INCREMENTAL JOINDER
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
THIS INCREMENTAL JOINDER, dated as of March 22, 2022 (this “Agreement”), by and among the Persons identified as the Term B-6 Lenders (each a “Term B-6 Lender”) and the Term B-7 Lenders (each a “Term B-7 Lender, and together with the Term B-6 Lenders, the “New Loan Lenders” and each, a “New Loan Lender”) on the signature pages hereto, SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), SS&C EUROPEAN HOLDINGS, a société à responsabilité limitée organized under the laws of Luxembourg (the “Designated Borrower”), SS&C FINANCING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Designated U.S. Co-Borrower”; the Designated U.S. Borrower and the Designated Borrower, each a “Designated Borrower” and, collectively the “Designated Borrowers”; and the Designated Borrowers, together with the Company, the “Borrowers” and each a “Borrower”), the other Loan Parties party hereto and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch (“Credit Suisse”), as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below) or in Annex A hereto, as applicable.
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, the Company, the Designated Borrowers, SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (the “Parent”), the Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, as an L/C Issuer, and Credit Suisse, as Administrative Agent and as an L/C Issuer, are party to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 16, 2018 (such credit agreement as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”).
WHEREAS, by way of a scheme of arrangement effected pursuant to part 26 of the Companies Xxx 0000, the Company will directly or indirectly through Bolt Bidco Limited, a wholly-owned special purpose vehicle organized under the laws of England and Wales (“Bidco”), acquire or own up to 100% (but not less than 75%) of the issued share capital of Blue Prism Group plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the “Target” and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Acquired Business”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.01(f) of the Existing Credit Agreement, (i) the Company has requested that the Term B-6 Lenders provide Incremental Term Loans as Term B-6 Loans (the “Term B-6 Loans”, and the commitments related thereto, the “Term B-6 Commitments”) and (ii) the Designated Borrowers have requested that the Term B-7 Lenders provide Incremental Term Loans as Term B-7 Loans (the “Term B-7 Loans”, and the commitments related thereto, the “Term B-7 Commitments” and, together with the Term B-6 Commitments, the “New Loan Commitments” and any loans under the New Loan Commitments, the “New Loans”), on the Incremental B-6/B-7 Effective Date (as defined below).
WHEREAS, in furtherance thereof, each party hereto hereby consents to this Agreement to make certain modifications to the Existing Credit Agreement (the Existing Credit Agreement, as modified hereby, the “Amended Credit Agreement”).
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, only the items referred to in this Section 3 with respect to, and only insofar as they relate to, the Borrowers shall constitute a condition precedent to the availability of the Term B-6 Loans and the Term B-7 Loans, and each of the items described in this Section 3 with respect to, and insofar as related to, Loan Parties that are not Borrowers shall instead be conditions subsequent to the availability of the Term B-6 Commitments and the Term B-7 Commitments, and the delivery of which shall be made promptly after the initial funding of the Term B-6 Commitments and the Term B-7 Commitments on the Incremental B-6/B-7 Effective Date.
On and after the Incremental B-6/B-7 Effective Date, each reference in the Existing Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or words of like import, and each reference to the “Credit Agreement” in any other Loan Document, in each case shall be deemed a reference to the Amended Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
The parties hereto confirm that no novation of any kind has occurred as a result of, or in connection with, this Agreement or otherwise, any such novation being hereby expressly disclaimed.
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The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
(a) refuse to participate in or make available any New Loan, provided that the conditions in paragraph (a) - (j) (inclusive) of Clause 3 (Conditions to Effectiveness and Availability) above has been satisfied or waived in accordance with Clause 3 (Conditions to Effectiveness and Availability);
(b) be entitled to take any action or exercise any right to rescind, terminate or cancel this Agreement or any Loan Document (or any provision hereof or obligation hereunder) or any New Loan or New Loan Commitments;
(c) exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim in respect of any New Loan Lender or New Loan Commitment;
(d) accelerate any New Loan or otherwise demand or require repayment or prepayment of any sum from (or take any other action against) any Loan Party;
(e) enforce (or instruct the Administrative Agent to enforce) any Security Interest granted by or over any member of the Group; or
(f) take any other action, exercise any right or make or enforce any claim which would directly or indirectly prevent any New Loan from being made,
unless at any time the condition in paragraphs (k) of Clause 3 (Conditions to Effectiveness and Availability) above is not satisfied above, provided that, immediately upon the expiry of the
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Certain Funds Period, all such rights, remedies and entitlements shall be available to the New Loan Lender, notwithstanding that they may not have been used or been available for use during the Certain Funds Period.
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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS
BRANCH, as Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title Authorized Signatory
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Incremental Joinder]
LENDERS:
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Term B-6 Lender and a Term B-7 Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director Head of Leveraged Finance
CREDIT SUISSE AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Term B-6 Lender and a Term B-7 Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
CITIBANK, N.A., as a Term B-6 Lender and a Term B-7 Lender
By: /s/ Ciaran Small
Name: Ciaran Small
Title: Vice President
XXXXXXX SACHS BANK USA, as a Term B-6 Lender and a Term B-7 Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Incremental Joinder]
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Term B-6 Lender and a Term B-7 Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Executive Director
[Signature Page to Incremental Joinder]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly Authorized Officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC., as a
Borrower
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President and Financial Officer
SS&C EUROPEAN HOLDINGS as a
Borrower *
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Type A Manager
By: /s/s Xxxxxxxx Allo
Name: Xxxxxxxx Allo
Title: Type B Manager
SS&C FINANCING LLC, as a Borrower
By: SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS
EUROPE S.À.X.X., its sole member**
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Type A Manager
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Allo
Name: Xxxxxxxx Allo
Title: Type B Manager
* Société à responsabilité limitée
Registered office: 0, xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, X-0000
Xxxxxxxxxx
RCS Luxembourg : B 163061
**Société à responsabilité limitée
Registered office: 0, xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, X-0000 Xxxxxxxxxx
RCS Luxembourg: B 173925
[Signature Page to Incremental Joinder]
SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS
EUROPE**, as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Type A Manager
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Allo
Name: Xxxxxxxx Allo
Title: Type B Manager
SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC.,
as Parent and a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
ADVENT SOFTWARE, INC., as a Guarantor***
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
SS&C FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC, as a
Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Type A Manager
**Société à responsabilité limitée
Registered office: 0, xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, X-0000 Xxxxxxxxxx
RCS Luxembourg: B 173925
***Société à responsabilité limitée
Registered office: 0, xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, X-0000 Xxxxxxxxxx
RCS Luxembourg: B 198391
[Signature Page to Incremental Joinder]
FINANCIAL MODELS COMPANY LTD.,
as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
HUB DATA INCORPORATED, as a
Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: President, CEO and Treasurer
SS&C TECHNOLOGIES CONNECTICUT,
LLC, as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
SS&C SOLUTIONS LIMITED, as a
Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
ADVENT SOFTWARE LUXEMBOURG, as
a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Type A Manager
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Allo
Name: Xxxxxxxx Allo
Title: Type B Manager
SS&C TECHNOLOGIES CANADA CORP.,
as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Member of the Management Committee
[Signature Page to Incremental Joinder]
GLOBEOP FINANCIAL SERVICES
(SWITZERLAND) GMBH, as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Officer
FINANCIAL MODELS CORPORATION
LIMITED, as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
SS&C FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED,
as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
EZE CASTLE SOFTWARE LLC, as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Executive Managing Director and Treasurer
DST SYSTEMS, INC., as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President and Treasurer
DST PHARMACY SOLUTIONS, INC., as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer
[Signature Page to Incremental Joinder]
DST HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC., as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
DST ASSET MANAGER SOLUTIONS, INC., as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
WEST SIDE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC., as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
BOLT BIDCO LIMITED, as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
INTRALINKS, INC., as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
[Signature Page to Incremental Joinder]
ANNEX A
TO INCREMENTAL JOINDER
Definitions
“Acquired Business” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
“Acquiring Entity” has the meaning given to such term in the definition of Acquisition.
“Acquisition” means the direct or indirect acquisition of up to 100% of the issued share capital of the Target by Bidco or an Affiliate of Bidco (such acquiring entity, the Acquiring Entity) pursuant to a Scheme and/or Offer and, if applicable, a Squeeze-Out or any other acquisition of shares in the Target by the Acquiring Entity.
“Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
“Affiliate” means a Subsidiary or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.
“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
“Amended Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
“Announcement” means any press release made by or on behalf of the Acquiring Entity announcing a firm intention to implement a Scheme or, as the case may be, make an Offer, in each case in accordance with Rule 2.7 of the City Code.
“Bidco” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
“Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in London and New York and the principal financial center of the country of that currency.
“Certain Funds Period” means the period from (and including) the date of this Agreement to (and including) 11:59 p.m. in New York on the earliest of:
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or, in each case, such later time and date as agreed by the New Loan Lenders (acting reasonably and in good faith).
“Citi” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
“City Code” means the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, as administered by the Panel.
“Commitment Letter” means the amended and restated commitment letter dated as of January 7, 2022 by and among RBC, Credit Suisse, CSLF, Citi, Xxxxxxx Sachs, JPMorgan and the Company.
“Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
“Co-operation Agreement” means any co-operation agreement (or any agreement of a similar nature, if any) entered into between the Acquiring Entity and the Target in respect of the Acquisition.
“Court Order” means the order of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales sanctioning the Scheme.
“Credit Suisse” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
“CSLF” means Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC.
“Designated Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
“Designated U.S. Co-Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
“Fee Letter” means the amended and restated fee letter dated as of January 7, 2022 by and among RBC, Credit Suisse, CSLF, Citi, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, JPMorgan and the Company.
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“Funds Flow Statement” means any funds flow statement which is prepared in accordance with the Acquisition.
“Group” means the Parent and each of its Subsidiaries from time to time.
“Xxxxxxx Sachs” means Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Holding Company” means in relation to any person, any other body corporate or other entity of which it is a Subsidiary.
“Incremental B-6/B-7 Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.
“JPMorgan” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“Lead Arrangers” means RBCCM, CSLF, Citi, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and JPMorgan.
“Major Event of Default” means, in each case solely with respect to any Borrower, any Event of Default under Sections (i) 9.01(a), (ii) 9.01(b) (solely as it relates to a breach of a Major Undertaking), (iii) 9.01(d) (solely as it relates to any Major Representation), (iv) 9.01(f), (v) 9.01(g) and (vi) 9.01(j), of the Amended Credit Agreement.
“Major Representation” means a representation and warranty under any of Sections (i) 6.01(a)(i), (ii) 6.02(a), (iii) 6.02(b), (iv) 6.02(c), (v) 6.03(a), (vi) 6.03(b) (solely with respect to violation of any Law), (vii) 6.04, (viii) 6.14(b) and (ix) 6.14(c) of the Amended Credit Agreement.
“Major Undertaking” means a covenant (in each case solely with respect to any Borrower) under (i) Section 8.01, (ii) Section 8.03, (iii) Section 8.04 and (iv) Section 8.05 of the Amended Credit Agreement.
“New Loan Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
“New Loan Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
“New Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
“Offer” means the takeover offer (as defined in section 974 of the Companies Act 2006) by Bidco (or any other Acquiring Entity) in accordance with the City Code to acquire all of the shares in Target that are the subject of that takeover offer (within the meaning of section 975 of the Companies Act 2006) pursuant to the Offer Documents
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“Offer Documents” means the offer documents dispatched to shareholders of the Target setting out the terms and conditions of an Offer.
“Panel” means The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers.
“Parent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
“RBC” means Royal Bank of Canada.
“RBCCM” means RBC Capital Markets, LLC.
“Scheme” means the scheme of arrangement effected pursuant to part 26 of the Companies Xxx 0000 to be proposed by the Target to its shareholders to implement the Acquisition pursuant to which the relevant Acquiring Entity will, subject to the occurrence of the Scheme Effective Date, become the holder of the shares in Target that are the subject of that scheme of arrangement.
“Scheme Circular” means the circular (including any supplemental circular) dispatched by the Target to shareholders of the Target setting out the resolutions and proposals for and the terms and conditions of the Scheme.
“Scheme Effective Date” means the date on which the Court Order sanctioning the Scheme is duly delivered on behalf of the Target to the Registrar of Companies in accordance with section 899 of the Companies Xxx 0000. For the avoidance of doubt, the Scheme Effective Date occurred on March 16, 2022.
“Squeeze-Out” means an acquisition of the outstanding shares in the Target that the Acquiring Entity has not acquired pursuant to the procedures contained in sections 979 to 982 of the Companies Xxx 0000.
“Subsidiary” means, in relation to any person
and, for this purpose, control means the direct or indirect ownership of a majority of the voting share capital or similar ownership rights of that entity, or the right or ability to determine the composition of a majority of the board of directors (or equivalent body) of such entity or otherwise to direct the management of such entity whether by virtue of ownership of share capital, contract or otherwise.
“Target” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
“Term B-6 Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
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“Term B-7 Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
“Term B-6 Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
“Term B-7 Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.
“Term B-6 Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
“Term B-7 Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
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SCHEDULE A
TO INCREMENTAL JOINDER
Part A – Incremental Term B-6 Commitments
Incremental Term B-6 Lender |
Incremental Term X-0 Xxxxxxxxxxx |
Xxxxx Xxxx xx Xxxxxx |
$292,500,000.00 |
Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch |
$97,500,000.00 |
Citibank, N.A. |
$86,666,666.67 |
Xxxxxxx Sachs Bank USA |
$86,666,666.67 |
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
$86,666,666.66 |
Total |
$650,000,000.00 |
Part B – Incremental Term B-7 Commitments
Incremental Term B-7 Lender |
Incremental Term X-0 Xxxxxxxxxxx |
Xxxxx Xxxx xx Xxxxxx |
$396,000,000.00 |
Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch |
$132,000,000.00 |
Citibank, N.A. |
$117,333,333.33 |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA |
$117,333,333.33 |
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
$117,333,333.34 |
Total |
$880,000,000.00 |
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EXHIBIT A
TO INCREMENTAL JOINDER
Amended Credit Agreement
- Attached -
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Execution Version
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Amended and Restated as of April 16, 2018
as amended by that certain
Commitment Increase Amendment dated as of October 1, 2018
Commitment Increase Amendment dated as of November 16, 2018
First Repricing Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of January 31, 2020
Incremental Joinder dated as of March 22, 2022
among
SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS EUROPE S.À X.X.,
SS&C EUROPEAN HOLDINGS S.À X.X. and
SS&C FINANCING LLC,
as the Borrowers,
SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC.,
as the Parent,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES IDENTIFIED HEREIN,
as Guarantors,
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent and as an L/C Issuer,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as an L/C Issuer,
THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INCCITIBANK, N.A.,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,
as Co-Managers
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Article I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS 2
1.01 Defined Terms 2
1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions 7380
1.03 Accounting Terms 7481
1.04 Rounding 7582
1.05 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents 7582
1.06 Additional Alternative Currencies 7683
1.07 Change of Currency 7783
1.08 Times of Day 7784
1.09 Letter of Credit Amounts 7784
1.10 Guaranty and Security Principles 7884
1.11 [Reserved]. 7884
1.12 Limited Condition Acquisitions 7884
1.13 Additional Borrowers 7885
1.14 Designated U.S. Co-Borrower 8087
1.15 Rates 87
Article II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS 8088
2.01 Revolving Loans, Term Loans and Incremental Term Loans 8088
2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans 8794
2.03 Letters of Credit 8997
2.04 [Reserved] 98106
2.05 Prepayments 98106
2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments 103111
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2.07 Repayments of Loans 104113
2.08 Interest 107116
2.09 Fees 108117
2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees 109118
2.11 Evidence of Debt 109119
2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback 109119
2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders 112121
2.14 Cash Collateral 113123
2.15 Defaulting Lenders 114124
2.16 Special Provisions Relating to a Re-Allocation Event 116126
2.17 Refinancing Amendments 116126
2.18 Extension of Term Loans; Extension of Revolving Loans 118128
Article III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY 123133
3.01 Taxes 123133
3.02 Illegality 127137
3.03 Inability to Determine Rates; Alternate Rate of Interest 127137
3.04 Increased Costs 129141
3.05 Compensation for Losses 131143
3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders 131144
3.07 Survival 132144
Article IV GUARANTY 132144
4.01 The Guaranty 132144
4.02 Obligations Unconditional 133145
4.03 Reinstatement 134146
4.04 Certain Additional Waivers 135147
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4.05 Remedies 135147
4.06 Rights of Contribution 135148
4.07 Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee 136148
4.08 Limitation on Guaranty by Luxembourg Guarantors 136148
4.09 Limitation on Guaranty 137149
4.10 Limitation on Guaranty by Swiss Guarantors 137149
4.11 Keepwell 139151
Article V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 139151
5.01 [Reserved] 139151
5.02 Conditions to Credit Extensions After the Restatement Effective Date 139151
Article VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 140152
6.01 Existence 140152
6.02 Corporate Power; Authorization 140153
6.03 No Contravention 141153
6.04 Binding Effect 141153
6.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect 141154
6.06 Litigation 142154
6.07 No Default 142154
6.08 Ownership of Property 142154
6.09 Environmental Compliance 142154
6.10 Insurance 142154
6.11 Taxes 142155
6.12 ERISA Compliance 142155
6.13 Subsidiaries 143156
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6.14 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act 144156
6.15 Disclosure 144156
6.16 Compliance with Laws 144156
6.17 Intellectual Property 144157
6.18 Solvency 145157
6.19 Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral 145157
6.20 Business Locations; Taxpayer Identification Number 145158
6.21 Sanctions 145158
6.22 Anti-Corruption Laws; FCPA 146158
6.23 COMI 146158
Article VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 146159
7.01 Financial Statements 146159
7.02 Certificates; Other Information 147159
7.03 Notices 149162
7.04 Payment of Taxes 150162
7.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc. 150162
7.06 Maintenance of Properties 150163
7.07 Maintenance of Insurance 150163
7.08 Compliance with Laws 151163
7.09 Books and Records 151163
7.10 Inspection Rights 151163
7.11 Use of Proceeds 152164
7.12 Additional Subsidiaries 152164
7.13 Further Assurances 153165
7.14 Pledged Assets 153166
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7.15 COMI 155167
7.16 Ratings 155167
7.17 Designation of Subsidiaries 155167
7.18 Margin Regulations 156168
7.19 Post-Closing Obligations 156168
7.20 Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions 156168
Article VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS 156168
8.01 Liens 156168
8.02 Investments 158171
8.03 Indebtedness 160172
8.04 Fundamental Changes 163175
8.05 Dispositions 163176
8.06 Restricted Payments 164177
8.07 Change in Nature of Business 166178
8.08 Transactions with Affiliates 166178
8.09 Burdensome Agreements 166178
8.10 Use of Proceeds 167180
8.11 Financial Covenant 167180
8.12 Prepayment of Other Indebtedness, Etc. 168180
8.13 Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and Form of Entity 169181
Article IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES 169181
9.01 Events of Default 169181
9.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default 172184
9.03 Application of Funds 173185
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Article X ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT 175188
10.01 Appointment and Authority 175188
10.02 Rights as a Lender 176188
10.03 Exculpatory Provisions 176189
10.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent 177189
10.05 Delegation of Duties 177190
10.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent 178190
10.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders 179191
10.08 No Other Duties; Etc. 179191
10.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim 179192
10.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters 180192
10.11 Secured Swap Contracts and Secured Treasury Management Agreements 181193
10.12 Delivery of Information 181193
Article XI MISCELLANEOUS 181194
11.01 Amendments, Etc. 181194
11.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications 185197
11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement 187199
11.04 Expenses; Indemnity; and Damage Waiver 187200
11.05 Payments Set Aside 190202
11.06 Successors and Assigns 190203
11.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality 196209
11.08 Set-off; Several Obligations 197210
11.09 Interest Rate Limitation 198210
11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness 198211
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11.11 Survival of Representations and Warranties 198211
11.12 Severability 199211
11.13 Replacement of Lenders 199211
11.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. 200213
11.15 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury 202214
11.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility 202215
11.17 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents 203215
11.18 USA PATRIOT Act Notice 203216
11.19 Judgment Currency 203216
11.20 Release of Collateral and Guaranty Obligations 204216
11.21 Waiver of Sovereign Immunity 205217
11.22 Intercreditor Agreements 205218
11.23 Certain ERISA Matters. 205218
11.24 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. 208220
11.25 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. 208221
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SCHEDULES
1.01 Post-Closing Reorganization Transactions
2.01 Commitments and Applicable Percentages
6.02 Consents
6.06 Litigation
6.10 Insurance
6.13 Subsidiaries
6.17 IP Rights
6.20(a) Locations of Real Property
6.20(b) Locations of Tangible Personal Property
6.20(c) Location of Chief Executive Office, Taxpayer Identification Number, Etc.
6.20(d) Changes in Legal Name, State of Formation and Structure
7.19 Post-Closing Obligations
8.01 Liens Existing on the Restatement Effective Date
8.02(b) Investments Existing on the Restatement Effective Date
8.03 Indebtedness Existing on the Restatement Effective Date
8.05 Dispositions
8.08 Affiliate Transactions
11.02 Certain Addresses for Notices
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EXHIBITS
1.01(a) Form of Incremental Term Loan Agreement
1.01(b) Form of Re-Allocation Agreement
1.01(d) Form of Term Note
1.01(e) Form of Revolving Note
1.10 Guaranty and Security Principles
1.13(d) Form of Substitute Affiliate Lender Designation Notice
2.01(e) Form of Incremental Joinder
2.02 Form of Loan Notice
5.01(j) Form of Solvency Certificate
7.02 Form of Compliance Certificate
7.12 Form of Joinder Agreement
11.06(b) Form of Assignment and Assumption
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, amended and restated as of April 16, 2018, among SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), SS&C EUROPEAN HOLDINGS, a société à responsabilité limitée, organized under the laws of Luxembourg having its registered office at 0, xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, X-0000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B173925 (the “Designated Borrower 1”), SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS EUROPE, a société à responsabilité limitée, organized under the laws of Luxembourg having its registered office at 0, xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, X-0000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B163.061 (the “Designated Borrower 2”), SS&C FINANCING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is member-managed and directly (or, to the extent indirect ownership (as opposed to direct ownership) is not adverse to the Lenders from a tax perspective, or indirectly) wholly-owned by the Designated Borrower 2 (the “Designated U.S. Co-Borrower” and, together with the Designated Borrower 1 and the Designated Borrower 2, each a “Designated Borrower” and, collectively the “Designated Borrowers” and the Designated Borrowers, together with the Company, the “Borrowers” and each a “Borrower”), SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), the other Guarantors (defined herein), the Lenders (defined herein), Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent and as an L/C Issuer and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., as an L/C Issuer.
WHEREAS, the Company is party to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2015, among the Company, the Designated Borrower 1, the Designated Borrower 2, the Parent, the other Guarantors, the Lenders, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and as an L/C Issuer and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., as an L/C Issuer (as amended by that certain First Amendment to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 2, 2017 and as it may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Restatement Effective Date, the “Existing Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Resignation and Appointment Agreement dated as of April 16, 2018, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch as the Resigning Collateral Agent and Resigning Administrative Agent (each as defined therein), has resigned as collateral agent and administrative agent effective as of the Restatement Effective Date and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch shall serve as Successor Collateral Agent and Successor Administrative Agent (each as defined therein) in such capacities from and after the Restatement Effective Date;
WHEREAS, the Required Lenders and other parties to the Second Amendment to the Credit Agreement have agreed to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety to read as set forth in this Agreement, and it has been agreed by such parties that the Loans and any Letters of Credit outstanding as of the Restatement Effective Date and other “Obligations” under (and as defined in) the Existing Credit Agreement (including indemnities) shall be governed by and deemed to be outstanding under this Agreement with the intent that the terms of this Agreement shall supersede the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement, and all references to the Existing Credit Agreement in any Loan Document or other document or instrument delivered in connection therewith shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement and the provisions hereof; provided that (1) the grants of security interests and Liens under and pursuant to the Loan
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Documents shall continue unaltered to secure, guarantee, support and otherwise benefit the secured Obligations of the Company and the other Loan Parties under the Existing Credit Agreement and this Agreement and each other Loan Document and each of the foregoing shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms except as expressly amended thereby or hereby or by the Second Amendment, and the parties hereto hereby ratify and confirm the terms thereof as being in full force and effect and unaltered by this Agreement, (2) the letters of credit identified on Schedule 8.03 hereto (the “Existing Letters of Credit”) shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit for all purposes under this Agreement and (3) it is agreed and understood that this Agreement does not constitute a novation, satisfaction, payment or reborrowing of any Obligation under the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document except as expressly modified by this Agreement, nor does it operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender under any Loan Document.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
“2017 Refinancing Arranger” means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding Inc., in its capacity as sole lead arranger and bookrunner with respect to the First Amendment and the transactions contemplated thereby.
“2017 Refinancing Exchanged Term B-1 Loans” means the 2017 Refinancing Term B-1 Loans resulting from the 2017 Refinancing Term Loan Exchange.
“2017 Refinancing Exchanged Term B-2 Loans” means the 2017 Refinancing Term B-2 Loans resulting from the 2017 Refinancing Term Loan Exchange.
“2017 Refinancing New Term B-1 Lender” means each Person that has executed and delivered (as a “2017 Refinancing New Term B-1 Lender”) a counterpart of the First Amendment to the Original Administrative Agent and the 2017 Refinancing Arranger in accordance with the terms thereof.
“2017 Refinancing New Term B-1 Loans” means the term loans made to the Company by the 2017 Refinancing New Term B-1 Lenders on the First Amendment Effective Date.
“2017 Refinancing New Term B-2 Lender” means each Person that has executed and delivered (as a “2017 Refinancing New Term B-2 Lender”) a counterpart of the First Amendment to the Original Administrative Agent and the 2017 Refinancing Arranger in accordance with the terms thereof.
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“2017 Refinancing New Term B-2 Loans” means the term loans made to the Designated Borrower 1 by the 2017 Refinancing New Term B-2 Lender on the First Amendment Effective Date.
“2017 Refinancing Term A-1 Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Existing Credit Agreement.
“2017 Refinancing Term A-2 Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Existing Credit Agreement.
“2017 Refinancing Term B-1 Lender” means a Term Lender with an outstanding 2017 Refinancing Term B-1 Loan.
“2017 Refinancing Term B-1 Loans” means the term loans resulting from the consolidation of the 2017 Refinancing Exchanged Term B-1 Loans and the 2017 Refinancing New Term B-1 Loans pursuant to the 2017 Refinancing Term Loan Consolidation.
“2017 Refinancing Term B-2 Lender” means a Term Lender with an outstanding 2017 Refinancing Term B-2 Loan.
“2017 Refinancing Term B-2 Loans” means the term loans resulting from the consolidation of the 2017 Refinancing Exchanged Term B-2 Loans and the 2017 Refinancing New Term B-2 Loans pursuant to the 2017 Refinancing Term Loan Consolidation.
“2017 Refinancing Term Loan Consolidation” shall mean (a) the consolidation of the 2017 Refinancing New Term B-1 Loans and the 2017 Refinancing Exchanged Term B-1 Loans and (b) the consolidation of the 2017 Refinancing New Term B-2 Loans and the 2017 Refinancing Exchanged Term B-2 Loans, in each case pursuant to the First Amendment.
“2017 Refinancing Term Loan Exchange” means the exchange on the First Amendment Effective Date of (a) Term B-1 Loans for 2017 Refinancing Exchanged Term B-1 Loans and (b) Term B-2 Loans for 2017 Refinancing Exchanged Term B-2 Loans, as applicable, pursuant to the First Amendment.
“2018 Senior Notes” means the unsecured senior notes issued by the Parent pursuant to the 2018 Senior Notes Indenture, if any.
“2018 Senior Notes Documents” means the 2018 Senior Notes, the 2018 Senior Notes Indenture and all other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the 2018 Senior Notes.
“2018 Senior Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, if any, among the Parent, the Company, the other Domestic Guarantors and the financial institution identified therein as trustee.
“Acquisition”, by any Person, means the acquisition by such Person, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of either (a) all or a substantial portion of the property of, or a line of business, product line or division of, another Person or (b) Equity Interests of another Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Subsidiary owned directly or
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indirectly by the Parent or a Designated Borrower, in each case whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person.
“Act” has the meaning specified in Section 11.18.
“Additional Refinancing Lender” means, at any time, any bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor (other than any such bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor that is a Lender at such time) that agrees to provide any portion of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with Section 2.17, provided that each Additional Refinancing Lender shall be subject to the approval of (i) (A) in the case of Refinancing Term Loans, the Administrative Agent, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, to the extent that such Additional Refinancing Lender is not then an existing Lender, an Affiliate of a then existing Lender or an Approved Fund or (B) in the case of Refinancing Revolving Commitments, the Administrative Agent and each L/C Issuer, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, to the extent that such Additional Refinancing Lender is not then an existing Revolving Lender, an Affiliate of an existing Revolving Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Revolving Lender and (ii) the Company (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).
“Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by the Statutory Reserve Rate.
“Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such calculation plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that if Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.
“Administrative Agent” means Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch in its capacity as administrative agent and/or collateral agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent and/or collateral agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Company and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Advent Software Luxembourg” means Advent Software Luxembourg, a société à responsabilité limitée organized under the laws of Luxembourg having its registered office at 0, xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, X-0000 Xxxxxxxxxx and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B198391.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any 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.
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“Aggregate Revolving Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders. The initial amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in effect on the Restatement Effective Date is TWO HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($250,000,000), as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.
“Alternative Currency” means the Euro, Sterling, Canadian Dollars and each other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.06.
“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars.
“Alternative Currency Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $50,000,000 and (b) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The Alternative Currency Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
“Applicable ECF Percentage” means, with respect to any Excess Cash Flow Period, the percentage of Excess Cash Flow required to be repaid pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii) for such Excess Cash Flow Period.
“Applicable L/C Issuer” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer with respect thereto.
“Applicable L/C Sublimit” means (a) with respect to each L/C Issuer on the Restatement Effective Date, the amount set forth opposite such L/C Issuer’s name on Schedule 2.01 and (b) with respect to any other Person that becomes an L/C Issuer hereunder, such amount as agreed to in writing by the Company and such Person at the time such Person becomes an L/C Issuer pursuant to the terms of the applicable agreement pursuant to which such entity agrees to become an L/C Issuer hereunder, as each of the foregoing amounts may be decreased or increased from time to time with the written consent of the Company and the L/C Issuers (provided that any increase in the Applicable L/C Sublimit with respect to any L/C Issuer shall only require the consent of the Company and such L/C Issuer).
“Applicable Percentage” means with respect to (a) any Revolving Lender at any time, with respect to such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments represented by such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time; provided that if the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and the obligation of each L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02 or if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments and (b) any Term Lender under a given Term Facility at any time, with respect to such Term Lender’s Term Loans under such Term Facility at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the outstanding principal amount of all
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Term Loans under such Term Facility held by such Term Lender at such time. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01, in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, in any documentation executed by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(f), in any Extension Amendment or in any Refinancing Amendment, as applicable. The Applicable Percentages of the Revolving Lenders shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.15(iv).
“Applicable Rate” means:
(i) at any time prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date,
Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio |
Base Rate Loans |
Eurocurrency Rate Loans |
≥ 3.00:1.0 |
1.75% |
2.75% |
< 3.00:1.0 |
1.50% |
2.50% |
(ii) at any time on or after the Second Amendment Effective Date,
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Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio |
Base Rate Loans |
Eurocurrency Rate Loans |
≥ 4.75:1.0 |
1.25% |
2.25% |
< 4.75:1.0 |
1.00% |
2.00% |
(i) at any time prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date,
Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio |
Commitment Fee |
≥ 3.00:1.0 |
0.50% |
< 3.00:1.0 |
0.375% |
(ii) at any time on or after the Second Amendment Effective Date,
Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio |
Commitment Fee |
≥ 4.75:1.0 |
0.50% |
< 4.75:1.0 |
0.375% |
in each case in clauses (eg) and (gi) above based upon the Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.02(b).
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(b); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with
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such Section, then upon the request of the Required Lenders, the highest Applicable Rate shall each apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall continue to apply until the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered in accordance with Section 7.02(b), whereupon the Applicable Rate shall be adjusted based upon the calculation of the Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio contained in such Compliance Certificate. The Applicable Rate in effect from the Restatement Effective Date through the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(b) for the first fiscal quarter ending after the Restatement Effective Date shall be the highest Applicable Rate.
“Applicable Revolving Percentage” means, with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Facility at such time.
“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the Applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or that holds a Loan under such Facility, at such time and (b) with respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) each L/C Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the Revolving Lenders.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Arrangers” means Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., each in its capacity as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner with respect to the Second Amendment and the transactions contemplated thereby.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit 11.06(b) or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capital 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, (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease
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were accounted for as a Capital Lease, and (c) in respect of any Securitization Transaction of any Person, the outstanding principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve accounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, including the notes thereto.
“Availability Period” means with respect to the Revolving Facility, the period from and including the Restatement Effective Date to the earliest of (i) the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, (ii) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (iii) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and of the obligation of each L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 9.02.
“Available Amount” means, at any date, an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a cumulative basis equal to, without duplication:
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“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 3.03(c)(iv).
“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 EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, 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.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as announced from time to time by CS as its “prime rate” in effect at its principal office in New York City and, (c) with respect to the Term B-6 Loans and the Term B-7 Loans, Adjusted Term SOFR for a one-month tenor in effect on such day plus 1.00% and (d) with respect to all Loans other than the Term B-6 Loans and the Term B-7 Loans, the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for Loans denominated in Dollars (which rate shall be based upon an Interest Period of one month and shall be determined on a daily basis) plus 1.0%; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for any day shall be based on the rate appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time two Business Days prior to such day; subject to the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”; provided further that, if the Base Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this
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Agreement. The “prime rate” is a rate set by CS based upon various factors including CS’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in the “prime rate” announced by CS shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the announcement of such change. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the “prime rate”, the Federal Funds Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the “prime rate”, the Federal Funds Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate, respectively.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate. Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
“Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.
“Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate 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 Section 3.03(c)(i).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b) 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, 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 giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark
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with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means a date and time determined by the Administrative Agent, which date shall be no later than the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
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(c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.03(c) and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.03(c).
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA 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”.
“Blue Prism” means the “Acquired Business” as such term is defined in the Incremental B-6/B-7 Amendment.
“Blue Prism Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Company of Blue Prism pursuant to the Blue Prism Scheme.
“Blue Prism Scheme” means the “Scheme” as such term is defined in the Incremental B-6/B-7 Amendment.
“Blue Prism Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the consummation of the Blue Prism Acquisition on the Incremental B-6/B-7 Effective Date and the other transactions contemplated by the Blue Prism Scheme on or prior to the Incremental B-6/B-7 Effective Date, (b) the effectiveness of the Term B-6 Loans and the Term B-7 Loans under this Agreement pursuant to the Incremental B-6/B-7 Amendment and (c) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the foregoing.
“Borrower” and “Borrowers” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans under the same Facility of the same Type, in the same currency and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or SOFR Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the applicable Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01; provided that the term “Borrowing” shall include the consolidated “borrowing” of (a) the 2017 Refinancing New Term B-1 Loans and the 2017 Refinancing Exchanged Term B-1 Loans
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and (b) the 2017 Refinancing New Term B-2 Loans and the 2017 Refinancing Exchanged Term B-2 Loans, in each case resulting from the 2017 Refinancing Term Loan Consolidation.
“Bridge Facility” means the $750,000,000 senior unsecured bridge loan facility, if any, provided to the Company pursuant to the terms of that certain Second Amended and Restated Commitment Letter, dated as of February 15, 2018, by and among Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada, RBC Capital Markets and the Company, as amended, restated, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, New York, New York or the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is located and (a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day, (b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day, (c) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for such currency, and (d) if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Dollars or Euro in respect of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than Dollars or Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency and (e) when used in connection with a SOFR Loan, or any other calculation or determination involving SOFR, the term “Business Day” means any day that is only a U.S. Government Securities Business Day..
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period then ended, all cash capital expenditures of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP (including acquisitions of IP Rights to the extent the cost thereof is treated as a capitalized expense in accordance with GAAP) and made in cash during such period.
“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property by that Person as lessee which, in accordance with GAAP, but subject to the last sentence of Section 1.03(a), is required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Applicable L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as
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collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if the Applicable L/C Issuer benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the Applicable L/C Issuer. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date, (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b) Dollar denominated time deposits and certificates of deposit of (i) any Lender, (ii) any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or (iii) any bank whose short‑term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A‑1 or the equivalent thereof or from Xxxxx’x is at least P‑1 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A‑1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P‑1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Xxxxx’x and maturing within six months of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations, (e) investments substantially equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above denominated in Euros or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above customarily used by business entities for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Restricted Subsidiary organized or operating in such jurisdiction and (f) investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as Current Assets, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 which are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least $500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character described in the foregoing subdivisions (a) through (d).
“Cayman Security Document” means (a) that certain Share Security Agreement between GlobeOp Financial Services (Switzerland) GmbH, as chargor, and the Original Administrative Agent, as security agent, dated as of the Original Closing Date (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), and (b) each other Cayman Islands law governed document or instrument which creates or evidences or which is expressed to create or evidence any Lien granted or required to be granted pursuant to Section 7.14.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Restatement Effective Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change
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in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Class” means (a) when used with respect to any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment with respect to a particular Class of Loans or Commitments, (b) when used with respect to Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are Revolving Commitments, Extended Revolving Commitments of a given Extension Series, Refinancing Revolving Commitments of a given Refinancing Series, Incremental Term Loan Commitments of a given Incremental Series, Refinancing Term Commitments of a given Refinancing Series or Commitments in respect of Replacement Term Loans and (c) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Extended Revolving Loans of a given Extension Series, Refinancing Revolving Loans of a given Refinancing Series, 2017 Refinancing Term B-1 Loans, 2017 Refinancing Term B-2 Loans, Extended Term Loans of a given Extension Series, Incremental Term Loans of a given Incremental Series, Refinancing Term Loans of a given Refinancing Series or Replacement Term Loans established pursuant to the same amendment to this Agreement. Commitments (and in each case, the Loans made pursuant to such Commitments) that have different terms and conditions shall be construed to be in different Classes. Commitments (and, in each case, the Loans made pursuant to such Commitments) that have the same terms and conditions shall be construed to be in the same Class.
“Co-Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.13(a).
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“Co-Managers” means Citigroup Global Markets IncCitibank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, each in its capacity as a co-manager.
“Collateral” means a collective reference to all personal property with respect to which Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Lenders, are purported to be granted pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents.
“Collateral Documents” means a collective reference to the U.S. Security Agreement, the English Security Documents, the Lux Security Documents, the Swiss Security Documents, the Cayman Security Documents, the Irish Security Documents and other security documents as may be executed and delivered by the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms of Section 7.14, Section 7.19 or any of the Loan Documents.
“Commitment” means with respect to each Lender (i) as to each Revolving Lender, the Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Lender, (ii) as to each Term B-3 Lender, the Term B-3 Commitment of such Term B-3 Lender, (iii) as to each Term B-4 Lender, the Term B-4 Commitment of such Term B-4 Lender, (iv) as to each Term B-5 Lender, the Term B-5 Commitment of such Term B-5 Lender, (v) as to each Term B-6 Lender, the Term B-6 Commitment of such Term B-6 Lender, (vi) as to each Term B-7 Lender, the Term B-7 Commitment of such Term B-7 Lender, (vii) as to any Incremental Term Loan, the Incremental Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, (viviii) as to any Extended Revolving Loans or Extended Term Loans, the Extended Revolving Commitments or the Commitments to provide such Extended Term Loans (as applicable) of such Lender, (viiix) as to any Refinancing Revolving Loans or Refinancing Term Loans, the Refinancing Revolving Commitments or the Commitments to provide such Refinancing Term Loans (as applicable) of such Lender and (viiix) as to any Replacement Term Loans, the Commitments to provide such Replacement Term Loans of such Lender.
“Commitment Increase Amendment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01().
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Company” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Company Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 7.02.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 3.05 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent in consultation with the
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Company decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Consolidated Cash Taxes” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the aggregate of all income, franchise and similar taxes (including penalties and interest), as determined in accordance with GAAP, to the extent the same are payable in cash with respect to such period.
“Consolidated Current Assets” means, with respect to any Person, the Current Assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, all liabilities that, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person, but excluding (a) the current portion of Indebtedness (including the Swap Termination Value of any Swap Contracts) to the extent reflected as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person, (b) the current portion of interest, (c) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, (d) accruals of any costs or expenses related to restructuring reserves, (e) deferred revenue and (f) any L/C Obligations or Revolving Loans.
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“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination with respect to the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, without duplication, the sum of: (a) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term (including the Obligations) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments; (b) all obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial but excluding letters of credit to the extent such letters of credit have been cash collateralized), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties and similar instruments and unreimbursed obligations under surety bonds; (c) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (including non-contingent earn-out payments and other non-contingent deferred payments but excluding contingent earn-out payments, other contingent deferred payments and trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business); (d) all Attributable Indebtedness; (e) all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (d) above of another Person (except to the extent supported by a letter of credit); and (f) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation, limited liability company or similar limited liability entity organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or a state thereof) in which the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a general partner or joint venturer, except to the extent that such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, for the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income (or loss) of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for that period determined in accordance with GAAP (excluding (a) extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses for such period and (b) the income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) in which the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary in the form of cash dividends or similar distributions).
“Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date less all Unrestricted Cash to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which financial statements were required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or 7.01(b).
“Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio Test” means, as of any date of determination, the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 5.50:1.00.
“Consolidated Net Secured Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, the Consolidated Funded Indebtedness of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that is secured by liens on the property of the Parent or any of its Restricted
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Subsidiaries; provided, however, that all 2017 Refinancing Term B-1 Loans, 2017 Refinancing Term B-2 Loans, Term B-3 Loans, Term B-4 Loans, Term B-5 Loans, Term B-6 Loans, Term B-7 Loans, Revolving Loans, Revolving Commitments and any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness or any other Permitted Refinancing or successive Permitted Refinancing with respect thereto shall at all times be deemed to be Consolidated Net Secured Funded Indebtedness for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio in connection with Section 2.01(f)(i)(B)(y).
“Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Net Secured Funded Indebtedness as of such date less all Unrestricted Cash to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended (or, in the case of determinations described in Section 1.03(b)(ii) as occurring after the end of the applicable period, the most recent four fiscal quarter period preceding the date of such transaction for which financial statements were required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or 7.01(b)).
“Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments” means, for any period with respect to the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of all scheduled payments of principal during such period on Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that constitutes Funded Debt (including the implied principal component of payments due on Capital Leases during such period), less the reduction in such scheduled payments resulting from voluntary prepayments or mandatory prepayments required pursuant to Section 2.05, in each case as applied pursuant to Section 2.05, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means the consolidated total assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent as of the most recent period for which financial statements were required to have been delivered pursuant to Sections 7.01(a) and (b).
“Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Parent who: (1) was a member of such board of directors or other equivalent governing body on the Restatement Effective Date or was nominated for election, elected or appointed, or was otherwise approved, by Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx (or any estate, trust, corporation, partnership or other entity Controlled by him) or (2) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such board of directors or other equivalent governing body by or with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such board of directors or other equivalent governing body at the time of such nomination, election or appointment.
“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.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled
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by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to vote 20% or more of the Voting Stock.
“CPECs” shall mean the convertible preferred equity certificates, regardless of class or series, having a nominal value of one Euro each, issued by Lux Intermediate Holdco.
“Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means (a) Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt, (b) Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt, (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt or (d) other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, in each case, issued, incurred or otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace, repurchase, retire or refinance, in whole or part, any Class of existing Loans (or any Class of unused Commitments), or any then‑existing Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (the “Refinanced Debt”); provided that (i) such Indebtedness has a maturity no earlier, and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater, than the Refinanced Debt, (ii) such Indebtedness shall not have a greater principal amount than the principal amount (or in the case of the Revolving Facility, commitments) (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Refinanced Debt plus accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties thereon and fees and expenses associated with the refinancing, plus an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, (iii) the covenants and events of default of such Indebtedness are, taken as a whole, not materially more favorable to the investors providing such Indebtedness than those contained in the documentation governing or evidencing the Refinanced Debt (except for (x) covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Maturity Date of the applicable Facility existing at the time of incurrence of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) any financial maintenance covenant to the extent such covenant is also added for the benefit of the lenders under the Refinanced Debt, to the extent that any portion thereof remains outstanding) at the time of incurrence or issuance of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness stating that the Company has determined in good faith that such covenants and events of default satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such covenants and events of default satisfy the requirement of this clause (iii)), (iv) the Effective Yield with respect such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be determined by the Company and the lenders or other investors providing such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, (v) unless such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred solely by means of extending or renewing then existing Indebtedness described in clause (a), (b) or (c) above without resulting in any Net Cash Proceeds, such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, repurchased, retired, defeased or satisfied and discharged, and all accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties in connection therewith shall be paid, on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained, (vi) the direct borrower or issuer with respect to such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be the Company or, with respect to any such debt in the form of Refinancing Term Loans incurred to extend, renew, replace, repurchase, retire or refinance Refinanced Debt of a Designated Borrower, such Designated Borrower, (vii) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Person other than Guarantors with respect to the applicable Refinanced Debt (provided that any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to the Foreign Obligations (or any portion thereof) that is directly incurred by the Company shall not be guaranteed by any Person other than the Domestic Guarantors), (viii) to the extent secured, (A) such Indebtedness will be subject to the terms of an Intercreditor Agreement and (B)
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Indebtedness is not secured by property other than the property constituting Collateral, with respect to the applicable Refinanced Debt (provided that any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to the Foreign Obligations (or any portion thereof) that is directly incurred by the Company shall not be secured by property other than property constituting Collateral solely with respect to the Direct U.S. Loan Party Obligations), (ix) if the Refinanced Debt is subordinated in right of payment to, or to the Liens securing, the Obligations, then any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to, or to the Liens securing, the Obligations, as applicable, on terms (x) at least as favorable (taken as a whole) to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing or evidencing the Refinanced Debt (provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness stating that the Company has determined in good faith that such subordination terms satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such subordination terms satisfy the requirement of this clause (x)) or (y) otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (x) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be pari passu or (if incurred pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of this definition) junior in right of payment and, if secured, secured on a pari passu or (if incurred pursuant to clause (b) of this definition) junior basis with respect to security, with respect to (A) in the case of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred by a Designated Borrower under clause (d) of this definition, the 2017 Refinancing Term B-2 Loans and, the Term B-4 Loans and the Term B-7 Loans (and any Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans or Replacement Term Loans incurred by a Designated Borrower with respect thereto) and (B) any other Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, the Revolving Facility and each Term Facility (other than the Term B-2 Facility (or any Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans or Replacement Term Loans incurred by a Designated Borrower with respect thereto)), to the extent outstanding, (xi) (A) no Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred by a Designated Borrower under clause (d) of this definition shall be (except with the proceeds of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) voluntarily or mandatorily prepaid prior to repayment in full of (or, if junior in right of payment or as to security, on a junior basis with respect to) the 2017 Refinancing Term B-2 Loans or, the Term B-4 Loans or the Term B-7 Loans (and any Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans or Replacement Term Loans incurred by a Designated Borrower with respect thereto) unless, solely in the case of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment and security with the 2017 Refinancing Term B-2 Loans or, the Term B-4 Loans or the Term B-7 Loans (and any Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans or Replacement Term Loans incurred by a Designated Borrower with respect thereto), accompanied by at least a ratable payment of the 2017 Refinancing Term B-2 Loans or, the Term B-4 Loans or the Term B-7 Loans (and any such Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans or Replacement Term Loans incurred by a Designated Borrower) then outstanding, and any such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment and security with the 2017 Refinancing Term B-2 Loans or, the Term B-4 Loans or the Term B-7 Loans (and any Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans or Replacement Term Loans incurred by a Designated Borrower with respect thereto) may participate with the 2017 Refinancing Term B-2 Loans or, the Term B-4 Loans or the Term B-7 Loans (and any such Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans or Replacement Term Loans incurred by a Designated Borrower) then outstanding on a pro rata basis or on less than a pro rata basis (but not greater than pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory prepayments hereunder and (B) no other Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be (except with the proceeds of Credit
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Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) voluntarily or mandatorily prepaid prior to repayment in full of (or, if junior in right of payment or as to security, on a junior basis with respect to) the 2017 Refinancing Term B-1 Loans, the Term B-3 Loans or, the Term B-5 Loans or the Term B-6 Loans (and any Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans and Replacement Term Loans incurred by the Company in respect thereof) unless, solely in the case of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that is incurred under clause (d) of this definition and is pari passu in right of payment and security with the 2017 Refinancing Term B-1 Loans, the Term B-3 Loans or, the Term B-5 Loans or the Term B-6 Loans (and any Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans and Replacement Term Loans incurred by the Company in respect thereof), accompanied by at least a ratable payment of the 2017 Refinancing Term B-1 Loans, the Term B-3 Loans or, the Term B-5 Loans or the Term B-6 Loans (and any such Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans and Replacement Term Loans), and any such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under clause (d) of this definition that is pari passu in right of payment and security with the 2017 Refinancing Term B-1 Loans, the Term B-3 Loans or, the Term B-5 Loans or the Term B-6 Loans (and any Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans and Replacement Term Loans incurred by the Company in respect thereof) may participate with the 2017 Refinancing Term B-1 Loans, the Term B-3 Loans and, the Term B-5 Loans and the Term B-6 Loans (and any such Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans and Replacement Term Loans) on a pro rata basis or on less than a pro rata basis (but not greater than pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory prepayments hereunder, (xii) with respect to any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (d) of this definition, the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become bound by the Re-Allocation Agreement in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (xiii) the proceeds of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be applied, substantially concurrently with the incurrence thereof, to the pro rata prepayment of outstanding loans (and in the case of the Revolving Facility, pro rata permanent commitment reductions) under the applicable Facility being so refinanced.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“CS” means Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch and any successor thereto by merger, consolidation or otherwise.
“Current Assets” means, with respect to any Person, all assets of such Person that, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as current assets on the balance sheet of a company conducting a business the same as or similar to that of such Person, after deducting appropriate and adequate reserves therefrom in each case in which a reserve is proper in accordance with GAAP, but excluding (i) cash, (ii) Cash Equivalents, (iii) Swap Contracts to the extent that the xxxx-to-market Swap Termination Value would be reflected as an asset on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person, (iv) deferred financing fees and (v) payment for deferred taxes.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions (including any credit spread adjustment) for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans; provided that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not
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administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
“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 and in connection with Luxembourg (i) insolvency proceedings (faillite) within the meaning of Articles 437 ff. of the Luxembourg Commercial Code or any other insolvency proceedings pursuant to the European Insolvency Regulation, (ii) controlled management (gestion contrôlée) within the meaning of the grand ducal regulation of 24 May 1935 on controlled management, (iii) voluntary arrangement with creditors (concordat préventif de faillite) within the meaning of the law of 14 April 1886 on arrangements to prevent insolvency, as amended, (iv) suspension of payments (sursis de paiement) within the meaning of Articles 593 ff. of the Luxembourg Commercial Code and (v) voluntary or compulsory winding-up pursuant to the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended.
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Facility plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a SOFR Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate for Eurocurrency Rate Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2% per annum.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.15(b), any Lender that, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit, within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Company in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more of the conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable Default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Company or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable Default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in writing that it will comply with its funding obligations (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Company), (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that
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has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or (e) 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 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 (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.15(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Company and each Lender.
“Designated Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Designated Borrower 1” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Designated Borrower 2” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Designated U.S. Co-Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Designating Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 1.13(d).
“Direct U.S. Loan Party Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, the Company, each Domestic Borrower and any Domestic Guarantor arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit (other than any guarantee of, or related obligations, covenants and duties with respect to, the Foreign Obligations), whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against the Company or any Domestic Guarantor of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. The foregoing shall also include (a) all obligations under any Secured Swap Contract between any Domestic Loan Party and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender (excluding any Excluded Swap Obligations), (b) all obligations under any Secured Treasury Management Agreement between any Domestic Loan Party and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender and (c) all guarantees by any Domestic Loan Party of obligations of any other Domestic Loan Party described in preceding clause (a) or (b).
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof (including the Equity Interests of any such Subsidiary), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable
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or any rights and claims associated therewith, but excluding any Involuntary Disposition. The term “Disposition” shall not include any issuance of Equity Interests by the Parent.
“Disqualified Capital Stock” means Equity Interests that (a) require the payment of any dividends (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Qualified Capital Stock), (b) mature or are mandatorily redeemable or subject to mandatory repurchase or redemption or repurchase at the option of the holders thereof, in each case in whole or in part and whether upon the occurrence of any event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation on a fixed date or otherwise (including as the result of a failure to maintain or achieve any financial performance standards), prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date (other than (i) upon payment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Commitments or (ii) upon an asset sale or change of control, provided, that any payment required pursuant to this clause (ii) is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) or (c) are convertible or exchangeable, automatically or at the option of any holder thereof, into any Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other assets other than Qualified Capital Stock.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.
“Domestic Borrower” means the Company and each Co-Borrower that is a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Domestic Guarantors” means (i) with respect to the Obligations of the Company and the other Domestic Loan Parties, (a) each Domestic Subsidiary of the Parent identified as a “Domestic Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto, (b) the Parent, (c) each Domestic Borrower and (d) each other Person that joins as a Domestic Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.12, (ii) with respect to the Foreign Obligations, the Company and each Person described in subclauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of preceding clause (i), and (iii) with respect to obligations under any Secured Swap Contract between any Domestic Loan Party (other than the Domestic Borrowers) and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender and obligations under any Secured Treasury Management Agreement between any Domestic Loan Party (other than the Domestic Borrowers) and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, the Domestic Borrowers and each other Domestic Loan Party not party to such Secured Swap Contract or Secured Treasury Management Agreement, as the case may be.
“Domestic Loan Party” means the Company, each other Domestic Borrower, the Parent and each of the other Domestic Guarantors.
“Domestic Non-Loan Party” means each Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Loan Party.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia and whose Equity Interests are not held, directly
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or indirectly, by a CFC or Foreign Holdco. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Designated U.S. Co-Borrower nor SS&C Financial Services LLC (f/k/a GlobeOp Financial Services LLC) shall be treated as Domestic Subsidiaries.
“Dutch Auction” means an auction (an “Auction”) conducted by the Parent or one of its Subsidiaries in order to purchase Term Loans of any Class in accordance with the following procedures or such other procedures as may be agreed to between the Administrative Agent and the Company:
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“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent;
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Yield” means, as to any Loans of any Facility, the effective yield on such Loans as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Parent, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate floors or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or original issue discount (amortized over the shorter of (x) the life of such Loans and (y) the four years following the date of incurrence thereof) payable generally to Lenders making such Loans, but excluding any arrangement, structuring or other fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the relevant Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any Person with respect to such determination absent gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Sections 11.06(b)(iii), (v) and (vii) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii)).
“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
“English Security Documents” means (a) the English law governed share pledge in relation to the shares in Financial Models Corporation Limited, dated as of the Original Closing Date (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), entered into between the Designated Borrower 2, as company, and the Original Administrative Agent; (b) the English law governed debenture, dated as of the Original Closing Date (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), entered into among Financial Models Corporation Limited, SS&C Solutions Limited and GlobeOp Financial Services Limited, as
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chargors, and the Original Administrative Agent, and (c) each other English law governed document or instrument which creates or evidences or which is expressed to create or evidence any Lien granted or required to be granted pursuant to Section 7.14.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, foreign and other applicable statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, any of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and any of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with a Loan Party within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the withdrawal of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in insolvency; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041(c) or 4041A of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; or
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(f) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“EU Treaty” means the Treaty on European Union.
“Euro” and “EUR” means the single currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the provisions of Article 109(i)4 of the EU Treaty.
“Eurocurrency Rate” means, with respect to an Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to (a) the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any Person who takes over the administration of such rate) for deposits in Dollars (or, in respect of Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, such Alternative Currency) (as set forth on the Reuters LIBOR01 page or any successor thereto or any other service selected by the Administrative Agent which has been nominated by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any successor) as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates; in each case the “Screen Rate”), determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of (or in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Sterling, the first day of) such Interest Period for deposits in Dollars (or, in respect of Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, such Alternative Currency) for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, (b) (i) in respect of the 2017 Refinancing Term B-1 Loans and the 2017 Refinancing Term B-2 Loans that are Eurocurrency Rate Loans, in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (a) does not appear on such page or services or if such page or services shall cease to be available, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which it could borrow funds in Dollars (or, in respect of Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, such Alternative Currency) for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Credit Suisse AG in the London interbank Eurocurrency market, or (ii) in respect of all other Loans that are Eurocurrency Rate Loans if the Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “Impacted Interest Period”), then the Eurocurrency Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate, or (c) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (b) is not available at such time for any other reason, a comparable successor rate that is, at such time, broadly accepted by the syndicated loan market for loans denominated in Dollars in lieu of the “Screen Rate” or, if no such broadly accepted comparable successor rate exists at such time, a successor index rate as the Administrative Agent may determine with the consent of the Company; provided that in the case of this clause (c) such successor index rate shall not become effective if the Administrative Agent shall have received a written objection from Lenders constituting the Required Lenders within ten Business Days of distributing the proposed successor index rate to the Lenders; provided, further, that in no event shall the Eurocurrency Rate be less than zero.
“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”. Eurocurrency Rate Loans may be denominated in Dollars or, in the case
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of Revolving Loans, in an Alternative Currency. All Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency must be Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
“European Insolvency Regulation” means regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 20, 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast).
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
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“Excess Cash Flow Period” means any fiscal year of the Company, commencing with the fiscal year ending on or about December 31, 2018.
“Excess Foreign Entity Stock” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Excluded Property”.
“Excluded Property” means, (a) with respect to any Loan Party, any owned or leased real property, (b) with respect to any Domestic Loan Party, any personal property that either (i) the attachment or perfection of a Lien thereon is not governed by the UCC or (ii) a Lien thereon is not effected by appropriate evidence of such Lien being filed in either the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (c) with respect to any Collateral securing the Direct U.S. Loan Party Obligations, all voting Equity Interests and CPECs entitled to vote in excess of 65% of such voting interests of any First Tier Foreign Subsidiary or Foreign Holdco (and any such excluded Equity Interests or CPECs in any such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary or Foreign Holdco in excess of such amount shall be referred to herein as “Excess Foreign Entity Stock”), (d) with respect to any Loan Party, any property which is subject to a Lien of the type described in Section 8.01(i) pursuant to documents which prohibit such Loan Party from granting any other Liens in such property to secure the Obligations (or the relevant portion thereof, as applicable), (e) with respect to any Loan Party, any General Intangible (as defined in the UCC), permit, lease, license, contract or other Instrument (as defined in the UCC) of such Loan Party to the extent that the grant of a security interest in such General Intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other Instrument in the manner contemplated by the Collateral Documents, under the terms thereof or under applicable Law, is prohibited and would result in the termination thereof or give the other parties thereto the right to terminate, accelerate or otherwise alter such Loan Party’s rights, titles and interests thereunder (including upon the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both); provided that (i) any such limitation described in this clause (e) on the security interests granted hereunder shall only apply to the extent that any such prohibition could not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the UCC or any other applicable Law or principles of equity and (ii) in the event of the termination or elimination of any such prohibition or the requirement for any consent contained in any applicable Law, General Intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other Instrument, to the extent sufficient to permit any such item to become Collateral, or upon the granting of any such consent, or waiving or terminating any requirement for such consent, a security interest in such General Intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other Instrument shall be automatically and simultaneously granted hereunder and shall be included as Collateral, (f) with respect to any Loan
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Party, any motor vehicles, (g) with respect to any Loan Party, any assets of any Subsidiary of the Parent that is subject to regulatory capital or similar requirements to the extent that the provision of such security or similar interest would result in an increase to such regulatory capital or similar requirement or other administrative burden, in each case which is disproportionate to the benefit obtained by the Lenders and the other holders of the applicable Obligations, as determined in good faith by the Company in consultation with the Administrative Agent (it being acknowledged and agreed that, as of the Restatement Effective Date, (x) the burden of obtaining guarantees and security for the Foreign Obligations from the Parent’s existing Subsidiaries organized in the Republic of Ireland and from GlobeOp Markets Limited, Prime Management Limited, SS&C Fund Services (Cayman) Ltd. and SS&C GlobeOp (Luxembourg) S.à x.x., in each case, disproportionately exceeds the benefit obtained by the holders of the Foreign Obligations and (y) the burden of obtaining guarantees and security for the Direct U.S. Loan Party Obligations and the Foreign Obligations from Second Street Securities, Inc. disproportionately exceeds the benefit obtained by the holders of the Direct U.S. Loan Party Obligations and the Foreign Obligations), (h) any assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (i) with respect to any Loan Party, Margin Stock and (j) with respect to any Loan Party, any “intent-to-use” application for registration of a trademark or service xxxx filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Xxxxxx Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Xxxxxx Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Xxxxxx Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable federal law. Other assets shall be deemed to be “Excluded Property” if the Administrative Agent and the Company agree in writing that the cost, burden or consequences (including adverse tax consequences) of obtaining or perfecting a security interest in such assets is excessive in relation to the value of such assets as Collateral.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of a Borrower hereunder, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise Taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income Taxes), (i) by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located or (ii) by any jurisdiction as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof), other than any such connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered or performed its obligations, received a payment under, received a perfected security interest under, engaged in any other transaction contemplated by, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the United
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States or any similar Tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which such Borrower is located, (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Company under Section 11.13), any withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change of Law) to comply with Section 3.01(f), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from such Borrower with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a), and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing 2010 Target Note Purchase Agreement” means the Note Purchase Agreement, dated August 9, 2010, by and among the Target and the purchasers named therein, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement dated as of November 14, 2017 and by that certain Second Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement dated as of November 14, 2017.
“Existing 2010 Target Senior Notes” means the unsecured (i) 5.06% Series C Senior Notes (as defined therein) due 2018 and (ii) 5.42% Series D Senior Notes (as defined therein) due 2020 issued by the Target pursuant to the Existing 2010 Target Note Purchase Agreement.
Existing 2017 Target Note Purchase Agreement” means the Master Note Purchase Agreement, dated November 14, 2017, by and among the Target and the purchasers party thereto.
“Existing 2017 Target Senior Notes” means the unsecured (i) 3.55% Series 2017A, Tranche A Senior Notes (as defined therein) due 2023, (ii) 3.82% Series 0000X Xxxxxxx X Senior Notes (as defined therein) due 2025, (iii) 4.04% Series 2017A, Tranche D Senior Notes (as defined therein) due 2028, (iv) 4.14% Series 0000X, Xxxxxxx X Senior Notes (as defined therein) due 2030 and (v) 4.29% Series 2017A, Tranche F Senior Notes (as defined therein) due 2033 issued by the Target pursuant to the Existing 2017 Target Note Purchase Agreement, including the Target Tranche C Senior Notes.
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Existing Revolver Tra