |
(r) | any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual costs items; and |
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(s) | other adjustments consistent with Regulation S-X; and |
(2) subtracting therefrom, in each case only to the extent (and in the same proportion) included or added in determining such Consolidated Net Income and without duplication:
(a) | the aggregate amount of all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income (other than (i) the accrual of revenue or recording of receivables in the ordinary course of business and (ii) the reversal of any accrual of a reserve referred to in the parenthetical in clause (1)(k) of this definition (other than any such reversal that results from a cash payment subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA)) for such Test Period; |
(b) | any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains; and |
(c) | any net income from disposed, abandoned, closed or discontinued operations. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower (i) for the fiscal quarter ended March 31September
30,
20172022
, shall be deemed to be $124,962,967126,000,000, (ii) for the fiscal quarter ended June 30December
31,
20172022
, shall be deemed to be $146,611,301154,000,000, (iii) for the fiscal quarter ended September 30March
31,
20172023
, shall be deemed to be $179,033,361116,000,000, and (iv) for the fiscal quarter ended December 31June
30,
20172023
, shall be deemed to be $169,183,972146,000,000, as such amounts may be adjusted pursuant to Pro Forma
adjustments permitted by this Agreement.
“Consolidated First Lien Net Debt” means, as of any date, the Initial Term Loans and any other Consolidated Debt outstanding as of such date that is Pari Passu Lien Debt, minus all Unrestricted Cash as of such date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $150,000,000, in each case, determined based upon the most recent fiscal quarter for which Required Financial Statements have been or are required to have been delivered; provided that for purposes of calculating the amount of Consolidated First Lien Net Debt with respect to any Indebtedness being incurred in reliance on compliance with any financial ratio-based incurrence test, Unrestricted Cash will not include any proceeds received from such Indebtedness. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement will constitute Consolidated First Lien Net Debt.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any Test Period, the total consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without duplication:
(1) | imputed interest on
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(2) | commissions, discounts and other fees, charges and expenses owed by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to letters of credit securing financial obligations, bankers’ acceptance financing and receivables financings for such Test Period; |
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(3) | pay-in-kind interest payments, amortization and write-offs of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, debt discount, or premium, commissions and other financing fees and expenses (including expensing of any bridge, commitment or other financing fees) incurred by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period including net costs under Hedge Agreements dealing with interest rates and any commitment fees payable thereunder and all discounts, commissions, fees and other similar charges associated with any Qualified Receivables Transaction; |
(4) | cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust made by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than such Person or a wholly-owned Subsidiary) in connection with Indebtedness incurred by such plan or trust for such Test Period; |
(5) | all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period; |
(6) | the interest portion of any deferred payment obligations of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period; and |
(7) | all interest on any Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is (a) Indebtedness of others secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person or its Subsidiaries, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, but limited to the fair market value of such property or (b) contingent obligations of such Person or its Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness; |
provided that Consolidated Interest Expense shall be
calculated after giving effect to Hedge Agreements related to interest rates (including associated costs), but excluding unrealized gains and losses with respect to such Hedge Agreements; provided further that when determining Consolidated
Interest Expense in respect of any Test Period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, Consolidated Interest Expense will be calculated by multiplying the aggregate Consolidated Interest Expense accrued since the Closing Date by
365 and then dividing such product by the number of days from and including the Closing Date to and including the last day of such Test Period. For purposes of this definition, interest on CapitalFinance Lease Obligations will be deemed to accrue at the interest rate reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such CapitalFinance Lease Obligations in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any Test Period, the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from such consolidated net income (to the extent otherwise included therein), without duplication:
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(1) | the Net Income for such Test Period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s equity in the Net Income of such Person shall be included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for such Test Period up to the aggregate amount of dividends or distributions or other payments in respect of such equity that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) by such Person to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, in such Test Period, to the extent not already included therein (subject in the case of dividends, distributions or other payments in respect of such equity made to a Restricted Subsidiary to the limitations contained in clause (2) below); |
(2) | solely with respect to the calculation of Available Amount and Excess Cash Flow, (a) the Net Income of any Subsidiary of such Person during such Test Period to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary of that income is not permitted by operation of the terms of its Organizational Documents or any agreement, instrument or requirement of Law applicable to such Subsidiary during such Test Period; provided that Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid to such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Test Period and (b) the Net Income of any Person for the period prior to it becoming a Subsidiary; |
(3) | any gain (or loss), together with any related provisions for taxes on any such gain (or the tax effect of any such loss), realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during such Test Period upon any asset sale or other disposition of any Equity Interests of any Person (other than any dispositions in the ordinary course of business) by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
(4) | gains and losses due solely to fluctuations in currency values and the related tax effects determined in accordance with GAAP for such Test Period; |
(5) | earnings (or losses), including any impairment charge, resulting from any reappraisal, revaluation or write-up (or write-down) of assets during such Test Period; |
(6) | (a) unrealized gains and losses with respect to Hedge Agreements for such Test Period pursuant to the application of Accounting Standards Codification 815 (Derivatives and Hedging) and (b) any after-tax effect of income (or losses) for such Test Period that result from the early extinguishment of (i) Indebtedness, (ii) obligations under any Hedge Agreements or (iii) other derivative instruments; |
(7) | any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gain (or extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual loss), together with any related provision for taxes on any such gain (or the tax effect of any such loss), recorded or recognized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during such Test Period; |
(8) | the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such Test Period; |
(9) | any after-tax gains (or losses) on disposal of disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations for such Test Period; |
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(10) | effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, other intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, debt and unfavorable or favorable lease line items in such
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(11) | any non-cash compensation charge or expense (including any deferred non-cash compensation expense) for such
Test Period, including any such charge or expense arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights and any cash charges or expenses associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout
of Equity Interests by, or to, management of |
(12) | (a) Transaction Costs incurred during such Test Period (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any charges, costs or expenses pursuant to or in connection with or resulting from any Existing Notes LM Transaction or Specified Tender Offer) and (b) any fees and expenses incurred during such Test Period, or any amortization thereof for such Test Period, in connection with any acquisition (other than the Transactions), investment, disposition, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt or equity instrument (in each case, including any such transaction whether consummated on, after or prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring costs incurred during such Test Period as a result of any such transaction; |
(13) | any expenses, charges or losses for such Test Period that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any investment, Permitted Acquisition or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days); and |
(14) | to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses, charges or losses for such Test Period with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption. |
“Consolidated Tax Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any Test Period, taxes based on gross receipts, income, profits or capital, franchise, excise or similar taxes, and foreign withholding taxes, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, including (1) penalties and interest related thereto and (2) tax distributions made to any direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests of such Person in respect of any such taxes.
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“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date, the total assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, determined based upon the most recent month-end financial statements available internally as of the date of determination, and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Consolidated Total Net Debt” means, as of any date, the Consolidated Debt outstanding as of such date minus all Unrestricted Cash as of such date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $150,000,000, in each case, determined based upon the most recent financial statements available internally as of the date of determination; provided that for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Total Net Debt with respect to any Indebtedness being incurred in reliance on compliance with any financial ratio-based incurrence test, Unrestricted Cash will not include any proceeds received from such Indebtedness.
“continuing” means, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, that such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Contribution” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Contribution Indebtedness” means Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed an amount equal to 100% of the net cash proceeds and the fair market value of property (other than cash) received by the Borrower from Permitted Equity Issuances or as a contribution to its common equity capital, in each case, after the Closing Date and on or prior to the date of such incurrence (other than Excluded Contributions, Cure Amounts and sales of Equity Interests to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) that are Not Otherwise Applied.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” will have correlative meanings.
“Convertible Indebtedness” means (1) the Impax Convertible Notes and (2) any Indebtedness of a Loan Party (which may be Guaranteed by other Loan Parties) permitted to be incurred hereunder that is either (a) convertible into common Capital Stock of the Borrower or of any direct or indirect parent thereof (or other applicable securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common Capital Stock of the Borrower) (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common Capital Stock
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or such other securities) or (b) sold as units with call options, warrants or rights to purchase (or substantially equivalent derivative transactions) that are exercisable for common Capital Stock of the Borrower or of any direct or indirect parent thereof and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common Capital Stock).
“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
“ Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“ Covered Party” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.24.
“Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.”
“Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means secured or unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower in the form of term loans or notes; provided that:
(1) | such Indebtedness is incurred or otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace or refinance, in whole or part, Indebtedness (“Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt”) that is either Term Loans or other Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness; |
(2) | such Indebtedness is in an original aggregate principal amount not greater than the principal amount of the Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt (plus (a) the amount of unpaid, accrued or capitalized interest, penalties, premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs and other similar amounts payable with respect thereto and (b) underwriting discounts, fees, commissions, costs, expenses and other similar amounts payable with respect to such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness); |
(3) | (a) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness is equal to or longer than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt, and (b) the final maturity date of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness may not be earlier than the Latest Maturity Date; |
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(4) | such Indebtedness may participate on a pro rata basis or on a less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis except with respect to payments at maturity or the proceeds of refinancing Indebtedness) in any mandatory prepayments of Initial Term Loans provided for hereunder; |
(5) | with respect to Collateral, such Indebtedness will rank pari passu or junior in right of payment to the Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt; |
(6) | such Indebtedness is not secured by any assets or property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that does not constitute Collateral or Collateral (as defined in the New Term Loan Credit Agreement) (subject to customary exceptions for cash collateral in favor of an agent, letter of credit issuer or similar “fronting” lender); |
(7) | such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Person other than a Guarantor; |
(8) | if such Indebtedness is secured: |
(a) | with respect to Collateral,
it shall be secured on a pari passu “equal and ratable” basis with, or on a junior basis to, the Liens that secure the Credit Agreement |
(b) | with respect to Collateral, the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially similar to or the same as the applicable Security Documents (as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower); |
(c) | if such Indebtedness is Pari Passu Lien Debt, a Debt Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness has become party to or is otherwise subject to the provisions of a Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and, if applicable, the Closing Date ABL Intercreditor Agreement; and |
(d) | if such Indebtedness is Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, a Debt Representative, acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness, has become party to or is otherwise subject to the provisions of a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and, if applicable, the Closing Date ABL Intercreditor Agreement; and |
(9) | the terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (a) are substantially identical to, or, taken as a whole, no
more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness than, those applicable to such Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt (except for covenants applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans at the
time of incurrence) |
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Refinancing Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material covenants and events of default of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of this clause (9) shall be conclusive evidence that such Indebtedness satisfies this clause (9) unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such four (4) Business Day (or shorter) period that it disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees)); provided that this clause (9) will not apply to (v) terms addressed in the preceding clauses (1) through (8), (w) interest rate, rate floors, fees, funding discounts and other pricing terms, (x) redemption, prepayment or other premiums, or (y) optional prepayment or redemption terms; provided further that the Borrower will promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent final copies of the definitive credit documentation relating to such Indebtedness (unless the Borrower is bound by a confidentiality obligation with respect thereto, in which case the Borrower will deliver a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness in lieu thereof). |
Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
“Cure Amount” means the amount of cash contributions to the capital of the Borrower made pursuant to Section 8.02 of the ABL Credit Agreement.
“Current Assets” means, as of any date, all assets (other than Cash Equivalents or other cash equivalents) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as “current assets” (other than amounts related to current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits), determined based upon the most recent month-end financial statements available internally as of the date of determination, and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Current Liabilities” means, as of any date, all liabilities that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as “current liabilities,” other than:
(1) | the current portion of any Indebtedness; |
(2) | accruals of Consolidated Interest Expense (excluding Consolidated Interest Expense that is due and unpaid); |
(3) | accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits; |
(4) | accruals, if any, of transaction costs resulting from the Transactions; and |
(5) | accruals of any costs or expenses related to (a) severance or termination of employees prior to the Closing Date or (b) bonuses, pension and other post-retirement benefit obligations; |
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in each case, determined based upon the most recent month-end financial statements available internally as of the date of determination, and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day (such day “SOFR Determination Date”) that is five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided that if the Daily Simple SOFR as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrower.
“Debt Fund Affiliate” means:
(1) | any Affiliate of a Permitted Investor (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) that is a bona fide debt fund or investment vehicle that has the principal purpose of investing in, acquiring or trading commercial loans, bonds or similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that exercises investment discretion independent from the private equity business of such Permitted Investor; and |
(2) | any investment fund or account of a Permitted Investor managed by third parties (including by way of a managed account, a fund or an index fund in which a Permitted Investor has invested) that is not organized or used primarily for the purpose of making equity investments, |
in each case in clauses (1) and (2) above, with respect to which any Investor or Permitted Investor does not, directly or indirectly, possess the power to direct or cause the direction of the investment policies of such entity.
“Debt Representative” means, with respect to any Pari Passu Lien Debt or Junior Lien Debt, the lenders or other holders of such Indebtedness or the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under the indenture or agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or otherwise obtained, as the case may be, and each of their successors in such capacities.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means any event or condition which, but for the giving of notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
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“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that:
(1) | has refused (without retraction) or failed to (a) fund its portion of any Borrowing or (b) pay to any Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due; |
(2) | has notified the Borrower or any Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under any Loan Document, or has made a public statement to that effect; |
(3) | has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations under any Loan Document (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (3) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower); or |
(4) | has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become insolvent or the subject of a proceeding under any voluntary or involuntary case under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. |
Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (1) through (4) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Lender.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with realization of, or a subsequent sale of, such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.
“Disinterested Director” means, with respect to any Person and transaction, a member of the Board of Directors of such Person who does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction.
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“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (excluding Liens, but including any sale or issuance of Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary and any sale leaseback transactions of a Loan Party) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.
“Disqualified Institution” means:
(1) | those entities identified by or on behalf of the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent, from time to time prior to or after the completion of general syndication, as competitors of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or Impax or its Subsidiaries; |
(2) | those banks, financial institutions, other institutional lenders and other persons identified in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower or Impax to the Arrangers from time to time prior to October 17, 2017 or to the Administrative Agent from time to time prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date; |
(3) | those banks, financial institutions, other institutional lenders and other persons identified in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Arrangers after October 17, 2017 if such designation is reasonably acceptable to the Arrangers or to the Administrative Agent after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date if such designation is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and |
(4) | any clearly identifiable (solely on the basis of the similarity of its name or as identified in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower) Affiliate of the entities described in the preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3) (other than, with respect to this clause (4), any bona fide Debt Fund Affiliates thereof). |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Loan Party and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that (i) the Administrative Agent will not have any responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Institution and the Administrative Agent will have no liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Term Loans to a Disqualified Institution and (ii) any written notice of a Disqualified Institution shall be deemed not delivered and not effective unless delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent by email to XXXXX_Xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx and shall only become effective, as of and following, two (2) Business Days after such delivery.
“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests of such Person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event or condition:
(1) | mature or are mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale are subject to the prior Payment in Full and the termination of the Commitments); |
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(2) | is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part; |
(3) | provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash; or |
(4) | is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the earlier of: |
(a) | the Latest Maturity Date at the time of issuance; and |
(b) | the date on which the Term Loans and all other Obligations (other than Obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements and contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations that are not yet due and payable and for which no claim has been asserted) are Paid in Full and the Commitments are terminated; |
provided that only the portion of the Equity Interests that so mature or are mandatorily redeemable, are so convertible or exchangeable or are so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date will be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to any plan for the benefit of any future, current or former officers, directors, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof, or their respective estates, heirs, family members, spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, trustees, legatees or distributees, such Equity Interests will not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of any such Person’s termination, death or disability; and provided, further, that any class of Equity Interests of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of any Equity Interests that is not Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, any Convertible Indebtedness or any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction will not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.
“Dollars” or “$” means lawful money of the United States of America.
“Dutch Auction Procedures” means, with respect to a purchase of Term Loans in a Dutch auction, Dutch auction procedures as set forth on Exhibit J or as reasonably agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“EEA Financial Institution” means:
(1) | any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority; |
(2) | any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (1) of this definition; or |
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(3) | any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (1) or (2) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent. |
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Enterprise Transformative Event” means any merger, acquisition, Investment, dissolution, liquidation,
consolidation or Disposition, in each case, by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is either (1) not permitted by the terms of any Loan Document immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction or (2) if permitted by
the terms of the Loan Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction, would not provide the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under the Loan Documents for the continuation or expansion of their
combined operations following such consummation, as reasonably determined by the Borrower acting in good faith.
“Environment” means ambient and indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources such as flora and fauna.
“Environmental Laws” means all applicable laws (including common law), statutes, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, binding agreements and final, binding decrees or judgments, in each case, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the Environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the generation, management, Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to occupational health and safety matters (to the extent relating to the environment or exposure to Hazardous Materials).
“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock, any Convertible Indebtedness and any Permitted Warrant Transaction).
“Equivalent Percentage” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Dollar amount, the percentage of TTM Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the four quarters ended December 31, 2017 that such Dollar amount represents, rounded to the nearest one tenth of 1%. For purposes of calculating Equivalent Percentage, TTM Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the four quarters ended December 31, 2017 will be deemed to be the Closing Date EBITDA.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time, and any final regulations promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.
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“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means:
(1) | a Reportable Event, or the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply, with respect to a Plan; |
(2) | a withdrawal by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any ERISA
Affiliate from a Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the
knowledge of the Borrower |
(3) | a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan, receipt of written notification by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any ERISA Affiliate concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or written notification that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA or endangered or in critical status within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA; |
(4) | the provision by a Plan administrator or the PBGC of notice of intent to terminate a Plan, to appoint a trustee to administer a Plan, the treatment of a Plan or Multiemployer Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Plan or Multiemployer Plan; |
(5) | the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, other than for the payment of plan contributions or PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA; |
(6) | the application for a minimum funding waiver under Section 302(c) of ERISA with respect to a Plan; |
(7) | the imposition of a lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA with respect to any Plan; and |
(8) | a determination that any Plan is in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 303(i) of ERISA). |
“Escrow Account” has the meaning specified in the Escrow Agreement.
“Escrow Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.
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“Escrow Agreement” means the Escrow Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit K among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Escrow Agent, as such may be amended, amended and restated supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms and this Agreement.
“Escrowed Funds” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(1).]
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, for any Excess Cash Flow Period, an amount equal to the excess of:
(1) | the sum, without duplication of: |
(a) | the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for such period; plus |
(b) | all non-cash charges of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that were deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, but excluding any such non-cash charges representing an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period; plus |
(c) | decreases in Working Capital of the Borrower for such period, if any, (other than any such decreases arising from acquisitions or Dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting); plus |
(d) | an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
(e) | the amount deducted as tax expense in determining Consolidated Net Income to the extent in excess of cash taxes paid in such period, plus |
(f) | cash receipts in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the extent not otherwise included in such Consolidated Net Income; over |
(2) | the sum, without duplication, of: |
(a) | an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (but excluding any non-cash credit to the extent representing the reversal of an accrual or reserve described in clause (1)(b) above) and cash charges excluded by virtue of clauses (1) through (14) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”; plus |
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(b) | the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property Rights accrued or made in cash during such period to the extent not financed with the proceeds of Funded Debt; plus |
(c) | the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries
(including (1) the principal component of payments in respect of |
(d) | an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and the net cash loss on Dispositions to the extent otherwise added to arrive at Consolidated Net Income; plus |
(e) | increases in Working Capital for such period (other than any such increases arising from acquisitions or Dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting); plus |
(f) | cash payments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries actually made during such period to the extent not financed with the proceeds of Funded Debt in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness) to the extent such payments are not expensed during such period or are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period (and so long as there has not been any reduction in respect of such payments in arriving at Consolidated Net Income for such period); plus |
(g) | without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clauses (h) and (i) below in prior periods, cash payments made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Permitted Investments (including Permitted Acquisitions) made during such period to the extent that such Investments were not financed with the proceeds of Funded Debt, not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income and not made in reliance on any basket calculated by reference to the Available Amount; plus |
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(h) | cash payments made by the Borrower in respect of Restricted Payments actually paid (and permitted to be paid) during such period, in each case to the extent such Restricted Payments were not financed with the proceeds of Funded Debt; plus |
(i) | the aggregate amount of cash expenditures actually made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period to the extent not financed with the proceeds of Funded Debt (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such fiscal year or are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income (and so long as there has not been any reduction in respect of such expenditures in arriving at Consolidated Net Income for such period); plus |
(j) | to the extent such were not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period, the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of any principal of Indebtedness to the extent such prepayment of principal reduced Excess Cash Flow pursuant to clause (2)(c) above or reduced the mandatory prepayment required by Section 2.08(2)(a); plus |
(k) | without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries within 365 days after the end of such period pursuant to binding contracts (to the extent not financed with the proceeds of Funded Debt, the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period relating to Permitted Investments, cash Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property Rights to be consummated; provided that, to the extent the aggregate amount actually utilized to finance such Permitted Investments, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property Rights during any period is less than the Contract Consideration that reduced Excess Cash Flow for the prior period, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow for such period; plus |
(l) | the amount of cash taxes paid or tax reserves set aside in such period or payable (without duplication) in such period (including, for the avoidance of doubt, distributions made pursuant to Section 4.01(b) of the LLC Agreement), to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period; plus |
(m) | cash expenditures actually made in cash in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the extent not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income. |
“Excess Cash Flow Period” means each fiscal year of the Borrower.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Assets” means “Excluded Assets” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.
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“Excluded Contributions” means, as of any date, the aggregate amount of the net cash proceeds and Cash Equivalents, together with the aggregate fair market value of other assets that are used or useful in a business permitted under Section 6.08, received by the Borrower after the Closing Date from:
(1) | contributions to its common equity capital; or |
(2) | the sale of Capital Stock of the Borrower; |
in each case, designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower on the date such contribution is made or such Capital Stock is sold, less the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to Section 6.04(29) and Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 6.07(12), in each case prior to such date and Not Otherwise Applied; provided that the proceeds of Disqualified Stock and Cure Amounts will not be treated as Excluded Contributions.
“Excluded Equity Interests” means “Excluded Equity Interests” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.
“Excluded Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness not incurred in violation of Section 6.01 and any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means any:
(1) | Immaterial Subsidiary; |
(2) | Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party; |
(3) | Unrestricted Subsidiary; |
(4) | Non-U.S. Subsidiary; |
(5) | direct or indirect U.S. Subsidiary of a Non-U.S. Subsidiary; |
(6) | FSHCO; |
(7) | Subsidiary that is prohibited or restricted by applicable Law or by a binding contractual obligation (including any Contractual Obligation) existing on the Closing Date or at the time of the acquisition or creation of such Subsidiary (and not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or creation) from providing a Guarantee or if such Guarantee would require consent, approval, license or authorization of or from a Governmental Authority or a third party (other than a Loan Party or a controlled Affiliate of a Loan Party); |
(8) | special purpose securitization vehicle (or similar entity) including any Receivables Subsidiary or like special purpose entity; |
(9) | Subsidiary that is a not-for-profit organization; |
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(10) | Captive Insurance Subsidiary; |
(11) | Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower in consultation with the
Administrative Agent, the providing of a Guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent; |
(12) | Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, the cost or other consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom; and |
(13) | Rondo Acquisition and its Subsidiaries. |
provided that the Borrower, in its sole discretion, may cause any Subsidiary that otherwise qualifies as an “Excluded Subsidiary” to become a “Guarantor” in accordance with the definition thereof and thereafter such Subsidiary will not constitute an “Excluded Subsidiary” unless and until the Borrower elects otherwise.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder:
(1) | Taxes imposed on or measured by its net income (however denominated) or franchise Taxes imposed in lieu of net income Taxes, in each case, (a) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (b) that are Other Connection Taxes; |
(2) | any branch profits Tax or any similar Tax that is imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause (1) above; |
(3) | any U.S. withholding Tax (including any backup withholding Tax) that is in effect and would apply to amounts payable hereunder to or for the account of a Recipient under the law applicable at the time such Recipient becomes a party to this Agreement (or in the case of a Lender, under the law applicable at the time such Lender changes its lending office), except to the extent that the Recipient’s assignor (if any), at the time of assignment (or such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office), was entitled to receive additional amounts from the Loan Party with respect to any U.S. withholding Tax pursuant to Section 2.14(1) or Section 2.14(3); |
(4) | Taxes that are attributable to such Xxxxxx’s or Administrative Agent’s failure to comply with Section 2.14(5) or Section 2.14(6); and |
(5) | any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA. |
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“Exclusive License” means, with respect to any drug or pharmaceutical product, any license to develop, commercialize, sell, market and promote such drug or pharmaceutical product and which provides for exclusive rights to develop, use, commercialize, sell, market, import and promote such drug or product within the United States; provided that an “Exclusive License” shall not include:
(1) | any license solely to distribute any such drug or product on an exclusive basis within any particular geographic region or territory, |
(2) | any licenses, which may be exclusive, solely to manufacture any such drug or product, and |
(3) | any license to manufacture, use, offer for sale or sell any authorized generic version of such drug or product; and “Exclusively License” shall have the correlative meaning. |
“Executive Order” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.19(3)(a).
“Existing Credit Facilities” means:
(1) | that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2013 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) by, among others, the Borrower and Healthcare Financial Solutions, LLC (as successor in interest to General Electric Capital Corporation), as agent; |
(2) | that certain Credit Agreement dated as of November 1, 2013 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) by, among others, the Borrower and Healthcare Financial Solutions, LLC (as successor in interest to General Electric Capital Corporation), as agent; and |
(3) | those certain credit facilities of Impax and its Subsidiaries with respect to which the Acquisition Agreement requires the delivery of a payoff letter. |
“Existing Notes LM Transactions” means a consent solicitation to holders of the Impax Convertible Notes, pursuant to which Impax shall solicit consents to make certain amendments to the Impax Indenture such that the Acquisition and the transaction contemplated in the Acquisition Agreement would not result in a default or event of default under the Impax Indenture in exchange for monetary consideration (including an offer (on terms to be agreed) to purchase the Impax Convertible Notes at a price equal to, if coupled with any consent fee included therein, par) and/or other changes to the Impax Indenture for the benefit of holders of Impax Convertible Notes.
“Existing Term Loan Agent” means the “Existing Term Loan Agent” as defined in the Closing Date ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Extended Term Commitments” means the term commitments held by any Extending Term Lenders.
“Extended Term Loan Installment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(2).
“Extended Term Loans” means the Term Loans made pursuant to Extended Term Commitments.
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“Extending Term Lenders” means each Lender accepting an Extension Offer.
“Extension” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(1).
“Extension Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(2).
“Extension Offer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(1).
“Factoring Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey, assign or otherwise transfer Securitization Assets (which may include a backup or precautionary grant of security interest in such Securitization Assets so sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise transferred or purported to be so sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise transferred) to any Person other than a Receivables Subsidiary.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate, provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“Fee Letters” means the Agency Fee Letter and the Arranger Fee Letter.
“Finance Lease Obligations” means, subject to the final paragraph of the definition of “GAAP”, with respect to any Person, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other similar arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as finance leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP (excluding the footnotes thereto) and, for purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time will be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Finance Leases” means, subject to the final paragraph of the definition of “GAAP”, all leases that have been or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date, recorded as finance leases.
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“Fees” means the Administrative Agent Fees and all other fees set forth in the Fee Letters payable to a Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Arranger, in each case, with respect to the Initial Term Loans.
“Financial Covenant Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01(6).
“Financial Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, director of financial services, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of such Person or other similar officer or Person performing similar functions of such Person, designated in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Financial Officer of a Loan Party will be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Financial Officer will be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Financial Officer” shall refer to a Financial Officer of the Borrower.
“First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (1) Consolidated First Lien Net Debt outstanding as of the last day of such Test Period to (2) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such Test Period.
“Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to Adjusted Term SOFR or Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt the initial Floor for each of Adjusted Term SOFR and Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR shall be 0%.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each state thereof and the District of Columbia will be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“FSHCO” means any direct or indirect U.S. Subsidiary that has no material assets other than Equity Interests (or Equity Interests and Indebtedness) in one or more Non-U.S. Subsidiaries or other FSHCOs.
“Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time, including those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession (but excluding the policies, rules and regulations of the SEC applicable only to public companies).
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above or in the definition of CapitalFinance Lease Obligations or Capital Expenditures, in the event of a change under GAAP (or the application thereof) requiring any
leases to be capitalized that are not required to be capitalized as of the Closing Date, unless and
until the Borrower elects otherwise, only those leases that would result or would have resulted in Capital
Lease Obligations or Capital Expenditures on the Closing Datecapitalized leases on May 4,
2018 (assuming for purposes hereof that they were in existence on the Closing Datesuch date) will be considered capital leasesFinance
Leases or to give rise to Finance Lease Obligations and all calculations under this Agreement will be made in accordance therewith.
“General Asset Sale Basket” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06(10)(b).
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory or legislative body, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means:
(1) | any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect: |
(a) | to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or otherwise) or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness or other obligations; |
(b) | to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof; |
(c) | to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation; |
(d) | entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the holders of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); or |
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(e) | as an account party in respect of any letter of credit, bank guarantee or other letter of credit guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or other obligation; or |
(2) | any Lien on any assets of the guarantor securing any Indebtedness (or any existing right, contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness to be secured by such a Lien) of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by the guarantor; |
provided, that the term “Guarantee” will not include endorsements for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness).
The amount of any Guarantee will be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary Indebtedness obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor” means (1) each Subsidiary Loan Party; and (2) each Parent Entity or Restricted Subsidiary that the Borrower may elect in its sole discretion, from time to time, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, to cause to Guarantee the Obligations (including by executing a supplement to the Collateral Agreement in substantially the form attached thereto), until such date that the Borrower has informed the Administrative Agent that it elects not to have such Person Guarantee the Obligations.
“Hazardous Materials” means all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, chemicals, materials, substances and constituents that are defined, listed or regulated under Environmental Law as hazardous or toxic, or words of similar import, or the Release or exposure to which would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under any Environmental Law, including explosive or radioactive substances, petroleum or petroleum byproducts or distillates, friable asbestos or friable asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls or radon gas.
“Health Care Laws” means any Laws applicable to the research, development, manufacture, distribution, marketing, storage, transportation, use and sale of products controlled by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, including without limitation, the federal Anti-kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the Anti-Inducement Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a(a)(5)), the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.), the administrative False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), the civil monetary penalty laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a), the federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.), the federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.), HIPAA, the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (42 U.S.C. § 1396r-8), Medicare average sales price reporting (42 U.S.C. § 1395w-3a), the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 256b), the federal TRICARE program (10 U.S.C. §1071 et seq.), the VA Federal Supply Schedule (38 U.S.C. § 8126), and the regulations promulgated pursuant to such laws, each as amended from time to time.
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“Hedge Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, in each case, not entered into for speculative purposes; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by any future, current or former officers, directors, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof will be a Hedge Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, agreements relating to any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction (and the obligations and transactions relating thereto) will not constitute a Hedge Agreement.
“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards and applicable accounting requirements set by the International Accounting Standards Board or any successor thereto (or the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or any successor to either such board, or the SEC, as the case may be), as in effect from time to time.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means, as of any date, any Subsidiary that (i) did not, as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered, have assets with a value in excess of 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 5.0% of total revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered, calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; and (ii) taken together with all Immaterial Subsidiaries as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered, did not have assets with a value in excess of 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 10.0% of total revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such four-quarter period.
“Impax” means (1) prior to the Impax Conversion, Impax Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (2) after the consummation of the Impax Conversion, Impax Laboratories, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Impax Conversion” means the conversion of Impax Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation, into Impax Laboratories, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Impax Convertible Notes” means those certain 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $600 million, issued pursuant to the Impax Indenture.
“Impax Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of June 30, 2015 between Impax and Wilmington Trust, National Association (the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2017 between Impax and the Trustee, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Impax Merger” means the merger of K2 Merger Sub Corporation, a Delaware corporation, with and into Impax, with Impax surviving such merger.
“Impax Transactions” means the Impax Merger and the Impax Conversion.
“Incremental Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(3).
“Incremental Equivalent Term Debt” means secured or unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower in the form of term loans or notes; provided that:
(1) | the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Incremental Equivalent Term Debt on any date that such Indebtedness is incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(1), will not, together with the aggregate principal amount of any Incremental Term Loans (or unfunded commitments with respect thereto) then outstanding, exceed the Incremental Amount; provided that: |
(a) | calculation of the Incremental Amount shall be made on Pro Forma Basis and evidenced by a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower demonstrating such calculation in reasonable detail; |
(b) | if the Borrower incurs any Incremental Equivalent Term Debt (or Indebtedness incurred under an Incremental Facility) using the Incremental Fixed Amount on the same date that it incurs Indebtedness using the Incremental Ratio Amount, the Incremental Ratio Amount will be calculated without regard to any incurrence of Indebtedness under the Incremental Fixed Amount; |
(c) | unless the Borrower elects otherwise, any Incremental Equivalent Term Debt will be deemed incurred first as Incremental Ratio Amount to the extent permitted, with any balance incurred under the Incremental Fixed Amount; and |
(d) | the Borrower may classify, and may later reclassify, any Incremental Equivalent Term Debt (or Indebtedness incurred under an Incremental Facility) as incurred as, and in reliance on, the Incremental Fixed Amount, Incremental Ratio Amount, or both, on the date of incurrence or thereafter, to the extent permitted on the date of classification (or the date of any such reclassification); |
(2) | any Incremental Equivalent Term Debt, (a) that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans shall not mature prior to the Latest Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans at the time of incurrence thereof, or have a shorter Weighted Average Life to Maturity than the Initial Term Loans at the time of incurrence thereof (without giving effect to any amortization or prepayments of the Initial Term Loans) or (b) that is unsecured or secured on a junior lien basis to the Initial Term Loans shall not mature, or have scheduled amortization, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans at the time of incurrence thereof; provided that this clause (2) shall not apply to the incurrence of any such Indebtedness constituting a bridge facility to the incurrence of any other Indebtedness, so long as the Indebtedness into which such bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (2) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges; |
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(3) | such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Person other than a Subsidiary Loan Party; |
(4) | if such Incremental Equivalent Term Debt is secured it shall be secured on a pari passu or junior lien basis to the Initial Term Loans with respect to Collateral and: |
(i) | such Indebtedness is not secured by any assets or property that does not constitute Collateral or Collateral (as defined in the New Term Loan Credit Agreement) (subject to customary exceptions for cash collateral in favor of an agent, letter of credit issuer or similar “fronting” lender); and |
(ii) | with respect to Collateral, the security agreements relating to such assets or property are substantially similar to or the same as the applicable Security Documents (as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower); |
(5) | if such Incremental Equivalent Term Debt is secured on a pari passu basis with or junior lien basis to the Initial Term Loans, the holders of such Incremental Equivalent Term Debt or a Debt Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Incremental Equivalent Term Debt has become party to or is otherwise subject to the provisions of an Intercreditor Agreement (as such Intercreditor Agreement may be amended in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, such Debt Representative and the Borrower), which results in such holders or Debt Representative having rights to share in the Collateral on a pari passu or junior lien basis, as applicable; |
(6) | if such Incremental Equivalent Term Debt is in the form of term loans and is secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans, then the provisions of Section 2.18(8) shall apply as if such Incremental Equivalent Term Debt were Incremental Term Loans; |
(7) | any mandatory prepayments of Incremental Equivalent Term Debt that is Pari Passu Lien Debt will be made on a pro rata basis or less than a pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis except for repayments at maturity, prepayments with the proceeds of a refinancing and in respect of an earlier maturing tranche) with mandatory prepayments of the Initial Term Loans provided for herein, and any mandatory prepayments of Incremental Equivalent Term Debt that is unsecured or that is Junior Lien Debt may not be made except to the extent that prepayments are made, to the extent required under the Initial Term Loans or any Pari Passu Lien Debt, first pro rata to the Initial Term Loans and any such Pari Passu Lien Debt; and |
(8) | the terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (a) are substantially identical to, or, taken as a whole, no
more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness than, those applicable to the Initial Term Loans (except for covenants applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans at the time of
incurrence) |
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Indebtedness, (provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least four (4) Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material covenants and events of default of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of this clause (8) shall be conclusive evidence that such Indebtedness satisfies this clause (8) unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such four (4) Business Day (or shorter) period that it disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees)); provided that this clause (8) will not apply to (v) terms addressed in the preceding clauses (1) through (7), (w) interest rate, rate floors, fees, funding discounts and other pricing terms, (x) redemption, prepayment or other premiums, or (y) optional prepayment or redemption terms; provided further that the Borrower will promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent final copies of the definitive credit documentation relating to such Indebtedness (unless the Borrower is bound by a confidentiality obligation with respect thereto, in which case the Borrower will deliver a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness in lieu thereof).
Incremental Equivalent Term Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
“Incremental Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(1).
“Incremental Facility Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(5).
“Incremental Fixed Amount” means, as of the date of measurement, the sum of
(1) | Closing Date EBITDA of the Borrower, plus |
(2) | the aggregate principal amount of, without duplication, (i) any prepayments of Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.07, (ii) prepayments of ABL Loans made pursuant to Section 2.10 of the ABL Credit Agreement (if accompanied by a corresponding reduction of commitments), (iii) any voluntary prepayments, redemptions, repurchases and other permanent reductions of other Pari Passu Lien Debt (and, to the extent constituting revolving Indebtedness, accompanied by a corresponding reduction in commitments in respect thereof) (including loan buy-backs pursuant to Dutch auctions and open market purchases, in each case permitted hereunder, in the amount of the actual purchase price paid in cash) and (iv) any voluntary prepayment of Term Loans of a Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to a transaction permitted hereunder (in the amount of the actual purchase price paid in cash), and in each case in this clause (2), to the extent not funded with the proceeds of Funded Debt (other than any Funded Debt then being incurred in reliance on the Incremental Fixed Amount to Refinance other Indebtedness) and other than (solely to the extent the same would increase the Incremental Fixed Amount under clause (1) and clause (2) in a duplicative manner) any prepayments of Indebtedness incurred in reliance on clause (1) above; minus |
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(3) | the aggregate principal amount of any Incremental Term Loans |
“Incremental Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(5).
“Incremental Ratio Amount” means an aggregate principal amount that, after giving Pro Forma effect to the incurrence thereof, in accordance with Section 1.08, would not result in:
(1) | with respect to an Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Term Debt to be secured on a pari
passu basis with the Initial Term Loans, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the applicable Test Period being greater than the greater of (a) the
Closing Date First Lien Net Leverage Ratio |
(2) | with respect to any Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Term Debt to be secured on a junior basis to
the Initial Term Loans, the Total Net Leverage Ratio for the applicable Test Period being greater than |
(3) | with respect to any Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Term Debt that is unsecured, the Total Net Leverage Ratio for the applicable Test Period being greater than 6.00 to 1.00. |
“Incremental Term Loan Installment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(2).
“Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(1).
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:
(1) | all obligations of such Person for borrowed money; |
(2) | all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; |
(3) | all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such Person; |
(4) | all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, to the extent the same would be required to be shown as a long-term liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP; |
(5) | all
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(6) | all net payments that such Person would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such Person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Hedge Agreements; |
(7) | the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and bank guarantees; |
(8) | the principal component of all obligations of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances; |
(9) | all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness described in clauses (1) through (8) above; and |
(10) | the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock (excluding accrued dividends that have not increased the liquidation preference of such Disqualified Stock); |
provided that Indebtedness will not include:
(a) | trade payables, accrued expenses (including for payroll and other liabilities) and intercompany liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business; |
(b) | prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business; |
(c) | purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase
prices of an asset to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset; |
(d) | obligations in respect of Non-Finance Leases; or |
(e) |
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The Indebtedness of any Person (i) will include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such Person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such Person in respect thereof and (ii) in the case of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, will exclude loans and advances made by Loan Parties having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business (such loans and advances, “Short Term Advances”). The amount of any net obligation under any Hedge Agreement on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (1) all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document; and (2) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (1), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.05(2).
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“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged and that is independent of the Borrower and its Affiliates.
“Initial Other Representative” means the “Initial Other Representative” as defined in the Closing Date Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
“Initial Term Loan Installment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(1).
“Initial Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(1).
“Intellectual Property Rights” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.20(1).
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the Closing Date ABL Intercreditor Agreement, aany Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement that may be executed from time to time, as applicable.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04 and substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Interest Payment Date” means (1) with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Term Loan is a part and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing; (2) with respect to any RFR Loan, each date that is on the numerically corresponding day in each calendar month that is one month after the Borrowing of such Loan and (3) with respect to any ABR Loan, the first Business Day after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower commencing with the first Business Day after the end of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending on June 30, 2018.
“Interest Period” means, as to any Term Benchmark Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as applicable, and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is one, three or six months thereafter (or, if agreed by all applicable Lenders, twelve months), as the Borrower may elect, or the date any Term Benchmark Borrowing is converted to an ABR Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04 or repaid or prepaid in accordance with Section 2.06, 2.07 or 2.08; provided that:
(1) | if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period will be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period will end on the next preceding Business Day; |
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(2) | any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) will end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; |
(3) | no Interest Period will extend beyond the applicable Maturity Date; |
(4) | interest will accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period; and |
(5) | no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.11(5) shall be available for specification in such Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request. |
“Investment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Xxxxx’x and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency).
“Investment Grade Securities” means:
(1) | securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents); |
(2) | securities that have an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
(3) | corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition; and |
(4) | investments in any fund that invests at least 95.0% of its assets in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) above which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution. |
“Investors” means, collectively:
(1) | all direct and indirect members of Amneal Holdings as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions; |
(2) | X.X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx and/or their respective spouses, in their individual capacities and as direct or indirect owners, beneficiaries, officers, directors, trustees or managers of any Permitted Family Entities, |
(3) | all immediate and extended family members of X.X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx and/or their
respective spouses and the respective estates, heirs, family members, spouses, former spouses, executors, administrators, trustees, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing, |
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(4) | any Permitted Family Entities |
“Joint Venture” means (1) any Person which would constitute an “equity method investee” of the Borrower
or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and (2) any Person in whom the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries beneficially owns any Equity Interest that is not a
RestrictedWholly
Owned Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary).
“JPM” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Junior Financing” means any Indebtedness of a Loan Party permitted to be incurred hereunder that is contractually
subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations or secured by Liens that are contractually subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations
or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the ABL Loans and any Indebtedness secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens that secure the ABL Loans) or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing; provided that any Convertible
Indebtedness, Indebtedness under the New Term Loan Credit Agreement, Indebtedness under the Rondo Existing
Facility or Indebtedness under the Rondo Notes will not constitute Junior Financing.
“Junior Financing Documentation” means the definitive documentation governing any Junior Financing.
“Junior Lien Debt” means any Indebtedness that is secured on a junior basis to theany Liens that secure the Initial Term Loans (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the ABL Loans and any Indebtedness secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens that secure the ABL Loans). For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness under the Rondo Existing Facility and the Rondo Notes is not Junior Lien
Debt.
“Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means a “junior lien” intercreditor agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H (as the same may be modified in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Debt Representative and the Borrower), or another lien subordination arrangement satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Debt Representative and the Borrower. Upon the request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent will execute and deliver a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement with one or more Debt Representatives (and acknowledged by the Loan Parties) for Indebtedness permitted hereunder that is permitted to be secured on a junior basis to the Term Loans.
“Latest Maturity Date” means, as of any date of determination, the latest Maturity Date of the Term Facilities in effect on such date.
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“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities and executive orders, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
“LCA Election” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.09.
“LCA Test Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.09.
“Lender” means each financial institution listed on Schedule 2.01 (other than any such Person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance in accordance with Section 10.04), as well as any Person that becomes a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 10.04 and any Additional Lender.
“lending office” means, as to any Lender, the applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender designated by such Lender to make Term Loans.
“Letter of Credit” has the meaning assigned to such term in the ABL Credit Agreement.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset (1) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge,
charge, security interest or similar encumbrance in or on such asset or (2) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital
leaseFinance Lease or title retention agreement
(or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided that in no event will an
operating leasea Non-Finance Lease or an agreement
to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Limited Condition Transaction” means any transaction permitted hereunder by the Borrower or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries the consummation of which is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing
“LLC Agreement” means that certain
ThirdFourth
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, dated as of the Closing
DateNovember 7, 2023, as such agreement may be
further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance herewith and therewith.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, the Security Documents, the Closing Date ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, any Note and, solely for the purposes of Sections 3.01, 3.02, and 8.01(3) hereof, the Fee Letters.
“Loan Parties” means the Borrower and the
Subsidiary Loan
PartiesGuarantors.
“Management Group” means the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any Parent Entity, or their respective estates, heirs, family members, spouses, former spouses, executors, administrators, trustees, legatees or distributees.
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“Margin Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on:
(1) | the business, financial condition or results of operations, in each case, of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole); |
(2) | the ability of the Borrower and the Guarantors (taken as a whole) to perform their payment obligations under the Loan Documents; or |
(3) | the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (taken as a whole) under the Loan Documents. |
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Term Loans and any Indebtedness held exclusively by Subsidiaries) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate outstanding principal amount exceeding the Threshold Amount.
“Material Restricted Subsidiary” means any Material Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than an Immaterial Subsidiary.
“Maturity Date” means, as the context may require:
(1) | with respect to Term Loans existing on the Closing Date, May 4, 2025; |
(2) | with respect to any Incremental Term Loans, the final maturity date specified therefor in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment; |
(3) | with respect to any Refinancing Term Loans, the final maturity date specified therefor in the applicable Refinancing Amendment; and |
(4) | with respect to any Extended Term Loans, the final maturity date specified therefor in the applicable Extension Amendment. |
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.09.
“Minority Investment” means any Person other than a Subsidiary in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns any Equity Interests.
“MLPFSI” means Xxxxxxx Lynch, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated.
“MNPI” means any material
Nonpublicnon-public
Information regarding the Borrower, any of its Affiliates and their respective Subsidiaries that has not been disclosed to the Lenders generally (other than Lenders who elect not to receive such
information). For purposes of this definition “material
Nonpublicnon-public
Information” means Nonpublicnon-public Information that would reasonably be expected to be material
to a decision by any Lender to assign or acquire any Term Loans or to enter into any of the transactions contemplated thereby.
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“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (other than one considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Code Section 414) is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means:
(1) | the with respect to any Asset Sale, the excess, if any, of: |
(a) | the aggregate cash proceeds (using the fair market value of any Cash Equivalents) received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Asset Sale (including any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, and including any proceeds received as a result of unwinding any related Hedge Agreements in connection with such transaction but excluding the assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), over |
(b) | the sum of: |
(i) | direct cash costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration (including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, brokerage and sales commissions, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees and restoration costs), and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (including taxes imposed on the distribution or repatriation of any such Net Cash Proceeds) (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements related thereto), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on Indebtedness required to be paid as a result of such transaction (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, Pari Passu Lien Debt or Junior Lien Debt), any costs associated with unwinding any related Hedge Agreements in connection with such transaction; |
(ii) | in the case of any Asset Sale by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (ii)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower as a result thereof, and |
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(iii) | any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction, it being understood that such reserved amounts will be deemed to be “Net Cash Proceeds” to the extent and at the time of any reversal thereof (to the extent not applied to the satisfaction of any applicable liabilities in cash in a corresponding amount); |
provided that the definition of “Sale Leaseback Net Proceeds” shall apply for purposes of determining the “Net Cash Proceeds” of any Sale Leaseback Transaction; provided, further, that (i) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds unless such amount exceeds $20,000,000 and (ii) no such net cash proceeds shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds (together with the aggregate amount of any Sale Leaseback Net Proceeds for such fiscal year (as determined without giving effect to the proviso in the last sentence of the definition thereof)) in such fiscal year exceeds $40,000,000 (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount(s) shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds); and
(2) | with respect to the sale, incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, the excess, if any of: |
(a) | the sum of the cash and Cash Equivalents received by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such incurrence or issuance over |
(b) | taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, fees (including investment banking fees, attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting fees and discounts), commissions, costs and other out-of-pocket expenses and other customary expenses, incurred by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such sale, incurrence or issuance. |
“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
“New Term Loan Credit Agreement” means that certain Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and each of the lenders party thereto from time to time.
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“New Term Loan Documents” means the “Loan Documents” as defined in the New Term Loan Credit Agreement.
“New Term Loans” means the “Initial Term Loans” as defined in the New Term Loan Credit Agreement, together with any refinancings or replacements thereof.
“New York Courts” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.15.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.16(3).
“Non-Debt Fund Affiliate” means any Affiliated Lender other than a Debt Fund Affiliate.
“Non-Debt Fund Affiliate Assignment and Acceptance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(10)(b).
“Non-Finance Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee, the obligations in respect of which are not Finance Lease Obligations.
“Non-Loan Party” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party.
“Non-U.S. Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that not a U.S. Subsidiary.
“Not Otherwise Applied” means, with reference to the amount of any net cash proceeds or fair market value of other assets received from Permitted Equity Issuances or capital contributions that is proposed to be applied to a particular use or transaction, that such amount was not previously applied in determining the permissibility of a transaction under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any use of such amount to increase the Available Amount, any Cure Amounts and any Excluded Contributions) where such permissibility was (or may have been) contingent on the receipt or availability of such amount.
“Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit I hereto or otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Term Loans made by such Lender.
“NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“NYFRB Rate” means, for any day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates as so determined be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
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“Obligations” means all amounts owing to any Agent, any Lender or Qualified Counterparty pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any Specified Hedge Agreement, including all interest and expenses accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an insolvency or liquidation proceeding, accrue) after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or other Restricted Subsidiary of any proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law naming such Loan Party as the debtor in such proceeding, in accordance with and at the rate specified in this Agreement, whether or not the claim for such interest or expense is allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceeding.
“Organizational Documents” means,
(1) | with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); |
(2) | with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); and |
(3) | with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity. |
“Other Applicable ECF Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (A) of Section 2.08(2).
“Other Applicable Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(1)(a).
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Term Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.16).
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“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurodollar transactions denominated in Dollars by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite
rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.
“Paragraph IV Certification Notice” means the notice of certification required by 21 U.S.C. § 355(b)(3) or 21 U.S.C. § 355(j)(2)(B).
“Paragraph IV Proceeding” means an infringement Proceeding filed pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(2) with respect to a product controlled by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries.
“Parent Entity” means any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower.
“Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” means, as applicable, (i) the Closing Date Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and/or (ii) a “pari passu” intercreditor agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G (as the same may be modified in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Debt Representative and the Borrower), or another intercreditor arrangement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Debt Representative and the Borrower. Upon the request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent will execute and deliver a Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement with one or more Debt Representatives (and acknowledged by the Loan Parties) for Indebtedness permitted hereunder that is permitted to be secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans.
“Pari Passu Lien Debt” means any Indebtedness that is secured on a pari
passu basis with
theany Liens that secure the Initial Term Loans, and including the ABL Loans and, any Indebtedness secured on a pari passu basis with Liens that secure
the ABL Loans.
and the Indebtedness under the New Term Loan Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness under the Rondo Existing Facility is not Pari Passu Lien Debt. Each reference in this Agreement to incurrence of Indebtedness that is secured on
a “pari passu” basis with
the Initial Term Loans
shall be deemed to include Indebtedness that is Pari Passu Lien Debt.
“Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(4)(a).
“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(4)(a).
“Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.
“Payment in Full” means the payment in full of the Obligations (other than Obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements and contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations that are not yet due and payable and for which no claim has been asserted), and the termination of all commitments hereunder and “Paid in Full” has a correlative meaning.
“Payment Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.
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“Payment Office” means the office of the Administrative Agent located at 00 X. Xxxxxxxx Xx., X0 xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 or such other office as the Administrative Agent may designate to the Borrower and the Lenders from time to time.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA, or any successor thereto.
“Perfection Certificate” means the Perfection Certificate with respect to the Loan Parties in a form substantially similar to that delivered on the Closing Date.
“Permit” means any license, franchise, approval, authorization or clearances issued by a Governmental Authority and required for the conduct of its business of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries as currently conducted.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or a majority of the Equity Interests in, or merger, consolidation or amalgamation with, a Person or any acquisition of assets constituting a business unit, line of business, division or facility of another Person or any Exclusive License (or any subsequent investment made in a Person, division or line of business previously acquired in a Permitted Acquisition), in each case if (1) no Event of Default is continuing (or in the case of a Limited Condition Transaction, no Specified Event of Default is continuing) immediately prior to making such Investment or would result therefrom; and (2) immediately after giving effect thereto, the Borrower is in compliance with Sections 5.10 and 6.09.
“Permitted Additional Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the form of term loans or notes; provided that:
(1) | any Permitted Additional Indebtedness, (a) that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans shall not mature prior to the Latest Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans at the time of incurrence thereof, or have a shorter Weighted Average Life to Maturity than the Initial Term Loans at the time of incurrence thereof (without giving effect to any amortization or prepayments of the Initial Term Loans) or (b) that is unsecured (or not secured by any Collateral) or secured on a junior lien basis to the Initial Term Loans shall not mature, or have scheduled amortization, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans at the time of incurrence thereof; provided that this clause (1) shall not apply to the incurrence of any such Indebtedness constituting a bridge facility to the incurrence of any other Indebtedness, so long as the Indebtedness into which such bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (1) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges; |
(2) | if such Permitted Additional Indebtedness is incurred by a Loan Party, it is not guaranteed by any Person other than a Loan Party; |
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(3) | if such Permitted Additional Indebtedness incurred by a Loan Party is secured it shall be secured on a pari passu or junior lien basis to the Initial Term Loans with respect to Collateral and: |
(i) | such Indebtedness is not secured by any assets or property that does not constitute Collateral or Collateral (as defined in the New Term Loan Credit Agreement) (subject to customary exceptions for cash collateral in favor of an agent, letter of credit issuer or similar “fronting” lender); and |
(ii) | with respect to Collateral, the security agreements relating to such assets or property are substantially similar to or the same as the applicable Security Documents (as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower); |
(4) | if such Permitted Additional Indebtedness is secured on a pari passu basis with or junior lien basis to the Initial Term Loans, the holders of such Permitted Additional Indebtedness or a Debt Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Permitted Additional Indebtedness has become party to or is otherwise subject to the provisions of an Intercreditor Agreement (as such Intercreditor Agreement may be amended in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, such Debt Representative and the Borrower), which results in such holders or Debt Representative having rights to share in the Collateral on a pari passu or junior lien basis, as applicable; |
(5) | if such Permitted Additional Indebtedness incurred by a Loan Party is in the form of term loans and is secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans, then the provisions of Section 2.18(8) shall apply as if such Permitted Additional Indebtedness were Incremental Term Loans; and |
(6) | the terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (a) are substantially identical to, or, taken as a whole, no
more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness than, those applicable to the Initial Term Loans (except for covenants applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans at the time of
incurrence) |
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Agent final copies of the definitive credit documentation relating to such Indebtedness (unless the Borrower is bound by a confidentiality obligation with respect thereto, in which case the Borrower will deliver a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness in lieu thereof). |
“Permitted Amendment” means any Incremental Facility Amendment, Refinancing Amendment or Extension Amendment.
“Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction” means any call or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the Borrower’s common Capital Stock or the common Capital Stock of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common Capital Stock of Borrower or such parent) purchased by the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof in connection with the issuance of any Convertible Indebtedness; provided, that the purchase price for such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, less the proceeds received by the Borrower from the sale of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction, does not exceed the net proceeds received by the Borrower from the sale of such Convertible Indebtedness issued in connection with the Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, those certain bond hedge transactions entered into on June 25, 2015 and June 26, 2015 with Royal Bank of Canada, as amended or modified, constitute Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions.
“Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction” means any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and any Permitted Warrant Transaction.
“Permitted Debt” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 6.01.
“Permitted Equity Issuances” means any sale or issuance of any Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower
“Permitted Family Entity” means any Person in which any combination of X.X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, their respective spouses, any immediate or extended family member of any of the foregoing, the respective estates, heirs, family members, and/or the spouses, former spouses, executors, administrators, trustees, legatees or distributes of any of the foregoing (1) are the direct or indirect owners, beneficiaries (whether income, fixed or contingent), officers, directors, trustees or managers and, in each case, are entitled to all of the economic rights and interests in such Person, or (2) Control such Person.
“Permitted Holders” means each of:
(1) | the Investors; |
(2) | any member of the Management Group (or any controlled Affiliate thereof); |
(3) | any group (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of which Persons described in the foregoing clauses (1) or (2) are members; provided that, without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, the Persons described in clauses (1) and (2), collectively, Beneficially Own Equity Interests representing 50% or more of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Amneal Inc. (determined on a fully diluted basis but without giving effect to contingent voting rights that have not yet vested) then held by such group; and |
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(4) | any Permitted Parent. |
“Permitted Investment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
“Permitted Investor” means:
(1) | each Investor; |
(2) | each of their respective Affiliates and investment managers; |
(3) | any fund or account managed by any of the Persons described in clause (1) or (2) of this definition; |
(4) | any employee benefit plan of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan; and |
(5) | investment vehicles of members of management of the Borrower that invest in, acquire or trade commercial loans but excluding natural persons. |
“Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt” means any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that is secured on a junior basis to the Initial Term Loans with respect to Collateral.
“Permitted Liens” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
“Permitted Parent” means any Parent Entity for so long as it is Controlled by one or more Persons that are Permitted Holders pursuant to clause (1), (2) or (3) of the definition thereof.
“Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt” means any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans with respect to Collateral.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, “Refinance”) the Indebtedness being Refinanced (the “Refinanced Debt”); provided that:
(1) | the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Refinanced Debt (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses) and any existing commitments unutilized thereunder being terminated in connection with such Refinancing; |
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(2) | other than with respect to a Refinancing of Indebtedness initially incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(3) (other than the Impax Convertible Notes) or Section 6.01(4), the final maturity date of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is equal to or later than the final maturity date of the Refinanced Debt and the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Refinanced Debt; |
(3) | if the Refinanced Debt constitutes Junior Financing: |
(a) | such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is (i) unsecured or (ii) Junior Lien Debt that is permitted hereunder at the time of incurrence; |
(b) | to the extent such Refinanced Debt is subordinated in right of payment to any Obligations under this Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to such Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Refinanced Debt; and |
(c) | such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has |
(4) | (i) to the extent such Refinanced Debt is secured by Liens, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is either unsecured or is not secured by any Liens that do not secure such Refinanced Debt, (ii) to the extent such Refinanced Debt is secured by Liens that are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is secured by Liens that are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Refinanced Debt and (iii) to the extent such Refinanced Debt is unsecured, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is unsecured; |
(5) | the terms and conditions of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness (a) are substantially identical to,
or, taken as a whole, not more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness than, those applicable to such Refinanced Debt (except for covenants applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date of
the Initial Term Loans at the time of incurrence) |
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requirement of this clause (5) shall be conclusive evidence that such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness satisfies this clause (5) unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such four (4) Business Day (or shorter) period that it disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees)); provided, further that this clause (5) will not apply to (w) terms addressed in the other clauses of this “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” definition, (x) interest rate, rate floors, fees, funding discounts and other pricing terms, (y) redemption, prepayment or other premiums or (z) optional prepayment or redemption terms; and |
(6) | to the extent such Refinanced Debt is Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt or Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt, in each case, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is secured only by assets that constitute Collateral or Collateral (as defined in the New Term Loan Credit Agreement) and pursuant to one or more security agreements permitted by and subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreements (as such Intercreditor Agreements may be amended in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Debt Representatives and the Borrower); and |
(7) | to the extent such Refinanced Debt is (a) Incremental Equivalent Term Debt, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subject to the terms of clauses (3) – (7) of the definition of “Incremental Equivalent Term Debt” as if such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness were also Incremental Equivalent Term Debt or (b) Ratio Debt, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be required to satisfy the requirements of clauses (2) – (5) of the definition of “Permitted Additional Indebtedness” as if such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness were also Permitted Additional Indebtedness. |
For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness will not cease to constitute Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness solely as a result of the subsequent extension of the Latest Maturity Date after the date of original incurrence thereof.
“Permitted Reorganization” means any transaction or undertaking, including Investments, in connection with reorganizations and or restructurings (including in connection with tax planning and corporate reorganizations), so long as, after giving effect thereto, (a) the Loan Parties shall comply with Section 5.10 and (b) the security interest of the Secured Parties in the Collateral, taken as a whole, is not materially impaired (including by a material portion of the assets that constitute Collateral immediately prior to such Permitted Reorganization no longer constituting Collateral) as a result of such Permitted Reorganization.
“Permitted Warrant Transaction” means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the Borrower’s common Capital Stock or the common Capital Stock of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common Capital Stock of Borrower or such parent) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common Capital Stock) sold by the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof substantially concurrently with any purchase by the Borrower of a related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, those certain warrant transactions entered into on June 25, 2015 and June 26, 2015 with Royal Bank of Canada, as amended or modified, constitute Permitted Warrant Transactions.
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“Person” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company, government, individual or family trust, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
“PIPE Investment” means the redemption by certain existing equityholders of the Borrower of a portion of their equity interests in the Borrower in exchange for shares of common stock in Amneal Inc., and the sale of such shares in a private transaction to certain institutional investors including TPG Improv Holdings, L.P. and funds affiliated with Fidelity Management & Research Company pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2017, between Amneal Holdings and the purchasers party thereto.
“PIPE Registration Statement” means the registration statement of Amneal, Inc. (f/k/a Atlas Holdings, Inc.) on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on March 7, 2018.
“Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) that is (1) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA; and (2) either (a) sponsored or maintained (at the time of determination or at any time within the five years prior thereto) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate or (b) in respect of which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Plan Asset Regulations” means the Department of Labor regulations set forth in 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA.
“Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.17(1).
“Pledged Collateral” means “Pledged Collateral” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.
“Pro Forma Basis”, “Pro Forma” and “Pro Forma Effect” mean, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant or calculation hereunder, the determination or calculation of such test, covenant or ratio (including in connection with Specified Transactions) in accordance with Section 1.08.
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“Products in Development” means drug products that, as of the Closing Date or the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (a) are in development or (b) the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries does not yet sell, offer for sale, import, promote, market, distribute or otherwise commercialize.
“Projections” means all projections (including financial estimates, financial models, forecasts, other financial projections and other forward-looking information) furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of the Borrower, Impax or any of their respective Subsidiaries on or prior to the Closing Date.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Company Costs” means costs relating to compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended (or similar Laws in any other applicable jurisdiction), and other expenses arising out of or incidental to the Borrower’s (or any Parent Entity’s) status as a public reporting company, including costs, fees and expenses (including legal, accounting and other professional fees) relating to compliance with provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (or similar Laws in any other applicable jurisdiction), the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity securities, directors’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees relating to the foregoing.
“Public Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.17(2).
“Purchasing Borrower Party” means the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes an Assignee or Participant pursuant to Section 10.04(14).
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.24.
“Qualified Counterparty” means any counterparty to any Specified Hedge Agreement that, at the time such Specified
Hedge Agreement was entered into or, if later,
onon or after the Closing Date, was an Agent, an
Arranger, a Lender or an Affiliate of the foregoing at such time, whether or not such Person subsequently ceases to be an Agent, an Arranger, a Lender or an Affiliate of the foregoing.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests other than Disqualified Stock.
“Qualified Receivables Factoring” means any Factoring Transaction that meets the following conditions:
(1) | such Factoring Transaction is non-recourse to, and does not obligate, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or their respective properties or assets (other than Securitization Assets) in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; |
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(2) | the Board of Directors of the Borrower has determined in good faith that such Qualified Receivables Factoring (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is, in the aggregate, economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; |
(3) | all sales, conveyances, assignments and/or contributions of Securitization Assets by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), and |
(4) | such Factoring Transaction (including financing terms, covenants, termination events (if any) and other provisions thereof) are market terms at the time such Factoring Transaction is first entered into (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings. |
The grant of a security interest (other than a precautionary grant) in any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to secure any Indebtedness shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Factoring.
“Qualified Receivables Financing” means any Receivables Financing that meets the following conditions:
(1) | the Board of Directors of the Borrower has determined in good faith that such Qualified Receivables Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is, in the aggregate, economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; |
(2) | all sales, conveyances, assignments or contributions of Securitization Assets by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Receivables Subsidiary are made at fair market value; and |
(3) | the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof are market terms at the time such Receivables Financing is first entered into (as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings. |
The grant of a security interest (other than a precautionary grant) in any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) to secure any Indebtedness will not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Financing.
“Qualified Receivables Transaction” means a Qualified Receivables Factoring or a Qualified Receivables Financing.
“Quarterly Financial Statements” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04(2).
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“Ratio Amount” means an aggregate principal amount that, after giving Pro Forma effect to the incurrence thereof, in accordance with Section 1.08, would not result in:
(1) | with respect to Ratio Debt to be secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans, the First
Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the applicable Test Period being greater than the greater of (a) the Closing Date First Lien Net Leverage Ratio |
(2) | with respect to any Ratio Debt to be secured on a junior basis to the Initial Term Loans, the Total Net
Leverage Ratio for the applicable Test Period being greater than |
(3) | with respect to any Ratio Debt that is unsecured (or not secured by Collateral), the Total Net Leverage Ratio for the applicable Test Period being greater than 6.00 to 1.00. |
“Ratio Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01.
“Ratio Debt Cap” means, as of the date of measurement, the sum of (1) $100 million (less the aggregate
principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred prior to such date in reliance on this clause (1)) and (2) the Ratio Amount.
“RBC” means Royal Bank of Canada.
“Real Property” means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned in fee or leased by any Loan Party, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, and all improvements and appurtenant fixtures incidental to the ownership or lease thereof.
“Receivables Financing” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, assign, contribute, convey or otherwise transfer Securitization Assets to (1) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Receivables Subsidiary) or (2) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary) and, in either case, may grant a security interest in, any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Receivables Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of Securitization Assets in a Qualified Receivables Transaction to repurchase Securitization Assets arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a Securitization Asset or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.
“Receivables Subsidiary” means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or another Person formed solely for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Receivables Financing with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary transfers Securitization Assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Securitization Assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Borrower (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary and:
(1) | no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise): |
(a) | is guaranteed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings); |
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(b) | is recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; or |
(c) | subjects any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; |
(2) | with which neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower, other than with respect to Standard Securitization Undertakings; and |
(3) | to which neither the Borrower nor any other Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. |
Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Borrower will be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by filing with the Administrative Agent a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Borrower giving effect to such designation and a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent and any Lender, as applicable.
“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is Adjusted Term SOFR, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the day that is two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the date of such setting, (2) if the RFR for such Benchmark is Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, then four Business Days prior to such setting or (3) if such Benchmark is not Adjusted Term SOFR or Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Refinance” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness,” and the terms “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” will have correlative meanings.
“Refinanced Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness.”
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“Refinancing Amendment” means an amendment, in accordance with the terms of Section 2.19, to this Agreement and, as necessary, each other Loan Document (which may, at the option of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, be in the form of an amendment and restatement of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as applicable) executed by each of (1) the Borrower; (2) the Administrative Agent; and (3) with respect to an amendment (or an amendment and restatement) of this Agreement, each Lender that agrees to provide any portion of the Refinancing Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.19.
“Refinancing Term Loan Installment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(2).
“Refinancing Term Loans” means one or more Classes of Term Loans that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(2)(d).
“Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act, substantially identical notes (having the same Guarantees and collateral provisions) issued by the same issuer in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Reinvestment Deferred Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(8).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, emanating or migrating in, into, upon, onto or through the Environment.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means, the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor thereto.
“Relevant Rate” means (i) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing, Adjusted Term SOFR or (ii) with respect to any RFR Borrowing, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable
“Replaced Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.08(7).
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“Replacement Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.08(7).
“Reportable Event” means any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30 day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code).
“Repricing Transaction” means:
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that a Repricing Transaction will not include any event described in the preceding clause (1) or (2) above that (a) is not consummated for the primary purpose of
lowering the All-In Yield applicable to the Initial Term Loans or (b) is consummated in connection with a Change in Control or Enterprise Transformative Event.
“Required Financial Statements” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04(2).
“Required Lender Consent Items” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(12)(c).
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Term Loans outstanding and unused Commitments that, taken together, represent more than 50.0% of the sum of all Term Loans outstanding and Commitments at such time. The Term Loans and Commitments of any Defaulting Lenders will be disregarded in determining the Required Lenders; provided that, subject to the Borrower’s right to replace any Defaulting Lenders as set forth herein:
(1) | the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended, or the maturity of any of its Term Loans may not be extended, the rate of interest on any of its Term Loans may not be reduced and the principal amount of any of its Term Loans may not be forgiven, in each case without the consent of such Defaulting Lender (it being understood that waivers or other modifications of any conditions precedent, covenants, mandatory prepayments, mandatory Commitment reductions, Defaults or Events of Default shall not constitute an increase or extension of any Commitment, a reduction of the rate of interest on any Term Loan or a forgiveness of the principal amount of any Term Loan); and |
(2) | any amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of all the Lenders or each affected Lender pursuant to clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 10.08(2) that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than the other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. |
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“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Required Percentage” means, with respect to any Excess Cash Flow Period, the percentage set forth in the table below based on First Lien Net Leverage Ratio determined as of the last day of such Excess Cash Flow Period:
First Lien Net Leverage Ratio |
Required Percentage | |||
Greater than 3.70 to 1.00 |
50.0 | % | ||
Less than or equal to 3.70 to 1.00 but greater than 3.20 to 1.00 |
25.0 | % | ||
Less than or equal to 3.20 to 1.00 |
0 | % |
“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Loan Party, the chief executive officer, president, vice president, secretary, assistant secretary or any Financial Officer of such Loan Party or other similar officer or Person performing similar functions of a Loan Party and, as to any document delivered on the Closing Date, any secretary or assistant secretary of a Loan Party, designated in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party will be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer will be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Responsible Officer” shall refer to a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“Restricted Payment” means any (1) dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than dividends or other distributions on Equity Interests payable solely by the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Person paying such dividends or distributions) and (2) payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of (a) the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) any return of capital to the Borrower’s equityholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof); provided that (i) cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, current or former officers, directors, managers, employees, consultants and independent contractors of the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent thereof, or their respective estates, heirs, family members, spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, trustees, legatees or distributees in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or such parent entity and (ii) any payment(s) of principal (not in excess of the stated principal amount thereof), interest, fees, reimbursement obligations, charges, costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts in respect of Convertible Indebtedness, in each case will not constitute a Restricted Payment; provided further that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any payment in cash included in the settlement amount due upon conversion in excess of the stated principal amount of any Convertible Indebtedness shall constitute a Restricted Payment for all purposes hereunder.
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“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of a Person other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries will mean Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“RFR Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the RFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.
“RFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Daily Simple SOFR.
“Rondo Acquisition” means Rondo Acquisition, LLC.
“Rondo Existing Facility” means the credit facilities provided for pursuant to the Rondo Existing Facility Documents (as amended, amended and restated, replaced, substituted or otherwise modified from time to time).
“Rondo Existing Facility Documents” means that certain Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated as of January 31, 2020 by and among Rondo Intermediate Holdings, LLC, as borrower, Rondo Holdings LLC, as holdings, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Truist Bank as administrative agent (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 dated as of April 30, 2023 and as otherwise amended, amended and restated, replaced, substituted or otherwise modified from time to time).
“Rondo Notes” means, collectively, that certain (i) Unsecured Long Term Promissory Note, dated January 31, 2020, made by Rondo Partners, LLC to AvKARE Holdings, LLC, in the initial principal amount of $1,321,116.27, (ii) Unsecured Long Term Promissory Note, dated January 31, 2020, made by Rondo Partners, LLC to Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Business Trust, in the initial principal amount of $7,800,000, (iii) Unsecured Long Term Promissory Note, dated January 31, 2020, made by Rondo Partners, LLC to the Xxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Trust in the initial principal amount of $32,679,445.13, (iv) Unsecured Long Term Promissory Note, dated January 31, 2020, made by Rondo Top Holdings, LLC to AvKARE Holdings, LLC, in the initial principal amount of $899,438.60, and (v) the Unsecured Long Term Promissory Note, dated January 31, 2020, made by Rondo Top Holdings to the Xxxxx Xxxxxxx B Trust, in the initial principal amount of $1,500,000, in each case, as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor entity thereto.
“Sale Leaseback Net Proceeds” means with respect to the sale component of any Sale Leaseback Transaction, the excess, if any, of (1) the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received as purchase consideration in connection with such Sale Leaseback Transaction sale component pursuant to the applicable purchase and sale agreement over (2) the sum of (a) the out-
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of-pocket fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or
mortgage recording taxes, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees) actually incurred or required to be paid by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Sale Leaseback Transaction,
(b) taxes (including transfer taxes) paid or reasonably estimated to be payable in connection therewith (including taxes imposed on the repatriation of any such Sale Leaseback Net Proceeds), and (c) any reserve for adjustment in respect of
(i) the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP and (ii) any liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Sale Leaseback Transaction or
any obligations payable by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Sale Leaseback Transaction, including liabilities or obligations related
to environmental mattersarising under Environmental Law, immediate repairs or deferred maintenance or against any indemnification obligations associated with such Sale Leaseback Transaction, it being understood that “Sale Leaseback Net Proceeds” shall
include the amount of any reversal (without the satisfaction of any applicable liabilities in cash in a corresponding amount) of any reserve described in this clause (c); provided, that (i) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the
foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Sale Leaseback Net Proceeds unless such amount exceeds $20,000,000 and (ii) no such net cash proceeds shall constitute Sale Leaseback Net Proceeds in
any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds (together with the aggregate amount of any Net Cash Proceeds described in clause (1) of the definition thereof for such fiscal year (as determined without giving effect to
the second proviso in the last sentence of such clause (1))) in such fiscal year exceeds $40,000,000 (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount(s) shall constitute Sale Leaseback Net Proceeds).
“Sale Leaseback Transaction” means a sale leaseback transaction with respect to all or any portion of any real property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Sanctioned Country” shall mean, at any time, a country, region or territory that is subject to comprehensive Sanctions (at the time of the Agreement, the Crimea region, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the non-government controlled areas of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
“Sanctioned Person” shall mean, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated
Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any EU member state, HerHis Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any Person operatinglocated, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any
Person owned or controlled by any such Person.
“Sanctions” shall mean economic or financial sanctions or
trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or
(b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or HerHis Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.
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“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
“Secured Parties” means the collective reference to the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securitization Assets” means accounts receivable, royalty or other revenue streams, other rights to payment, including with respect to rights of payment pursuant to the terms of Joint Ventures (in each case, whether now existing or arising in the future), and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing any of the foregoing, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of any of the foregoing, proceeds of any of the foregoing and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with non-recourse, asset securitization or factoring transactions and any Hedge Agreements entered into by the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such assets subject to a Qualified Receivables Transaction.
“Security Documents” means the Collateral Agreement and each of the security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by any Loan Party pursuant thereto or pursuant to Section 5.10.
“Short Term Advances” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Indebtedness”.
“Similar Business” means any business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from (1) business or activities conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, (2) any business that is a natural outgrowth or reasonable extension, development or expansion of any such business or any business similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary to any of the foregoing or (3) any business that in the Borrower’s good faith business judgment constitutes a reasonable diversification of businesses conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“SOFR” means a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the NYFRB’s website, currently at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“SOFR Determination Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
“SOFR Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
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“Specified Acquisition Agreement Representations” means such of the
representations and warranties made by or with respect to Impax and its Subsidiaries in the Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Borrower (or its Affiliates) have the right (taking
into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or their) obligations under the Acquisition Agreement as a result of a breach of such representations in the Acquisition Agreement or the failure of xxx Specified Acquisition Agreement Representation to be true and correct results in a failure of a condition precedent to the Borrower’s (or its affiliates’) obligations to consummate the Acquisition in the
Acquisition Agreement.
“Specified Event of Default” means any Event of Default under Section 8.01(2), 8.01(3), 8.01(8) or 8.01(9).
“Specified Hedge Agreement” means any Hedge Agreement entered into or assumed between or among the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Qualified Counterparty and designated by the Qualified Counterparty and the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent as a “Specified Hedge Agreement” under this Agreement (but only if such Hedge Agreement has not been designated as a “Specified Hedge Agreement” under the ABL Credit Agreement).
“Specified Hedge Obligations” means all amounts owing to any Qualified Counterparty under any Specified Hedge Agreement.
“Specified IP Subsidiary” means a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that:
(2) | owns no assets other than Transferred IP and cash or Cash Equivalents necessary to support the business set forth in clause (2) of this definition; |
(3) | conducts no business other than the licensing, development, promotion, marketing, and supply of the Transferred IP; and |
(4) | is prohibited from incurring any Indebtedness and/or Liens under its Organizational Documents. |
“Specified Representations” means the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the following sections of this Agreement:
(1) | Section 3.01(1) and (4) (but solely with respect to its organizational existence and organizational power and authority as to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Collateral Agreement and any applicable Intellectual Property Security Agreements (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) and the extensions of credit hereunder); |
(2) | Section 3.02(1) (but solely with respect to its authorization of this Agreement, the Collateral Agreement and any applicable Intellectual Property Security Agreements (as defined in the Collateral Agreement)); |
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(3) | Section 3.02(2)(c) (but solely with respect to non-conflict of its entry into and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with its certificate or article of incorporation or other applicable Organizational Document); |
(4) | Section 3.03 (but solely with respect to this Agreement, the Collateral Agreement and any applicable Intellectual Property Security Agreements (as defined in the Collateral Agreement)); |
(5) | Section 3.08(2) (but solely with respect to use of proceeds on the Closing Date); |
(6) | Section 3.09; |
(7) | Section 3.14(1) (but solely with respect to the creation, validity, attachment and perfection of the Liens granted by it in the Collateral on the Closing Date (subject to Permitted Liens and subject to the Certain Funds Provisions)); |
(8) | Section 3.16; and |
(9) | Section 3.19. |
“Specified Tender Offer” means the offer to be commenced by Impax on or following the Closing Date to holders to repurchase for cash all of the outstanding Impax Convertible Notes, or any portion thereof, pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Impax Indenture.
“Specified Tender Offer Prepayment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(3).
“Specified Transaction” means any Investment that results in a Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary,
any designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary, any Permitted Acquisition, any Disposition that results in a Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower, any Investment constituting an
acquisition of assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of another Person or a facility or any parcels of or interests (including leasehold interests) in real property and all improvements and fixtures thereon or any
Disposition of a business unit, line of business or division or a facility or any parcels of or interests (including leasehold interests) in real property and all improvements and fixtures thereon (including any buyout or conversion of an operating lease to a capital
leasea Non-Finance Lease to a Finance Lease) of
the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case whether by merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise, or any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility in the
ordinary course of business for working capital purposes), Restricted Payment or Incremental Facility that by the terms of this Agreement requires such test to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis” or after giving “Pro Forma
Effect.”
“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and Guarantees of performance entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that a Responsible Officer of the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing including those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation will be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.
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“Subagent” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which (1) Equity Interests having ordinary voting power (other than Equity Interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity are at the time owned by such Person; or (2) more than 50.0% of the Equity Interests are at the time owned by such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, all references to Subsidiaries will mean Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Subsidiary Loan Parties” means (1) each Wholly Owned U.S. Subsidiary of the Borrower on the Closing Date (other than any Excluded Subsidiary); and (2) each Wholly Owned U.S. Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) of the Borrower that becomes, or is required pursuant to Section 5.10 to become, a party to the Collateral Agreement after the Closing Date.
“Supported QFC” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.24.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Hedge Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedge Agreements, (1) for any date on or after the date such Hedge Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (2) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (1), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Hedge Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedge Agreements (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Tax Receivable Agreement” means the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Amneal Inc., the Borrower, and the other parties from time to time party thereto, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in any manner that is not materially adverse to the interests of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders.
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding) or similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority and any and all interest and penalties related thereto.
“Term Benchmark” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to Adjusted Term SOFR.
“Term Benchmark Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the Term Benchmark Loan comprising such Borrowing.
“Term Benchmark Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Term SOFR.
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“Term Facility” means the facility and commitments utilized in making Term Loans hereunder. Following the establishment of any Incremental Term Loans (other than an increase to an existing Term Facility), Refinancing Term Loans or Extended Term Loans, such Incremental Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans or Extended Term Loans will be considered a separate Term Facility hereunder.
“Term Loan Agent” means “Term Loan
Agent” as defined in the Closing Date
Intercreditor Agreement.
“Term Loan Installment Date” means, as the context requires, an Initial Term Loan Installment Date, an Incremental Term Loan Installment Date, a Refinancing Term Loan Installment Date or an Extended Term Loan Installment Date.
“Term Loans” means the Initial Term Loans, any Incremental Term Loans, any Refinancing Term Loans and any Extended Term Loans, collectively (or if the context so requires, any of them individually).
“Term Priority Collateral” means “Term Loan Priority Collateral” as defined in the Closing Date ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Term SOFR” means, for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to such Interest Period at approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator.
“Term SOFR Adjustment” means, for any calculation with respect to an ABR Loan or a SOFRTerm
Benchmark Loan, a percentage per annum for an Interest Period of a duration of (a) one-month, 0.11448% (11.448 basis points), (b) three-months, 0.26161% (26.161 basis points),
(c) six-months, 0.42826% (42.826 basis points), and (d) twelve-months, 0.71513% (71.513 basis points).
“Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning assigned to it under the definition of Term SOFR Reference Rate.
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means, for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR Determination Day”), with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and identified by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on such Term SOFR Determination Day, the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” for the applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to Term SOFR has not occurred, then, so long as such day is otherwise a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.
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“Test Period” means, at any time, (1) with respect to the Borrower, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended (in each case taken as one accounting period) for which the Required Financial Statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(1) or 5.04(2) and (2) in the case of any Person other than the Borrower, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most closely corresponding to the period set forth in clause (1).
“Threshold Amount” means the greater of (1) $80 million and (2) 12.5% of TTM Consolidated EBITDA as of the applicable date of determination.
“Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Net Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such Test Period.
“Transaction Costs” means all fees, costs and expenses related to the Transactions.
“Transaction Documents” means the Acquisition Documents, the ABL Loan Documents and the Loan Documents.
“Transactions” means, collectively, the transactions to occur pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including:
(1) | the consummation of the Acquisition; |
(2) | the consummation of the Contribution; |
(3) | the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the creation of the Liens pursuant to the Security Documents and the initial borrowings hereunder; |
(4) | the execution and delivery of the ABL Loan Documents, the creation of the Liens pursuant to the ABL Security Documents and the initial borrowings under the ABL Credit Agreement; |
(5) | the Closing Date Refinancing; |
(6) | the undertaking of one or more Existing Notes LM Transactions or Specified Tender Offers; |
(7) | the PIPE Investment; |
(8) | the Impax Transactions; and |
(9) | the payment of all Transaction Costs. |
“Transferred IP” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04(30)(b).
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“TTM Consolidated EBITDA” means, as of any date of determination, the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower on a Pro Forma Basis for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to such date for which financial statements have been furnished or are required to have been furnished to the Lenders hereunder (or, in the case of a determination date that occurs prior to the first such delivery, for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ended as of December 31, 2017).
“Type” means, when used in respect of any Term Loan or Borrowing, the Rate by reference to which interest on such Term Loan or on the Term Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes of this definition, the term “Rate” means Adjusted Term SOFR, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR (if applicable) or ABR, as applicable.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“U.S. Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, and “U.S. Subsidiaries” means any two or more of them. Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, all references to U.S. Subsidiaries will mean U.S. Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(5).
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
“Unrestricted Cash” means, as of any date, all cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date that would not appear as “restricted” on the Required Financial Statements (unless such appearance is related to a restriction in favor of any Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties or an agent under the ABL Credit Agreement for the benefit of the secured parties thereunder), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, determined based upon the most recent month-end financial statements available internally as of the date of determination, and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (1) each Receivables Subsidiary and (2) any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder by written notice to the Administrative Agent (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Rondo Acquisition LLC and its Subsidiaries); provided that the Borrower will only be permitted to so designate a new Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date or subsequently re-designate any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (by written notice to the Administrative Agent) if no Specified Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom.
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The designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will constitute an Investment for purposes of Section 6.04 at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Borrower’s or its Restricted Subsidiary’s (as applicable) Investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary will constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness and Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and a return on any Investment by the Borrower in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an amount equal to the fair market value at the date of such designation of the Borrower’s or its Restricted Subsidiary’s (as applicable) Investment in such Subsidiary. Except as expressly set forth in this paragraph, no Investment will be deemed to exist or have been made, and no Indebtedness or Liens shall be deemed to have occurred, solely by virtue of a Subsidiary becoming an Excluded Subsidiary.
“USA PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness as of any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal (excluding nominal amortization), including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest 1/12) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness. The effect of prepayments shall be disregarded in calculating the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Indebtedness.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, all references to Wholly Owned Subsidiaries will mean Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Wholly Owned U.S. Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a U.S. Subsidiary of such Person that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary. Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, all references to Wholly Owned U.S. Subsidiaries will mean Wholly Owned U.S. Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
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“Working Capital” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of any date of determination, Current Assets at such date of determination minus Current Liabilities at such date of determination; provided that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in Working Capital will be calculated without regard to any changes in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (a) reclassification after the date hereof in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and non-current or (b) the effects of purchase accounting.
“Write-Down and Conversion
Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA
Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In
Legislation
Schedule., and
(b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or
change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to
provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary
to any of those powers.
SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally. The definitions set forth or referred to in Section 1.01 will apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun will include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. Unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) | the words “include,” “includes” and “including” will be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation;” |
(2) | in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including;” |
(3) | the word “will” will be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall;” |
(4) | the word “incur” will be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” will have correlative meanings); |
(5) | the word “or” will be construed to mean “and/or;” |
(6) | any reference to any Person will be construed to include such Person’s legal successors and permitted assigns; and |
(7) | the words “asset” and “property” will be construed to have the same meaning and effect. |
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All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules will be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document or organizational document of the Loan Parties means such document as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document). Any reference to any law will include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation means, unless otherwise specified, such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. Whenever this Agreement refers to the “knowledge” of Impax or any Loan Party, such reference will be construed to mean the knowledge of the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of such Person.
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms; GAAP; Fair Market Value. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature will be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, all accounting or financial terms used herein will be construed, and all financial computations pursuant hereto will be made, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825-10 (or any other Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification having a similar effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value,” as defined therein. In the event that any Accounting Change (as defined below) occurs and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then upon the written request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (acting upon the request of the Required Lenders), the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders will enter into good faith negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Change with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrower’s financial condition will be the same after such Accounting Change as if such Accounting Change had not occurred; provided that, until so amended, calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement will be computed in accordance with GAAP in effect prior to such Accounting Change until the effective date of such amendment. “Accounting Change” means (1) any change in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or (2) any change in the application of GAAP by the Borrower (including through the adoption of IFRS). All determinations of fair market value under a Loan Document will be made by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in good faith and if such determination is supported by an opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor, such determination will be conclusive for all purposes under the Loan Documents or related to the Obligations.
SECTION 1.04. Effectuation of Transfers. Each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) is made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.
SECTION 1.05. Currencies. Unless otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement, monetary amounts are in Dollars. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Default or Event of Default will arise as a result of any limitation or threshold set forth in Dollars being exceeded solely as a result of changes in currency exchange rates.
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SECTION 1.06. Required
Financial Statements. With respect to the determination of the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Total Net Leverage Ratio or under any other applicable provision of the Loan Documents (including the definition of Immaterial Subsidiary) made
on or prior to the date on which Required Financial Statements have been delivered for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2018, such calculation will be determined for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2017,
and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
[Reserved].
SECTION 1.07. Certifications. Any certificate or other writing required hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be certified by any officer or other authorized representative (including any Responsible Officer) of any Person will be deemed to be executed and delivered by such officer, other authorized representative or Responsible Officer solely in such individual’s capacity as an officer, other authorized representative or Responsible Officer of such Person and not in such officer’s or other authorized representative’s individual capacity and without any personal liability.
SECTION 1.08. Pro Forma Calculations.
(1) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, financial ratios shall be calculated in the manner prescribed by this Section 1.08; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clauses (2), (3) or (4) of this Section 1.08, when calculating any financial ratio for purposes of (a) determining Applicable Margins and pricing grid step-downs, (b) calculations of mandatory prepayments, (c) determining compliance with any financial covenant (including any financial covenant under the ABL Credit Agreement) and (d) any provisions related to the foregoing, the events described in this Section 1.08 that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period shall not be given pro forma effect. |
(2) | For purposes of calculating the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Total Net Leverage Ratio or any other financial ratio, Specified Transactions (and the incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness in connection therewith) that have been made (a) during the applicable Test Period or (b) subsequent to such Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Specified Transactions (and any increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA and the component financial definitions used therein attributable to any Specified Transaction) had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period. If since the beginning of any applicable Test Period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such Test Period shall have made any Specified Transaction that would have required adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.08 then the financial ratios shall be calculated to give pro forma effect thereto in accordance with this Section 1.08. |
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(3) | Whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a Specified Transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a Responsible Officer and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of cost savings, operating expense reductions and, synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of specified actions taken, committed to be taken or expected to be taken (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies had been realized on the first day of such Test Period and as if such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies were realized during the entirety of such period but, for the avoidance of doubt, subject to the limitations set forth in clause (g) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” set forth herein) relating to such Specified Transaction, net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions (such cost savings and synergies, “Specified Transaction Adjustments”); provided, that |
(a) | such Specified Transaction Adjustments are reasonably identifiable and quantifiable in the good faith judgment of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, |
(b) | such actions are taken, committed to be taken or reasonably anticipated to be taken no later than twenty four
(24) months after the |
(c) | no amounts shall be added pursuant to this clause (3) to the extent duplicative of any amounts that are otherwise added back in calculating Consolidated EBITDA, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, with respect to such period. |
(4) | In the event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs (including by assumption or guarantees) or repays (including by redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment) any Indebtedness included in the calculations of a financial covenant (in each case, other than Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the ABL Facility) in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes), (a) during the applicable Test Period or (b) subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made, then each financial ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, to the extent required, as if the same had occurred on the last day of the applicable Test Period. |
SECTION 1.09. LCA Election. Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, when (1) calculating any applicable ratio in connection with incurrence of Indebtedness, the creation of Liens, the making of any disposition, the making of an Investment, the
designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary or the repayment of Indebtedness or, (2) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement
which requires that no Default or Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would result therefrom or
(3) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the accuracy of any representation or warranty, in each case of the preceding clauses (1) and, (2) and
(3) in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, the date of determination of such ratio and
determination of, whether any Default or Event of
Default has occurred, is continuing or would result therefrom and whether any representation or warranty is
accurate shall, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCA
Election”), be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered
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into (the “LCA Test Date”). If on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection
therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof), with such ratios and other provisions being calculated as if such Limited Condition Transaction or other transactions had occurred at the beginning of the most
recent Test Period ending prior to the LCA Test Date for which financial statements are available, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with the applicable ratios or other provisions, such ratios or
provisions shall be deemed to have been complied with, unless a Specified Event of Default shall be continuing on the date such Limited Condition Transaction is
consummated. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) if any of such ratios or other provisions are exceeded or breached as a result of fluctuations in such ratio (including due to fluctuations
in Consolidated EBITDA) or other provisions at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Transaction, such ratios and other provisions will not be deemed to have been exceeded or breached solely for purposes of determining
whether the Limited Condition Transaction is permitted hereunder and (b) such ratios and compliance with such conditions shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction or related Specified
Transactions, unless on such date a Specified Event of Default shall be continuing.. If the Borrower has made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition
Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to any other Specified Transaction on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited
Condition Transaction is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated
on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement or any Loan Document to the contrary, if the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (i) incurs Indebtedness, creates Liens, makes dispositions, makes investments, makes Restricted Payments, designates any Subsidiary as a Restricted
Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary or repays any Indebtedness in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction under a ratio-based basket and (ii) incurs Indebtedness, creates Liens, makes dispositions, makes Investments, makes
Restricted Payments, designates any Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary or repays any Indebtedness in connection with such Limited Condition Transaction under a non-ratio-based basket (which shall occur within five
Business Days of the events in the preceding clause (i) above), then the applicable ratio will be calculated with respect to any such action under the applicable ratio-based basket without regard to any such action under such non-ratio-based
basket made in connection with such Limited Condition Transaction.
SECTION 1.10. Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification. The interest rate on a Loan denominated in dollars may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Section 2.11(2) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission, performance or any other matter related to any interest rate used in this Agreement, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence
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of, the existing interest rate being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as did any existing interest rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any interest rate used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
SECTION 2.01. Term Loans and Borrowings.
(1) | Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make to the Borrower Term Loans denominated in Dollars equal to such Lender’s Commitment on the Closing Date (the “Initial Term Loans”). The failure of any Lender to make any Initial Term Loan required to be made by it will not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender will be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Initial Term Loans as required. Amounts paid or prepaid in respect of Initial Term Loans may not be reborrowed. A portion of the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Impax Convertible Notes outstanding on the Closing Date shall be deposited by (or at the direction of) the Borrower into the Escrow Account (the “Escrowed Funds”). |
(2) | Subject to Sections 2.04(7) and 2.11, each Borrowing will be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Term Benchmark Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any ABR Loan or Term Benchmark Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Term Loan; provided that any exercise of such option will not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Term Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and such Lender will not be entitled to any amounts payable under Section 2.12 or 2.14 solely in respect of increased costs resulting from, and existing at the time of, such exercise. |
(3) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the funded portion of the Initial Term Loans (i.e., the amount advanced in cash to the Borrower on the Closing Date) will be equal to 99.50% of the principal amount of such Term Loan (it being agreed that the Borrower is obligated to repay 100.00% of the principal amount of the Initial Term Loans, the Initial Term Loans will amortize based on 100.00% of the principal amount of the Initial Term Loan and interest will accrue on 100.00% of the principal amount of the Initial Term Loan, in each case as provided herein). |
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(4) | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower will not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date. |
SECTION 2.02. Request for Borrowing.
Subject to Section 4.01(2), the Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Request not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, one Business Day prior to the anticipated Closing Date, requesting that the Lenders make Term Loans on the Closing Date (or such later date or time as the Administrative Agent may agree), which Borrowing Request may be conditioned on the consummation of the Acquisition. The Borrowing Request must specify:
(1) | the principal amount of Term Loans to be borrowed; |
(2) | the requested date of the Borrowing (which will be a Business Day); |
(3) | the Type of Term Loans to be borrowed; |
(4) | in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which will be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period;” and |
(5) | the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be provided by reference to a separate “funds flow” document). |
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified in the applicable Borrowing Request, then the Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing is specified in the applicable Borrowing Request, then the Borrower will be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one-month’s duration. Upon receipt of such Borrowing Request, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender thereof. The proceeds of the Term Loans requested under this Section 2.02 will be disbursed by the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds by wire transfer to such bank account or accounts as designated by the Borrower in the Borrowing Request.
SECTION 2.03. Funding of Borrowings.
(1) | Each Lender will make each Term Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. Subject to the last sentence of Section 2.01(1), the Administrative Agent will make such Term Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower as specified in the Borrowing Request. |
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(2) | Unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Xxxxxx’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Xxxxxx has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Section 2.03 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, forthwith on demand (without duplication) such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent at (a) in the case of such Lender, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (b) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans at such time. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent then such amount will constitute such Lender’s Term Loan included in such Borrowing. |
SECTION 2.04. Interest Elections.
(1) | Subject to Section 2.02, each Borrowing initially will be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, will have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section 2.04. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion will be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Term Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Term Loans comprising each such portion will be considered a separate Borrowing; provided that the Term Loans comprising any Borrowing will be in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided further that there shall not be more than ten Term Benchmark Borrowings outstanding hereunder at any time. |
(2) | To make an election pursuant to this Section 2.04 following the Closing Date, the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone (a) in the case of an election to convert to or continue a Term Benchmark Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the effective date of such election (b) in the case of an election to convert to a RFR Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, five Business Days before the effective date of such election or (c) in the case of an election to convert to or continue an ABR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of such election (or in each case, at such later date or time as the Administrative Agent may agree). Each such telephonic Interest Election Request will be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, facsimile transmission or e-mail to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request. |
(3) | Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request will be irrevocable and will specify the following information: |
(a) | the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (c) and (d) below will be specified for each resulting Borrowing); |
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(b) | the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which will be a Business Day; |
(c) | whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, a Term Benchmark Borrowing or a RFR Borrowing; provided that the Borrower shall not be entitled to request a RFR Borrowing unless Daily Simple SOFR is being used as the Benchmark Replacement pursuant to Section 2.11; and |
(d) | if the resulting Borrowing is a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which will be a period contemplated by the definition of “Interest Period.” |
(4) | If any such Interest Election Request requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower will be deemed to have selected a Term Benchmark Borrowing having an Interest Period of one month’s duration. |
(5) | Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent will advise each applicable Lender of the details thereof and of such Xxxxxx’s portion of each resulting Borrowing. |
(6) | If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Term Benchmark Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing will be automatically converted into or continued as an ABR Borrowing. |
(7) | Any portion of a Borrowing maturing or required to be repaid in less than one month may not be converted into or continued as a Term Benchmark Borrowing. |
(8) | Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the written request (including a request through electronic means) of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as such Event of Default is continuing, (a) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Term Benchmark Borrowing and (b) unless repaid, each Term Benchmark Borrowing will be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto. |
SECTION 2.05. Promise to Pay; Evidence of Debt.
(1) | The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.06. |
(2) | Each Lender will maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Term Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder. |
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(3) | The Administrative Agent will maintain accounts in which it will record (a) the amount of each Term Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period (if any) applicable thereto, (b) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (c) any amount received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof. |
(4) | The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of this Section 2.05 will be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein will not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Term Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. |
(5) | Any Lender may request that Term Loans made by it be evidenced by a Note. In such event, the Borrower will prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a Note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. |
SECTION 2.06. Repayment of Term Loans.
(1) | The Borrower will repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, commencing with the last Business Day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending on September 30, 2018, an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans outstanding on the Closing Date, which payments will be reduced as set forth in Amendment No. 2 and as further reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.07 or 2.08, as applicable (each such date being referred to as an “Initial Term Loan Installment Date”); |
(2) | (a) In the event that any Incremental Term Loans are made, the Borrower will repay Borrowings consisting of Incremental Term Loans on the dates (each an “Incremental Term Loan Installment Date”) and in the amounts set forth in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment, (b) in the event that any Refinancing Term Loans are made, the Borrower will repay Borrowings consisting of Refinancing Term Loans on the dates (each an “Refinancing Term Loan Installment Date”) and in the amounts set forth in the applicable Refinancing Amendment and (c) in the event that any Extended Term Loans are made, the Borrower will repay Borrowings consisting of Extended Term Loans on the dates (each an “Extended Term Loan Installment Date”) and in the amounts set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment; and |
(3) | to the extent not previously paid, all outstanding Term Loans will be due and payable on the applicable Maturity Date; |
together, in each case, with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but excluding the date of such payment.
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SECTION 2.07. Optional Prepayment of Term Loans. The Borrower may at any time and
from time to time prepay the Term Loans in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (except as provided in
Section 2.21 and subject to
Section 2.13), in an aggregate principal amount, (1) in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1.0 million, and (2) in the case of ABR Loans or RFR Loans, that is an integral
multiple of $100,000 and not less than $1.0 million, or, in each case, if less, the amount outstanding. The Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery, facsimile transmission or e-mail) of such election not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, (a) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, three Business Days before the anticipated date of such prepayment, (b) in the
case of a RFR Borrowing, five Business Days before the anticipated date of such prepayment and (c) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, one Business Day before the anticipated date of such prepayment (or in each case, at such later date or time as
the Administrative Agent may agree). Each such notice of prepayment will specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing (or portion thereof) to be prepaid. All prepayments under this Section 2.07 will be accompanied by
accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be prepaid to but excluding the date of payment. Any such notice may be revocable or conditioned on a refinancing of all or any portion of a Term Facility. Any optional prepayments of Term Loans
pursuant to this Section 2.07 will be applied to the remaining scheduled amortization payments as directed by the Borrower (or in the absence of such direction, in direct order of maturity) and, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence,
will be applied ratably to the Term Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary (including Section 2.15), so long as no Specified Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and no
proceeds of any ABL Loans are used to consummate any such prepayment, the Borrower may prepay Term Loans of one or more Class on a non-pro rata basis at or below par in accordance with the Dutch Auction Procedures.
SECTION 2.08. Mandatory Prepayment of Term Loans.
(1) | Subject to Sections 2.08(6), 2.08(8) and 2.08(9), the Borrower will apply 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received by it or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an Asset Sale made pursuant to the General Asset Sale Basket (other than (i) any ABL Priority Collateral Asset Sale or (ii) any Asset Sale of (1) any portion of the Borrower’s direct or indirect Investments in Rondo Acquisition or its Subsidiaries or (2) any assets of Rondo Acquisition or its Subsidiaries) or any Sale Leaseback Transaction to prepay Term Loans within ten Business Days following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds; provided that: |
(a) | if at the time that any such prepayment would be required, the Borrower is required to, or to offer to, repurchase, redeem, repay or prepay any Pari Passu Lien Debt or ABL Loans (any such Pari Passu Lien Debt and ABL Loans, “Other Applicable Indebtedness”) with such Net Cash Proceeds, then the Borrower may apply such Net Cash Proceeds to redeem, repurchase, repay or prepay Term Loans and Other Applicable Indebtedness (in the case of any revolving facilities to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction of the corresponding commitment) on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of the applicable Lenders) and the amount of prepayment of the Term Loans that would have otherwise been required pursuant to this Section 2.08(1) will be reduced accordingly; |
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(b) | for purposes of the preceding clause (a), pro rata basis will be determined on the basis of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and Other Applicable Indebtedness outstanding at such time, with it being agreed that the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness will not exceed the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds required to be allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof, and the remaining amount, if any, of such Net Cash Proceeds will be allocated to the prepayment of the Term Loans (in accordance with the terms hereof) to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds would otherwise have been required to be so applied if such Other Applicable Indebtedness was not then outstanding; and |
(c) | to the extent the holders of Other Applicable Indebtedness decline to have such Indebtedness repurchased, redeemed, repaid or prepaid, the declined amount will promptly (and in any event within ten Business Days after the date of such rejection) be applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof (to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds would otherwise have been required to be so applied if such Other Applicable Indebtedness was not then outstanding). |
(2) | Subject to Section 2.08(6) and 2.08(9), commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, not later than five Business Days after the Financial Officer certificate pursuant to Section 5.04(3) for the corresponding Excess Cash Flow Period shall have been delivered or required to be delivered, the Borrower will apply the following amount to the prepayment of Term Loans: |
(a) | the Required Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow (if any); minus |
(b) | the sum of: |
(i) | voluntary prepayments of Term Loans and Pari Passu Lien Debt (including those made through debt buybacks and in the case of below-par buybacks in an amount equal to the discounted amount actually paid in cash in respect thereof), in each case other than revolving Indebtedness; and |
(ii) | loans under the ABL Credit Agreement, any ABL Incremental Facility or other revolving Pari Passu Lien Debt (to the extent accompanied by a corresponding reduction in the commitments); |
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in each case, (x) during such Excess Cash Flow Period or following the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period and prior to the date of delivery of such Financial Officer certificate (provided that, with respect to any such amount following the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period, such amount is not included in any subsequent calculation pursuant to this clause (b)) and (y) to the extent such prepayments are not funded with the proceeds of Funded Debt; provided that no such payment shall be required if such amount is equal to or less than $15,000,000; provided, further, that:
(A) if at the time that any such prepayment would be required, the Borrower is required to, or to offer to, repurchase, redeem, repay or prepay any Pari Passu Lien Debt with all or a portion of such Excess Cash Flow (any such Pari Passu Lien Debt, “Other Applicable ECF Indebtedness”), then the Borrower may apply such Excess Cash Flow to redeem, repurchase, repay or prepay Term Loans and Other Applicable ECF Indebtedness (in the case of any revolving facilities, to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction of corresponding commitments) on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of the applicable Lenders) and the amount of prepayment of the Term Loans that would have otherwise been required pursuant to this Section 2.08(2) will be reduced accordingly;
(B) for purposes of the preceding clause (A), pro rata basis will be determined on the basis of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and Other Applicable ECF Indebtedness outstanding at such time, with it being agreed that the portion of such Excess Cash Flow allocated to the Other Applicable ECF Indebtedness will not exceed the amount of such Excess Cash Flow required to be allocated to the Other Applicable ECF Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof, and the remaining amount, if any, of such Excess Cash Flow will be allocated to the prepayment of the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof (to the extent such Excess Cash Flow would otherwise have been required to be so applied if such Other Applicable ECF Indebtedness was not then outstanding); and
(c) | to the extent the holders of Other Applicable ECF Indebtedness decline to have such indebtedness repurchased, repaid or prepaid, the declined amount will promptly (and in any event within ten Business Days after the date of such rejection) be applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof (to the extent such Excess Cash Flow would otherwise have been required to be so applied if such Other Applicable ECF Indebtedness was not then outstanding). |
(3) | On the date that is the earlier of (x) 45 Business Days following the Closing Date and (y) the date of settlement of the Specified Tender Offer (such earlier date, the “Specified Tender Offer Prepayment Date”), the Borrower will prepay the Term Loans in an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of any Impax Convertible Notes, if any, on the Specified Tender Offer Prepayment Date after giving effect to the Specified Tender Offer, if any. |
(4) | The Borrower will apply 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness that is not Excluded Indebtedness to the prepayment of Term Loans, on or prior to the date which is five Business Days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds. |
(5) | Except as may otherwise be set forth in any Permitted Amendment to the extent permitted by the terms hereof, (a) each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.08(1), (2), (3) and (4) will be applied ratably to each Class of Term Loans then outstanding, (b) with respect to each Class of Loans, each prepayment pursuant to Section 2.08(1), (2), (3) and |
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(4) will be applied to the then remaining scheduled installments of principal thereof pursuant to Section 2.06 as directed by the Borrower (and absent such direction, in direct order of maturity), and (c) each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective proportionate shares (based on each such Lender’s participation in the Term Loans prepaid). |
(6) | Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.08 to the contrary, any Lender may elect, by notice to the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery, facsimile transmission or e-mail) at least two Business Days prior to the required prepayment date, to decline all or any portion of any mandatory prepayment of its Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.08 (other than clauses (3) and (4) of this Section 2.08), in which case the aggregate amount of the prepayment that would have been applied to prepay Term Loans but was so declined will be retained by the Borrower and applied for any permitted purpose hereunder. Such prepayments will be applied on a pro rata basis to the then outstanding Term Loans being prepaid irrespective of whether such outstanding Term Loans are ABR Loans, Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans. |
(7) | The Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent, at the time of each prepayment required under this Section 2.08, (a) a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the amount of such prepayment and (b) to the extent practicable, at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice of such prepayment. Each notice of prepayment shall specify the prepayment date, the Type of each Term Loan being prepaid and the principal amount of each Term Loan (or portion thereof) to be prepaid. Prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.08 will be made without premium or penalty, accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be prepaid to but excluding the date of payment. No payments under Section 2.13 will be required in connection with a prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.08. |
(8) | With respect to any Net Cash Proceeds received with respect to any Asset Sale that gives rise to a prepayment event pursuant to Section 2.08(1), at the option of the Borrower, the Borrower may (in lieu of making a prepayment pursuant to Section 2.08(1)) elect to reinvest (directly, or through one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries) an amount equal to all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds (the “Reinvestment Deferred Amount”) in assets used or useful for the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) within eighteen (18) months following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds or (b) if the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries enters into a legally binding commitment to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds within eighteen (18) months following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, no later than one hundred and eighty (180) days after the end of such eighteen month period. |
(9) | Notwithstanding any provisions of this Section 2.08 to the contrary, |
(a) | to the extent that a Responsible Officer of the Borrower has reasonably determined in good faith in consultation with the Administrative Agent that any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow giving rise to a prepayment event pursuant to Section 2.08(1), (2) or (4) is prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from |
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being repatriated to the United States, the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to prepay Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.08, but may be retained by the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary for so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States. Once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be effected promptly and such repatriated Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.08 to the extent provided herein; provided that the Borrower hereby agrees, and will cause any applicable Subsidiary, to promptly take all commercially reasonable actions required by applicable local law to permit any such repatriation; or |
(b) | to the extent that a Responsible Officer of the Borrower has reasonably determined in good faith in consultation with the Administrative Agent that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow giving rise to a prepayment event pursuant to this Section 2.08 would have an adverse tax cost consequence, |
then in each case the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to prepay Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.08, but may be retained by the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary without being repatriated. The non- application of Net Cash Proceeds as a consequence of this Section 2.08 will not constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement. Such amounts shall not be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds, regardless of whether the limitations set forth above in clauses (a) or (b) cease to apply after such initial determination.
(c) | For purposes of this Section 2.08(9), references to “law” mean, with respect to any Person, (A) the common law and any federal, state, local, foreign, multinational or international statutes, laws, treaties, judicial decisions, standards, rules and regulations, guidances, guidelines, ordinances, rules, judgments, writs, orders, decrees, codes, plans, injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, governmental agreements and governmental restrictions (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities), in each case whether now or hereafter in effect, and (B) the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and that are applicable to or binding (or purported to be binding) upon such Person, its Subsidiaries or any of its or their property or to which such Person, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their property is subject (or purported to be subject). |
SECTION 2.09. Fees.
(1) | The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the “Agency Fee” in respect of the Term Facility set forth in the Agency Fee Letter at the times and on the terms specified therein or in such other amounts and at such other times as may be separately agreed in writing by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower from time to time (the “Administrative Agent Fees”). |
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(2) | All Fees will be paid on the dates due and payable, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent at the Payment Office for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders. Once paid, none of the Fees will be refundable under any circumstances (except as expressly agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, including pursuant to the Agency Fee Letter). |
SECTION 2.10. Interest.
(1) | The Term Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing and RFR Borrowing will bear interest at the ABR or Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, respectively, plus the Applicable Margin. |
(2) | The Term Loans comprising each Term Benchmark Borrowing will bear interest at Adjusted Term SOFR for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin. |
(3) | Following the occurrence and during the continuation of a Specified Event of Default, the Borrower will pay interest on overdue amounts hereunder at a rate per annum equal to (a) in the case of overdue principal of, or interest on, any Term Loan, 2.0% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Term Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 2.10 or (b) in the case of any other overdue amount, 2.0% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in clause (1) of this Section 2.10. |
(4) | Accrued interest on each Term Loan will be payable in arrears (a) on each Interest Payment Date for such Term Loan and (b) on the applicable Maturity Date; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (3) of this Section 2.10 will be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Term Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid will be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Term Benchmark Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Term Loan will be payable on the effective date of such conversion. |
(5) | All interest hereunder will be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the ABR at times when the ABR is based on the prime rate, will be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and, in each case, will be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable ABR, Adjusted Term SOFR or Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR will be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination will be conclusive absent manifest error. |
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SECTION 2.11. Alternate Rate of Interest.
(1) | Subject to clauses (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of this Section 2.11, if: |
(a) | the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining Term SOFR (including because the Term SOFR Reference Rate is not available or published on a current basis), for such Interest Period or (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining Daily Simple SOFR; or |
(b) | the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, Term SOFR for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period or (B) at any time, Daily Simple SOFR will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing; |
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark, (x) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, or continuation of a Term Benchmark Borrowing or, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for Borrowing of or conversion to, and any interest election request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Term Benchmark Borrowing and any Borrowing Request that requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing, shall in each case, instead be deemed to be a conversion, an interest election request or a Borrowing Request, as applicable, for (x) an RFR Borrowing so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 2.11(1)(a) or (b) above or (y) an ABR Borrowing if Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 2.11(1)(a) or (b) above; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then all other Types of Borrowings shall be permitted. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 2.11(1) with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Borrower delivers a new interest election request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.04 or a new Borrowing Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.02, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) an RFR Borrowing so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 2.11(1)(a) or (b) above or (y) an ABR Loan if Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 2.11(1)(a) or (b) above, on such day, and (2) any RFR Loan shall on and from such day be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute an ABR Loan.
(2) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the |
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definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders of each Class stating that such Lenders object to such amendment (or amendment and restatement). |
(3) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. |
(4) | The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of
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(5) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in
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(6) | Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing or RFR Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term Benchmark Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to (A) an RFR Borrowing so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (B) an ABR Borrowing if Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until such time as a Benchmark Replacement is implemented pursuant to this Section 2.11, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan, be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) an RFR Borrowing so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) an ABR Loan if Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event, on such day and (2) any RFR Loan (to the extent subject of a Benchmark Transition Event) shall on and from such day be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute an ABR Loan. |
SECTION 2.12. Increased Costs.
(1) | If any Change in Law: |
(a) | imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender; |
(b) | imposes on any Lender or any applicable interbank market any other condition (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Term Benchmark Loans made by such Lender; or |
(c) | subjects any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (i) Indemnified Taxes and (ii) Excluded Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments or other obligations, or deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; |
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and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Term Benchmark Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Term Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(2) | If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Term Loans made by such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. |
(3) | A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (1) or (2) of this Section 2.12 will be delivered to the Borrower and will be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower will pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten days after receipt thereof. |
(4) | Promptly after any Lender has determined that it will make a request for increased compensation pursuant to this Section 2.12, such Lender will notify the Borrower thereof. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.12 will not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower will not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.12 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180 day period referred to above will be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. |
SECTION 2.13. Break Funding Payments. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Borrower will compensate each Lender for the actual loss, cost and expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) attributable to the following events:
(1) | the payment of any principal of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default); |
(2) | the conversion of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; |
(3) | the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Term Benchmark Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto; or |
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(4) | the assignment of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16. |
A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.13 will be delivered to the Borrower and will be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower will pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.14. Taxes.
(1) | Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder will be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes; provided that if a Loan Party is required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes from such payments, then (a) the sum payable will be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.14) the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as applicable, receives an amount equal to the amount it would have received had no such deductions been made, (b) such Loan Party will make such deductions and (c) such Loan Party will timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. |
(2) | In addition, the Loan Parties will pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. |
(3) | Each Loan Party will, jointly and severally, indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within ten days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender (other than as a result of the Administrative Agent’s or any Xxxxxx’s gross negligence or willful misconduct), on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of such Loan Party hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.14) and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to such Loan Party by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, will be conclusive absent manifest error. |
(4) | As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes by a Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, such Loan Party will deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. |
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(5) |
(a) | Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document will deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, will deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 2.14(5)(b), 2.14(5)(c) and 2.14(6) below) will not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender. |
(b) | Without limiting the effect of Section 2.14(5)(a) above, each Foreign Lender will deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), two original copies of whichever of the following is applicable: |
(i) | in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party, (A) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (B) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty; |
(ii) | duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto); |
(iii) | in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, (A) a certificate substantially in the form of the applicable Exhibit F-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3) or 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (B) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto); |
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(iv) | to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, accompanied by Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2 or Exhibit F-3, Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner; or |
(v) | any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made. |
In addition, in each of the foregoing circumstances, each Foreign Lender will deliver such forms, if legally entitled to deliver such forms, promptly upon the obsolescence, expiration or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Foreign Lender will promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification adopted by the United States of America or other taxing authorities for such purpose). In addition, each Lender that is not a Foreign Lender will deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto) on or before the date such Xxxxxx becomes a party and upon the expiration of any form previously delivered by such Xxxxxx. Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Lender will not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph (5) that such Lender is not legally able to deliver.
(c) | JPM, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent (and any Person succeeding the Administrative Agent upon assignment or succession under Section 9.09, if applicable) will also deliver to the Borrower, on or prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service form W-9 with respect to any amounts payable to JPM for its own account (or other withholding certification as appropriate) and (ii) if applicable, two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY certifying that it is a “U.S. branch” and that the payments it receives for the account of others are not effectively connected with the conduct of its trade or business in the United States and that it is using such form as evidence of its agreement with the Borrower to be treated as a United States person with respect to such payments, with the effect that the Borrower can make payments to JPM (acting as the Administrative Agent) without deduction or withholding of any taxes imposed by the United States. |
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(6) | If a payment made to a Recipient under any Loan Document would be subject to a Tax imposed by FATCA if such Recipient were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Recipient will deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Recipient has complied with such Recipient’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (6), “FATCA” will include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement. |
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it will update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(7) | If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund (including a credit in lieu of a refund) of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by a Loan Party or with respect to which such Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.14, it will pay over reasonably promptly such refund to such Loan Party (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Loan Party under this Section 2.14 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender (including any Taxes imposed with respect to such refund) as is determined by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in good faith, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that such Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Xxxxxx, agrees to repay as soon as reasonably practicable the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section 2.14(7) will not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems, in good faith, to be confidential) to the Loan Parties or any other Person. |
(8) | Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.14 will survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document. |
(9) | For purposes of this Section 2.14, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA. |
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SECTION 2.15. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(1) | Unless otherwise specified, the Borrower will make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time, at the Payment Office, except that (unless the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Persons otherwise agree) payments pursuant to Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 10.05 will be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto, on the date when due. All payments shall be in immediately available funds, without condition or deduction for any defense, recoupment, set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. The Administrative Agent will distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof and will make settlements with the Lenders with respect to other payments at the times and in the manner provided in this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, if any payment hereunder is due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment will be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon will be payable for the period of such extension. Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder will be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent, at or before such time, has taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment. |
(2) | Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, if (a) at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due from the Borrower hereunder or (b) at any time an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Administrative Agent will receive proceeds of Term Priority Collateral in connection with the exercise of remedies, such funds will be applied in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Collateral Agreement (subject to the application of proceeds provisions contained in the Intercreditor Agreement (as applicable)). |
(3) | Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, if any Lender, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtains payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Class of Term Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Class of Term Loans than the proportion received by any other Lender in such Class, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion will purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Term Loans of such Class of other Lenders in such Class to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments will be shared by the Lenders in such Class ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Term Loans of such Class; provided that (a) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations will be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (b) the provisions of this paragraph (3) will not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Term Loans to any assignee or participant. The Borrower |
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consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. |
(4) | Unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. |
(5) | If any Lender fails to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.03(1) or 2.15(3), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under Section 2.03(1) or 2.15(3), as applicable, until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid. |
SECTION 2.16. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(1) | If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, then such Lender will use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Term Loans hereunder or assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (a) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.14, as applicable, in the future and (b) would not subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. |
(2) | If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12 or is a Defaulting Lender, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, either (a) prepay such Lender’s outstanding Term Loans hereunder in full on a non-pro rata basis without premium or penalty (including with respect to the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 10.04(2)(b)(ii)) or (b) require such Lender to assign and delegate, |
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without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that will assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) in the case of clause (b) above, the Borrower has received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent will not unreasonably be withheld, if a consent by the Administrative Agent would be required under Section 10.04 for an assignment of Term Loans to such assignee, (ii) such Lender has received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Term Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.12 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.14, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. No action by or consent of the Defaulting Lender will be necessary in connection with such removal or assignment. In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Defaulting Lender and the replacement Lender will otherwise comply with Section 10.04; provided that if such Defaulting Lender does not comply with Section 10.04 within three Business Days after the Administrative Agent’s or the Borrower’s request, compliance with Section 10.04 will not be required to effect such assignment. Nothing in this Section 2.16 will be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender. |
(3) | If any Lender (such Lender, a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that, pursuant to the terms of Section 10.08, requires the consent of such Lender and with respect to which the Required Lenders have granted their consent, then the Borrower will have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) at its sole expense, to either (a) prepay such Lender’s outstanding Term Loans hereunder in full on a non-pro rata basis without premium or penalty (including with respect to the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 10.04(2)(b)(ii)) or (b) replace such Non-Consenting Lender by deeming such Non-Consenting Lender to have assigned its Term Loans and its Commitments hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent if a consent by the Administrative Agent would be required under Section 10.04 for an assignment of Term Loans to such Assignee; provided that (i) all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender (including accrued Fees and any amounts due under Section 2.12, 2.13 or 2.14) being removed or replaced will be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such removal or assignment and (ii) in the case of clause (b) above, such Non-Consenting Lender will have received payment of an amount equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. No action by or consent of the Non-Consenting Lender will be necessary in connection with such removal or assignment, in the case of clause (b) above, which shall be immediately and automatically effective upon payment of such purchase price. In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender will otherwise comply with Section 10.04; provided that if such Non-Consenting Lender does not comply with Section 10.04 within three Business Days after the Administrative Agent’s or the Borrower’s request, compliance with Section 10.04 will not be required to effect such assignment. |
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SECTION 2.17. [Reserved].
SECTION 2.18. Incremental Facilities.
(1) | Notice. At any time and from time to time, on one or more occasions, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent, increase the aggregate principal amount of any outstanding tranche of Term Loans or add one or more additional tranches of term loans under the Loan Documents (the “Incremental Term Loans;” each such increase or tranche, an “Incremental Facility”). |
(2) | Ranking. Incremental Facilities will rank either pari passu or junior in right of payment with the Initial Term Loans and will be either unsecured or secured by Liens that secure the Initial Term Loans on a pari passu or junior basis, in each case as set forth in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment. |
(3) | Size. The aggregate principal amount of Incremental Facilities incurred pursuant to this Section 2.18 together with the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Term Debt incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(1) will not exceed, in the aggregate, an amount equal to (a) the Incremental Fixed Amount plus (b) the Incremental Ratio Amount (the sum of the Incremental Fixed Amount and the Incremental Ratio Amount, the “Incremental Amount”). Calculation of the Incremental Amount shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis (giving effect, for purposes of clause (2) of the Incremental Amount, to the use of proceeds of any relevant Incremental Facility) and evidenced by a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower demonstrating such calculation in reasonable detail. Each Incremental Facility Amendment executed in connection with an Incremental Facility will identify whether all or any portion of such Incremental Facility is being incurred pursuant to the Incremental Fixed Amount, the Incremental Ratio Amount or a combination thereof. If the Borrower incurs Indebtedness under an Incremental Facility (or Incremental Equivalent Term Debt) using the Incremental Fixed Amount on the same date that it incurs any such Indebtedness using the Incremental Ratio Amount, the Incremental Ratio Amount will be calculated without regard to any incurrence of indebtedness under the Incremental Fixed Amount. Unless the Borrower elects otherwise, each incurrence of Incremental Facility (or Incremental Equivalent Term Debt) will be deemed incurred first as Incremental Ratio Amount to the extent permitted, with any balance incurred under the Incremental Fixed Amount. The Borrower may classify, and may later reclassify, indebtedness incurred under an Incremental Facility (or any Incremental Equivalent Term Debt) as incurred as, and in reliance on, the Incremental Fixed Amount, Incremental Ratio Amount, or both, on the date of incurrence and thereafter, to the extent permitted on the date of classification (or the date of any such reclassification). Each Incremental Facility will be in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $10,000,000 (or such lesser minimum amount approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided that such amount may be less than such minimum amount or integral multiple amount without the Administrative Agent’s consent if such amount represents all the remaining availability under the Incremental Amount at such time. |
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(4) | Incremental Lenders. Incremental Term Loans may be provided by any existing Lender (it being understood that no existing Lender will have an obligation to provide Incremental Term Loans) or any Additional Lender. While existing Lenders may (but are not obligated unless invited and so elect) participate in any syndication of an Incremental Facility and may (but are not obligated unless invited and so elect) become lenders with respect thereto, the existing Lenders will not have any right to participate in any syndication of, and will not have any right of first refusal or other right to provide all or any portion of, any Incremental Facility or Incremental Term Loan except to the extent the Borrower and the arrangers thereof, if any, in their discretion, choose to invite or include any such existing Lender (which may or may not apply to all existing Lenders and may or may not be pro rata among existing Lenders). Final allocations in respect of any Incremental Facilities will be made by the Borrower together with the arrangers thereof, if any, in their discretion, in accordance with this Section 2.18. |
(5) | Incremental Facility Amendments; Use of Proceeds. Each Incremental Facility will become effective
pursuant to an amendment (which may, at the option of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, be in the form of an amendment and restatement) (each, an “Incremental Facility Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as
appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and, with respect to any amendment (or amendment and restatement) of this Agreement, each Lender or Additional Lender providing such Incremental Facility (the
“Incremental Lenders”). The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Incremental Facility Amendment. Incremental Facility Amendments may, without the consent of any other Lenders,
effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.18 and to make an
Incremental Term Loan fungible (including for tax purposes) with other Term Loans (subject to the limitations under paragraphs (7) and (8) of this Section 2.18). Without limiting the foregoing, an Incremental Facility Amendment may,
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(6) | Conditions. The availability of Incremental Term Loans will be subject solely to the following conditions, subject, for the avoidance of doubt, to Section 1.09, measured on the date of the initial borrowing under (or, as applicable pursuant to Section 1.09, receipt of commitments with respect to) any such Incremental Facility: |
(a) | no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing |
(b) | the representations and warranties in the Loan Documents will be true and correct in all material respects (except for representations and warranties that are already qualified by materiality, which representations and warranties will be accurate in all respects) immediately prior to, and immediately after giving effect to, the incurrence of such Incremental Term Loans; provided that the condition set forth in this clause (b) may be waived or not required (other than with respect to the Specified Representations) if the proceeds of the initial Borrowings under such Incremental Facilities will be used to finance, in whole or in part, a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder; and |
(c) | such other conditions (if any) as may be required by the Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans, unless such other conditions are waived by such Incremental Lenders; |
(7) | Terms. Each Incremental Facility Amendment will set forth the amount and terms of the relevant Incremental Facility. The terms of each Incremental Facility will be as agreed between the Borrower and the Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans; provided that: |
(a) | the final maturity date of such Incremental Term Loans will be no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans; |
(b) | the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Incremental Term Loans will be no shorter than the longest remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Initial Term Loans; |
(c) | such Incremental Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis
(but not greater than a pro rata basis) in any mandatory repayments |
(d) | no Incremental Facility will be secured by any assets or property that does not constitute Collateral or Collateral (as defined in the New Term Loan Credit Agreement); |
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(e) | no Incremental Facility will be guaranteed by any Person other than a Guarantor; and |
(f) | (i) any Incremental Facility will be on terms and conditions that are, taken as a whole, not materially more
favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness than, those applicable to the Initial Term Loans, as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (except for covenants applicable only to periods after the Latest
Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans at the time of incurrence, as otherwise specifically addressed in this clause (7) or clause (8) below or to the extent
such more favorable terms are incorporated for the benefit of the holders of the Initial Term Loans) and (ii) solely to the extent that any terms and conditions applicable to any Incremental Term Loans are not consistent with |
(8) | Pricing. The interest rate, fees and original issue discount for any Incremental Term Loans will be as determined by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and the Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans; provided that in the event that the All-In Yield applicable to any Incremental Term Loans that are secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans exceeds the All-In Yield of the Initial Term Loans by more than 50 basis points, then the All-In Yield for the Initial Term Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the All-In Yield of such Term Loans is equal to the All-In Yield of such Incremental Term Loans minus 50 basis points; provided, further, that any increase in the All-In Yield of the Term Loans due to an increase in Term SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or ABR, as applicable, “floor” on any Incremental Term Loan shall be effected solely through an increase in such “floor” (or an implementation thereof, as applicable) applicable to the Initial Term Loans. |
SECTION 2.19. Refinancing Term Loans.
(1) | Refinancing Term Loans. At any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may obtain, from any Lender or any Additional Lender, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of all or any portion of the Term Loans, in the form of Refinancing Term Loans pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment. |
(2) | Refinancing Amendments. The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment will be subject only to the satisfaction on the date thereof of such of the conditions as may be requested by the providers of the Refinancing Term Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement will be deemed amended (or amended and restated, as applicable) to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Refinancing Term Loans incurred pursuant thereto (including any amendments necessary to treat the Term Loans subject thereto as Refinancing Term Loans). |
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(3) | Required Consents. Any Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any Person other than the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders or Additio |