€645,000,000 and $320,000,000 FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT among CD&R MILLENNIUM HOLDCO 6 S.À R.L., and THE SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS PARTY HERETO, as Borrowers, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO, CREDIT SUISSE AG, as Administrative Agent and...
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
€645,000,000 and $320,000,000
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
CD&R MILLENNIUM HOLDCO 6 S.À X.X.,
and
THE SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS PARTY HERETO,
as Borrowers,
THE LENDERS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
CREDIT SUISSE AG,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
BNP PARIBAS FORTIS SA/NV,
ING CAPITAL LLC,
NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH, AND
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
Dated as of July 31, 2014
Table of Contents
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SECTION 1 | ||||||
Definitions | ||||||
1.1 |
Defined Terms |
2 | ||||
1.2 |
Other Definitional and Interpretive Provisions |
89 | ||||
1.3 |
Change of Currency |
93 | ||||
1.4 |
Appointment of Borrower Representative |
93 | ||||
SECTION 2 | ||||||
Amount and Terms of Commitments | ||||||
2.1 |
Initial Term Loans, Initial Revolving Commitments and Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitments |
94 | ||||
2.2 |
Notes |
95 | ||||
2.3 |
Procedure for Initial Term Loan Borrowing |
96 | ||||
2.4 |
Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing and Acquisition / Capex Borrowing |
97 | ||||
2.5 |
Repayment of Loans |
98 | ||||
2.6 |
Letters of Credit |
99 | ||||
2.7 |
[Reserved] |
107 | ||||
2.8 |
Incremental Facilities |
107 | ||||
2.9 |
Permitted Debt Exchanges |
110 | ||||
2.10 |
Extension of Term Loans and Revolving Commitments |
112 | ||||
2.11 |
Specified Refinancing Facilities |
116 | ||||
2.12 |
Ancillary Facilities |
119 | ||||
SECTION 3 | ||||||
[Reserved] | ||||||
SECTION 4 | ||||||
General Provisions Applicable to Loans | ||||||
4.1 |
Interest Rates and Payment Dates |
124 | ||||
4.2 |
Conversion and Continuation Options |
125 | ||||
4.3 |
Minimum Amounts; Maximum Sets |
126 | ||||
4.4 |
Optional and Mandatory Prepayments |
126 | ||||
4.5 |
Administrative Agent’s Fee; Other Fees |
140 | ||||
4.6 |
Computation of Interest and Fees |
141 | ||||
4.7 |
Inability to Determine Interest Rate |
142 | ||||
4.8 |
Pro Rata Treatment and Payments |
142 | ||||
4.9 |
Illegality |
144 |
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4.10 |
Requirements of Law |
145 | ||||
4.11 |
Taxes |
147 | ||||
4.12 |
Indemnity |
152 | ||||
4.13 |
Certain Rules Relating to the Payment of Additional Amounts |
153 | ||||
4.14 |
Defaulting Lenders |
155 | ||||
SECTION 5 | ||||||
Representations and Warranties | ||||||
5.1 |
Financial Condition |
158 | ||||
5.2 |
No Change; Solvent |
158 | ||||
5.3 |
Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law |
159 | ||||
5.4 |
Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations |
159 | ||||
5.5 |
No Legal Bar |
160 | ||||
5.6 |
No Material Litigation |
160 | ||||
5.7 |
No Default |
160 | ||||
5.8 |
Ownership of Property; Liens |
160 | ||||
5.9 |
Intellectual Property |
160 | ||||
5.10 |
Taxes |
161 | ||||
5.11 |
Federal Regulations |
161 | ||||
5.12 |
ERISA |
161 | ||||
5.13 |
Collateral |
162 | ||||
5.14 |
Investment Company Act; Other Regulations |
163 | ||||
5.15 |
Subsidiaries |
163 | ||||
5.16 |
Purpose of Loans |
163 | ||||
5.17 |
Environmental Matters |
163 | ||||
5.18 |
No Material Misstatements |
164 | ||||
5.19 |
Labor Matters |
165 | ||||
5.20 |
Insurance |
165 | ||||
5.21 |
Anti-Terrorism |
165 | ||||
5.22 |
Centre of Main Interests |
166 | ||||
SECTION 6 | ||||||
Conditions Precedent | ||||||
6.1 |
Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit |
166 | ||||
6.2 |
Conditions to Each Extension of Credit After the Closing Date |
169 |
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(continued)
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SECTION 7 | ||||||
Affirmative Covenants | ||||||
7.1 |
Financial Statements |
170 | ||||
7.2 |
Certificates; Other Information |
172 | ||||
7.3 |
Payment of Taxes |
173 | ||||
7.4 |
Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence; Compliance with Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law |
173 | ||||
7.5 |
Maintenance of Property; Insurance |
174 | ||||
7.6 |
Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions |
175 | ||||
7.7 |
Notices |
176 | ||||
7.8 |
Environmental Laws |
177 | ||||
7.9 |
After-Acquired Real Property and Fixtures; Subsidiaries |
178 | ||||
7.10 |
Use of Proceeds |
181 | ||||
7.11 |
Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Maintain Ratings |
181 | ||||
7.12 |
Accounting Changes |
181 | ||||
7.13 |
Post-Closing Security Perfection |
181 | ||||
7.14 |
Centre of Main Interests |
181 | ||||
SECTION 8 | ||||||
Negative Covenants | ||||||
8.1 |
Limitation on Indebtedness |
182 | ||||
8.2 |
Limitation on Restricted Payments |
187 | ||||
8.3 |
Limitation on Restrictive Agreements |
192 | ||||
8.4 |
Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock |
195 | ||||
8.5 |
Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates |
197 | ||||
8.6 |
Limitation on Liens |
199 | ||||
8.7 |
Limitation on Fundamental Changes |
200 | ||||
8.8 |
Change of Control; Limitation on Amendments |
201 | ||||
8.9 |
Limitation on Lines of Business |
202 | ||||
8.10 |
Financial Covenant |
203 | ||||
SECTION 9 | ||||||
Events of Default | ||||||
9.1 |
Events of Default |
203 | ||||
9.2 |
Remedies Upon an Event of Default |
207 | ||||
9.3 |
Borrowers’ Right to Cure |
208 |
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Page | ||||||
SECTION 10 | ||||||
The Agents and the Other Representatives | ||||||
10.1 |
Appointment |
209 | ||||
10.2 |
The Administrative Agent and Affiliates |
210 | ||||
10.3 |
Action by an Agent |
210 | ||||
10.4 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
210 | ||||
10.5 |
Acknowledgement and Representations by Lenders |
211 | ||||
10.6 |
Indemnity; Reimbursement by Lenders |
212 | ||||
10.7 |
Right to Request and Act on Instructions |
212 | ||||
10.8 |
Collateral Matters |
213 | ||||
10.9 |
Successor Agent |
215 | ||||
10.10 |
[Reserved] |
216 | ||||
10.11 |
Withholding Tax |
216 | ||||
10.12 |
Other Representatives |
217 | ||||
10.13 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
217 | ||||
10.14 |
Application of Proceeds |
217 | ||||
SECTION 11 | ||||||
Miscellaneous | ||||||
11.1 |
Amendments and Waivers |
218 | ||||
11.2 |
Notices |
223 | ||||
11.3 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
226 | ||||
11.4 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties |
226 | ||||
11.5 |
Payment of Expenses and Taxes |
226 | ||||
11.6 |
Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments |
228 | ||||
11.7 |
Adjustments; Set-off; Calculations; Computations |
242 | ||||
11.8 |
Judgment |
242 | ||||
11.9 |
Counterparts |
243 | ||||
11.10 |
Severability |
243 | ||||
11.11 |
Integration |
243 | ||||
11.12 |
Governing Law |
243 | ||||
11.13 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
244 | ||||
11.14 |
Acknowledgements |
245 | ||||
11.15 |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
245 | ||||
11.16 |
Confidentiality |
245 | ||||
11.17 |
Incremental Indebtedness; Additional Indebtedness |
246 | ||||
11.18 |
USA PATRIOT Act Notice |
247 | ||||
11.19 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents |
247 | ||||
11.20 |
Reinstatement |
247 | ||||
11.21 |
Joint and Several Liability; Postponement of Subrogation |
247 |
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11.22 |
Borrower Parallel Debt |
248 |
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SCHEDULES
A |
— | Commitments and Addresses | ||
1.1(c) |
— | Assumed Indebtedness | ||
1.1(d) |
— | Designated Currency Centers | ||
1.1(e) |
— | Existing Liens | ||
1.1(f) |
— | Existing Investments | ||
5.4 |
— | Consents Required | ||
5.6 |
— | Litigation | ||
5.8 |
— | Real Property | ||
5.9 |
— | Intellectual Property Claims | ||
5.15 |
— | Subsidiaries | ||
5.17 |
— | Environmental Matters | ||
5.20 |
— | Insurance | ||
7.2 |
— | Website Address for Electronic Financial Reporting | ||
7.13 |
— | Post-Closing Collateral Requirements | ||
8.1 |
— | Existing Indebtedness | ||
8.5 |
— | Affiliate Transactions | ||
EXHIBITS | ||||
A-1 |
— | Form of Term Loan Note | ||
A-2 |
— | Form of Revolving Note | ||
B-1 |
— | Form of Guarantee Agreement | ||
B-2 |
— | Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement | ||
C |
— | Form of Mortgage | ||
D |
— | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate | ||
E |
— | Form of Assignment and Acceptance | ||
F-1 |
— | Form of Delaware Secretary’s Certificate | ||
F-2 |
— | Form of German Secretary’s Certificate | ||
F-3 |
— | Form of Dutch Secretary’s Certificate | ||
F-4 |
— | Form of Luxembourg Secretary’s Certificate | ||
G |
— | Form of Officer’s Certificate | ||
H |
— | Form of Solvency Certificate | ||
I-1 |
— | Form of Increase Supplement | ||
I-2 |
— | Form of Lender Joinder Agreement | ||
J-1 |
— | Form of Intercreditor Agreement | ||
J-2 |
— | Form of Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement | ||
K |
— | Form of Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption | ||
L-1 |
— | Form of Borrowing Request | ||
L-2 |
— | Form of Letter of Credit Request | ||
M |
— | [Reserved] | ||
N |
— | Form of Acceptance and Prepayment Notice | ||
O |
— | Form of Discount Range Prepayment Notice | ||
P |
— | Form of Discount Range Prepayment Offer | ||
Q |
— | Form of Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice | ||
R |
— | Form of Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer |
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S |
— | Form of Specified Discount Prepayment Notice | ||
T |
— | Form of Specified Discount Prepayment Response | ||
U |
— | Form of Compliance Certificate | ||
V |
— | Form of Subsidiary Borrower Joinder | ||
W |
— | Form of Subsidiary Borrower Termination | ||
X |
— | Form of Dutch Share Pledge Agreement | ||
Y |
— | Form of German Intercompany Loan Pledge Agreement | ||
Z |
— | Form of German Share Pledge Agreement | ||
AA |
— | Form of Luxembourg PECs Pledge Agreement | ||
BB |
— | Form of Luxembourg Share Pledge Agreement | ||
CC |
— | Agreed Security Principles |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 31, 2014, among CD&R MILLENNIUM HOLDCO 6 S.À X.X., a Luxembourg Société à responsabilité limitée, having as of the Closing Date its registered office at 5, rue Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, L – 1882 Luxembourg, registered under the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under the number B 186922 and having as of the Closing Date a share capital of €12,500 (as further defined in Subsection 1.1, the “Parent Borrower”), CD&R MILLENNIUM US ACQUICO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (as further defined in Subsection 1.1, the “U.S. Borrower”), the other Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined in Subsection 1.1) from time to time party hereto (together with the Parent Borrower and the U.S. Borrower, the “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”), the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time party hereto (as further defined in Subsection 1.1, the “Lenders”), and CREDIT SUISSE AG, as administrative agent (in such capacity and as further defined in Subsection 1.1, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders hereunder and as collateral agent (in such capacity and as further defined in Subsection 1.1, the “Collateral Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined in Subsection 1.1).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement, the Borrowers will (A) enter into (x) the Supplemental Agreement pursuant to which a senior facilities agreement originally dated June 13, 2007 by, among others, the Company will be amended and restated in the form of this Agreement and (y) this Agreement to (i) borrow Initial Dollar Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $320,000,000 (unless reduced in accordance with Subsection 6.1(b)), (ii) borrow (or, in the case of the Rolling Senior Lender Participations converted into Initial Euro Term Loans by the Rolling Senior Lenders, incur) Initial Euro Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount of €445,000,000 (unless reduced in accordance with Subsection 6.1(b)), (iii) borrow Initial Revolving Loans from time to time prior to the Initial Revolving Maturity Date in an aggregate principal amount of up to €150,000,000 on a Euro Equivalent basis and (iv) borrow Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans from time to time prior to the Initial Acquisition / Capex Maturity Date in an aggregate principal amount of up to of €50,000,000 on a Euro Equivalent basis and (B) borrow Second Lien Term Loans, under the Second Lien Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount of up to $402,000,000 (unless reduced in accordance with Subsection 6.1(b)); and
WHEREAS, the cash proceeds of the Equity Contribution, the Initial Term Loans, the Second Lien Term Loans and any Initial Revolving Loans made on the Closing Date hereunder will be used on the Closing Date, inter alia, to consummate the Transactions, and to pay fees, premiums and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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SECTION 1
Definitions
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“ABR Loans”: Loans to which the rate of interest applicable is based upon the Alternate Base Rate.
“Accelerated”: as defined in Subsection 9.1(e).
“Acceleration”: as defined in Subsection 9.1(e).
“Acceptable Discount”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iv)(2).
“Acceptable Prepayment Amount”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iv)(3).
“Acceptance and Prepayment Notice”: a written notice from the Borrower Representative setting forth the Acceptable Discount pursuant to Subsection 4.4(l)(iv)(2) substantially in the form of Exhibit N.
“Acceptance Date”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iv)(2).
“Acquired Indebtedness”: Indebtedness of a Person (i) existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (ii) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition. Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed to be Incurred on the date of the related acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person becomes a Subsidiary.
“Acquisition”: the acquisition by the Parent Borrower (directly or indirectly through its Subsidiaries) of the entire issued share capital of the Company in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement, it being understood that any transfer described in Section 7.2(b) of the Acquisition Agreement may occur after the Closing Date.
“Acquisition Agreement”: Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2014 (together with the exhibits thereto), by and between DICPE (Mauser) L.P., SMA Beteiligungs-GmbH and the other sellers party thereto, German AcquisitionCo and the U.S. Borrower.
“Acquisition / Capex Availability Period”: the Initial Acquisition / Capex Availability Period, the “Acquisition / Capex Availability Period” in respect of any Tranche of Extended Acquisition / Capex Commitments as set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment or the “Acquisition / Capex Availability Period” in respect of any Tranche of Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Facilities as set forth in the applicable Specified Refinancing Amendment, as the context may require.
“Acquisition / Capex Commitment”: as to any Lender, the aggregate of its Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitments, Extended Acquisition / Capex Commitments and Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Commitments; collectively, as to all Lenders, the “Acquisition / Capex Commitments.”
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“Acquisition / Capex Commitment Percentage”: as to any Lender, the percentage which (a) the sum of such Lender’s (i) then outstanding Acquisition / Capex Loans (if any) (including, without limitation, in the case of Acquisition / Capex Loans made by such Lender in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof) and (ii) then outstanding unused Acquisition / Capex Commitments (if any) then constitutes of (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate Acquisition / Capex Loans of all the Lenders then outstanding (including, without limitation, in the case of Acquisition / Capex Loans made by any Lender in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof) and (ii) the aggregate unused Acquisition / Capex Commitments (if any) of all the Lenders then outstanding.
“Acquisition / Capex Lender”: any Lender having an Acquisition / Capex Commitment and/or an Acquisition / Capex Loan outstanding hereunder.
“Acquisition / Capex Loan”: the Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans, Extended Acquisition / Capex Loans and Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Loans, as the context shall require.
“Acquisition Indebtedness”: Indebtedness of (A) the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred to finance or refinance, or otherwise Incurred in connection with, any acquisition of any assets (including Capital Stock), business or Person, or any merger or consolidation of any Person with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (B) any Person that is acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including Indebtedness thereof Incurred in connection with any such acquisition, merger or consolidation).
“Additional Agent”: as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Other Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.
“Additional Assets”: (i) any property or assets that replace the property or assets that are the subject of an Asset Disposition; (ii) any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) used or to be used by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise useful in a Related Business, and any capital expenditures in respect of any property or assets already so used; (iii) the Capital Stock of a Person that is engaged in a Related Business and becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Parent Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary or (iv) Capital Stock of any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary acquired from a third party.
“Additional Incremental Lender”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(b).
“Additional Indebtedness”: as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Other Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.
“Additional Obligations”: senior or subordinated Indebtedness (which Indebtedness may be (x) secured by a Lien ranking pari passu to the Lien securing the First Lien Loan Document Obligations, (y) secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Lien securing the First Lien Loan Document Obligations or (z) unsecured), including customary bridge financings, in each case issued or incurred by a Borrower or a Guarantor, the terms of which Indebtedness (i) do not provide for a maturity date or weighted average life to maturity earlier than the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date or shorter than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the
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Initial Term Loans, as the case may be (other than an earlier maturity date and/or shorter weighted average life to maturity for customary bridge financings, which, subject to customary conditions, would either be automatically converted into or required to be exchanged for permanent financing which does not provide for an earlier maturity date or a shorter weighted average life to maturity than the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date or the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Initial Term Loans, as applicable), (ii) to the extent such Indebtedness is subordinated, provide for customary payment subordination to the First Lien Loan Document Obligations under the Loan Documents as reasonably determined by the Borrower Representative in good faith and (iii) do not provide for any mandatory repayment or redemption from the Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Dispositions (other than any Asset Disposition in respect of any assets, business or Person the acquisition of which was financed, all or in part, with such Additional Obligations and the disposition of which was contemplated by any definitive agreement in respect of such acquisition) or Recovery Events or from Excess Cash Flow, to the extent the Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event or such Excess Cash Flow are required to be applied to repay the Initial Term Loans hereunder pursuant to Subsection 4.4(e), on more than a ratable basis with the Initial Term Loans (after giving effect to any amendment in accordance with Subsection 11.1(d)(vii)); provided that (a) such Indebtedness shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of any Loan Party that does not also secure the First Lien Loan Document Obligations, or be guaranteed by any Person other than the Guarantors and (b) if secured by Collateral, such Indebtedness (and all related Obligations) shall be subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or an Other Intercreditor Agreement.
“Additional Obligations Documents”: any document or instrument (including any guarantee, security agreement or mortgage and which may include any or all of the Loan Documents) issued or executed and delivered with respect to any Additional Obligations, Rollover Indebtedness, Letter of Credit Facilities or any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Subsection 8.1(b)(iii)(A) by any Loan Party.
“Additional Specified Refinancing Lender”: as defined in Subsection 2.11(b).
“Adjusted LIBOR Rate”: with respect to any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal to the higher of (i) (x) the LIBOR Rate for such Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans in effect for such Interest Period divided by (y) 1 minus the Statutory Reserves (if any) for such Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans for such Interest Period and (ii) solely with respect to Initial Term Loans and Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans, 1.00%.
“Adjustment Date”: each date on or after the last day of the Parent Borrower’s first full fiscal quarter ended at least three months after the Closing Date that is the second Business Day following receipt by the Lenders of both (a) the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.1(a) or Subsection 7.1(b), as applicable, for the most recently completed fiscal period and (b) the related Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.2(a) with respect to such fiscal period.
“Administrative Agent”: as defined in the Preamble hereto and shall include any successor to the Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Subsection 10.9.
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“Affected Eurodollar Rate”: as defined in Subsection 4.7.
“Affected Loans”: as defined in Subsection 4.9.
“Affiliate”: as to any specified Person, any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Affiliate Transaction”: as defined in Subsection 8.5(a).
“Affiliated Debt Fund”: any Affiliated Lender that is primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, notes, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course, so long as (i) any such Affiliated Lender is managed as to day-to-day matters (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, as to strategic direction and similar matters) independently from Sponsor and any Affiliate of Sponsor that is not primarily engaged in the investing activities described above, (ii) any such Affiliated Lender has in place customary information screens between it and Sponsor and any Affiliate of Sponsor that is not primarily engaged in the investing activities described above and (iii) neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries directs or causes the direction of the investment policies of such entity.
“Affiliated Lender”: any Lender that is a Permitted Affiliated Assignee.
“Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(h)(i)(1).
“Agents”: the collective reference to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and “Agent” shall mean any of them.
“Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit”: as to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans made by such Lender then outstanding (including, without limitation, in the case of Revolving Loans then outstanding in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount thereof) and (b) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding.
“Agreement”: this Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Alternate Base Rate”: for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Base Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50% and (c) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for an Interest Period of one-month beginning on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%. If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal
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Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) or (c) above, as the case may be, of the preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Base Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Base Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBOR Rate, respectively.
“Amendment”: as defined in Subsection 8.3(c).
“Ancillary Commencement Date”: with respect to any Ancillary Facility, the date (which date must be a Business Day within the applicable Revolving Commitment Period) on which such Ancillary Facility is first made available.
“Ancillary Commitment”: with respect to any Ancillary Lender and any Ancillary Facility, the maximum applicable Euro Equivalent amount (as specified in the notice delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Representative pursuant to Subsection 2.12(a) (or, if the amount specified pursuant to such notice is not denominated in Euro, the Euro Equivalent thereof at the Spot Rate of Exchange on the date which is three Business Days before the Ancillary Commencement Date)) which such Ancillary Lender has agreed (whether or not subject to the satisfaction of conditions precedent) to make available from time to time under an Ancillary Facility in accordance with Subsection 2.12 hereof to the extent such amount has not been cancelled or reduced under this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents relating to such Ancillary Facility.
“Ancillary Document”: each document or instrument relating to or evidencing the terms of an Ancillary Facility.
“Ancillary Facility”: (a) any overdraft, check clearing, credit card, automated payment, check drawing and/or other current account facility, (b) any short term loan facility in local currencies, (c) any foreign exchange facility, (d) any letter of credit, guarantee and/or bonding facility, (e) any derivatives facility and/or (f) any other facility or accommodation required in connection with the business of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and which is agreed by the Borrower Representative with an Ancillary Lender. The Original Ancillary Facility shall be deemed to be an Ancillary Facility.
“Ancillary Lender”: each Lender (or Affiliate of Lender) that makes available an Ancillary Facility in accordance with Subsection 2.12.
“Ancillary Obligations”: all obligations of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time arising under or in respect of Ancillary Outstandings.
“Ancillary Outstandings”: at any time, with respect to any Ancillary Lender and any Ancillary Facility then in effect, the Euro Equivalent of the sum of the following amounts outstanding under such Ancillary Facility: (a) the principal amount owing under each overdraft facility and on demand short term loan facility (net of any credit balance on any account of any borrower under any Ancillary Facility with the relevant Ancillary Lender to the extent that such
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credit balance is freely available to be set-off by such Ancillary Lender against liabilities owing to it by such Borrower under such Ancillary Facility), (b) the face amount of each guaranty, bond and letter of credit provided or issued under such Ancillary Facility and (c) the amount fairly representing the aggregate exposure (excluding interest and similar charges) of such Ancillary Lender under each other type of accommodation provided under such Ancillary Facility, in each case as reasonably determined by such Ancillary Lender in accordance with its normal banking practice, in consultation with the relevant borrower, and the terms of the relevant Ancillary Document.
“Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage”: during the period from the Closing Date until the first Adjustment Date, the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage shall at all times equal 0.50% per annum. The Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage will be adjusted on each Adjustment Date to the applicable rate per annum set forth under the heading “Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage” on the Pricing Grid which corresponds to the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio determined from the financial statements and Compliance Certificate relating to the end of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such Adjustment Date; provided that in the event that the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.1(a) or Subsection 7.1(b), as applicable, and the related Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.2(a), are not delivered when due, then:
(1) if such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are delivered after the date such financial statements and Compliance Certificate were required to be delivered (without giving effect to any applicable cure period) and the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage increases from that previously in effect as a result of the delivery of such financial statements, then the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage during the period from the date upon which such financial statements were required to be delivered (without giving effect to any applicable cure period) until the date upon which they actually are delivered shall, except as otherwise provided in clause (3) below, be the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage as so increased;
(2) if such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are delivered after the date such financial statements and Compliance Certificate were required to be delivered and the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage decreases from that previously in effect as a result of the delivery of such financial statements, then such decrease in the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage shall not become applicable until the date upon which the financial statements and Compliance Certificate are delivered; and
(3) if such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are not delivered prior to the expiration of the applicable cure period, then, effective upon such expiration, for the period from the date upon which such financial statements and Compliance Certificate were required to be delivered (after the expiration of the applicable cure period) until two Business Days following the date upon which they actually are delivered, the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage shall be 0.50% per annum (it being understood that the foregoing shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders set forth in Section 9).
“Applicable Discount”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iii)(2).
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“Applicable Margin”: in respect of (a) Initial Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, during the period from the Closing Date until the first Adjustment Date (i) with respect to ABR Loans, 2.25% per annum, and (ii) with respect to Eurodollar Loans, 3.25% per annum, (b) Initial Revolving Loans denominated in Euro or any Designated Currency (other than Dollars), during the period from the Closing Date until the first Adjustment Date, 3.50% per annum, (c) Initial Dollar Term Loans (i) with respect to ABR Loans, 2.50% per annum, and (ii) with respect to Eurodollar Loans, 3.50% per annum, (d) Initial Euro Term Loans, 3.75% per annum, (e) Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans denominated in Dollars (i) with respect to ABR Loans, 2.25% per annum, and (ii) with respect to Eurodollar Loans, 3.25% per annum and (f) Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans denominated in Euro, 3.50% per annum. The Applicable Margins with respect to Revolving Loans will be adjusted on each Adjustment Date to the applicable rate per annum set forth under the heading “Applicable Margin for ABR Loans,” “Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans Denominated in Dollars” or “Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans Denominated in Euro or any Designated Currency (other than Dollars)” on the Pricing Grid which corresponds to the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio determined from the financial statements and Compliance Certificate relating to the end of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such Adjustment Date; provided that in the event that the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.1(a) or 7.1(b), as applicable, and the related Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.2(a), are not delivered when due, then:
(1) if such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are delivered after the date such financial statements and Compliance Certificate were required to be delivered (without giving effect to any applicable cure period) and the Applicable Margin increases from that previously in effect as a result of the delivery of such financial statements, then the Applicable Margin in respect of Revolving Loans during the period from the date upon which such financial statements were required to be delivered (without giving effect to any applicable cure period) until the date upon which they actually are delivered shall, except as otherwise provided in clause (3) below, be the Applicable Margin as so increased;
(2) if such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are delivered after the date such financial statements and Compliance Certificate were required to be delivered and the Applicable Margin decreases from that previously in effect as a result of the delivery of such financial statements, then such decrease in the Applicable Margin shall not become applicable until the date upon which the financial statements and Compliance Certificate actually are delivered, and
(3) if such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are not delivered prior to the expiration of the applicable cure period, then, effective upon such expiration, for the period from the date upon which such financial statements and Compliance Certificate were required to be delivered (after the expiration of the applicable cure period) until two Business Days following the date upon which they actually are delivered, the Applicable Margin with respect to Revolving Loans (x) denominated in Dollars shall be 2.25% per annum, in the case of ABR Loans and 3.25% per annum, in the case of Eurodollar Loans and (y) denominated in Euro or any Designated Currency (other than Dollars) shall be 3.50% per annum (it being understood that the foregoing shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders set forth in Section 9).
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“Approved Fund”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(b).
“Asset Disposition”: any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares, or (in the case of a Non-U.S. Subsidiary) to the extent required by applicable law), property or other assets (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”) by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction) other than: (i) a disposition to the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) a disposition in the ordinary course of business, (iii) a disposition of Cash Equivalents, Investment Grade Securities or Temporary Cash Investments, (iv) the sale or discount (with or without recourse, and on customary or commercially reasonable terms) of accounts receivable or notes receivable (including ancillary rights pertaining thereto) arising in the ordinary course of business (including in connection with any factoring agreement or similar arrangements), or the conversion or exchange of accounts receivable for notes receivable, (v) any Restricted Payment Transaction, (vi) a disposition that is governed by Subsection 8.7, (vii) any Financing Disposition, (viii) any “fee in lieu” or other disposition of assets to any Governmental Authority that continue in use by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets upon reasonable notice by paying a nominal fee, (ix) any exchange of property pursuant to or intended to qualify under Section 1031 (or any successor section) of the Code, or any exchange of equipment to be leased, rented or otherwise used in a Related Business, (x) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, including any sale/leaseback transaction or asset securitization, (xi) any disposition arising from foreclosure, condemnation, eminent domain, or similar action with respect to any property or other assets, or exercise of termination rights under any lease, license, concession or other agreement, or necessary or advisable (as determined by the Borrower Representative in good faith) in order to consummate any acquisition of any Person, business or assets, or pursuant to buy/sell arrangements under any joint venture or similar agreement or arrangement, (xii) any disposition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (xiii) a disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired, or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), entered into in connection with such acquisition, (xiv) a disposition of not more than 5.0% of the outstanding Capital Stock of a Non-Guarantor that has been approved by the Board of Directors, (xv) any disposition or series of related dispositions for aggregate consideration not to exceed €50,000,000, (xvi) the abandonment or other disposition of patents, trademarks or other intellectual property that are, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower Representative, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (xvii) any license, sublicense or other grant of rights in or to any trademark, copyright, patent or other intellectual property or (xviii) any Exempt Sale and Leaseback Transaction.
“Assignee”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(b)(i).
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“Assignment and Acceptance”: an Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto.
“Assignment and Assumption Agreements”: collectively, (i) the DICPE Assignment and Assumption Agreement, (ii) the DIC Assignment and Assumption Agreement, (iii) the US Transfer Deed and (iv) the Transfer Deed, in each case, as defined in the Acquisition Agreement.
“Assumed Indebtedness”: Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Closing Date and disclosed on Schedule 1.1(c).
“Available Acquisition / Capex Commitment”: as to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Acquisition / Capex Commitments at such time over (b) the aggregate principal amount at such time of all Acquisition / Capex Loans made by such Lender (including, without limitation, in the case of Acquisition / Capex Loans made by such Lender in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof) (collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “Available Acquisition / Capex Commitments.”
“Available Revolving Commitment”: as to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitments at such time over (without duplication of any amounts reduced in determining the amount under clause (a) of this definition) (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Revolving Loans made by such Lender (including, without limitation, in the case of Revolving Loans made by such Lender in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof), (ii) an amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations at such time and (iii) if such Lender is an Ancillary Lender, subject to Subsection 2.12, the amount of the sum of its Ancillary Commitments at such time; collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “Available Revolving Commitments.”
“Bank Products Agreement”: any agreement pursuant to which a bank or other financial institution agrees to provide (a) treasury services, (b) credit card, merchant card, purchasing card or stored value card services (including the processing of payments and other administrative services with respect thereto), (c) cash management services (including controlled disbursements, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, netting, overdrafts, depository, lockbox, stop payment, electronic funds transfer, information reporting, wire transfer and interstate depository network services) and (d) other banking products or services as may be requested by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than letters of credit and other than loans and advances except indebtedness arising from services described in clauses (a) through (c) of this definition).
“Bank Products Obligations”: of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Bank Products Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Proceeding”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(h)(iv).
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“Base Rate”: for any day, a rate per annum that is equal to the corporate base rate of interest established by the Administrative Agent as its “prime rate” in effect at its principal office in New York City on such day; each change in the Base Rate shall be effective on the date such change is effective. The corporate base rate is not necessarily the lowest rate charged by the Administrative Agent to its customers.
“Benefited Lender”: as defined in Subsection 11.7(a).
“Board”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Board of Directors”: for any Person, the board of directors or other governing body of such Person or, if such Person does not have such a board of directors or other governing body and is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of directors or other governing body of such entity, or, in either case, any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board of directors or other governing body. Unless otherwise provided, “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Borrower Representative.
“Borrower Material”: as defined in Subsection 11.2(e).
“Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment”: the offer by the Borrower Representative to make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a specified discount to par pursuant to Subsection 4.4(l)(ii).
“Borrower Parallel Debt”: as defined in Subsection 11.22(a).
“Borrower Principal Obligations”: as defined in Subsection 11.22(a).
“Borrower Representative”: the Parent Borrower or such other Borrower as may be designated as the “Borrower Representative” by the Borrowers from time to time, in each case in its capacity as Borrower Representative pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 1.3.
“Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers”: the solicitation by the Borrower Representative of offers for, and the corresponding acceptance, if any, by a Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a specified range at a discount to par pursuant to Subsection 4.4(l)(iii).
“Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers”: the solicitation by the Borrower Representative of offers for, and the subsequent acceptance, if any, by a Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a discount to par pursuant to Subsection 4.4(l)(iv).
“Borrowers”: as defined in the Preamble hereto.
“Borrowing”: the borrowing of one Type of Loan of a single Tranche and currency from all the Lenders having Commitments or other commitments of the respective Tranche on a given date (or resulting from a conversion or conversions on such date) having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the same Interest Period.
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“Borrowing Base”: the sum of (1) 85% of the book value of Inventory of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (2) 85% of the book value of Receivables of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (3) cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (in each case, determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal month of the Parent Borrower for which internal consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available, and, in the case of any determination relating to any Incurrence of Indebtedness, on a pro forma basis including (x) any property or assets of a type described above acquired since the end of such fiscal month and (y) any property or assets of a type described above being acquired in connection therewith).
“Borrowing Date”: any Business Day specified in a notice delivered pursuant to either Subsection 2.3 or Subsection 2.4, as applicable, as a date on which the Borrower Representative requests the Lenders to make Loans (or, in the case of the Rolling Senior Lenders, to exchange their Rolling Senior Lender Participations for Initial Euro Term Loans) hereunder.
“Borrowing Request”: as defined in Subsection 2.4.
“Business Day”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx are authorized or required by law to close, except that, (a) when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan denominated in Dollars, “Business Day” shall mean any Business Day on which dealings in Dollars between banks may be carried on in Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and New York, New York and (b) when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan denominated in any Designated Currency (other than Dollars) or in Euro, “Business Day” shall mean any day on which dealings in such Designated Currency or in Euro between banks may be carried on in Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and New York, New York and the principal financial center of such Designated Currency as set forth on Schedule 1.1(d); provided, however, that, with respect to notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, Loans denominated in Euro, such day is also a day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System (TARGET) (or, if such clearing system ceases to be operative, such other clearing system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be suitable replacement) is open for settlement of payment in Euro.
“Canadian Dollars” and “C$”: the lawful currency of Canada.
“Capital Expenditures”: for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under leases evidencing Capitalized Lease Obligations) by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as capital expenditures on a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Parent Borrower.
“Capital Stock”: as to any Person, any and all shares or units of, rights to purchase, warrants or options for, or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
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“Capitalized Lease Obligation”: an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. The Stated Maturity of any Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under the related lease.
“Captive Insurance Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (or any Subsidiary thereof).
“Cash Equivalents”: any of the following: (a) money, (b) securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America, Canada or a member state of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality of any thereof, (c) time deposits, certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of (i) any bank or other institutional lender under this Agreement or the Second Lien Credit Agreement or any affiliate thereof or (ii) any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof as of the date of such investment) and the commercial paper of the holding company of which is rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Xxxxx’x (or, if at such time neither is issuing ratings, a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency), (d) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (b) and (c) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (c)(i) or (c)(ii) above, (e) money market instruments, commercial paper or other short-term obligations rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Xxxxx’x (or, if at such time neither is issuing ratings, a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency), (f) investments in money market funds subject to the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 or any successor rule of the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (g) investments similar to any of the foregoing denominated in foreign currencies approved by the Board of Directors and (h) solely with respect to any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, any investment that person is permitted to make in accordance with applicable law.
“CD&R”: Xxxxxxx, Dubilier & Rice, LLC, and any successor in interest thereto, and any successor to its investment management business.
“CD&R Consulting Agreement”: the Consulting Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among Lux HoldCo 1, the Parent Borrower, the U.S. Borrower, German AcquisitionCo, CD&R and the other parties thereto or who may accede thereto from time to time, pursuant to which CD&R may provide management, consulting and advisory services, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time so long as such amendment, supplement, waiver or modification complies with this Agreement (including Subsection 8.5 (for the avoidance of doubt, other than by reason of Subsection 8.5(b)(vii))).
“CD&R Fund IX”: Xxxxxxx, Dubilier & Rice Fund IX, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, and any successor in interest thereto.
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“CD&R Indemnification Agreement”: the Indemnification Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and among certain CD&R Investors, Lux HoldCo 1, the Parent Borrower, the U.S. Borrower, German AcquisitionCo, CD&R and the other parties thereto or who may accede thereto from time to time, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
“CD&R Investors”: collectively, (i) CD&R Fund IX, (ii) CD&R Advisor Fund IX, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, (iii) CD&R Associates IX, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, (iv) CD&R Millennium (Cayman) Partners, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, (v) CD&R Millennium (Cayman) GP Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company, (vi) Lux HoldCo 1, (vii) CD&R Millennium HoldCo 2 B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) registered with the Dutch trade register under number 60573368, (viii) CD&R Millennium HoldCo 3 B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) registered with the Dutch trade register under number 60575530, (ix) CD&R Millennium Holdco 4 S.à x.x., a Luxembourg Société à responsabilité limitée registered with the Luxembourg register of commerce and companies under number B 186875, (x) CD&R Investment Associates IX, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company, (xi) Xxxxxxx, Dubilier & Rice Fund IX-A, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership and (xii) any Affiliate of any CD&R Investor identified in clauses (i) through (xi) of this definition.
“Change in Law”: as defined in Subsection 4.11(a).
“Change of Control”: (i) (x) the Permitted Holders shall in the aggregate be the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) of (A) so long as Holdings is a Subsidiary of any Parent Entity, shares or units of Voting Stock having less than 35.0% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of such Parent Entity (other than a Parent Entity that is a Subsidiary of another Parent Entity) and (B) if Holdings is not a Subsidiary of any Parent Entity, shares or units of Voting Stock having less than 35.0% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of Holdings and (y) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), other than one or more Permitted Holders, shall be the “beneficial owner” of (A) so long as Holdings is a Subsidiary of any Parent Entity, shares or units of Voting Stock having more than 35.0% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of such Parent Entity (other than a Parent Entity that is a Subsidiary of another Parent Entity) and (B) if Holdings is not a Subsidiary of any Parent Entity, shares or units of Voting Stock having more than 35.0% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of Holdings; (ii) Holdings shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100.0% of the Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower (or any Successor Borrower); (iii) Holdings shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100.0% of the Capital Stock of Mauser Industrieverpackungen GmbH; (iv) Holdings shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100.0% of the Capital Stock of Intermediate Dutch Holdings; or (v) a “Change of Control” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement (or any indenture or other agreement governing Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Second Lien Term Loans, and in each case relating to Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount equal to or greater than €75,000,000). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Transactions shall not constitute or give rise to a Change of Control.
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“Change of Control Offer”: as defined in Subsection 8.8(a).
“Claim”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(h)(iv).
“Clean-Up Date”: November 28, 2014.
“Closing Date”: the date on which all the conditions precedent set forth in Subsection 6.1 shall be satisfied or waived.
“Code”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral”: all assets of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.
“Collateral Agent”: as defined in the Preamble hereto and shall include any successor to the Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to Subsection 10.9.
“Collateral Representative”: (i) if the Intercreditor Agreement is then in effect, the Senior Priority Representative (as defined therein), (ii) if the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement is then in effect, the Senior Priority Representative (as defined therein) and (iii) if any Other Intercreditor Agreement is then in effect, the Person acting as representative for the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties thereunder for the applicable purpose contemplated by this Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
“Collection Amounts”: as defined in Subsection 10.14.
“Commercial Letter of Credit”: as defined in Subsection 2.6(a)(i)(y)(i)(B).
“Commitment”: as to any Lender, such Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitments, Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitments, Extended Acquisition / Capex Commitments, Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Commitments, Incremental Commitments, Initial Revolving Commitments, Extended Revolving Commitments and Specified Refinancing Revolving Commitment, as the context requires.
“Committed Lenders”: Credit Suisse AG, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV, ING Capital LLC, Natixis, New York Branch and Nomura International PLC.
“Commodities Agreement”: in respect of a Person, any commodity futures contract, forward contract, option or similar agreement or arrangement (including derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such Person is a party or beneficiary.
“Commonly Controlled Entity”: an entity, whether or not incorporated, which is under common control with the Parent Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group which includes the Parent Borrower and which is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code.
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“Company”: Mauser Holding GmbH, a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) organized under the laws of Germany, registered with the commercial register (Handelsregister) of the local court (Amtsgericht) of Cologne, Germany, under registration number HRB 61659.
“Compliance Certificate”: as defined in Subsection 7.2(a).
“Conduit Lender”: any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument delivered to the Administrative Agent (a copy of which shall be provided by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower Representative on request); provided that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations under this Agreement, including its obligation to fund a Loan if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, including Subsection 4.10, 4.11, 4.12 or 11.5, than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender if such designating Lender had not designated such Conduit Lender hereunder, (b) be deemed to have any Commitment or (c) be designated if such designation would otherwise increase the costs of any Facility to any Borrower.
“Confidential Information Memorandum”: that certain Confidential Information Memorandum furnished to the Lenders on or about June 11, 2014.
“Consolidated Coverage Ratio”: as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters (in each of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), determined for any fiscal quarter (or portion thereof) ending prior to the Closing Date, on a pro forma basis to give effect to the Acquisition as if it had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period); provided that:
(1) if, since the beginning of such period, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Indebtedness or the Parent Borrower has issued any Designated Preferred Stock that remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Designated Preferred Stock of the Parent Borrower, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Indebtedness or Designated Preferred Stock as if such Indebtedness or Designated Preferred Stock had been Incurred or issued, as applicable, on the first day of such period (except that in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility outstanding on the date of such calculation shall be computed based on (A) the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters or such shorter period for which such facility was outstanding or (B) if such facility was created after the end of such four fiscal quarters, the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the period from the date of creation of such facility to the date of such calculation),
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(2) if, since the beginning of such period, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged any Indebtedness, or any Designated Preferred Stock of the Parent Borrower, that is no longer outstanding on such date of determination (each, a “Discharge”) or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio involves a Discharge of Indebtedness (in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been repaid with an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder) or a Discharge of Designated Preferred Stock of the Parent Borrower, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Discharge of Indebtedness or Designated Preferred Stock, including with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness or such new Designated Preferred Stock of the Parent Borrower, as if such Discharge had occurred on the first day of such period,
(3) if, since the beginning of such period, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have disposed of any company, any business or any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business or any joint venture, including any such disposition occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, or designated any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (any such disposition or designation, a “Sale”), the Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such period and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to (A) the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to any Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged with respect to the Parent Borrower and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Sale for such period (including but not limited to through the assumption of such Indebtedness by another Person) plus (B) if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is disposed of in such Sale or any Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Parent Borrower and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such Sale,
(4) if, since the beginning of such period, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Person that thereby becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or otherwise acquired any company, any business or any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business or any joint venture, including any such Investment or acquisition occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, or designated any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (any such Investment,
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acquisition or designation, a “Purchase”), Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any related Indebtedness) as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period, and
(5) if, since the beginning of such period, any Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged or consolidated with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and since the beginning of such period such Person shall have Discharged any Indebtedness or made any Sale or Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (2), (3) or (4) above if made by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Discharge, Sale or Purchase occurred on the first day of such period;
provided that (in the event that the Borrower Representative shall classify Indebtedness Incurred on the date of determination as Incurred in part under Subsection 8.1(a) and in part under Subsection 8.1(b), as provided in Subsection 8.1(c)(iii)) any such pro forma calculation of Consolidated Interest Expense shall not give effect to any such Incurrence of Indebtedness on the date of determination pursuant to Subsection 8.1(b) (other than, if the Borrower Representative at its option has elected to disregard Indebtedness being Incurred on the date of determination in part under Subsection 8.1(a) for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio for Incurring Indebtedness on the date of determination in part under Subsection 8.1(b)(x), Subsection 8.1(b)(x)) or to any Discharge of Indebtedness from the proceeds of any such Incurrence pursuant to such Subsection 8.1(b) (other than Subsection 8.1(b)(x), if the Incurrence of Indebtedness under Subsection 8.1(b)(x) is being given effect to in the calculation of the Consolidated Coverage Ratio).
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness Incurred or repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged in connection therewith, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof (including in respect of anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale, Purchase or other transaction) shall be as determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer or a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative; provided that with respect to cost savings or synergies relating to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, the related actions are expected by the Borrower Representative to be taken no later than 18 months after the date of determination. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness). If any Indebtedness bears, at the option of the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, a rate of interest based on a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate or other fixed or floating rate, and such Indebtedness is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated by applying such optional rate as the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary may designate. If any Indebtedness that is being given pro forma effect was Incurred under a revolving credit facility, the interest expense
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on such Indebtedness shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower Representative to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA”: for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus (x) the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, without duplication: (i) provision for all taxes (whether or not paid, estimated or accrued) based on income, profits or capital (including penalties and interest, if any), (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, all items excluded from the definition of Consolidated Interest Expense pursuant to clause (iii) thereof (other than Special Purpose Financing Expense), any Special Purpose Financing Fees and non-cash interest expense in respect of the Shareholder Loans and Subordinated Shareholder Funding, (iii) depreciation, (iv) amortization (including but not limited to amortization of goodwill and intangibles and amortization and write-off of financing costs), (v) any non-cash charges or non-cash losses, (vi) any expenses or charges related to any equity offering, Subordinated Shareholder Funding, Investment or Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement (whether or not consummated or incurred, and including any offering or sale of Capital Stock of a Parent Entity to the extent the proceeds thereof were intended to be contributed to the equity capital of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries), (vii) the amount of any loss attributable to non-controlling interests and any loss related to start-ups, greenfield projects and other new ventures, (viii) all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid in connection with any early extinguishment of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments, (ix) any management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees and related expenses paid to CD&R or any of its Affiliates, (x) interest and investment income, (xi) the amount of loss on any Financing Disposition, (xii) any costs or expenses pursuant to any management or employee stock option or other equity-related plan, program or arrangement, or other benefit plan, program or arrangement, or any equity subscription or equity holder agreement, to the extent funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Parent Borrower or an issuance of Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock) or Subordinated Shareholder Funding and excluded from the calculation set forth in Subsection 8.2(a)(3)(B) and (xiii) (A) any gain or loss relating to the amortization of any pensions asset or deficit and (B) any gain or loss relating to the fair value of the pension asset or liability calculated in accordance with the ‘corridor test’ under GAAP, plus (y) the amount of net cost savings projected by the Borrower Representative in good faith to be realized as the result of actions taken or to be taken on or prior to the date that is 18 months after the Closing Date, or 18 months after the consummation of any operational change, respectively (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions (which adjustments may be incremental to pro forma adjustments made pursuant to the proviso to the definition of “Consolidated Coverage Ratio,” “Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio” or “Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio”), plus (z) only with respect to determining compliance with Subsection 8.10 hereof, any Cure Amounts.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Consolidated EBITDA (before giving effect to any pro forma adjustments or other adjustments contemplated in the definition of “Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio,” “Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio” or “Consolidated Coverage Ratio,” but after giving pro forma effect to the Transactions) shall be deemed to be €41,000,000 for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2013, €40,900,000 for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2013, €35,100,000 for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013 and €38,800,000 for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014.
“Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness”: as of any date of determination, (i) an amount equal to the Consolidated Total Indebtedness (without regard to clause (ii) of the definition thereof) as of such date that in each case is then secured by Liens on property or assets of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than (x) Indebtedness secured by a Lien ranking junior to or subordinated to the Liens securing the First Lien Loan Document Obligations and (y) property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of the Indebtedness secured thereby), minus (ii) the sum of (A) the amount of such Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness of a type referred to in, or Incurred pursuant to, Subsection 8.1(b)(ix) and (B) Unrestricted Cash of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio”: as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness as at such date (after giving effect to any Incurrence or Discharge of Indebtedness on such date) to (ii) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available (determined, for any fiscal quarter (or portion thereof) ending prior to the Closing Date, on a pro forma basis to give effect to the Acquisition as if it had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period), provided that:
(1) if, since the beginning of such period, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made a Sale (including any Sale occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder), the Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such period;
(2) if, since the beginning of such period, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made a Purchase (including any Purchase occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder), Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period; and
(3) if, since the beginning of such period, any Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged or consolidated with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and since the beginning of such period such Person shall have made any Sale or Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above if made by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period, Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Sale or Purchase occurred on the first day of such period;
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provided that, (x) in the event that the Borrower Representative shall classify Indebtedness Incurred on the date of determination as secured in part pursuant to clause (k)(1) of the “Permitted Liens” definition in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Subsection 8.1(b)(i)(II) and clause (ii) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount and in part pursuant to one or more other clauses of the definition of “Permitted Liens” (other than clause (s)), as provided in clause (x) of the final paragraph of such definition, any calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio, including in the definition of “Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount,” shall not include any such Indebtedness (and shall not give effect to any Discharge of Indebtedness from the proceeds thereof) to the extent secured pursuant to any such other clause of such definition and (y) in the event that the Borrower Representative shall classify Indebtedness Incurred on the date of determination as secured in part pursuant to clause (s) of the “Permitted Liens” definition and in part pursuant to one or more other clause of the definition of “Permitted Liens” (other than clause (k)(1) in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Subsection 8.1(b)(i)(II) and clause (ii) of the definition of “Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount”), as provided in clause (y) of the final paragraph of such definition, any calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio shall not include any such Indebtedness (and shall not give effect to any Discharge of Indebtedness from the proceeds thereof) to the extent secured pursuant to any such other clause of such definition.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof (including in respect of anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale, Purchase or other transaction) shall be as determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer or another Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative; provided that with respect to cost savings or synergies relating to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, the related actions are expected by the Borrower Representative to be taken no later than 18 months after the date of determination.
“Consolidated Interest Expense”: for any period, (i) the total interest expense of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income, net of any interest income of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including any such interest expense consisting of (A) interest expense attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations, (B) amortization of debt discount, (C) interest in respect of Indebtedness of any other Person that has been Guaranteed by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, but only to the extent that such interest is actually paid by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (D) non-cash interest expense, (E) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation and (F) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, plus (ii) Preferred Stock dividends paid in cash in respect of Disqualified Stock of the Parent Borrower held by Persons other than the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or in respect of Designated Preferred Stock of the Parent Borrower pursuant to Subsection 8.2(b)(xi)(A), minus (iii) to the extent otherwise included in such interest expense referred to in clause (i) above, Special Purpose Financing Expense, non-cash interest expense in respect of the Shareholder Loans or Subordinated Shareholder Funding, accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting
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Indebtedness, expense resulting from discounting of Indebtedness in conjunction with recapitalization or purchase accounting, and any “additional interest” in respect of registration rights arrangements for any securities, amortization or write-off of financing costs, in each case under clauses (i) through (iii) above as determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to Interest Rate Agreements.
“Consolidated Net Income”: for any period, the net income (loss) of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends; provided that, without duplication, there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:
(i) any net income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, except that (A) the Parent Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s net income for such period shall be increased by the aggregate amount actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (ii) below), to the extent not already included therein and (B) the Parent Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s equity in the net loss of such Person shall be included to the extent of the aggregate Investment of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Person,
(ii) solely for purposes of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Subsection 8.2(a)(3)(A) and Excess Cash Flow, any net income (loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Parent Borrower by operation of the terms of such Restricted Subsidiary’s charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute or governmental rule or regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders (other than (x) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released, (y) restrictions pursuant to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Second Lien Loan Documents and (z) restrictions in effect on the Closing Date with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary and other restrictions with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary that taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Lenders than such restrictions in effect on the Closing Date as determined by the Borrower Representative in good faith), except that (A) the Parent Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of any dividend or distribution that was or that could have been made by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the Parent Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary (subject, in the case of a dividend that could have been made to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause (ii)) and (B) the net loss of such Restricted Subsidiary shall be included to the extent of the aggregate Investment of the Parent Borrower or any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries in such Restricted Subsidiary,
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(iii) (1)(x) any gain or loss realized upon the sale, abandonment or other disposition of any asset of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including pursuant to any sale/leaseback transaction) that is not sold, abandoned or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (as determined by the Borrower Representative in good faith) and (y) any gain or loss realized upon the disposal, abandonment or discontinuation of operations of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and any income (loss) from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued because they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of), including in each case any closure of any branch and (2) any gain or loss associated with the sale or write-down or revaluation of assets,
(iv) any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss or charge (including fees, expenses and charges associated with the Transactions and any acquisition, merger or consolidation after the date hereof or any accounting change),
(v) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles,
(vi) all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid in connection with any early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments,
(vii) any unrealized gains or losses in respect of Hedge Agreements,
(viii) any unrealized foreign currency translation gains or losses, including in respect of Indebtedness of any Person denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of such Person,
(ix) any non-cash compensation charge arising from any grant of limited liability company interests, stock, stock options or other equity based awards,
(x) to the extent otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, any unrealized foreign currency translation gains or losses, including in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(xi) any non-cash charge, expense or other impact attributable to application of the purchase or recapitalization method of accounting (including the total amount of depreciation and amortization, cost of sales or other non-cash expense resulting from the write-up of assets to the extent resulting from such purchase or recapitalization accounting adjustments), non-cash charges for deferred tax valuation allowances and non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP,
(xii) expenses related to the conversion of various employee benefit programs in connection with the Transactions, and non-cash compensation related expenses,
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(xiii) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed (or the Borrower Representative has determined that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will be reimbursed by the insurer and such amount is not denied by the applicable insurer in writing within 180 days and is reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction in any future calculation of Consolidated Net Income for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 day period)), any expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption, and
(xiv) the amount of any deduction for minority interests and dividends,
provided, further, that the exclusion of any item pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) through (xiv) shall also exclude the tax impact of any such item, if applicable.
For purposes of this Agreement any and all interest accrued on the Shareholder Loans and Subordinated Shareholder Funding but not paid in cash or other property (excluding Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) and additional Subordinated Shareholder Funding), shall not be deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income.
In the case of any unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss or charge not included in Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (iv) above (other than a determination for purposes of Subsection 8.10) in any determination thereof, the Borrower Representative will deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the Administrative Agent promptly after the date on which Consolidated Net Income is so determined, setting forth the nature and amount of such unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss or charge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Subsection 8.2(a)(3)(A) only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income, without duplication, any income consisting of dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, and any income consisting of return of capital, repayment or other proceeds from dispositions or repayments of Investments consisting of Restricted Payments, in each case to the extent such income would be included in Consolidated Net Income and such related dividends, repayments, transfers, return of capital or other proceeds are applied by the Borrower Representative to increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Subsection 8.2(a)(3)(C) or (D).
In addition, Consolidated Net Income for any period ending on or prior to the Closing Date shall be determined based upon the net income (loss) reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the Company for such period; and each Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary upon giving effect to the Transactions shall be deemed to be a Restricted Subsidiary and the Transactions shall not constitute a sale or disposition under clause (iii) above, for purposes of such determination.
“Consolidated Total Assets”: as of any date of determination, the total assets, in each case reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower as at the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Parent Borrower for which a balance sheet is available, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (and, in the case of any determination relating to any Incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens or any Investment, on a pro forma basis including any property or assets being acquired in connection therewith).
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“Consolidated Total Indebtedness”: as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date consisting of (without duplication) Indebtedness for borrowed money (including Purchase Money Obligations and unreimbursed outstanding drawn amounts underfunded letters of credit); Capitalized Lease Obligations; debt obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; Disqualified Stock; and (in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor) Preferred Stock, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding items eliminated in Consolidation, and for the avoidance of doubt, excluding Hedging Obligations) minus (ii) the sum of (A) the amount of such Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness of a type referred to in, or Incurred pursuant to, Subsection 8.1(b)(ix) and (B) Unrestricted Cash of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio”: as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness as at such date (after giving effect to any Incurrence or Discharge of Indebtedness on such date) to (ii) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available (determined, for any fiscal quarter (or portion thereof) ending prior to the Closing Date, on a pro forma basis to give effect to the Acquisition as if it had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period), provided that:
(1) if, since the beginning of such period, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made a Sale (including any Sale occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder), the Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such period;
(2) if, since the beginning of such period, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made a Purchase (including any Purchase occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder), Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period; and
(3) if, since the beginning of such period, any Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged or consolidated with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and since the beginning of such period such Person shall have made any Sale or Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above if made by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period, Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Sale or Purchase occurred on the first day of such period;
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provided that, for purposes of the foregoing calculation, in the event that the Borrower Representative shall classify Indebtedness Incurred on the date of determination as Incurred in part pursuant to Subsection 8.1(b)(x) (other than by reason of subclause (2) of the proviso to such clause (x)) and in part pursuant to one or more other clauses of Subsection 8.1(b) and/or (unless the Borrower Representative at its option has elected to disregard Indebtedness being Incurred on the date of determination in part pursuant to subclause (2) of the proviso to Subsection 8.1(b)(x) for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Coverage Ratio for Incurring Indebtedness on the date of determination in part under Subsection 8.1(a)) pursuant to Subsection 8.1(a) (as provided in Subsections 8.1(c)(ii) and (iii)), Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall not include any such Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to one or more such other clauses of Subsection 8.1(b) and/or pursuant to Subsection 8.1(a), and shall not give effect to any Discharge of any Indebtedness from the proceeds of any such Indebtedness being disregarded for purposes of the calculation of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio that otherwise would be included in Consolidated Total Indebtedness.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof (including in respect of anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale, Purchase or other transaction) shall be as determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer or another Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative; provided that with respect to cost savings or synergies relating to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, the related actions are expected by the Borrower Representative to be taken no later than 18 months after the date of determination.
“Consolidated Working Capital”: at any date, the excess of (a) the sum of all amounts (other than cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date excluding the current portion of current and deferred income taxes over (b) the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, including deferred revenue but excluding, without duplication, (i) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (ii) all Indebtedness consisting of Loans or Second Lien Loans or Shareholder Loans or Subordinated Shareholder Funding to the extent otherwise included therein, (iii) the current portion of interest and (iv) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes.
“Consolidation”: the consolidation of the accounts of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries with those of the Parent Borrower in accordance with GAAP; provided that “Consolidation” will not include consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment. The term “Consolidated” has a correlative meaning. For purposes of this Agreement for periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date, references to the consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower shall be to the consolidated financial statements of the Company (with Subsidiaries of the Company after giving effect to the Transactions being deemed Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower), as the context may require.
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“Contract Consideration”: as defined in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow.”
“Contractual Obligation”: as to any Person, any provision of any material security issued by such Person or of any material agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Contribution Amounts”: the aggregate amount of capital contributions or Subordinated Shareholder Funding applied by the Borrower Representative to permit the Incurrence of Contribution Indebtedness pursuant to Subsection 8.1(b)(xi).
“Contribution Indebtedness”: Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not greater than twice the aggregate amount of (1) Subordinated Shareholder Funding made after the Closing Date and (2) cash contributions made to the capital of the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date (whether through the issuance or sale of Capital Stock or otherwise) (in each case, other than Excluded Contributions, the proceeds from the issuance of Disqualified Stock or contributions by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided that such Contribution Indebtedness (a) is Incurred within 180 days after the receipt of the related cash contribution or Subordinated Shareholder Funding and (b) is so designated as Contribution Indebtedness pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative on the date of Incurrence thereof.
“Cure Amount”: as defined in Subsection 9.3(a).
“Currency Agreement”: in respect of a Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangements (including derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such Person is a party or a beneficiary.
“Debt Financing”: the debt financing transactions contemplated under (a) the First Lien Loan Documents and (b) the Second Lien Loan Documents, in each case including any Interest Rate Agreements related thereto.
“Declined Amount”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(h).
“Default”: any of the events specified in Subsection 9.1, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice (other than, in the case of Subsection 9.1(e), a Default Notice), the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition specified in Subsection 9.1, has been satisfied.
“Default Notice”: as defined in Subsection 9.1(e).
“Defaulting Lender”: subject to Subsection 4.14(g), any Lender or Agent whose acts or failure to act, whether directly or indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of Lender Default.
“Deposit Account”: any deposit account (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
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“Designated Currency”: Dollars, Sterling, Canadian Dollars, or any other freely available currency reasonably requested by the Borrower Representative and acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Lenders of the applicable Tranche and any applicable Issuing Bank.
“Designated Gross Amount”: as defined in Subsection 2.12(a).
“Designated Net Amount”: as defined in Subsection 2.12(a).
“Designated Noncash Consideration”: the Fair Market Value of noncash consideration received by the Parent Borrower or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Disposition that is so designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative, setting forth the basis of such valuation.
“Designated Preferred Stock”: Preferred Stock of the Parent Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock) or any Parent Entity that is issued after the Closing Date for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative; provided that the cash proceeds of such issuance shall be excluded from the calculation set forth in Subsection 8.2(a)(3)(B).
“Designation Date”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(f).
“Discharge”: as defined in clause (2) of the definition of “Consolidated Coverage Ratio.”
“Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(ii)(2).
“Discount Range”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iii)(1).
“Discount Range Prepayment Amount”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iii)(1).
“Discount Range Prepayment Notice”: a written notice of the Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers made pursuant to Subsection 4.4(l) substantially in the form of Exhibit O.
“Discount Range Prepayment Offer”: the irrevocable written offer by a Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit P, submitted in response to an invitation to submit offers following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice.
“Discount Range Prepayment Response Date”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iii)(1).
“Discount Range Proration”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iii)(3).
“Discounted Prepayment Determination Date”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iv)(3).
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“Discounted Prepayment Effective Date”: in the case of a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment, Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers or Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers, or otherwise five Business Days following the receipt by each relevant Lender of notice from the Administrative Agent in accordance with Subsection 4.4(l)(ii), Subsection 4.4(l)(iii) or Subsection 4.4(l)(iv), as applicable unless a shorter period is agreed to between the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent.
“Discounted Term Loan Prepayment”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(i).
“Disinterested Directors”: with respect to any Affiliate Transaction, one or more members of the Board of Directors of the Parent Borrower, or one or more members of the Board of Directors of a Parent Entity, having no material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such Affiliate Transaction. A member of any such Board of Directors shall not be deemed to have such a financial interest by reason of such member’s holding Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity, any Capital Stock or other debt or equity securities of any Management Holdco or any options, warrants or other rights in respect of any of the foregoing.
“Disposition”: as defined in the definition of the term “Asset Disposition” in this Subsection 1.1.
“Disqualified Party”: (i) any competitor of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is in the same or a similar line of business as the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or any affiliate of such competitor and (ii) any Persons designated in writing by the Parent Borrower or CD&R to the Administrative Agent on or prior to May 10, 2014.
“Disqualified Stock”: with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock (other than Management Stock) that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable) or upon the happening of any event (other than following the occurrence of a Change of Control or other similar event described under such terms as a “change of control” or an Asset Disposition or other disposition) (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or (iii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than following the occurrence of a Change of Control or other similar event described under such terms as a “change of control” or an Asset Disposition or other disposition), in whole or in part, in each case on or prior to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date; provided that Capital Stock issued to any employee benefit plan, or by any such plan to any employees of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary, shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased or otherwise acquired or retired in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
“Dollars” and “$”: dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Dutch Share Pledge Agreements”: the Dutch Share Pledge Agreement delivered to the Collateral Agent as of the date hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit X hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time and each other Dutch Share Pledge Agreement delivered to the Collateral Agent after the date hereof.
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“Dutch Subsidiary”: any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is organized under the laws of the Netherlands.
“ECF Payment Date”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(e)(iii).
“ECF Prepayment Amount”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(e)(iii).
“Environmental Costs”: any and all costs or expenses (including attorney’s and consultant’s fees, investigation and laboratory fees, response costs, court costs and litigation expenses, fines, penalties, damages, settlement payments, judgments and awards), of whatever kind or nature, known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any way relating to, any actual or alleged violation of, noncompliance with or liability under any Environmental Laws. Environmental Costs include any and all of the foregoing, without regard to whether they arise out of or are related to any past, pending or threatened proceeding of any kind.
“Environmental Laws”: any and all U.S. or xxxxxxx, xxxxxxx, xxxxx, xxxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxxxx, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, enforceable guidelines and orders-in-council, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, and such requirements of any Governmental Authority properly promulgated and having the force and effect of law or other Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of human health (as it relates to exposure to Materials of Environmental Concern) or the environment, as have been, or now or at any relevant time hereafter are, in effect.
“Environmental Permits”: any and all permits, licenses, registrations, notifications, exemptions and any other authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“Equity Contribution”: the direct or indirect cash equity or convertible preferred equity contribution (or equivalent contribution) or the direct or indirect extension of the Shareholder Loans to the Parent Borrower by the CD&R Investors and any other investors arranged by CD&R, in an aggregate amount that, when combined with the value of the equity of management and existing shareholders of the Company and its Subsidiaries retained, rolled over or otherwise invested in connection with the Transactions, equals at least $330,000,000.
“ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ERISA Reorganization”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
“Euro” and “€”: the single currency of the European Union as constituted by the Treaty on European Union and as referred to in the legislative measures of the European Union for the introduction of, changeover to, or operation of the Euro in one or more member states.
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“Euro Equivalent”: with respect to any amount denominated in Euro, the amount thereof and, with respect to the principal amount of any Loan made or outstanding in any Designated Currency or any amount in respect of any Letter of Credit denominated in any Designated Currency or any other amount in any Designated Currency or in any other currency other than Euro, at any date of determination thereof, an amount in Euro equivalent to such principal amount or such other amount calculated on the basis of the Spot Rate of Exchange.
“Eurodollar Loans”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
“Event of Default”: any of the events specified in Subsection 9.1, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
“Excess Cash Flow”: for any period, an amount equal to the excess of:
(a) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) Consolidated Net Income for such period,
(ii) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income and cash receipts to the extent excluded in calculating such Consolidated Net Income (except to the extent such cash receipts are attributable to revenue or other items that would be included in calculating Consolidated Net Income for any prior period),
(iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such decreases arising (w) from any acquisition or disposition of (a) any business unit, division, line of business or Person or (b) any assets other than in the ordinary course of business (each, an “ECF Acquisition” or “ECF Disposition,” respectively) by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period, (x) from the application of purchase accounting, (y) as a result of the reclassification of any balance sheet item from short-term to long-term or vice versa) or (z) from changes in current assets or current liabilities as a result of the effect of fluctuations in the amount of accrued or contingent obligations, assets or liabilities under hedging agreements or other derivative obligations,
(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Asset Dispositions (or any Disposition specifically excluded from the definition of the term “Asset Disposition”) by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income,
(v) cash receipts in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the extent not otherwise included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, and
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(vi) any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring cash gain,
over (b) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income and cash charges to the extent not deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income,
(ii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior years, the amount of Capital Expenditures either made in cash or accrued during such period (provided that, whether any such Capital Expenditures shall be deducted for the period in which cash payments for such Capital Expenditures have been paid or the period in which such Capital Expenditures have been accrued shall be at the Borrower Representative’s election; provided, further that, in no case shall any accrual of a Capital Expenditure which has previously been deducted give rise to a subsequent deduction upon the making of such Capital Expenditure in cash in the same or any subsequent period), except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures were financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries (unless such Indebtedness has been repaid),
(iii) the aggregate amount of all principal payments, purchases or other retirements of Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, (B) the amount of any repayment of Term Loans pursuant to Subsection 2.2(b) and (C) the amount of a mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Subsection 4.4(e)(i) and any mandatory prepayment, repayment or redemption of Pari Passu Indebtedness pursuant to requirements under the agreements governing such Pari Passu Indebtedness similar to the requirements set forth in Subsection 4.4(e)(i), to the extent required due to an Asset Disposition (or any disposition specifically excluded from the definition of the term “Asset Disposition”) that resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase, but excluding (x) all other prepayments of Loans, (y) all prepayments of revolving loans (other than Revolving Loans hereunder), to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder and (z) all voluntary prepayments of Pari Passu Indebtedness to the extent such prepayments reduce the ECF Payment Amount pursuant to Subsection 4.4(e)(iii)) made during such period, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Asset Dispositions (or any Disposition specifically excluded from the definition of the term “Asset Disposition”) by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income,
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(v) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such increases arising (w) from any ECF Acquisition or ECF Disposition by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period, (x) from the application of purchase accounting, (y) as a result of the reclassification of any balance sheet item from short-term to long-term or vice versa) or (z) from changes in current assets or current liabilities as a result of the effect of fluctuations in the amount of accrued or contingent obligations, assets or liabilities under hedging agreements or other derivative obligations,
(vi) payments by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, to the extent not already deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(vii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) in connection with Investments (including acquisitions) made during such period constituting “Permitted Investments” (other than Permitted Investments of the type described in clause (iii) of the definition thereof and intercompany Investments by and among the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) or made pursuant to Subsection 8.2 to the extent that such Investments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(viii) the amount of Restricted Payments (other than Investments) made in cash during such period (on a consolidated basis) by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Subsection 8.2(b) (other than Subsections 8.2(b)(vi) and (xvi)), to the extent such Restricted Payments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(ix) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period and are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(x) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness to the extent that such payments are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
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(xi) at the Borrower Representative’s election, without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Parent Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period relating to Investments constituting “Permitted Investments” (other than Permitted Investments of the type described in clause (iii) of the definition thereof and intercompany Investments by and among the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) or made pursuant to Subsection 8.2 or Capital Expenditures to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Parent Borrower following the end of such period, provided that to the extent the aggregate amount of internally generated cash actually utilized to finance such Investments and Capital Expenditures during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters,
(xii) the amount of taxes (including penalties and interest) paid in cash or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income for such period,
(xiii) cash expenditures in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the extent not deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income; and
(xiv) any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring cash loss or charge (including fees, expenses and charges associated with the Transactions and any acquisition, merger or consolidation after the Closing Date).
For the avoidance of doubt, any amounts received or paid from proceeds of the Escrow Account (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) or otherwise pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement shall be disregarded in calculating Excess Cash Flow.
“Exchange Act”: the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
“Excluded Assets”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
“Excluded Contribution”: Net Cash Proceeds, or the Fair Market Value of property or assets, received by the Parent Borrower as capital contributions to the Parent Borrower after the Closing Date or from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent Borrower or from Subordinated Shareholder Funding, in each case to the extent designated as an Excluded Contribution pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative and not previously included in the calculation set forth in Subsection 8.2(a)(3)(B)(x) for purposes of determining whether a Restricted Payment may be made.
“Excluded Information”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(i).
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“Excluded Subsidiary”: at any date of determination, any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower:
(a) that is an Immaterial Subsidiary;
(b) that is prohibited by Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligations existing on the Closing Date (or, in the case of any newly acquired Subsidiary, in existence at the time of acquisition but not entered into in contemplation thereof) from Guaranteeing, or granting Liens to secure, the First Lien Loan Document Obligations or if Guaranteeing, or granting Liens to secure, the First Lien Loan Document Obligations would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received;
(c) with respect to which the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent reasonably agree that the burden or cost or other consequences of providing a guarantee of the First Lien Loan Document Obligations shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom;
(d) with respect to which the provision of such guarantee of the First Lien Loan Document Obligations would result in material adverse tax consequences to Holdings or one of its Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Borrower Representative and notified in writing to the Administrative Agent);
(e) that is a Subsidiary of a Non-U.S. Subsidiary (i) of the U.S. Borrower, or (ii) of a U.S. Subsidiary;
(f) that is a joint venture or Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary;
(g) that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(h) that is a Captive Insurance Subsidiary;
(i) that is a Special Purpose Entity;
(j) that is a Subsidiary formed solely for the purpose of (x) becoming a Parent Entity, or (y) merging with the Parent Borrower in connection with another Subsidiary becoming a Parent Entity, in each case to the extent such entity becomes a Parent Entity or is merged with the Parent Borrower within 60 days of the formation thereof, or otherwise creating or forming a Parent Entity; or
(k) that is a not-for-profit subsidiary;
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary that Guarantees the payment of the Second Lien Term Loans shall not be an Excluded Subsidiary.
Subject to the proviso in the preceding sentence, any Subsidiary that fails to meet the foregoing requirements as of the last day of the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available shall continue to be deemed an Excluded Subsidiary hereunder until the date that is 60 days following the date on which such annual or quarterly financial statements were required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.1 with respect to such period.
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“Excluded Taxes”: (a) any Taxes measured by or imposed upon the net income of any Agent or Lender or its applicable lending office, or any branch or affiliate thereof, and all franchise Taxes, branch Taxes, Taxes on doing business or Taxes measured by or imposed upon the overall capital or net worth of any such Agent or Lender or its applicable lending office, or any branch or affiliate thereof, in each case imposed: (i) by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Agent or Lender, applicable lending office, branch or affiliate is organized or is located, or in which its principal executive office is located, or any nation within which such jurisdiction is located or any political subdivision thereof; or (ii) by reason of any connection between the jurisdiction imposing such Tax and such Agent or Lender, applicable lending office, branch or affiliate other than a connection arising solely from such Agent or Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations under, or received payment under or enforced, this Agreement or any Notes, (b) any Tax imposed by FATCA, (c) any withholding tax due under (i) the Luxembourg laws dated 21 June 2005 implementing the EU Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on the taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments, as amended, and several related agreements concluded between Luxembourg and certain associated or dependent territories of the European Union and (ii) the Luxembourg law dated 23 December 2005 as amended on savings income paid to Luxembourg resident individuals and (d) Taxes imposed by Luxembourg due to a registration or filing in Luxembourg of this Agreement or any other Loan Document when such registration or filing is not required to maintain, preserve, establish or enforce the rights of any Lender or any Agent. For purposes of this definition, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank.
“Exempt Sale and Leaseback Transaction”: any Sale and Leaseback Transaction (a) in which the sale or transfer of property occurs within 180 days of the acquisition of such property by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) that involves property with a book value of €40,000,000 or less and is not part of a series of related Sale and Leaseback Transactions involving property with an aggregate value in excess of such amount and entered into with a single Person or group of Persons. For purposes of the foregoing, “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of real or personal property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Parent Borrower or any such Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of the Parent Borrower or such Subsidiary.
“Existing Acquisition / Capex Commitments”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Existing Acquisition / Capex Tranche”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Existing Capitalized Lease Obligations”: Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date or permitted to be incurred under the Acquisition Agreement.
“Existing Loans”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
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“Existing Revolving Commitments”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Existing Revolving Tranche”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Existing Term Loans”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Existing Term Tranche”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Existing Tranche”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Extended Acquisition / Capex Commitments”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Extended Acquisition / Capex Loans”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Extended Acquisition / Capex Tranche”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Extended Loans”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Extended Revolving Commitments”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Extended Revolving Loans”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Extended Revolving Tranche”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Extended Term Loans”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Extended Term Tranche”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Extended Tranche”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
“Extending Lender”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(b).
“Extension”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(b).
“Extension Amendment”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(c).
“Extension Date”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(d).
“Extension Election”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(b).
“Extension of Credit”: as to any Lender, the making of an Initial Term Loan (excluding any Supplemental Term Loans being made under the Initial Term Loan Tranche), an Acquisition / Capex Loan (excluding any Supplemental Term Loans being made under the Existing Acquisition / Capex Tranche), a Revolving Loan or an Incremental Revolving Loan (other than the initial extension of credit thereunder), and with respect to an Issuing Bank, the issuance of a Letter of Credit.
“Extension Request”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a).
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“Extension Request Deadline”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(b).
“Extension Series”: all Extended Loans, Extended Acquisition / Capex Commitments or Extended Revolving Commitments, as applicable, that are established pursuant to the same Extension Amendment (or any subsequent Extension Amendment to the extent such Extension Amendment expressly provides that the Extended Loans, Extended Acquisition / Capex Commitments or Extended Revolving Commitments, as applicable, provided for therein are intended to be part of any previously established Extension Series) and that provide for the same interest margins and amortization schedule.
“Facility”: each of (a) the Initial Dollar Term Loan Commitments and the Extensions of Credit made thereunder (the “Initial Dollar Term Loan Facility”), (b) the Initial Euro Term Loan Commitments and the Extensions of Credit made thereunder (the “Initial Euro Term Loan Facility” and together with the Initial Dollar Term Loan Facility, the “Initial Term Loan Facility”), (c) the Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitments and the Extensions of Credit made thereunder (the “Initial Acquisition / Capex Facility”), (d) the Initial Revolving Commitments and the Extensions of Credit made thereunder, (e) Incremental Term Loans of the same Tranche, (f) Incremental Revolving Commitments of the same Tranche and Extensions of Credit made thereunder, (g) any Extended Term Loans of the same Extension Series, (h) any Extended Revolving Commitments of the same Extension Series and Extensions of Credit made thereunder, (i) any Specified Refinancing Term Loans of the same Tranche, (j) any Extended Acquisition / Capex Commitments of the same Extension Series and Extensions of Credit made thereunder, (k) any Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Loans of the same Tranche and (l) any Specified Refinancing Revolving Commitments of the same Tranche and Extensions of Credit made thereunder, and collectively the “Facilities.”
“Fair Market Value”: with respect to any asset or property, the fair market value of such asset or property as determined in good faith by senior management of the Borrower Representative or the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive.
“FATCA”: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as in effect on the Closing Date (and any amended or successor provisions that are substantively comparable), and any regulations or other administrative authority promulgated thereunder, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with any of the foregoing and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement.
“Federal District Court”: as defined in Subsection 11.13(a).
“Federal Funds Effective Rate”: for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System of the United States arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
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“Fee Letter”: the Fee Letter, dated as of May 10, 2014, among the Borrowers, Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV, ING Capital LLC, Natixis, New York Branch, and Nomura Securities International, Inc.
“Financial Covenant Event of Default”: as defined in Subsection 9.1(c).
“Financing Disposition”: any sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of, or creation or incurrence of any Lien on, property or assets by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to or in favor of any Special Purpose Entity, or by any Special Purpose Subsidiary, in each case in connection with the Incurrence by a Special Purpose Entity of Indebtedness, or obligations to make payments to the obligor on Indebtedness, which may be secured by a Lien in respect of such property or assets.
“FIRREA”: the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended from time to time.
“First Lien Loan Document Obligations”: obligations of the Parent Borrower and the other Loan Parties from time to time arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during (or that would accrue but for) the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Parent Borrower and the other Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other First Lien Loan Documents (including all Ancillary Obligations).
“First Lien Loan Documents” or “Loan Documents”: this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents, any Notes, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Non-U.S. Pledge Agreements, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (on and after the execution thereof), each Other Intercreditor Agreement (on and after the execution thereof) and any other Security Documents, each as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
“first priority”: with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, that such Lien is the most senior Lien to which such Collateral is subject (subject to Liens permitted hereunder (including Permitted Liens) applicable to such Collateral which have priority over the respective Liens on such Collateral created pursuant to the relevant Security Document (or, in the case of Collateral constituting Pledged Stock (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), Permitted Liens of the type described in clauses (a), (k)(4) (other than subclause (z)), (l), (m), (n), (p)(1), (s), (u) and, solely with respect to Permitted Liens described in the foregoing clauses, (o) of the definition thereof)). For purposes of this definition, a Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Security Document will be construed as the “most senior Lien” to which such Collateral is subject, notwithstanding the existence of a Permitted Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Lien on such Collateral, so long as such Permitted Lien is subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement or an Other Intercreditor Agreement.
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“Fiscal Year”: any period of 12 consecutive months ending on December 31 of any calendar year.
“Fixed GAAP Date”: the Closing Date, provided that at any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower Representative may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to change the Fixed GAAP Date to be the date specified in such notice, and upon such notice, the Fixed GAAP Date shall be such date for all periods beginning on and after the date specified in such notice.
“Fixed GAAP Terms”: (a) the definitions of the terms “Borrowing Base,” “Capital Expenditures,” “Capitalized Lease Obligation,” “Consolidated Coverage Ratio,” “Consolidated EBITDA,” “Consolidated Interest Expense,” “Consolidated Net Income,” “Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness,” “Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio,” “Consolidated Total Assets,” “Consolidated Total Indebtedness,” “Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio,” “Consolidated Working Capital,” “Consolidation,” “Excess Cash Flow,” “Inventory” or “Receivables,” (b) all defined terms in this Agreement to the extent used in or relating to any of the foregoing definitions, and all ratios and computations based on any of the foregoing definitions and (c) any other term or provision of this Agreement or the Loan Documents that, at the Borrower Representative’s election, may be specified by the Borrower Representative by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time.
“Foreign Subsidiary Holdco”: any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower, so long as such Restricted Subsidiary has no material assets other than securities or indebtedness of one or more Non-U.S. Subsidiaries (or Subsidiaries thereof), intellectual property relating to such Non-U.S. Subsidiaries (or Subsidiaries thereof), and/or other assets (including cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments) relating to an ownership interest in any such securities, indebtedness, intellectual property or Subsidiaries. Any Subsidiary which is a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco that fails to meet the foregoing requirements as of the last day of the period for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available shall continue to be deemed a “Foreign Subsidiary Holdco” hereunder until the date that is 60 days following the date on which such annual or quarterly financial statements were required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.1 with respect to such period.
“Funded Debt”: all Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including all amounts of such debt required to be paid or prepaid within one year from the date of its creation and, in the case of the Borrowers, Indebtedness in respect of the Term Loans.
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“GAAP”: IFRS as in effect on the Fixed GAAP Date (for purposes of the Fixed GAAP Terms) and as in effect from time to time (for all other purposes of this Agreement). The Borrower Representative may elect by written notice to the Administrative Agent to use U.S. GAAP in lieu of IFRS and, upon any such notice, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean (a) for periods beginning on and after the date specified in such notice, U.S. GAAP as in effect on the date specified in such notice (for purposes of the Fixed GAAP Terms) and as in effect from time to time (for all other purposes of this Agreement) and (b) for prior periods, GAAP as defined in the first sentence of this definition. All ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in this Agreement shall be computed in conformity with GAAP.
“German AcquisitionCo”: Kairos Vier Vermögensverwaltungs-GmbH, a German limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung), and any successor in interest thereto.
“German Intercompany Loan Pledge Agreements”: each German Intercompany Loan Pledge Agreement delivered to the Collateral Agent as of the date hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit Y hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time and each other German Intercompany Loan Pledge Agreement delivered to the Collateral Agent after the date hereof.
“German Share Pledge Agreements”: each German Share Pledge Agreement delivered to the Collateral Agent as of the date hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit Z hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time each other German Share Pledge Agreement delivered to the Collateral Agent after the date hereof.
“German Subsidiary”: any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany.
“Governmental Authority”: 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 supranational bodies, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee”: any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person; provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantee Agreement”: the First Lien Guarantee Agreement delivered to the Collateral Agent as of the date hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”: the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement delivered to the Collateral Agent as of the date hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Guarantee Obligation”: as to any Person (the “guaranteeing person”), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “primary obligations”) of any other third Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any such obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of: (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower Representative in good faith.
“Guarantor Subordinated Obligations”: with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Closing Date or thereafter Incurred) that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to a written agreement.
“Guarantors”: the collective reference to Holdings and each Subsidiary Guarantor; individually, a “Guarantor.”
“Hedge Agreements”: collectively, Interest Rate Agreements, Currency Agreements and Commodities Agreements.
“Hedging Obligations”: as to any Person, the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement or Commodities Agreement.
“Holdings”: CD&R Millennium Holdco 5 S.à x.x., a Luxembourg Société à responsabilité limitée, having as of the Closing Date its registered office at 5, rue Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, L – 1882 Luxembourg, registered under the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under the number B 186914 and having as of the Closing Date a share capital of €12,500, and any successor in interest thereto.
“Identified Participating Lenders”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iii)(3).
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“Identified Qualifying Lenders”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iv)(3).
“IFRS”: international accounting standards within the meaning of IAS Regulation 1606/2002 (as amended from time to time, and including any successor regulation) to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements and as applied in the relevant jurisdiction.
“Immaterial Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower designated as such in writing by the Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent that: (i) (x) contributed 5.00% or less of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available and (y) had consolidated assets representing 5.00% or less of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recently ended financial period for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available; and (ii) together with all other Immaterial Subsidiaries designated pursuant to the preceding clause (i), (x) contributed 5.00% or less of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available and (y) had consolidated assets representing 5.00% or less of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recently ended financial period for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available. Any Subsidiary so designated as an Immaterial Subsidiary that fails to meet the foregoing requirements as of the last day of the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available shall continue to be deemed an “Immaterial Subsidiary” hereunder until the date that is 60 days following the date on which such annual or quarterly financial statements were required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.1(a) or 7.1(b) with respect to such period.
“Increase Supplement”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(c).
“Incremental Commitment Amendment”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(d).
“Incremental Commitments”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(a).
“Incremental Indebtedness”: Indebtedness Incurred by any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with Subsection 2.8.
“Incremental Lenders”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(b).
“Incremental Letter of Credit Commitments”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(a).
“Incremental Loans”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(d).
“Incremental Revolving Commitments”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(a).
“Incremental Revolving Loans”: any loans drawn under an Incremental Revolving Commitment.
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“Incremental Term Loan”: any Incremental Loan made pursuant to an Incremental Term Loan Commitment.
“Incremental Term Loan Commitments”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(a).
“Incur”: issue, assume, enter into any Guarantee of, incur or otherwise become liable for; and the terms “Incurs,” “Incurred” and “Incurrence” shall have a correlative meaning; provided that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary. Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness, and the payment of dividends on Capital Stock constituting Indebtedness in the form of additional shares of the same class of Capital Stock, will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness. Any Indebtedness issued at a discount (including Indebtedness on which interest is payable through the issuance of additional Indebtedness) shall be deemed Incurred at the time of original issuance of the Indebtedness at the initial accreted amount thereof.
“Indebtedness”: with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without duplication):
(i) the principal of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;
(ii) the principal of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;
(iii) all reimbursement obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments (the amount of such obligations being equal at any time to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other instruments plus the aggregate amount of drawings thereunder that have not then been reimbursed);
(iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property (except Trade Payables), which purchase price is due more than one year after the date of placing such property in final service or taking final delivery and title thereto;
(v) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;
(vi) the redemption, repayment or other repurchase amount of such Person with respect to any Disqualified Stock of such Person or (if such Person is a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) any Preferred Stock of such Subsidiary, but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends (the amount of such obligation to be equal at any time to the maximum fixed involuntary redemption, repayment or repurchase price for such Capital Stock, or if less (or if such Capital Stock has no such fixed price), to the involuntary redemption, repayment or repurchase price therefor calculated in accordance with the terms thereof as if then redeemed, repaid or repurchased, and if such price is based upon or measured by the fair market value of such
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Capital Stock, such fair market value shall be as determined in good faith by senior management of the Borrower Representative, the Board of Directors of the Borrower Representative or the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Capital Stock);
(vii) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided that the amount of Indebtedness of such Person shall be the lesser of (A) the fair market value of such asset at such date of determination (as determined in good faith by the Borrower Representative) and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Persons;
(viii) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of other Persons, to the extent so Guaranteed by such Person; and
(ix) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, net Hedging Obligations of such Person (the amount of any such obligation to be equal at any time to the termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such Hedging Obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time).
The term “Indebtedness” shall not include (a) the Shareholder Loans, (b) Subordinated Shareholder Funding and (c) any “parallel debt” obligations created in connection with a Lien created to secure other Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred under this Agreement.
The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be determined as set forth above or as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, or otherwise shall equal the amount thereof that would appear as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person (excluding any notes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Indemnified Liabilities”: as defined in Subsection 11.5(d).
“Indemnitee”: as defined in Subsection 11.5(d).
“Initial Acquisition / Capex Availability Period”: the period from and including the Closing Date to and including July 31, 2017, or such earlier date as the Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitments shall terminate as provided herein.
“Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitment”: as to any Lender, its obligation to make Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Subsection 2.1(c) in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule A under the heading “Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitment” or, in the case of any Lender that is an Assignee, the amount of the assigning Lender’s Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitment assigned to such Assignee pursuant to Subsection 11.6(b) (in each case as such amount may be adjusted from time to time as provided herein); collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitments.” The original aggregate amount of the Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitments on the Closing Date is €50,000,000.
“Initial Acquisition / Capex Facility”: as defined in the definition of “Facility.”
“Initial Acquisition / Capex Loan”: as defined in Subsection 2.1(c).
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“Initial Acquisition / Capex Loan Maturity Date”: July 31, 2021.
“Initial Agreement”: as defined in Subsection 8.3(c).
“Initial Dollar Term Loan”: as defined in Subsection 2.1(a).
“Initial Dollar Term Loan Commitment”: as to any Lender, its obligation to make Initial Dollar Term Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Subsection 2.1(a) in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule A under the heading “Initial Dollar Term Loan Commitment”; collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “Initial Dollar Term Loan Commitments.” The original aggregate amount of the Initial Dollar Term Loan Commitments on the Closing Date is $320,000,000.
“Initial Dollar Term Loan Facility”: as defined in the definition of “Facility.”
“Initial Euro Term Loan”: as defined in Subsection 2.1(a).
“Initial Euro Term Loan Commitment”: as to any Lender, its obligation to make (or, in the case of Rolling Senior Lenders, to exchange their Rolling Senior Lender Participations for) Initial Euro Term Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Subsection 2.1(a) in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule A under the heading “Initial Euro Term Loan Commitment”; collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “Initial Euro Term Loan Commitments.” The original aggregate amount of the Initial Euro Term Loan Commitments on the Closing Date is €445,000,000.
“Initial Euro Term Loan Facility”: as defined in the definition of “Facility.”
“Initial Lien”: as defined in Subsection 8.6.
“Initial Revolving Commitment”: as to any Lender, its obligation to make Initial Revolving Loans to, and/or issue or participate in Letters of Credit issued on behalf of, the Borrowers in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule A under the heading “Initial Revolving Commitment” or, in the case of any Lender that is an Assignee, the amount of the assigning Lender’s Initial Revolving Commitment assigned to such Assignee pursuant to Subsection 11.6(b) (in each case as such amount may be adjusted from time to time as provided herein); collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “Initial Revolving Commitments.” The original amount of the aggregate Initial Revolving Commitments of the Lenders is €150,000,000.
“Initial Revolving Commitment Period”: the period from and including the Closing Date to but not including the Initial Revolving Maturity Date, or such earlier date as the Initial Revolving Commitments shall terminate as provided herein.
“Initial Revolving Loans”: as defined in Subsection 2.1(b).
“Initial Revolving Maturity Date”: July 31, 2019.
“Initial Term Loan”: as defined in Subsection 2.1(a).
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“Initial Term Loan Commitment”: as to any Lender, the Initial Euro Term Loan Commitment (if any) and the Initial Dollar Term Loan Commitment (if any) of such Lender and, collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “Initial Term Loan Commitments.”
“Initial Term Loan Facility”: as defined in the definition of “Facility.”
“Initial Term Loan Maturity Date”: July 31, 2021.
“Insolvency”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
“Intellectual Property”: as defined in Subsection 5.9.
“Intercreditor Agreement”: the intercreditor agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, and acknowledged by certain of the Loan Parties in the form of Exhibit J-1, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Intercreditor Agreement Supplement”: as defined in Subsection 10.8(a).
“Interest Payment Date”: (a) as to any ABR Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding, and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period and (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, (i) each day which is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and (ii) the last day of such Interest Period.
“Interest Period”: with respect to any Eurodollar Loan:
(a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months (or if agreed to by each affected Lender, 12 months or a shorter period) thereafter, as selected by the Borrower Representative in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and
(b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months (or if agreed to by each affected Lender, 12 months or a shorter period) thereafter, as selected by the Borrower Representative by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not less than three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
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(ii) any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the applicable Maturity Date shall (for all purposes other than Subsection 4.12) end on the applicable Maturity Date;
(iii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; and
(iv) the Borrower Representative shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a scheduled payment of any Eurodollar Loan during an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan.
“Interest Rate Agreement”: with respect to any Person, any interest rate protection agreement, future agreement, option agreement, swap agreement, cap agreement, collar agreement, hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement (including derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such Person is a party or a beneficiary.
“Intermediate Dutch Holdings”: CD&R Millennium HoldCo 7 B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), and any successor in interest thereto.
“Intermediate U.S. Holdings”: CD&R Millennium US HoldCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any successor in interest thereto.
“Interpolated Screen Rate”: in relation to the LIBOR Rate for any Loan, the rate which results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the rate appearing on ICE Benchmark Administration page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service) for the longest period (for which that rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period and (b) the rate appearing on the ICE Benchmark Administration page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service) for the shortest period (for which that rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period, each as of approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Inventory”: goods held for sale, lease or use by a Person in the ordinary course of business, net of any reserve for goods that have been segregated by such Person to be returned to the applicable vendor for credit, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Investment”: in any Person by any other Person, any direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit (other than to customers, dealers, licensees, franchisees, suppliers, consultants, directors, officers or employees of any Person in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others) to, or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by, such Person. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Subsection 8.2 only, (i)
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“Investment” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Parent Borrower’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Parent Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (x) the Parent Borrower’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to the Parent Borrower’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, and (ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower Representative) at the time of such transfer and (iii) for purposes of Subsection 8.2(a)(3)(C), the amount resulting from the redesignation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall be the Fair Market Value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation. Guarantees shall not be deemed to be Investments. The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced (at the Borrower Representative’s option) by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount or value received in respect of such Investment; provided that to the extent that the amount of Restricted Payments outstanding at any time pursuant to Subsection 8.2(a) is so reduced by any portion of any such amount or value that would otherwise be included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, such portion of such amount or value shall not be so included for purposes of calculating the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made pursuant to Subsection 8.2(a).
“Investment Company Act”: the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.
“Investment Grade Rating”: a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Xxxxx’x and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or any equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.
“Investment Grade Securities”: (i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents); (ii) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries; (iii) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution and (iv) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments.
“ISP”: the International Standby Practices (1998), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590.
“Issuing Bank”: as the context may require, (a) Natixis, New York Branch and each other Revolving Lender (other than Barclays Bank PLC) as of the Closing Date, or any Affiliate thereof, in its capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit hereunder or (b) any other Lender that may become an Issuing Bank under Subsection 2.6(i); provided that neither Credit
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Suisse AG nor any of its affiliates shall be required to issue bank guarantees, unless agreed by Credit Suisse AG or the applicable affiliate in its sole discretion. Any Issuing Bank may arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued indirectly through any other financial institution reasonably acceptable to such Issuing Bank and the Borrower Representative; provided that any such arrangement shall not relieve the Issuing Bank of its obligations hereunder.
“Judgment Conversion Date”: as defined in Subsection 11.8.
“Judgment Currency”: as defined in Subsection 11.8.
“Junior Capital”: collectively, any Indebtedness of any Parent Entity or the Parent Borrower that (i) is not secured by any asset of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full of the First Lien Loan Document Obligations hereunder on terms consistent with those for senior subordinated high yield debt securities issued by U.S. companies sponsored by CD&R (as determined in good faith by the Borrower Representative, which determination shall be conclusive), (iii) has a final maturity date that is not earlier than, and provides for no scheduled payments of principal prior to, the date that is 91 days after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date (other than through conversion or exchange of any such Indebtedness for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent Borrower, Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or any other Junior Capital), (iv) has no mandatory redemption or prepayment obligations other than obligations that are subject to the prior payment in full in cash of the Term Loans and (v) does not require the payment of cash interest until the date that is 91 days after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date.
“Junior Debt”: (i) the Second Lien Term Loans (and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof Incurred pursuant to Subsection 8.1(b)(iii)) and (ii) any Subordinated Obligations and Guarantor Subordinated Obligations.
“Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement”: the intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 to be entered into as required by the terms hereof, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
“L/C Commitment Amount”: €50,000,000.
“L/C Disbursement”: as defined in Subsection 2.6(d)(i).
“L/C Facing Fee”: as defined in Subsection 2.6(c)(i).
“L/C Fee Payment Date”: with respect to any Letter of Credit, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December to occur after the date of issuance thereof to and including the first such day to occur on or after the date of expiry thereof.
“L/C Obligations”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then-outstanding Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, in the case of outstanding Letters of Credit in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount thereof) and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit which have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Subsection 2.6(e) (including, without limitation, in the case of Letters of Credit in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the unreimbursed aggregate amount of drawings thereunder, to the extent that such amount has not been converted into Euro in accordance with Subsection 2.6(e)).
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“L/C Participants”: the collective reference to all the Lenders other than the Issuing Bank.
“LCA Election”: as defined in Subsection 1.2(i).
“LCA Test Date”: as defined in Subsection 1.2(i).
“Lead Arrangers”: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV, ING Capital LLC, Natixis, New York Branch, and Nomura Securities International, Inc., as Joint Lead Arrangers.
“Lender Default”: (a) the refusal (which may be given verbally or in writing and has not been retracted) or failure of any Lender (including any Agent in its capacity as Lender) to make available its portion of any incurrence of Loans or Reimbursement Obligations, which refusal or failure is not cured within two Business Days after the date of such refusal or failure, (b) the failure of any Lender (including any Agent in its capacity as Lender) to pay over to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (c) a Lender (including any Agent in its capacity as Lender) has notified the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, (d) a Lender (including any Agent in its capacity as Lender) has failed, within ten Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with its funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender Default pursuant to this clause (d) shall cease to be a Lender Default upon receipt of such confirmation by the Administrative Agent) or (e) an Agent or a Lender has admitted in writing that it is insolvent or such Agent or Lender becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event.
“Lender Joinder Agreement”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(c).
“Lender-Related Distress Event”: with respect to any Agent or Lender (each, a “Distressed Person”), a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any debt relief law, or a custodian, conservator, receiver or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets, or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person to be, insolvent or bankrupt; provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interests in any Agent or Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Agent or Lender by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof; provided, further, that the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator with respect to an Agent or Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Agent or Lender under the Dutch Financial Supervision Act 2007 (as amended from time to time and including any successor legislation) shall not be a “Lender-Related Distress Event” with respect to such Agent or Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Agent or Lender.
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“Lenders”: the several lenders from time to time parties to this Agreement together with, in the case of any such lender that is a bank or financial institution, any affiliate of any such bank or financial institution through which such bank or financial institution elects, by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative, to make any Loans available to the Borrowers, provided that for all purposes of voting or consenting with respect to (a) any amendment, supplementation or modification of any Loan Document, (b) any waiver of any of the requirements of any Loan Document or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences or (c) any other matter as to which a Lender may vote or consent pursuant to Subsection 11.1, the bank or financial institution making such election shall be deemed the “Lender” rather than such affiliate, which shall not be entitled to so vote or consent.
“Letter of Credit Facility”: any facility, in each case with one or more banks or other lenders, institutions or financing providers providing for letters of credit or bank guarantees, in each case including all agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Letter of Credit Request”: a letter of credit request substantially in the form of Exhibit L-2 or in such form as the Issuing Bank may specify from time to time, requesting the Issuing Bank to open a Letter of Credit, and accompanied by an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in such form as the Issuing Bank may reasonably specify from time to time consistent with the terms hereof (it being understood that in the event of any express conflict, the terms hereof shall control).
“Letters of Credit”: as defined in Subsection 2.6(a)(i).
“Liabilities”: collectively, any and all claims, obligations, liabilities, causes of action, actions, suits, proceedings, investigations, judgments, decrees, losses, damages, fees, costs and expenses (including interest, penalties and fees and disbursements of attorneys, accountants, investment bankers and other professional advisors), in each case whether incurred, arising or existing with respect to third parties or otherwise at any time or from time to time.
“LIBOR Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be:
(a) the London Interbank Offered Rate for deposits in Euro or, in the case of Eurodollar Loans denominated in a Designated Currency, such Designated Currency, in each case for a duration equal to or comparable to the duration of such Interest Period which appear on the relevant Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service page for the applicable currency (being currently (x) with respect to Dollars, the page designated as “LIBO” and (y) with respect to Euro, the page designated as “EURIBOR01”) (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of the London Interbank Offered Rates for deposits in Euro or the applicable Designated Currency as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time and as consented to by the Borrower Representative) at or about 11:00 A.M. (London time) two London Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period; or
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(b) if no such page (or other source) is available, the Interpolated Screen Rate; or
(c) if no such page (or other source) is available and it is not possible to calculate an Interpolated Screen Rate for the applicable Loan, (x) the arithmetic mean of the rates per annum as supplied to the Administrative Agent at its request quoted by the Reference Banks to leading banks in the London interbank market two London Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period for deposits in Euro or the applicable Designated Currency of a duration equal to the duration of such Interest Period; provided that any Reference Bank that has failed to provide a quote in accordance with Subsection 4.6(c) shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the mean or (y) if consented to by the Borrower Representative, the average of the rates per annum quoted by the Administrative Agent to leading banks in the London interbank market at or about 11:00 A.M. (London time) two London Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period for deposits in Euro or the applicable Designated Currency of a duration equal to the duration of such Interest Period.
“Lien”: any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof).
“Limited Condition Acquisition”: any acquisition by one or more of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of any assets, business or Person permitted by this Agreement whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
“Limited Condition Acquisition Clean-Up Date”: the date which is 120 days after the consummation of a Limited Condition Acquisition.
“Loan”: each Initial Term Loan, Initial Acquisition / Capex Loan, Incremental Term Loan, Extended Term Loan, Specified Refinancing Term Loan, Initial Revolving Loan, Incremental Revolving Loan, Extended Acquisition / Capex Loan, Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Loan, Extended Revolving Loan or a Specified Refinancing Revolving Loan, as the context shall require; collectively, the “Loans.”
“Loan Parties”: Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Guarantors; individually, a “Loan Party.”
“Luxembourg”: the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
“Luxembourg PECs Pledge Agreement”: the Luxembourg PECs Pledge Agreement delivered to the Collateral Agent as of the date hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit AA hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time and each other Luxembourg PECs Pledge Agreement delivered to the Collateral Agent after the date hereof.
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“Luxembourg Share Pledge Agreement”: the Luxembourg Share Pledge Agreement delivered to the Collateral Agent as of the date hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit BB hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time and each other Luxembourg Share Pledge Agreement delivered to the Collateral Agent after the date hereof.
“Luxembourg Subsidiary”: any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is organized under the laws of Luxembourg.
“Lux HoldCo 1”: CD&R Millennium Holdco 1 S.à x.x., a Luxembourg Société à responsabilité limitée registered with the Luxembourg register of commerce and companies under number B 186796.
“Major Representations”: the representations made solely by and with respect to, if applicable, Holdings, the Parent Borrower, the U.S. Borrower, German AcquisitionCo, Intermediate U.S. Holdings and Intermediate Dutch Holdings, set forth in (x) the last sentence of Subsection 5.2, (y) Subsections 5.3(a), 5.4 (other than the second sentence thereof), (to the extent the incurrence of the Loans, the provision of guarantees and granting of security would contravene the Organizational Documents of any Loan Party) 5.5(c), 5.11 (the first sentence thereof), 5.13 (subject to the limitations set forth in the proviso to Subsections 6.1(a) and 6.1(h)), 5.21(i) and 5.21 (the penultimate sentence thereof) and (z) the first sentence of Subsection 5.14.
“Management Advances”: (1) loans or advances made to directors, management members, officers, employees or consultants of any Parent Entity, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (x) in respect of travel, entertainment or moving related expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, (y) in respect of moving related expenses incurred in connection with any closing or consolidation of any facility or (z) in the ordinary course of business and (in the case of this clause (z)) not exceeding €15,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time, (2) promissory notes of Management Investors acquired in connection with the issuance of Management Stock to such Management Investors, (3) Management Guarantees or (4) other Guarantees of borrowings by Management Investors in connection with the purchase of Management Stock, which Guarantees are permitted under Subsection 8.1.
“Management Guarantees”: guarantees (x) of up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time of €30,000,000 of borrowings by Management Investors in connection with their purchase of Management Stock or (y) made on behalf of, or in respect of loans or advances made to, directors, officers, employees or consultants of any Parent Entity, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (1) in respect of travel, entertainment and moving related expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business or (2) in the ordinary course of business and (in the case of this clause (2)) not exceeding €15,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time.
“Management Holdco”: any Person formed for the purpose of investing in or holding, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity.
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“Management Indebtedness”: Indebtedness Incurred to (a) any Person other than a Management Investor of up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time of €25,000,000, and (b) any Management Investor, in each case, to finance the repurchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof) or Capital Stock or other debt or equity securities of any Management Holdco (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof) from any Management Investor, which repurchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock is permitted by Subsection 8.2.
“Management Investors”: the management members, officers, directors, employees and other members of the management of any Parent Entity, the Parent Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or family members or relatives of any of the foregoing (provided that, solely for purposes of the definition of “Permitted Holders,” such relatives shall include only those Persons who are or become Management Investors in connection with estate planning for or inheritance from other Management Investors, as determined in good faith by the Borrower Representative, which determination shall be conclusive), or trusts, partnerships or limited liability companies for the benefit of any of the foregoing, or any of their heirs, executors, successors and legal representatives, who at any date beneficially own or have the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity or Capital Stock or other debt or equity securities of any Management Holdco (including in each case any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof).
“Management Stock”: Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity or Capital Stock or other debt or equity securities of any Management Holdco (including in each case any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof) held by any of the Management Investors.
“Material Adverse Effect”: a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the validity or enforceability as to the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) party thereto of the Loan Documents taken as a whole or (c) the rights or remedies of the Agents and the Lenders under the Loan Documents, in each case taken as a whole.
“Material Subsidiaries”: Restricted Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower constituting, individually or in the aggregate (as if such Restricted Subsidiaries constituted a single Subsidiary), a “significant subsidiary” in accordance with Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X.
“Materials of Environmental Concern”: any pollutants, contaminants, hazardous or toxic substances or materials or wastes defined, listed, or regulated as such in or under, or which may give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law, including gasoline, petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof), petroleum products or by-products, asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls.
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“Maturity Date”: the Initial Revolving Maturity Date, the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, the Initial Acquisition / Capex Loan Maturity Date, for any Extended Tranche the “Maturity Date” set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment, for any Incremental Commitments the “Maturity Date” set forth in the applicable Incremental Commitment Amendment and for any Specified Refinancing Tranche the “Maturity Date” set forth in the applicable Specified Refinancing Amendment, as the context may require.
“Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount”: at any date of determination, the sum of (i) €150,000,000 plus (ii) an additional amount if, after giving effect to the Incurrence of such additional amount (or on the date of the initial commitment to lend such additional amount after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of the entire committed amount of such additional amount), the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 4.50 to 1.00 (as set forth in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative delivered to the Administrative Agent at the time of such Incurrence, together with calculations demonstrating compliance with such ratio (it being understood that (A) if pro forma effect is given to the entire committed amount of any such additional amount on the date of initial borrowing of such Indebtedness or entry into the definitive agreement providing the commitment to fund such Indebtedness, such committed amount may thereafter be borrowed and reborrowed in whole or in part, from time to time, without further compliance with this clause (ii) and (B) for purposes of so calculating the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio under this clause (ii), any additional amount Incurred pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be treated as if such amount is Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness, regardless of whether such amount is actually secured or is secured by Liens ranking junior to the Liens securing the First Lien Loan Document Obligations)).
“Minimum Exchange Tender Condition”: as defined in Subsection 2.9(b).
“Minimum Extension Condition”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(g).
“Moody’s”: Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.
“Mortgaged Fee Properties”: the collective reference to each real property owned in fee by the U.S. Loan Parties as of the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 5.8 or required to be mortgaged as Collateral pursuant to the requirements of Subsection 7.9, including the land and all buildings, improvements, structures and fixtures now or subsequently located thereon and owned by any such Loan Party, in each case, unless and until such time as the Mortgage on such real property is released in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof.
“Mortgages”: each of the mortgages and deeds of trust, or similar security instruments executed and delivered by any U.S. Loan Party to the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Most Recent Four Quarter Period”: the four-fiscal-quarter period of the Parent Borrower ending on the last day of the most recently completed Fiscal Year or fiscal quarter for which financial statements of the Parent Borrower have been (or have been required to be) delivered under Subsection 7.1(a) or 7.1(b).
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“Multiemployer Plan”: a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net Available Cash”: from an Asset Disposition or Recovery Event, an amount equal to the cash payments received (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event or received in any other non-cash form) therefrom, in each case net of (i) all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, in each case, as a consequence of, or in respect of, such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event (including as a consequence of any transfer of funds in connection with the application thereof in accordance with Subsection 8.4), (ii) all payments made, and all installment payments required to be made, on any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness secured by Liens that are required by the express terms of this Agreement to be pari passu with or junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the First Lien Loan Document Obligations) (x) that is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition or involved in such Recovery Event, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon such assets, or (y) that must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event, including but not limited to any payments required to be made to increase borrowing availability under any revolving credit facility, (iii) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event, or to any other Person (other than the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) owning a beneficial interest in the assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition or subject to such Recovery Event, (iv) any liabilities or obligations associated with the assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition or involved in such Recovery Event and retained, indemnified or insured by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters, and liabilities relating to any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event, (v) in the case of an Asset Disposition, the amount of any purchase price or similar adjustment (x) claimed by any Person to be owed by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, until such time as such claim shall have been settled or otherwise finally resolved, or (y) paid or payable by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in respect of such Asset Disposition, and (vi) in the case of any Recovery Event, any amount thereof that constitutes or represents reimbursement or compensation for any amount previously paid or to be paid by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Net Cash Proceeds”: with respect to any issuance or sale of any securities of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any capital contribution, or any Incurrence of Indebtedness, or the incurrence of Subordinated Shareholder Funding, the cash proceeds of such issuance, sale, contribution, incurrence or Incurrence net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance, sale, contribution, incurrence or Incurrence and net of all taxes paid or payable as a result, or in respect, thereof.
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“New York Courts”: as defined in Subsection 11.13(a).
“New York Supreme Court”: as defined in Subsection 11.13(a).
“Non-Consenting Lender”: as defined in Subsection 11.1(g).
“Non-Defaulting Lender”: any Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.
“Non-Excluded Taxes”: all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Non-Extending Lender”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(e).
“Non-U.S. Pension Plan”: a registered pension plan which is subject to applicable pension legislation other than ERISA or the Code, which the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sponsors or maintains, or to which it makes or is obligated to make contributions.
“Non-U.S. Plan”: each Non-U.S. Pension Plan, deferred compensation or other retirement or superannuation plan, fund, program, agreement, commitment or arrangement whether oral or written, funded or unfunded, sponsored, established, maintained or contributed to, or required to be contributed to, or with respect to which any liability is borne, outside the United States of America, by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than any such plan, fund, program, agreement or arrangement sponsored by a Governmental Authority.
“Non-U.S. Pledge Agreements”: (i) the Dutch Share Pledge Agreements, (ii) the German Intercompany Loan Pledge Agreements, (iii) the German Share Pledge Agreements, (iv) the Luxembourg Share Pledge Agreements and (v) the Luxembourg PECs Pledge Agreements.
“Non-U.S. Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (a) that is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction outside of the United States of America and any Subsidiary of such Non-U.S. Subsidiary or (b) that is a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco. Any subsidiary of the Parent Borrower which is organized and existing under the laws of Puerto Rico or any other territory of the United States of America shall be a Non-U.S. Subsidiary.
“Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary”: each Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
“Note”: as defined in Subsection 2.2(a).
“Obligation Currency”: as defined in Subsection 11.8.
“Obligations”: with respect to any Indebtedness, any principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, Guarantees of such Indebtedness (or of Obligations in respect thereof), other monetary obligations of any nature and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.
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“OFAC”: as defined in Subsection 5.21(b).
“Offered Amount”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iv)(1).
“Offered Discount”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iv)(1).
“OID”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(d).
“Organizational Documents”: with respect to any Person, (a) the articles of incorporation, certificate of incorporation or certificate of formation (or the equivalent organizational documents) of such Person and (b) the bylaws or operating agreement (or the equivalent governing documents) of such Person.
“Original Ancillary Facility”: the €15,000,000 ancillary facility provided pursuant to the International Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2007, among Mauser-Werke GmbH and Fortis Bank S.A./N.V. Niederlassung Deutschland and the other parties thereto, as amended and restated on the Closing Date, and as further amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Other Intercreditor Agreement”: an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower Representative and the Collateral Agent.
“Other Representatives”: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, in its capacity as Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner, Barclays Bank PLC, in its capacity as Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner, BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV, in its capacity as Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner, ING Capital LLC, in its capacity as Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner, Natixis, New York Branch, in its capacity as Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner, and Nomura Securities International, Inc., in its capacity as Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner.
“Outstanding Amount”: with respect to the Loans on any date, the principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments thereof occurring on such date.
“Overdrawn Amount”: as defined in Subsection 8.8(a).
“Parent Borrower”: CD&R Millennium Holdco 6 S.à x.x., a Luxembourg Société à responsabilité limitée, having as of the Closing Date its registered office at 5, rue Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, L – 1882 Luxembourg, registered under the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under the number B 186922 and having as of the Closing Date a share capital of €12,500, and any successor in interest thereto.
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“Parent Entity”: any of CD&R Millennium Holdco 1 S.à x.x., a Luxembourg Société à responsabilité limitée, having as of the Closing Date its registered office at 5, rue Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, L – 1882 Luxembourg, registered under the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 186796 and having as of the Closing Date a share capital of €12,500, CD&R Millennium HoldCo 2 B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) registered with the Dutch trade register under number 60573368, CD&R Millennium HoldCo 3 B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) registered with the Dutch trade register under number 60575530, CD&R Millennium Holdco 4 S.à x.x. a Luxembourg Société à responsabilité limitée, having as of the Closing Date its registered office at 5, rue Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, L – 1882 Luxembourg, registered under the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 186875 and having as of the Closing Date a share capital of €12,500, Holdings, any Other Parent and any other Person that is a Subsidiary of CD&R Millennium Holdco 1 S.à x.x., CD&R Millennium HoldCo 2 B.V., CD&R Millennium HoldCo 3 B.V., CD&R Millennium Holdco 4 S.à x.x., Holdings or any Other Parent and of which the Parent Borrower is a Subsidiary. As used herein, “Other Parent” means a Person of which the Parent Borrower becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date that is designated by the Borrower Representative as an “Other Parent,” provided that either (x) immediately after the Parent Borrower first becomes a Subsidiary of such Person, more than 50.0% of the Voting Stock of such Person shall be held by one or more Persons that held more than 50.0% of the Voting Stock of the Parent Borrower or a Parent Entity of the Parent Borrower immediately prior to the Parent Borrower first becoming such Subsidiary or (y) such Person shall be deemed not to be an Other Parent for the purpose of determining whether a Change of Control shall have occurred by reason of the Parent Borrower first becoming a Subsidiary of such Person. The Parent Borrower shall not in any event be deemed to be a “Parent Entity.”
“Parent Expenses”: (i) costs (including all professional fees and expenses) incurred by any Parent Entity in connection with maintaining its existence or in connection with its reporting obligations under, or in connection with compliance with, applicable laws or applicable rules of any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory body or stock exchange, this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument relating to Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including in respect of any reports filed with respect to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the respective rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) expenses incurred by any Parent Entity in connection with the acquisition, development, maintenance, ownership, prosecution, protection and defense of its intellectual property and associated rights (including but not limited to trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, patents, copyrights and similar rights, including registrations and registration or renewal applications in respect thereof; inventions, processes, designs, formulae, trade secrets, know-how, confidential information, computer software, data and documentation, and any other intellectual property rights; and licenses of any of the foregoing) to the extent such intellectual property and associated rights relate to the business or businesses of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, (iii) indemnification obligations of any Parent Entity owing to directors, officers, employees or other Persons under its charter or by-laws or pursuant to written agreements with or for the benefit of any such Person (including the CD&R Indemnification Agreement), or obligations in respect of director and officer insurance (including premiums therefor), (iv) other administrative and operational expenses of any Parent Entity incurred in the ordinary course of business and (v) fees and expenses incurred by any Parent Entity in connection with any offering of Capital Stock or Indebtedness, (A) which offering is not completed, or (B) where the net proceeds of such offering are intended to be received by or
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contributed or loaned to the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, or (C) in a prorated amount of such expenses in proportion to the amount of such net proceeds intended to be so received, contributed or loaned, or (D) otherwise on an interim basis prior to completion of such offering so long as any Parent Entity shall cause the amount of such expenses to be repaid to the Parent Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary out of the proceeds of such offering promptly if completed.
“Pari Passu Indebtedness”: Indebtedness with a Lien on the Collateral ranking pari passu with the Liens securing the First Lien Loan Document Obligations.
“Participant”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(c).
“Participant Register”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(b)(v).
“Participating Lender”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iii)(2).
“Patriot Act”: as defined in Subsection 11.18.
“PBGC”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor thereto).
“Permitted Affiliated Assignee”: CD&R, any investment fund managed or controlled by CD&R and any special purpose vehicle established by CD&R or by one or more of such investment funds (including Holdings and any other Parent Entity).
“Permitted Cure Securities”: common equity securities (or similar instruments) of the Parent Borrower or any Parent Entity or other qualified equity securities of the Parent Borrower or any Parent Entity that do not constitute Disqualified Stock.
“Permitted Debt Exchange”: as defined in Subsection 2.9(a).
“Permitted Debt Exchange Notes”: as defined in Subsection 2.9(a).
“Permitted Debt Exchange Offer”: as defined in Subsection 2.9(a).
“Permitted Holders”: any of the following: (i) any of the CD&R Investors; (ii) any of the Management Investors, CD&R, and their respective Affiliates; (iii) any investment fund or vehicle managed, sponsored or advised by CD&R or any Affiliate thereof, and any Affiliate of or successor to any such investment fund or vehicle; (iv) any limited or general partners of, or other investors in, any CD&R Investor or any Affiliate thereof, or any such investment fund or vehicle; (v) any Management Holdco that is owned and controlled by any of the Persons specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above; (vi) any “group” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) of which any of the Persons specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above is a member (provided that (without giving effect to the existence of such “group” or any other “group”) one or more of such Persons collectively have beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than 50.0% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Parent Borrower or the Parent Entity held by such “group”), and any other Person that is a member of such “group” and (vii) any Person acting in
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the capacity of an underwriter (solely to the extent that and for so long as such Person is acting in such capacity) in connection with a public or private offering of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or the Parent Borrower. In addition, any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) whose status as a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) constitutes or results in a Change of Control in respect of which the Borrowers make a Change of Control Offer pursuant to Subsection 8.8(a) (whether or not in connection with any repayment or repurchase of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Junior Debt), together with its Affiliates, shall thereafter constitute Permitted Holders.
“Permitted Investment”: an Investment by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in, or consisting of, any of the following:
(i) a Restricted Subsidiary, the Parent Borrower, or a Person that will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary (and any Investment held by such Person that was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of so becoming a Restricted Subsidiary);
(ii) another Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary (and, in each case, any Investment held by such other Person that was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such merger, consolidation or transfer);
(iii) Temporary Cash Investments, Investment Grade Securities or Cash Equivalents;
(iv) receivables owing to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business;
(v) any securities or other Investments received as consideration in, or retained in connection with, sales or other dispositions of property or assets, including Asset Dispositions made in compliance with Subsection 8.4;
(vi) securities or other Investments received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to, or of other claims asserted by, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or as a result of foreclosure, perfection or enforcement of any Lien, or in satisfaction of judgments, including in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding or other reorganization of another Person;
(vii) Investments in existence or made pursuant to legally binding written commitments in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 1.1(f);
(viii) Currency Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements, Commodities Agreements and related Hedging Obligations, which obligations are Incurred in compliance with Subsection 8.1;
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(ix) pledges or deposits (x) with respect to leases or utilities provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business or (y) otherwise described in the definition of “Permitted Liens” or made in connection with Liens permitted under Subsection 8.6;
(x) (1) Investments in or by any Special Purpose Subsidiary, or in connection with a Financing Disposition by, to, in or in favor of any Special Purpose Entity, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Financing Disposition or any related Indebtedness, or (2) any promissory note issued by the Parent Borrower or any Parent Entity, provided that if such Parent Entity receives cash from the relevant Special Purpose Entity in exchange for such note, an equal cash amount is contributed by any Parent Entity to the Parent Borrower;
(xi) bonds secured by assets leased to and operated by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that were issued in connection with the financing of such assets so long as the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets at any time by paying a nominal fee, canceling such bonds and terminating the transaction;
(xii) [reserved];
(xiii) any Investment to the extent made using Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock), Subordinated Shareholder Funding, Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Junior Capital as consideration;
(xiv) Management Advances;
(xv) Investments in Related Businesses in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed an amount equal to the greater of €130,000,000 and 9.50% of Consolidated Total Assets;
(xvi) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 8.5(b) (except transactions described in clauses (i), (ii)(4), (iii), (v), (vi), (ix) and (x) therein), including any Investment pursuant to any transaction described in Subsection 8.5(b)(ii) (whether or not any Person party thereto is at any time an Affiliate of the Parent Borrower);
(xvii) any Investment by any Captive Insurance Subsidiary in connection with the provision of insurance to the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which Investment is made in the ordinary course of business of such Captive Insurance Subsidiary, or by reason of applicable law, rule, regulation or order, or that is required or approved by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Captive Insurance Subsidiary or its business, as applicable; and
(xviii) other Investments in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed an amount equal to the greater of €130,000,000 and 9.50% of Consolidated Total Assets.
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If any Investment pursuant to clause (xv) or (xviii) above, or Subsection 8.2(b)(vi), as applicable, is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary and such Person thereafter (A) becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (B) is merged or consolidated into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, then such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, respectively, and not clause (xv) or (xviii) above, or Subsection 8.2(b)(vi), as applicable.
“Permitted Liens”:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent or the nonpayment of which in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Parent Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;
(b) Liens with respect to outstanding motor vehicle fines and carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are bonded or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;
(c) pledges, deposits or Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, professional liability insurance, insurance programs, unemployment insurance and other social security and other similar legislation or other insurance-related obligations (including pledges or deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements);
(d) pledges, deposits or Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade, government or other contracts (other than for borrowed money), obligations for utilities, leases, licenses, statutory obligations, completion guarantees, surety, judgment, appeal or performance bonds, other similar bonds, instruments or obligations, and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(e) easements (including reciprocal easement agreements), rights-of-way, building, zoning and similar restrictions, utility agreements, covenants, reservations, restrictions, encroachments, charges, and other similar encumbrances or title defects incurred, or leases or subleases granted to others, in the ordinary course of business, which do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(f) Liens existing on, or provided for under written arrangements existing on, the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 1.1(e), or (in the case of any such Liens securing Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries existing or arising under written arrangements existing on the Closing Date) securing any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness Incurred under Subsection 8.1(b)(i) and secured under clause (k)(1) of this definition), so long as the Lien securing such Refinancing Indebtedness is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or under such written arrangements could secure) the original Indebtedness;
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(g) (i) mortgages, liens, security interests, restrictions, encumbrances or any other matters of record that have been placed by any developer, landlord or other third party on property over which the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower has easement rights or on any leased property and subordination or similar agreements relating thereto and (ii) any condemnation or eminent domain proceedings affecting any real property;
(h) Liens securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect thereof) consisting of Hedging Obligations, Bank Products Obligations, Ancillary Obligations, Purchase Money Obligations or Capitalized Lease Obligations Incurred in compliance with Subsection 8.1;
(i) Liens arising out of judgments, decrees, orders or awards in respect of which the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review, which appeal or proceedings shall not have been finally terminated, or if the period within which such appeal or proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;
(j) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses to or from third parties;
(k) Liens securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect thereof) consisting of (1) Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Subsection 8.1(b)(i) pursuant to (a) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes (and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof), (c) any Rollover Indebtedness (and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof), (d) any Additional Obligations (and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) and (e) Letter of Credit Facilities (and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof); provided, that any Liens on Collateral pursuant to subclauses (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this clause (k)(1) shall be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or an Other Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, (2) Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with clauses (b)(iv), (b)(v), (b)(vii), (b)(viii), or clauses (b)(iii)(B) and (C) of Subsection 8.1 (other than Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of Indebtedness described in Subsection 8.1(a)), (3) any Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Subsection 8.1(b)(iii)(A) or (xiii); provided that any Liens securing such Indebtedness shall rank junior to the Liens securing the First Lien Loan Document Obligations and shall be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or an Other Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, (4) (A) Acquisition Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Subsection 8.1(b)(x) or (xi); provided that (x) such Liens are limited to all or part of the same property or assets, including Capital Stock (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof, or replacements of any thereof) acquired, or of any Person acquired or merged or consolidated with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in any transaction to which such Acquisition Indebtedness relates, (y) on the date of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness after giving effect to such Incurrence, the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio would equal or be less than the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio immediately prior to giving effect thereto or (z) such Liens rank junior to the Liens securing the First Lien Loan Document Obligations and
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shall be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or an Other Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, or (B) any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect thereof, (5) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor (limited, in the case of this clause (k)(5), to Liens on any of the property and assets of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor), or (6) obligations in respect of Management Advances or Management Guarantees, in each case under the foregoing clauses (1) through (6) including Liens securing any Guarantee of any thereof;
(l) Liens existing on property or assets of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (or at the time the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary acquires such property or assets, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided, however, that such Liens are not created in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary (or such acquisition of such property or assets), and that such Liens are limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which such Liens arose, could secure) the obligations to which such Liens relate; provided, further, that for purposes of this clause (l), if a Person other than the Parent Borrower is the Successor Borrower with respect thereto, any Subsidiary thereof shall be deemed to become a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower, and any property or assets of such Person or any such Subsidiary shall be deemed acquired by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, when such Person becomes such Successor Borrower;
(m) Liens on Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(n) any encumbrance or restriction (including, but not limited to, pursuant to put and call agreements or buy/sell arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
(o) Liens securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect thereof) consisting of Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness described in clause (k)(1) above of this definition) secured by, or securing any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (in whole or in part) of any other obligation secured by, any other Permitted Liens, provided that any such new Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could secure) the obligations to which such Liens relate;
(p) Liens (1) arising by operation of law (or by agreement to the same effect) in the ordinary course of business, including Liens arising under or by reason of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930, as amended from time to time, (2) on property or assets under construction (and related rights) in favor of a contractor or developer or arising from progress or partial payments by a third party relating to such property or assets, (3) (x) on accounts receivable or notes receivable (including any ancillary rights pertaining thereto) purported to be sold in connection with any factoring agreement or any similar arrangements to secure obligations owed under such factoring agreement or any similar arrangements and (y) any
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bank accounts used by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any factoring agreement or any similar arrangements, (4) on cash set aside at the time of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness or government securities purchased with such cash, in either case to the extent that such cash or government securities prefund the payment of interest on such Indebtedness and are held in an escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose, (5) securing or arising by reason of any netting or set-off arrangement entered into in the ordinary course of banking or other trading activities (including in connection with purchase orders and other agreements with customers), (6) in favor of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than Liens on property or assets of any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor), (7) arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business, (8) on inventory or other goods and proceeds securing obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods, (9) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts to permit satisfaction of overdraft, cash pooling or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (10) attaching to commodity trading or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business or (11) arising in connection with repurchase agreements permitted under Subsection 8.1 on assets that are the subject of such repurchase agreements;
(q) other Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations that in the aggregate do not exceed an amount equal to the greater of €100,000,000 and 7.50% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of Incurrence of such Indebtedness or other obligations;
(r) Liens securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect thereof) or other obligations of, or in favor of, any Special Purpose Entity, or in connection with a Special Purpose Financing or otherwise, Incurred pursuant to clause (b)(ix) of Subsection 8.1;
(s) Liens securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect thereof) consisting of Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Subsection 8.1; provided that on the date of Incurrence of such Indebtedness after giving effect to such Incurrence (or on the date of the initial borrowing of such Indebtedness or entry into the definitive agreement providing the commitment to fund such Indebtedness after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of the entire committed amount, in which case such committed amount may thereafter be borrowed and reborrowed in whole or in part, from time to time, without further compliance with this clause (s)), the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 4.50:1.00;
(t) Liens on the Collateral, if such Liens rank junior to the Liens on such Collateral in relation to the Lien securing the Loans and the Subsidiary Guarantees, as applicable; and
(u) any Lien mandatorily required under applicable law to be granted in favor of creditors as a consequence of (i) any consolidation or merger of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) the termination of a domination and/or profit and loss pooling agreement;
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provided that the Parent Borrower shall not, and shall not permit, any Non-U.S. Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor to create or permit to exist any Lien incurred pursuant to clause (k)(4)(A)(y), clause (k)(4)(A)(z) or clause (s) above unless, in the case of such Initial Liens on any asset or property other than Collateral, the First Lien Loan Document Obligations are, subject to the Agreed Security Principles set forth on Exhibit CC hereto, equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case such Initial Lien secures any Junior Debt) the obligations secured by such Initial Lien for so long as such obligations are so secured.
For purposes of determining compliance with this definition, (v) a Lien need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Permitted Liens described in this definition but may be incurred under any combination of such categories (including in part under one such category and in part under any other such category), (w) in the event that a Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of such categories of Permitted Liens, the Borrower Representative shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this definition, (x) in the event that a portion of Indebtedness secured by a Lien could be classified as secured in part pursuant to clause (k)(1) above in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Subsection 8.1(b)(i)(II) and clause (ii) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount (giving effect to the Incurrence of such portion of such Indebtedness), the Borrower Representative, in its sole discretion, may classify such portion of such Indebtedness (and any Obligations in respect thereof) as having been secured pursuant to clause (k)(1) above in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Subsection 8.1(b)(i)(II) and clause (ii) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount and the remainder of the Indebtedness as having been secured pursuant to one or more of the other clauses of this definition (other than clause (s)), (y) in the event that a portion of Indebtedness secured by a Lien could be classified in part pursuant to clause (s) above (giving effect to the Incurrence of such portion of Indebtedness), the Borrower Representative, in its sole discretion, may classify such portion of Indebtedness (and any Obligations in respect thereof) as having been secured pursuant to clause (s) above and the remainder of the Indebtedness as having been secured pursuant to one or more of the other clauses of this definition (other than clause (k)(1) above in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Subsection 8.1(b)(i)(II) and clause (ii) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount) and (z) if any Liens securing Indebtedness are Incurred to refinance Liens securing Indebtedness initially Incurred in reliance on a basket measured by reference to a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of Incurrence, and such refinancing would cause the percentage of Consolidated Total Assets restriction to be exceeded if calculated based on the Consolidated Total Assets on the date of such refinancing, such percentage of Consolidated Total Assets restriction shall not be deemed to be exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Indebtedness secured by such Liens does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness secured by such Liens being refinanced, plus the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses (including accrued and unpaid interest) Incurred or payable in connection with such refinancing.
“Permitted Payment”: as defined in Subsection 8.2(b).
“Person”: an individual, partnership, corporation, company, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
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“Plan”: at a particular time, any employee benefit plan which is covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Parent Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective Commonly Controlled Entities is an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Platform”: Intralinks, SyndTrak Online or any other similar electronic distribution system.
“Preferred Stock”: as applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation or company, Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) that by its terms is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such corporation or company, over Capital Stock of any other class of such corporation or company.
“Prepayment Date”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(h).
“Pricing Grid”:
Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio |
Applicable Margin for ABR Loans |
Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans denominated in Dollars |
Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans denominated in Euro or any Designated Currency (other than Dollars) |
Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage |
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Greater than 3.25 to 1.00 |
2.25 | % | 3.25 | % | 3.50 | % | 0.50 | % | ||||||||
Equal to or less than 3.25 to 1.00 and greater than 2.75 to 1.00 |
2.00 | % | 3.00 | % | 3.25 | % | 0.375 | % | ||||||||
Equal to or less than 2.75 to 1.00 |
1.75 | % | 2.75 | % | 3.00 | % | 0.25 | % |
“Projections”: those financial projections included in the confidential information memoranda and related material prepared in connection with the syndication of the Facilities and provided to the Lenders on or about June 11, 2014.
“Purchase”: as defined in clause (4) of the definition of “Consolidated Coverage Ratio.”
“Purchase Money Obligations”: any Indebtedness Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, leasing, construction or improvement of property (real or personal) or assets, and whether acquired through the direct acquisition of such property or assets or the acquisition of the Capital Stock of any Person owning such property or assets, or otherwise.
“Qualifying Lender”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iv)(3).
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“Rating Agency”: Xxxxx’x or S&P or, if Xxxxx’x or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the applicable security or instrument publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Borrower Representative which shall be substituted for Xxxxx’x or S&P or both, as the case may be.
“Receivable”: a right to receive payment pursuant to an arrangement with another Person pursuant to which such other Person is obligated to pay, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Recovery Event”: any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary constituting Collateral giving rise to Net Available Cash to the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in excess of €20,000,000, to the extent that such settlement or payment does not constitute reimbursement or compensation for amounts previously paid by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such casualty or condemnation.
“Reference Banks”: BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV, ING Capital LLC, Natixis, New York Branch, or such additional or other banks as may be appointed by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower Representative, provided that, at any time, the maximum number of Reference Banks does not exceed seven.
“refinance”: refinance, refund, replace, renew, repay, modify, restate, defer, substitute, supplement, reissue, resell or extend (including pursuant to any defeasance or discharge mechanism); and the terms “refinances,” “refinanced” and “refinancing” as used for any purpose in this Agreement shall have a correlative meaning.
“Refinancing Agreement”: as defined in Subsection 8.3(c).
“Refinancing Indebtedness”: Indebtedness that is Incurred to refinance Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this Agreement and the First Lien Loan Documents, the Second Lien Loan Documents and any Indebtedness (or unutilized commitment in respect of Indebtedness) existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 8.1 or Incurred (or established) in compliance with this Agreement (including Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower that refinances Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary (to the extent permitted in this Agreement) and Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of another Restricted Subsidiary) including Indebtedness that refinances Refinancing Indebtedness, and Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to a commitment that refinances any Indebtedness or unutilized commitment; provided that (1) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations, the Refinancing Indebtedness (x) has a final Stated Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the final Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced (or, if shorter, the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date), (y) has a weighted average life to maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or longer than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced (or, if shorter, the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Initial Term Loans) and (z) if an Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(a) or (f) is continuing, is subordinated in right of payment to the First Lien Loan
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Document Obligations to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced, (2) such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced, plus (y) an amount equal to any unutilized commitment relating to the Indebtedness being refinanced or otherwise then outstanding under the financing arrangement being refinanced to the extent the unutilized commitment being refinanced could be drawn in compliance with Subsection 8.1 immediately prior to such refinancing, plus (z) fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses (including accrued and unpaid interest) Incurred or payable in connection with such refinancing, (3) Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of a Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor that could not have been initially Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Subsection 8.1 or (y) Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (4) if the Indebtedness being refinanced constitutes Additional Obligations, Rollover Indebtedness, Permitted Debt Exchange Notes or First Lien Loan Document Obligations Incurred pursuant to Subsection 8.1(b)(i)(II)(a) (or Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the foregoing Indebtedness), (w) the Refinancing Indebtedness complies with the requirements of the definition of “Additional Obligations” (other than clause (ii) thereof), (x) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is unsecured and an Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(a) or (f) is continuing, the Refinancing Indebtedness is unsecured and (y) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the First Lien Loan Document Obligations and an Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(a) or (f) is continuing, the Refinancing Indebtedness is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the First Lien Loan Document Obligations.
“Refunding Capital Stock”: as defined in Subsection 8.2(b)(i).
“Register”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(b)(iv).
“Regulation”: as defined in Subsection 5.22.
“Regulation D”: Regulation D of the Board as in effect from time to time.
“Regulation S-X”: Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC, as in effect on the Closing Date.
“Regulation T”: Regulation T of the Board as in effect from time to time.
“Regulation U”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.
“Regulation X”: Regulation X of the Board as in effect from time to time.
“Reimbursement Obligation”: the obligation of the applicable Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Bank pursuant to Subsection 2.6(e) for amounts drawn on the applicable Letters of Credit.
“Reinvestment Period”: as defined in Subsection 8.4(b)(i).
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“Related Business”: those businesses in which the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is engaged on the Closing Date, or that are similar, related, complementary, incidental or ancillary thereto or extensions, developments or expansions thereof.
“Related Parties”: with respect to any Person, such Person’s affiliates and the partners, officers, directors, trustees, employees, equity holders, members, attorneys and other advisors, agents and controlling persons of such person and of such person’s affiliates and “Related Party” shall mean any of them.
“Related Taxes”: (a) any taxes, charges or assessments, including but not limited to sales, use, transfer, rental, ad valorem, value added, stamp, property, consumption, franchise, license, capital, net worth, gross receipts, excise, occupancy, intangibles or similar taxes, charges or assessments (other than federal, state or local taxes measured by income and federal, state or local withholding imposed by any government or other taxing authority on payments made by any Parent Entity other than to another Parent Entity), required to be paid by any Parent Entity by virtue of its being incorporated or having Capital Stock outstanding or having made a loan (but not by virtue of owning stock or other equity interests or loan receivables of any corporation or other entity other than the Parent Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity), or being a holding company parent of the Parent Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity or receiving dividends from or other distributions in respect of the Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity, or having guaranteed any obligations of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, or having made any payment in respect of any of the items for which the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is permitted to make payments to any Parent Entity pursuant to Subsection 8.2, or acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, prosecuting, protecting or defending its intellectual property and associated rights (including but not limited to receiving or paying royalties for the use thereof) relating to the business or businesses of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, (b) any taxes attributable to any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date, or to the consummation of any of the Transactions, or to any Parent Entity’s receipt of (or entitlement to) any payment in connection with the Transactions, including any payment received after the Closing Date pursuant to any agreement related to the Transactions and (c) any other federal, state, foreign, provincial or local taxes measured by income for which any Parent Entity is liable up to an amount not to exceed, with respect to federal taxes, the amount of any such taxes that the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis, or on a consolidated basis as if the Parent Borrower had filed a consolidated return on behalf of an affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code) of which it were the common parent, or with respect to state and local taxes, the amount of any such taxes that the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis, or on a consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated basis as if the Parent Borrower had filed a consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated return on behalf of an affiliated group (as defined in the applicable state or local tax laws for filing such return) consisting only of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Taxes include all interest, penalties and additions relating thereto.
“Reportable Event”: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the 30 day notice period is waived under Section 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27 or 28 of PBGC Regulation Section 4043 or any successor regulation thereto.
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“Repricing Transaction”: the prepayment, refinancing, substitution or replacement of all or a portion of the Initial Term Loans (including, without limitation, as may be effected through any amendment, waiver or modification to this Agreement relating to the interest rate for, or weighted average yield of, the Initial Term Loans), (a) if the primary purpose of such prepayment, refinancing, substitution, replacement, amendment, waiver or modification is (as reasonably determined by the Borrower Representative in good faith) to refinance the Initial Term Loans at a lower “effective yield” (taking into account, among other factors, margin, upfront or similar fees or original issue discount shared with all providers of such financing, but excluding the effect of any arrangement, commitment, underwriting, structuring, syndication or other fees payable in connection therewith that are not shared with all providers of such financing, and without taking into account any fluctuations in the Adjusted LIBOR Rate, but including any LIBOR floor or similar floor that is higher than the then Adjusted LIBOR Rate), (b) if the prepayment, refinancing, substitution, replacement, amendment, waiver or modification is effectuated by the incurrence by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary of new Indebtedness, such new Indebtedness is first lien secured bank financing, and (c) if such prepayment, refinancing, substitution, replacement, amendment, waiver or modification results in first lien secured bank financing having an “effective yield” (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower Representative, consistent with generally accepted financial practices, after giving effect to, among other factors, margin, upfront or similar fees or original issue discount shared with all providers of such financing (calculated based on assumed four-year average life and without present value discount), but excluding the effect of any arrangement, commitment, underwriting, structuring, syndication or other fees payable in connection therewith that are not shared with all providers of such financing, and without taking into account any fluctuations in the Adjusted LIBOR Rate, but including any LIBOR floor or similar floor that is higher than the then applicable Adjusted LIBOR Rate) that is less than the “effective yield” (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower Representative, on the same basis) of the Initial Term Loans prior to being so prepaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced or subject to such amendment, waiver or modification to this Agreement.
“Required Acquisition / Capex Lenders”: Lenders the Acquisition / Capex Commitment Percentage of which aggregate to greater than 50.0%; provided that the Acquisition / Capex Loans and unused Acquisition / Capex Commitments (if any) held or deemed held by Defaulting Lenders and Disqualified Parties shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Acquisition / Capex Lenders.
“Required Lenders”: Lenders the Total Credit Percentages of which aggregate to greater than 50.0%; provided that the Revolving Commitments (or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Revolving Loans, Ancillary Outstandings and interests in L/C Obligations), Term Loans, Acquisition / Capex Loans and unused Acquisition / Capex Commitments held or deemed held by Defaulting Lenders shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders; provided further, that the Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by a Disqualified Party shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of the determination of Required Lenders, the amount of an Ancillary Lender’s Revolving Commitments shall not be reduced by the amount of its Ancillary Commitment.
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“Required Release Lenders”: Lenders the Total Credit Percentages of which aggregate to greater than 80.0%; provided that the Revolving Commitments (or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Revolving Loans, Ancillary Outstandings and interests in L/C Obligations), Term Loans, Acquisition / Capex Loans and unused Acquisition / Capex Commitments held or deemed held by Defaulting Lenders shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders; provided further, that the Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by a Disqualified Party shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of the determination of Required Release Lenders, the amount of an Ancillary Lender’s Revolving Commitments shall not be reduced by the amount of its Ancillary Commitment.
“Required Revolving Lenders”: Lenders the Revolving Commitment Percentage of which aggregate to greater than 50.0%; provided that the Revolving Commitments (or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Revolving Loans, Ancillary Outstandings and interests in L/C Obligations) held or deemed held by Defaulting Lenders and Disqualified Parties shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Lenders. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of the determination of Required Revolving Lenders, the amount of an Ancillary Lender’s Revolving Commitments shall not be reduced by the amount of its Ancillary Commitment.
“Requirement of Law”: as to any Person, the Organizational Documents of such Person, and any law, statute, ordinance, code, decree, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its material property or to which such Person or any of its material property is subject, including laws, ordinances and regulations pertaining to zoning, occupancy and subdivision of real properties; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any non-binding recommendation of any Governmental Authority.
“Responsible Officer”: as to any Person, any of the following officers of such Person: (a) the chief executive officer, the president or manager of such Person and, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or the controller of such Person, (b) any vice president of such Person or, with respect to financial matters, any assistant treasurer or assistant controller of such Person, in each case who has been designated in writing to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent as a Responsible Officer by such chief executive officer or president of such Person or, with respect to financial matters, by such chief financial officer of such Person and (c) with respect to Subsection 7.7 and ERISA matters and without limiting the foregoing, the general counsel (or substantial equivalent) of such Person.
“Restricted Payment”: as defined in Subsection 8.2(a).
“Restricted Payment Transaction”: any Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Subsection 8.2, any Permitted Payment, any Permitted Investment, or any transaction specifically excluded from the definition of the term “Restricted Payment” (including pursuant to the exception contained in clause (i) of such definition and the parenthetical exclusions contained in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of such definition).
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“Restricted Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Revaluation Date”: (a) with respect to any Revolving Loan denominated in a Designated Currency, each of the following: (i) each date on which the Borrower Representative has given the Administrative Agent a notice of borrowing of such Revolving Loan as specified in the first sentence of Subsection 2.1(b), (ii) the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Parent Borrower, (iii) each date of a conversion or continuation of such Revolving Loan pursuant to Subsection 4.2 and (iv) the effective date of any voluntary reduction of a Revolving Commitment pursuant to Subsection 4.4(c); (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit denominated in a Designated Currency, each of the following: (i) each date on which the Borrower Representative has given the Administrative Agent a Letter of Credit Request in respect of issuance (or amendment that would have the effect of increasing the face amount thereof) of a Letter of Credit as specified in the first sentence of Subsection 2.6(a)(i) and 2.6(b)(ii) and (ii) the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Parent Borrower; (c) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank shall determine, or the Required Revolving Lenders shall require, at any time when (i) an Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing or (ii) to the extent that, and for so long as, the Revolving Exposure (for such purpose, using the Euro Equivalent in effect for the most recent Revaluation Date) exceeds 95.0% of the Revolving Commitment.
“Revolving Commitment”: as to any Lender, the aggregate of its Initial Revolving Commitments, Incremental Revolving Commitments, Extended Revolving Commitments and Specified Refinancing Revolving Commitments; collectively, as to all Lenders, the “Revolving Commitments”; provided that other than for purposes of (x) determining the Required Lenders, Required Release Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders, (y) determining the Existing Revolving Commitments and Existing Revolving Tranche and (z) determining the amount equal to 30% of the aggregate amount of all Revolving Commitments pursuant to Subsection 8.10, in each case at any time, if such Lender is an Ancillary Lender, its Revolving Commitment at any time of determination shall be an amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment less the amount of such Lender’s Ancillary Commitment in effect at such time.
“Revolving Commitment Percentage”: as to any Lender, the percentage of the aggregate Revolving Commitments constituted by its Revolving Commitment (or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the percentage which (a) the sum of (i) such Lender’s then outstanding Revolving Loans (including, without limitation, in the case of Revolving Loans made by such Lender in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof) plus (ii) such Lender’s interests in the aggregate L/C Obligations then outstanding plus, for purposes of determination of the Required Lenders, Required Release Lenders and Required Revolving Lenders only, (iii) such Lender’s then outstanding Ancillary Outstandings (including, without limitation, in the case of any such amount in any currency other than Euro, the Euro Equivalent thereof) then constitutes of (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate Revolving Loans of all the Lenders then outstanding (including, without limitation, in the case of Revolving Loans made by any Lender in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof) plus (ii) the aggregate L/C Obligations then outstanding plus, for purposes of determination of the Required Lenders,
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Required Release Lenders and Required Revolving Lenders only, (iii) the aggregate Ancillary Outstandings then outstanding (including, without limitation, in the case of any such amount in any currency other than Euro, the Euro Equivalent thereof)); provided that for purposes of Subsection 4.14(d) and (e), “Revolving Commitment Percentage” shall mean the percentage of the aggregate Revolving Commitments (disregarding the Revolving Commitment of any Defaulting Lender (including for this purpose such Defaulting Lender’s Ancillary Commitment, if any) to the extent its L/C Obligations is reallocated to the Non-Defaulting Lenders) constituted by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment.
“Revolving Commitment Period”: the Initial Revolving Commitment Period, the “Revolving Commitment Period” in respect of any Tranche of Extended Revolving Commitments as set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment, the “Revolving Commitment Period” in respect of any Tranche of Incremental Revolving Commitments as set forth in the applicable Incremental Commitment Amendment or the “Revolving Commitment Period” in respect of any Tranche of Specified Refinancing Revolving Facilities as set forth in the applicable Specified Refinancing Amendment, as the context may require.
“Revolving Exposure”: at any time the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding Revolving Loans (including, without limitation, in the case of Revolving Loans denominated in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof). The Revolving Exposure of any Lender at any time shall equal its Revolving Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Revolving Exposure at such time.
“Revolving Lender”: any Lender having a Revolving Commitment and/or a Revolving Loan outstanding hereunder.
“Revolving Loans”: Initial Revolving Loans, Incremental Revolving Loans, Extended Revolving Loans and Specified Refinancing Revolving Loans, as the context shall require.
“Revolving Outstandings”: as defined in Subsection 2.12(e)(i)(A).
“Rolling Senior Lender”: as defined in the Supplemental Agreement.
“Rolling Senior Lender Participations”: as defined in the Supplemental Agreement.
“Rollover Indebtedness”: Indebtedness of a Borrower or a Guarantor issued to any Lender in lieu of such Lender’s pro rata portion of any repayment of Term Loans made pursuant to Subsection 4.4(a) or (e).
“S&P”: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and its successors.
“Sale”: as defined in clause (3) of the definition of “Consolidated Coverage Ratio.”
“SEC”: the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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“Second Lien Collateral Agent”: the Person referred to as “Collateral Agent” in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Credit Agreement”: the Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrowers, the Second Lien Lenders, Credit Suisse, AG, as administrative agent and collateral agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.
“Second Lien Lenders”: the Persons referred to as “Lenders” in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Loan Documents”: the “Loan Documents” referred to in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Obligations”: the “Second Lien Loan Document Obligations” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Term Loans”: the “Initial Term Loans” referred to in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Secured Parties”: the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
“Securities Act”: the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
“Security Documents”: the collective reference to each Mortgage related to any Mortgaged Fee Property, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the Non-U.S. Pledge Agreements and all other similar security documents hereafter delivered to the Collateral Agent granting or perfecting a Lien on any asset or assets of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of the Loan Parties hereunder and/or under any of the other Loan Documents or to secure any guarantee of any such obligations and liabilities, including any security documents executed and delivered or caused to be delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Subsection 7.9(a), 7.9(b), 7.9(c) or 7.9(d), in each case, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Set”: the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans of a single Tranche and currency, the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Eurodollar Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).
“Settlement Service”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(b).
“Shareholder Loans”: the preferred equity certificates issued by the Parent Borrower to Holdings on the Closing Date.
“Single Employer Plan”: any Plan which is covered by Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan.
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“Solicited Discount Proration”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iv)(3).
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iv)(1).
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice”: an irrevocable written notice of a Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offer made pursuant to Subsection 4.4(l)(iv) substantially in the form of Exhibit Q.
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer”: the irrevocable written offer by each Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit R, submitted following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice.
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iv)(1).
“Special Purpose Entity”: (x) any Special Purpose Subsidiary or (y) any other Person that is engaged in the business of (i) acquiring, selling, collecting, financing or refinancing Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any jurisdiction from time to time), other accounts and/or other receivables, and/or related assets and/or (ii) financing or refinancing in respect of Capital Stock of any Special Purpose Subsidiary.
“Special Purpose Financing”: any financing or refinancing of assets consisting of or including Receivables of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that have been transferred to a Special Purpose Entity or made subject to a Lien in a Financing Disposition (including any financing or refinancing in respect of Capital Stock of a Special Purpose Subsidiary held by another Special Purpose Subsidiary).
“Special Purpose Financing Expense”: for any period, (a) the aggregate interest expense for such period on any Indebtedness of any Special Purpose Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, which Indebtedness is not recourse to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Special Purpose Subsidiary (other than with respect to Special Purpose Financing Undertakings) and (b) Special Purpose Financing Fees.
“Special Purpose Financing Fees”: distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Special Purpose Financing.
“Special Purpose Financing Undertakings”: representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities, guarantees of performance and (subject to clause (y) of the proviso below) other agreements and undertakings entered into or provided by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that the Borrower Representative determines in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive) are customary or otherwise necessary or advisable in connection with a Special Purpose Financing or a Financing Disposition; provided that (x) it is understood that Special Purpose Financing Undertakings may consist of or include (i) reimbursement and other obligations in respect of notes, letters of credit, surety bonds and
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similar instruments provided for credit enhancement purposes, (ii) Hedging Obligations or other obligations relating to Interest Rate Agreements, Currency Agreements or Commodities Agreements entered into by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in respect of any Special Purpose Financing or Financing Disposition or (iii) any Guarantee in respect of customary recourse obligations (as determined in good faith by the Borrower Representative, which determination shall be conclusive) in connection with any Special Purpose Financing or Financing Disposition, including in respect of Liabilities in the event of any involuntary case commenced with the collusion of any Special Purpose Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof, or any voluntary case commenced by any Special Purpose Subsidiary, under any applicable bankruptcy law and (y) subject to the preceding clause (x), any such other agreements and undertakings shall not include any Guarantee of Indebtedness of a Special Purpose Subsidiary by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Special Purpose Subsidiary.
“Special Purpose Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that (a) is engaged solely in (x) the business of (i) acquiring, selling, collecting, financing or refinancing Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any jurisdiction from time to time) and other accounts and receivables (including any thereof constituting or evidenced by chattel paper, instruments or general intangibles), all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and/or (ii) owning or holding Capital Stock of any Special Purpose Subsidiary and/or engaging in any financing or refinancing in respect thereof and (y) any business or activities incidental or related to such business and (b) is designated as a “Special Purpose Subsidiary” by the Borrower Representative.
“Specified Discount”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(ii)(1).
“Specified Discount Prepayment Amount”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(ii)(1).
“Specified Discount Prepayment Notice”: an irrevocable written notice of a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment made pursuant to Subsection 4.4(l)(ii) substantially in the form of Exhibit S.
“Specified Discount Prepayment Response”: the written response by each Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit T, to a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice.
“Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(ii)(1).
“Specified Discount Proration”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(ii)(3).
“Specified Equity Contribution”: any cash equity contribution (or equivalent contribution) made to Holdings or any Parent Entity in exchange for Permitted Cure Securities or any Subordinated Shareholder Funding extended to Holdings or any Parent Entity; provided that (a)(i) such cash equity contribution (or equivalent contribution) or Subordinated Shareholder Funding to Holdings or any Parent Entity and (ii) the contribution of any proceeds therefrom to, and the receipt thereof by, the Parent Borrower occur (x) after the Closing Date and (y) on or prior to the date that is ten Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered for a fiscal quarter (or Fiscal Year) pursuant to Subsection 7.1(a)
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or 7.1(b), (b) the Borrower Representative identifies such equity contribution or Subordinated Shareholder Funding as a “Specified Equity Contribution” in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative delivered to the Administrative Agent, (c) in each four fiscal quarter period, there shall exist at least two fiscal quarters in respect of which no Specified Equity Contribution shall have been made, (d) no more than five Specified Equity Contributions may be made during the term of this Agreement and (e) the amount of any Specified Equity Contribution included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA hereunder shall be limited to the amount required to effect or continue compliance with Subsection 8.10 hereof, whether or not the financial covenant in Subsection 8.10 is required to be tested, and such amount shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA solely when calculating Consolidated EBITDA for purposes of determining compliance with Subsection 8.10.
“Specified Existing Tranche”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(a)(ii).
“Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Commitment”: as to any Lender, its obligation to make Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Loans to the Borrowers.
“Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Facilities”: as defined in Subsection 2.11(a).
“Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Loans”: as defined in Subsection 2.11(a).
“Specified Refinancing Amendment”: an amendment to this Agreement effecting the incurrence of Specified Refinancing Facilities in accordance with Subsection 2.11.
“Specified Refinancing Facilities”: as defined in Subsection 2.11(a).
“Specified Refinancing Indebtedness”: Indebtedness incurred by the Parent Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with Subsection 2.11.
“Specified Refinancing Lenders”: as defined in Subsection 2.11(b).
“Specified Refinancing Loans”: as defined in Subsection 2.11(a).
“Specified Refinancing Revolving Commitment”: as to any Lender, its obligation to make Specified Refinancing Revolving Loans to, and/or participate in Letters of Credit issued on behalf of, the Borrowers.
“Specified Refinancing Revolving Facilities”: as defined in Subsection 2.11(a).
“Specified Refinancing Revolving Loans”: as defined in Subsection 2.11(a).
“Specified Refinancing Term Loan Facilities”: as defined in Subsection 2.11(a).
“Specified Refinancing Term Loans”: as defined in Subsection 2.11(a).
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“Specified Refinancing Tranche”: Specified Refinancing Facilities with the same terms and conditions made on the same day and any Supplemental Term Loan or Supplemental Revolving Commitments and Loans in respect thereof, as applicable, added to such Tranche pursuant to Subsection 2.8.
“Sponsor”: CD&R.
“Spot Rate of Exchange”: on any Revaluation Date or any other day, with respect to any currency other than Euro (for purposes of determining the Euro Equivalent) the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Euro, as set forth at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the display page applicable to such currency on the Reuters Service. In the event that any such rate does not appear on such display page, the Spot Rate of Exchange shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates selected by the Administrative Agent (and reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower Representative) for such purpose, or, at the discretion of the Administrative Agent, such Spot Rate of Exchange shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 10:00 A.M., local time in such market, on such date for the purchase of Euro, for delivery two Business Days later; provided that, if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any other reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be presumed correct absent manifest error.
“Standby Letter of Credit”: as defined in Subsection 2.6(a)(i)(2)(i)(A).
“Stated Maturity”: with respect to any Indebtedness, the date specified in such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such Indebtedness is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase or repayment of such Indebtedness at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency).
“Statutory Reserves”: for any day as applied to a Eurodollar Loan, the average maximum rate at which reserves (including any marginal, supplemental or emergency reserves) are required to be maintained during such Interest Period under Regulation D by member banks of the United States Federal Reserve System in New York City with deposits exceeding $1,000,000,000 against “Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is used in Regulation D). Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exceptions or offsets which may be available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D.
“Sterling” and “£”: the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Structure Paper”: the Project Millennium Tax Structure Report, dated July 30, 2014 and prepared by Ernst & Young.
“Submitted Amount”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iii)(1).
“Submitted Discount”: as defined in Subsection 4.4(l)(iii)(1).
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“Subordinated Obligations”: any Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower (whether outstanding on the Closing Date or thereafter Incurred) that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the First Lien Loan Document Obligations pursuant to a written agreement.
“Subordinated Shareholder Funding”: collectively, any funds provided to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary by Holdings or any Parent Entity, or any Affiliate of any Parent Entity, in exchange for or pursuant to any security, instrument or agreement other than Capital Stock, together with any such security, instrument or agreement and any other security or instrument other than Capital Stock issued in payment of any obligation under any Subordinated Shareholder Funding, provided that such Subordinated Shareholder Funding (i) does not mature or require any amortization or other payment of principal prior to the first anniversary of the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date (other than through conversion or exchange of any such security or instrument for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) or for any other security or instrument meeting the requirements of this definition), (ii) does not require the payment of cash interest prior to the first anniversary of the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, (iii) does not accelerate and has no right to declare a default or event of default (other than a default or event of default, the remedy for which is limited to a change to the members of the board of directors or a change of management) or take any enforcement action, in each case prior to the first anniversary of the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, (iv) is not secured by any asset of the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, (v) does not contain any covenant that requires the maintenance of financial ratios, or include tests, in each case relating to the financial performance or condition of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and (vi) is subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the First Lien Loan Document Obligations in the event of any Default, bankruptcy, dissolution, reorganization, liquidation, winding up or analogous proceeding taken in any jurisdiction in relation to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on subordination terms taken as a whole that are not materially less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination terms in the Subordination Agreement (as determined in good faith by the Borrower Representative).
“Subordination Agreement”: the subordination agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Holdings, the Parent Borrower, the Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Subsection 2.10 Additional Amendment”: as defined in Subsection 2.10(c).
“Subsidiary”: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity (a) of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the Board of Directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity are at the time owned by such Person or (b) the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person and, in the case of this clause (b), which is treated as a consolidated subsidiary for accounting purposes. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower.
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“Subsidiary Borrower Joinder”: a joinder in substantially the form of Exhibit V hereto, to be executed by each Subsidiary Borrower designated as such after the Closing Date.
“Subsidiary Borrower Termination”: a Subsidiary Borrower Termination delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Subsection 11.1(h), substantially in the form of Exhibit W hereto.
“Subsidiary Borrowers”: the U.S. Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that becomes a Borrower after five days’ written notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to a Subsidiary Borrower Joinder (provided that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the applicable Facility under which such Subsidiary is proposed to become a Subsidiary Borrower have received, at least three calendar days prior to the date on which such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary Borrower, (i) all documentation and information with respect to such Subsidiary required pursuant to Subsection 11.18 hereof and (ii) solely with respect to any such Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party as of the Closing Date, all other documentation and information as is reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent about such Subsidiary that is mutually agreed to be required by U.S. and UK regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act), together with their respective successors and assigns, unless and until such time as the respective Subsidiary Borrower ceases to be a Borrower in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. Upon receipt of a Subsidiary Borrower Joinder, the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit each such notice to each of the Lenders; provided that any failure to do so by the Administrative Agent shall not in any way affect the status of any such Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Borrower hereunder.
“Subsidiary Guarantor”: each (a) U.S. Subsidiary, Dutch Subsidiary, German Subsidiary and Luxembourg Subsidiary (in each case, other than any Excluded Subsidiary) of the Parent Borrower which executes and delivers a Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to Subsection 7.9 or otherwise and each Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower which the Parent Borrower causes to execute and deliver a Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to the last sentence of Subsection 7.9(b) or otherwise, in each case, unless and until such time as the respective Subsidiary Guarantor (i) ceases to constitute a U.S. Subsidiary, Dutch Subsidiary, German Subsidiary or Luxembourg Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof, (ii) is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or (iii) is released from all of its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty in accordance with terms and provisions thereof and (b) each other Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower which the Parent Borrower causes to execute and deliver a Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to the last sentence of Subsection 7.9(b) or otherwise, in each case, unless and until such time as the respective Subsidiary Guarantor (i) ceases to constitute a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof, (ii) is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or (iii) is released from all of its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty in accordance with terms and provisions thereof.
“Subsidiary Guaranty”: the guaranty of the First Lien Loan Document Obligations of the Borrowers under the Loan Documents provided pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Guarantee Agreement, as applicable.
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“Successor Borrower”: as defined in Subsection 8.7(a)(i).
“Supplemental Agreement”: the supplemental agreement dated July 31, 2014 among Mauser Industriebeteiligungen GmbH, Barclays Bank PLC, as retiring agent, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Borrowers and the other parties thereto relating to a senior facilities agreement originally dated June 13, 2007.
“Supplemental Revolving Commitments”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(a).
“Supplemental Term Loan Commitments”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(a).
“Supplemental Term Loans”: Term Loans made in respect of Supplemental Term Loan Commitments.
“Tax Sharing Agreement”: the Tax Sharing Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, between the Parent Borrower and one or more Parent Entities, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Taxes”: any and all present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority.
“Temporary Cash Investments”: any of the following: (i) any investment in (x) direct obligations of the United States of America, Canada, a member state of the European Union or any country in whose currency funds are being held pending their application in the making of an investment or capital expenditure by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in that country or with such funds, or any agency or instrumentality of any thereof, or obligations Guaranteed by the United States of America or a member state of the European Union or any country in whose currency funds are being held pending their application in the making of an investment or capital expenditure by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in that country or with such funds, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, or obligations guaranteed by any of the foregoing or (y) direct obligations of any foreign country recognized by the United States of America rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by Xxxxx’x (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Xxxxx’x then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (ii) overnight bank deposits, and investments in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and money market deposits (or, with respect to foreign banks, similar instruments) maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition thereof issued by (x) any bank or other institutional lender under this Agreement or the Second Lien Credit Agreement or any affiliate thereof or (y) a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital and surplus aggregating in excess of $250,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and whose long term debt is rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by Xxxxx’x (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Xxxxx’x then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization) at the time such Investment is made, (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities or instruments of the types
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described in clause (i) or (ii) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above, (iv) Investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 270 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a Person (other than that of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), with a rating at the time as of which any Investment therein is made of “P-2” (or higher) according to Xxxxx’x or “A-2” (or higher) according to S&P (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Xxxxx’x then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (v) Investments in securities maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least “A” by S&P or “A” by Xxxxx’x (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Xxxxx’x then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (vi) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock (other than of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) having a rating of “A” or higher by S&P or “A2” or higher by Xxxxx’x (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Xxxxx’x then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (vii) investment funds investing 95.0% of their assets in securities of the type described in clauses (i) through (vi) above (which funds may also hold reasonable amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution), (viii) any money market deposit accounts issued or offered by a domestic commercial bank or a commercial bank organized and located in a country recognized by the United States of America, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof), or investments in money market funds subject to the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 (or any successor rule) of the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and (ix) similar investments approved by the Board of Directors in the ordinary course of business.
“Term Credit Percentage”: as to any Lender at any time, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding Term Loans (if any) of the Lenders (including, without limitation, in the case of Term Loans denominated in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof) and aggregate unused Term Loan Commitments of the Lenders (if any) then constituted by such Lender’s outstanding Term Loans (if any) (including, without limitation, in the case of Term Loans made by such Lender in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof) and such Lender’s unused Term Loan Commitments (if any).
“Term Loan Commitment”: as to any Lender, the aggregate of its Initial Term Loan Commitments, Acquisition / Capex Commitments, Incremental Term Loan Commitment and Supplemental Term Loan Commitments; collectively as to all Lenders the “Term Loan Commitments.”
“Term Loans”: the Initial Term Loans, Acquisition / Capex Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Extended Term Loans and Specified Refinancing Term Loans, as the context shall require.
“Total Credit Percentage”: as to any Lender at any time, the percentage which (a) the sum of (i) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then outstanding (or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the sum of (x) such Lender’s then outstanding
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Revolving Loans (including, without limitation, in the case of Revolving Loans made by such Lender in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof) plus (y) such Lender’s interests in the aggregate L/C Obligations then outstanding plus, for purposes of determination of the Required Lenders, Required Release Lenders and Required Revolving Lenders only, (z) such Lender’s then outstanding Ancillary Outstandings (including, without limitation, in the case of any such amount in any currency other than Euro, the Euro Equivalent thereof)), (ii) such Lender’s then outstanding Term Loans (if any) (including, without limitation, in the case of Term Loans made by such Lender in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof) and such Lender’s unused Term Loan Commitments (if any) then outstanding and (iii) such Lender’s then outstanding Acquisition / Capex Loans (if any) (including, without limitation in the case of Acquisition / Capex Loans made by such Lender in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof) and such Lender’s unused Acquisition / Capex Commitments (if any) then outstanding constitutes of (b) the sum of (i) the Revolving Commitments of all Lenders then outstanding (or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the sum of (x) the aggregate Revolving Loans of all the Lenders then outstanding (including, without limitation, in the case of Revolving Loans denominated in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof) plus (y) the aggregate L/C Obligations of all Lenders then outstanding plus, for purposes of determination of the Required Lenders, Required Release Lenders and Required Revolving Lenders only, (z) the aggregate Ancillary Outstandings then outstanding (including, without limitation, in the case of any such amount in any currency other than Euro, the Euro Equivalent thereof))), (ii) the aggregate outstanding Term Loans (if any) of all Lenders then outstanding (including, without limitation, in the case of Term Loans denominated in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof) and aggregate unused Term Loan Commitments of all Lenders (if any) then outstanding and (iii) the aggregate outstanding Acquisition / Capex Loans (if any) of all Lenders then outstanding (including, without limitation, in the case of Acquisition / Capex Loans denominated in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof) and aggregate unused Acquisition / Capex Commitments of all Lenders (if any) then outstanding.
“Total Revolving Outstandings”: as defined in Subsection 2.12(e)(i)(B).
“Trade Payables”: with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or guaranteed by such Person arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services.
“Trading Price”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(k)(iv)(A)(z).
“Tranche”: (i) with respect to Term Loans or commitments, refers to whether such Term Loans or commitments are (1) Initial Dollar Term Loans or Initial Dollar Term Loan Commitments, (2) Initial Euro Term Loans or Initial Euro Term Loan Commitments, (3) Incremental Loans or Incremental Term Loan Commitments with the same terms and conditions made on the same day and any Supplemental Term Loans added to such Tranche pursuant to Subsection 2.8, (4) Extended Term Loans (of the same Extension Series), (5) Specified Refinancing Term Loan Facilities with the same terms and conditions made on the same day and
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any Supplemental Term Loans added to such Tranche pursuant to Subsection 2.8, (6) Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans or Initial Acquisition Capex Commitments, (7) Extended Acquisition / Capex Loans (of the same Extension Series) or (8) Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Facilities with the same terms and conditions made on the same day and any Supplemental Acquisition / Capex Loans added to such Tranche pursuant to Subsection 2.8 and (ii) with respect to Revolving Loans or commitments, refers to whether such Revolving Loans or commitments are (1) Initial Revolving Commitments or Initial Revolving Loans, (2) Incremental Revolving Commitments or Incremental Revolving Loans with the same terms and conditions made on the same day and any Supplemental Revolving Commitments and Loans in respect thereof added to such Tranche pursuant to Subsection 2.8, (3) Extended Revolving Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments (of the same Extension Series) or (4) Specified Refinancing Revolving Facilities with the same terms and conditions made on the same day any Supplemental Revolving Commitments and Loans in respect thereof added to such Tranche pursuant to Subsection 2.8.
“Transaction Agreements”: collectively, (i) the Acquisition Agreement, (ii) the CD&R Indemnification Agreement, (iii) the CD&R Consulting Agreement, (iv) the Assignment and Assumption Agreements and (v) any agreement primarily providing for indemnification and/or contribution for the benefit of any Permitted Holder in respect of Liabilities resulting from, arising out of or in connection with, based upon or relating to (a) any management, consulting or advisory services, or any financing, underwriting or placement services or other investment banking activities to, for or in respect of any Parent Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) any offering of securities or other financing activity or arrangement of or by any Parent Entity or any of its Subsidiaries or (c) any action or failure to act of or by any Parent Entity or any of its Subsidiaries (or any of their respective predecessors), in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Transactions”: collectively, any or all of the following (whether taking place prior to, on or following the date hereof): (i) the entry into the Acquisition Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Acquisition, (ii) the entry into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Incurrence of Indebtedness hereunder, (iii) the entry into the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the other Second Lien Loan Documents and the Incurrence of Indebtedness thereunder, (iv) the Equity Contribution, (v) the repayment of certain existing Indebtedness and the exchange by certain lenders of their loans thereunder for Initial Euro Term Loans, (vi) any other transactions described in the Structure Paper and (vii) all other transactions relating to any of the foregoing (including payment of fees and expenses related to any of the foregoing).
“Transferee”: any Participant or Assignee.
“Treasury Capital Stock”: as defined in Subsection 8.2(b)(i).
“Type”: the type of Loan determined based on the interest option applicable thereto, with there being two Types of Loans hereunder, namely ABR Loans and Eurodollar Loans.
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“UCC”: the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from time to time.
“Uniform Customs”: the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500, as the same may be amended from time to time or, if specified in the applicable Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“United States Person”: any United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Unrestricted Cash”: at any date of determination, (a) the aggregate amount of cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments included in the cash accounts that would be listed on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower prepared in accordance with GAAP as of the end of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available to the extent such cash is not classified as “restricted” for financial statement purposes (unless so classified solely because of any provision under the Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument governing other Indebtedness that is subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Other Intercreditor Agreement governing the application thereof or because they are subject to a Lien securing the First Lien Loan Document Obligations, Second Lien Obligations, or other Indebtedness that is subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Other Intercreditor Agreement), plus (b) the proceeds from any Incurrence of Incremental Term Loans since the date of such consolidated balance sheet and on or prior to the date of determination that are (in the good faith judgment of the Borrower Representative) intended to be used for working capital purposes.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary”: (i) any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, as designated by the Board of Directors in the manner provided below and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Parent Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, that (A) such designation was made at or prior to the Closing Date, or (B) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less or (C) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Subsection 8.2 and (D) immediately after such designation, no Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(a) or (f) shall have occurred and be continuing. The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that immediately after giving effect to such designation (1) (x) the Parent Borrower could Incur at least €1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Subsection 8.1(a) or (y) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be equal to or greater than it was immediately prior to giving effect to such designation or (z) such Subsidiary shall be a Special Purpose Subsidiary with no Indebtedness outstanding other
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than Indebtedness that can be Incurred (and upon such designation shall be deemed to be Incurred and outstanding) pursuant to Subsection 8.1(b) and (2) immediately after such designation, no Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(a) or (f) shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by promptly filing with the Administrative Agent a copy of the resolution of the Borrower Representative’s Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
“U.S. Borrower”: CD&R Millennium US AcquiCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any successor in interest thereto.
“U.S. GAAP”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, including those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.
“U.S. Loan Party”: any Loan Party that is a U.S. Subsidiary.
“U.S. Subsidiary”: any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower other than a Non-U.S. Subsidiary.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”: as defined in Subsection 4.11(b)(ii)(2).
“Voting Stock”: as to any entity, all classes of Capital Stock of such entity then outstanding and normally entitled to vote in the election of directors or all interests in such entity with the ability to control the management or actions of such entity.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary”: as to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person of which such Person owns, directly or indirectly through one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary other than directors qualifying shares or shares held by nominees.
1.2 Other Definitional and Interpretive Provisions. Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any Notes, any other Loan Document or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.
(a) As used herein and in any Notes and any other Loan Document, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms relating to the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries not defined in Subsection 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Subsection 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.
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(b) The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Subsection, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns permitted hereunder.
(c) For purposes of determining any financial ratio or making any financial calculation for any fiscal quarter (or portion thereof) ending prior to the Closing Date, the components of such financial ratio or financial calculation shall be determined on a pro forma basis to give effect to the Transactions as if they had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period; and each Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary upon giving effect to the Transactions shall be deemed to be a Restricted Subsidiary for purposes of the components of such financial ratio or financial calculation as of the beginning of such four-quarter period.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement for periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date, references to the consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower shall be to the consolidated financial statements of the Company, as the context may require, provided that nothing in this clause (d) shall require the delivery of combined or consolidated financial statements or other similar materials for or with respect to the Company, except as otherwise specifically required by this Agreement.
(e) Any financial ratios required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (rounding up if there is no nearest number).
(f) Any references in this Agreement to “cash and/or Cash Equivalents,” “cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Temporary Cash Investments” or any similar combination of the foregoing shall be construed as not double counting cash or any other applicable amount which would otherwise be duplicated therein.
(g) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(h) In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, including any Extension of Credit in connection therewith:
(i) for purposes of determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires that no Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, has occurred, is continuing or would result from any such action, as applicable, such condition shall, at the option of the Borrower Representative, be deemed satisfied, so long as no Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, exists on the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower Representative has exercised its option under the first sentence of this clause (h), and any Default or Event of Default occurs
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following the date the definitive agreements for the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition were entered into and prior to the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to not have occurred or be continuing for purposes of determining whether any action being taken in connection with such Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted hereunder.
(ii) for purposes of determining whether the conditions precedent to any Extension of Credit in connection therewith have been satisfied, the provisions of Subsection 6.2(b) shall not apply, but instead the condition therein shall be deemed satisfied if the representations listed in clauses (x) to (z) of the definition of “Major Representations” shall be made solely by and with respect to the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than by or with respect to the business or Person being acquired pursuant to such Limited Condition Acquisition and its Subsidiaries) and shall, except to the extent they relate to a particular date, be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date.
(i) In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, for purposes of:
(i) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of the Consolidated Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio; or
(ii) testing baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets);
in each case, at the option of the Borrower Representative (the Borrower Representative’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition, an “LCA Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into (the “LCA Test Date”), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the LCA Test Date for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available, the Parent Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower Representative has made an LCA Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCA Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Total Assets of the Parent Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Acquisition, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be
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deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower Representative has made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to the Incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of Restricted Payments, Asset Dispositions, mergers, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent Borrower or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated or the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Acquisition is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.
(j) Subject to Subsection 8.1(d), when determining compliance with any basket, threshold, ratio or other amounts under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the Euro Equivalent shall be calculated as at the date of the incurrence or making of the relevant disposition, acquisition, investment, Indebtedness, Restricted Payment or taking other relevant action or, upon the Parent Borrower making an LCA Election, on the LCA Test Date; provided that (x) no Default or Event of Default or breach of any covenant or representation or warranty shall arise merely as a result of a change in the Euro Equivalent of any relevant amount due to fluctuations in exchange rates and (y) the Euro Equivalent principal or face amount of any Indebtedness or Investment outstanding on the Closing Date shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the Closing Date. For purposes of calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio and Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio any determination of (x) Consolidated Total Indebtedness and (y) any other item determined on the basis of amounts specified in the consolidated balance sheet, amounts in any currency other than Euro shall be translated into Euro at the currency exchange rates used in the relevant financial period for determining the contribution to Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated EBITDA of any items not originally denominated in Euro in preparing the annual or quarterly income statements required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.1(a) or 7.1(b), or, if such financials have not yet been required to be delivered, the most recent income statement referenced in Subsection 5.1(a) or the most recent income statement referred to in Subsection 6.1(e).
(k) Without prejudice to the generality of any provision of this Agreement, in this Agreement where it relates to a Luxembourg entity, and unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to:
(i) a winding-up, liquidation, administration, reorganization or dissolution includes, without limitation, bankruptcy (faillite), liquidation (liquidation), composition with creditors (concordat préventif de la faillite), moratorium or suspension of payments (sursis de paiement) and controlled management (gestion contrôlée);
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(ii) a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or similar officer includes, without limitation, a juge délégué, commissaire, juge-commissaire, mandataire ad hoc, administrateur provisoire, liquidateur or curateur;
(iii) a lien or security interest includes without limitation any hypothèque, nantissement, gage, privilège, sûreté réelle, droit de rétention, and any type of security in rem (sûreté réelle) and any transfer of title by way of security;
(iv) a person being unable to pay its debts includes that person being in a state of cessation de paiements;
(v) by-laws or constitutional documents includes its articles of association (statuts coordonnés); and
(vi) a director includes a gérant or an administrateur.
1.3 Change of Currency. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognized by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then:
(a) any reference in the Loan Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Loan Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Administrative Agent (after consultation with the Borrower Representative); and
(b) any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognized by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Administrative Agent (in its reasonable discretion).
1.4 Appointment of Borrower Representative. Each Borrower hereby designates the Parent Borrower as its Borrower Representative. The Borrower Representative will be acting as agent, attorney-in-fact and representative on each of the Borrowers’ behalf for the purposes of issuing notices of Borrowing and notices of conversion/continuation of any Loans pursuant to Section 2 and Section 4 or similar notices, giving instructions with respect to the disbursement of the proceeds of the Loans, selecting interest rate options, requesting Letters of Credit, giving and receiving all other notices and consents hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents and taking all other actions (including in respect of compliance with covenants) on behalf of any Borrower or the Borrowers under the Loan Documents. The Borrower Representative hereby accepts such appointment. Each Borrower agrees that each notice, election, representation and warranty, covenant, agreement and undertaking made on its behalf by the Borrower Representative shall be deemed for all purposes to have been made by such Borrower and shall be binding upon and enforceable against such Borrower to the same extent as if the same had been made directly by such Borrower.
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Amount and Terms of Commitments
2.1 Initial Term Loans, Initial Revolving Commitments and Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, (i) each Lender holding an Initial Dollar Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make, in Dollars, in a single draw on the Closing Date, one or more term loans (each, an “Initial Dollar Term Loan”) to the Borrowers (on a joint and several basis as between the Borrowers) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule A under the heading “Initial Dollar Term Loan Commitment,” as such amount may be adjusted or reduced pursuant to the terms hereof and (ii) each Lender holding an Initial Euro Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to either (x) make, in Euro, in a single draw on the Closing Date, or (y) if such Lender is a Rolling Senior Lender, exchange its Rolling Senior Lender Participations on the Closing Date for, one or more term loans (each, an “Initial Euro Term Loan” and, together with each Initial Dollar Term Loan, the “Initial Term Loans”) to the Borrowers (on a joint and several basis as between the Borrowers) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule A under the heading “Initial Euro Term Loan Commitment,” as such amount may be adjusted or reduced pursuant to the terms hereof, which Initial Term Loans:
(i) except as hereinafter provided, shall, at the option of the Borrower Representative, (x) in the case of Initial Dollar Term Loans, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans and (y) in the case of Initial Euro Term Loans, be incurred and maintained as Eurodollar Loans; and
(ii) shall be made (or, in the case of Rolling Senior Lender Participations of Lenders that are Rolling Senior Lenders, exchanged, as applicable) by each such Lender in an aggregate principal amount which does not exceed (x) in the case of Initial Dollar Term Loans, the Initial Dollar Term Loan Commitment of such Lender and (y) in the case of Initial Euro Term Loans, the Initial Euro Term Loan Commitment of such Lender.
Once repaid, Initial Term Loans incurred hereunder may not be reborrowed. On the Closing Date (after giving effect to the incurrence of Initial Term Loans on such date), the Initial Term Loan Commitments of each Lender shall terminate.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender holding an Initial Revolving Commitment severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (together, the “Initial Revolving Loans”) to the Borrowers (on a joint and several basis as between the Borrowers) from time to time in Euro or, at the request of the Borrower Representative, in any Designated Currency, during the Initial Revolving Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding the Euro Equivalent of which, when added to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the sum of the Euro Equivalent of the then outstanding L/C Obligations, does not exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then in effect (after giving effect to the use of the proceeds thereof on the date of the incurrence thereof to repay any amounts theretofore outstanding pursuant to this Agreement and after giving effect to any reduction or cancellation of Ancillary Commitments prior to the Borrowing Date) (it being understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall calculate the Euro Equivalent of the
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then outstanding Revolving Loans in any Designated Currency and, to the extent applicable, the then outstanding L/C Obligations in respect of any Letters of Credit denominated in any Designated Currency on the date on which the Borrower Representative has given the Administrative Agent a notice of borrowing with respect to any Revolving Loan for purposes of determining compliance with this Subsection 2.1(b)). During the Initial Revolving Commitment Period, the Borrowers may use the Initial Revolving Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Initial Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Except as hereinafter provided, Revolving Loans shall, at the option of the Borrower Representative, (x) in the case of Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans and (y) in the case of Revolving Loans denominated in Euro or any Designated Currency (other than Dollars), be incurred and maintained as Eurodollar Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the relevant Ancillary Documents, any Lender may make one or more Ancillary Facilities available to any Borrower in place of all or a portion of its Revolving Commitment.
(c) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender holding an Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitment severally agrees to make, in Euro or Dollars (as requested by the Parent Borrower), during the Initial Acquisition / Capex Availability Period, one or more term loans (each, an “Initial Acquisition / Capex Loan”) to the Borrowers (on a joint and several basis as between the Borrowers) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule A under the heading “Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitment,” as such amount may be adjusted or reduced pursuant to the terms hereof, which Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans:
(i) except as hereinafter provided, shall, at the option of the Borrower Representative, (x) in the case of Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans denominated in Dollars, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans and (y) in the case of in the case of Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans denominated in Euro, be incurred and maintained as Eurodollar Loans; and
(ii) shall be made by each such Lender in an aggregate principal amount which does not exceed the Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitment of such Lender.
Drawings under the Initial Acquisition / Capex Facility, may instead, at the Parent Borrower’s option, be made as Supplemental Term Loans pursuant to Subsection 2.8(a) and the Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitments shall be reduced a corresponding amount. Once repaid, Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans incurred hereunder may not be reborrowed.
2.2 Notes. (a) The Borrowers agree that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any Lender made on or prior to the Closing Date or in connection with any assignment pursuant to Subsection 11.6(b), in order to evidence such Lender’s Loan, the Borrowers will execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 or A-2, as applicable (each, as amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, a “Note”), in each case with appropriate insertions therein as to payee, date and principal amount, payable to such Lender and in a principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the applicable Loans made (or acquired by assignment pursuant to Subsection 11.6(b)) by such Lender to the Borrowers. Each Note shall be dated the Closing Date and shall be payable as provided in Subsection 2.2(b) and provide for the payment of interest in accordance with Subsection 4.1.
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(b) The Initial Term Loans of all the Lenders shall be payable in consecutive quarterly installments beginning on December 31, 2014 up to and including the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date (subject to reduction as provided in Subsection 4.4), on the dates and in the principal amounts, subject to adjustment as set forth below, equal to the respective amounts set forth below (together with all accrued interest thereon) opposite the applicable installment dates (or, if less, the aggregate amount of such Initial Term Loans then outstanding):
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Each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 ending prior to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date | 0.25% of the aggregate initial principal amount of the Initial Term Loans on the Closing Date | |
Initial Term Loan Maturity Date | All unpaid aggregate principal amounts of any outstanding Initial Term Loans |
(c) The Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans of all the Lenders shall be payable in consecutive quarterly installments beginning on December 31, 2017 up to and including the Initial Acquisition / Capex Loan Maturity Date (subject to reduction as provided in Subsection 4.4), on the dates and in the principal amounts, subject to adjustment as set forth below, equal to the respective amounts set forth below (together with all accrued interest thereon) opposite the applicable installment dates (or, if less, the aggregate amount of such Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans then outstanding):
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Amount | |
Each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 ending prior to the Initial Acquisition / Capex Loan Maturity Date | 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans on December 31, 2017 | |
Initial Acquisition / Capex Loan Maturity Date | All unpaid aggregate principal amounts of any outstanding Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans |
2.3 Procedure for Initial Term Loan Borrowing. The Borrower Representative shall have given the Administrative Agent notice (which notice must have been received by the Administrative Agent prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time (or such later time as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), which notice may be revocable at any time prior to funding) one Business Day prior to the Closing Date specifying the amount of the Initial Term Loans to be borrowed by each applicable Borrower. Upon receipt of
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such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender thereof. Each Lender having an Initial Term Loan Commitment will make the amount of its pro rata share of the applicable Initial Term Loan Commitments available to the Administrative Agent, in each case for the account of the applicable Borrower or Borrowers at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Subsection 11.2 prior to 10:00 A.M., Frankfurt time (or, if the time period for the Borrower Representative’s delivery of notice was extended, such later time as agreed to by the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, but in no event less than one hour following notice), on the Closing Date in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall on such date make all funds so received available to the Borrowers in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent by wire transfer of such funds in accordance with instructions provided by the Borrower Representative to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent.
2.4 Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing and Acquisition / Capex Borrowing. (a) The Borrowers may borrow under the Revolving Commitments during the applicable Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day; provided that the Borrower Representative shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice in substantially the form of Exhibit L-1 or in such other form as may be agreed between the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent (a “Borrowing Request”) (which Borrowing Request must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (a) 9:00 A.M., New York City time (or such later time as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, and which Borrowing Request may be revocable at any time prior to funding), at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, if the requested Borrowing Date is the Closing Date, (b) 1:00 P.M., New York City time, at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior to the requested Borrowing Date (if such Borrowing Date is not the Closing Date), if all or any part of the requested Revolving Loans are to be initially Eurodollar Loans or (c) 12:00 P.M., New York City time (or such later time as may be agreed to by the Administration Agent in its reasonable discretion), on the requested Borrowing Date (if such Borrowing Date is not the Closing Date), for ABR Loans), in each case specifying (i) the amount to be borrowed, (ii) the identity of each applicable Borrower, (iii) the requested Borrowing Date, (iv) whether the borrowing is to be of Loan denominated in Dollars, Euro or another Designated Currency, (v) whether the borrowing is to be of Eurodollar Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof and (vi) if the borrowing is to be entirely or partly of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan, the respective lengths of the initial Interest Periods therefor.
(b) The Borrowers may borrow under the Acquisition / Capex Commitments during the applicable Acquisition / Capex Availability Period on any Business Day; provided that the Borrower Representative shall give the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Request (which Borrowing Request must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (a) 1:00 P.M., New York City time, at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior to the requested Borrowing Date, if all or any part of the requested Acquisition / Capex Loans are to be initially Eurodollar Loans or (b) 12:00 P.M., New York City time (or such later time as may be agreed to by the Administration Agent in its reasonable discretion), on the requested Borrowing Date and which Borrowing Request may be revoked at any time prior to funding), for ABR Loans, in each case specifying (i) the amount to be borrowed, (ii) the identity of each applicable Borrower, (iii) the
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requested Borrowing Date, (iv) whether the borrowing is to be of Loan denominated in Dollars, Euro or another Designated Currency, (v) whether the borrowing is to be of Eurodollar Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof and (vi) if the borrowing is to be entirely or partly of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan, the respective lengths of the initial Interest Periods therefor.
(c) (x) Each borrowing of ABR Loans under the Revolving Commitments or the Acquisition / Capex Commitments shall be in an amount equal to, except any ABR Loan under the Revolving Commitments to be used solely to pay a like amount of outstanding Reimbursement Obligations, $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if the then Available Revolving Commitments or Available Acquisition / Capex Commitments, as applicable, are (A) less than $2,000,000, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof or (B) less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount) and (y) each borrowing of Eurodollar Loans under the Revolving Commitments or the Acquisition / Capex Commitments shall be in an amount equal to (or, in the case of Eurodollar Loans to be made in any Designated Currency, the Euro Equivalent of the principal amount thereof shall be in an amount equal to) €5,000,000 or a whole multiple of €1,000,000 in excess thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Borrower Representative, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender or Acquisition / Capex Lender, as applicable, thereof. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Subsection 6.2 (or, Subsection 6.1 in the case of an initial borrowing hereunder on the Closing Date), each Lender shall make the amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing of Revolving Loans and Acquisition / Capex Loans available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Borrower at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Subsection 11.2 prior to (i) 2:30 P.M. New York City time, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars and (ii) 8:00 A.M. New York City time, in the case of Loans denominated in Euro or other applicable Designated Currency (or, in each case, if the time period for the Borrower Representative’s delivery of notice was extended, such later time as agreed to by the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, but in no event less than two hours following notice), or at such other office of the Administrative Agent or at such other time as to which the Administrative Agent shall notify such Lender and the Borrower Representative reasonably in advance of the Borrowing Date with respect thereto, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower Representative in Euro or the applicable Designated Currency and in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the applicable Borrower by the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
2.5 Repayment of Loans. (a) The Borrowers hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally promise to pay to the Administrative Agent in the currency in which the applicable Loans are denominated for the account of: (i) each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Initial Term Loan of such Lender made to the Borrowers, on the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date (or such earlier date on which the Initial Term Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9), (ii) each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Initial Revolving Loan of such Lender made to the Borrowers, on the Initial Revolving Maturity Date (or such earlier date on which the Initial Revolving Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9) and (iii) each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Initial Acquisition / Capex Loan of such Lender made to the Borrowers, on the Initial Acquisition / Capex Maturity
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Date (or such earlier date on which the Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9). The Borrowers hereby, jointly and severally, further agree to pay interest (which payments shall be payable in the same currency in which the respective Loan is denominated) on the unpaid principal amount of such Loans from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Subsection 4.1.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of each of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Subsection 11.6(b), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, whether such Loan is a Term Loan, a Revolving Loan or an Acquisition / Capex Loan, the Type thereof, the currency of such Loan and each Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers to each applicable Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrowers and each applicable Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to Subsection 2.5(c) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of each of the Borrowers therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrowers by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2.6 Letters of Credit.
(a) L/C Commitment.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Bank, in reliance on the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in Subsection 2.6(d)(i), agrees to issue letters of credit (the letters of credit issued on and after the Closing Date pursuant to this Subsection 2.6, collectively, the “Letters of Credit”) for the account of any Borrower or any of the Parent Borrower’s other Restricted Subsidiaries (so long as a Borrower is a co-applicant and jointly and severally liable thereunder) on any Business Day during the Initial Revolving Commitment Period, but in no event later than the 30th day prior to the Initial Revolving Maturity Date in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Issuing Bank; provided that (x) no Issuing Bank shall issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (i) the L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit issued by all Issuing Banks would exceed the L/C Commitment Amount or (ii) the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit of all the Revolving Lenders would exceed the Revolving Commitments of all the Revolving Lenders then in effect and (y) a Letter of Credit shall be issued by the Issuing Bank, unless the L/C Obligations in respect of
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Letters of Credit issued by all Issuing Banks would exceed the L/C Commitment Amount after giving effect to the issuance of such Letter of Credit (it being understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall calculate the Euro Equivalent of the then outstanding Revolving Loans in any Designated Currency and the then outstanding L/C Obligations in respect of any Letters of Credit denominated in any Designated Currency on the date on which the Borrower Representative has given the Administrative Agent a Letter of Credit Request with respect to any Letter of Credit for purposes of determining compliance with this Subsection 2.6(a)(i)); provided further, that (1) with respect to each Issuing Bank other than Natixis, New York Branch, the Borrowers shall endeavor in good faith to ensure that Letters of Credit are, to the extent reasonably practicable, issued by such Issuing Banks (x) on a rotating basis and (y) in amounts such that the aggregate L/C Obligations of each such Issuing Bank in respect of Letters of Credit issued by it as a percentage of all the aggregate L/C Obligations of the Issuing Banks other than Natixis, New York Branch in respect of all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Banks under this Agreement is (as nearly as is reasonably practicable) not materially greater than each such Issuing Bank’s proportionate share of the L/C Commitment Amount (determined based on each such Issuing Bank having an equal share of the L/C Commitment Amount) unless any Issuing Bank agrees in writing to issue Letters of Credit in excess of its pro rata share or other applicable share, it being understood that no Default, Event of Default or requirement to cash collateralize L/C Obligations shall arise as a result of the aggregate L/C Obligations of any Issuing Bank being in excess of its pro rata or other applicable share and (2) Natixis, New York Branch hereby agrees, subject to the terms and conditions herein, to issue Letters of Credit in an amount such that the L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit issued by it does not exceed €50,000,000. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated in Euro or a Designated Currency and shall be either (A) a standby letter of credit issued to support obligations of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, contingent or otherwise, which finance the working capital and business needs of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business (a “Standby Letter of Credit”) or (B) other than with respect to Credit Suisse AG, ING Capital LLC or Nomura International PLC. or any of their respective affiliates (unless agreed by such Person in its sole discretion) a commercial letter of credit in respect of the purchase of goods or services by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (a “Commercial Letter of Credit”) and (ii) unless otherwise agreed by the Issuing Bank, mature not more than twelve months after the date of issuance (automatically renewable annually thereafter or for such longer period of time as may be agreed by the relevant Issuing Bank) and, in any event, no later than five Business Days prior to the Initial Revolving Maturity Date (except to the extent cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements reasonably acceptable to the relevant Issuing Bank). Each Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a utilization of the Revolving Commitments and shall be participated in (as more fully described in following Subsection 2.6(d)(i)) by the Revolving Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitment Percentages.
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(ii) Unless otherwise agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower Representative, each Letter of Credit shall be governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, and to the extent not prohibited by such laws, (x) the ISP or, if specified in the applicable Letter of Credit, Uniform Customs shall apply to each Standby Letter of Credit, and (y) the Uniform Customs shall apply to each Commercial Letter of Credit. The ISP shall not in any event apply to this Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of Uniform Customs and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.
(iii) The Issuing Bank shall not at any time issue any Letter of Credit hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or cause the Issuing Bank or any L/C Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law.
(b) Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit.
(i) The Borrower Representative may from time to time request during the Initial Revolving Commitment Period, but in no event later than the 30th day prior to the Initial Revolving Maturity Date, that the Issuing Bank issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent, at their respective addresses for notices specified herein, a Letter of Credit Request therefor (completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuing Bank), and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the Issuing Bank may reasonably request. Each Letter of Credit Request shall specify the Designated Currency in which the requested Letter of Credit is to be denominated (or specify that the requested Letter of Credit is to be denominated in Euro). Upon receipt of any Letter of Credit Request, the Issuing Bank shall (i) confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Request from the Borrower Representative and, if not so received, the Issuing Bank shall provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof and (ii) process such Letter of Credit Request and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and, unless notified by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower Representative, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Subsection 6.2 shall not then be satisfied, shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall the Issuing Bank be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three Business Days after its receipt of the Letter of Credit Request therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed by the Issuing Bank and the Borrower Representative. The Issuing Bank shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower Representative promptly following the issuance thereof. Promptly after the issuance or amendment of any Standby Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent, in writing, of such issuance or amendment and such notice shall be accompanied by a copy of such issuance or amendment. Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders, in writing, of such issuance or amendment, and if so requested by a Lender the Administrative Agent shall provide to such Lender copies of such issuance or amendment. With regard to Commercial Letters of Credit, the Issuing Bank shall on the first Business Day of each week provide the Administrative Agent, by facsimile, with a report detailing the aggregate daily outstanding Commercial Letters of Credit during the previous week.
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(ii) The making of each request for a Letter of Credit by the Borrower Representative shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower Representative that such Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Subsection 2.6(a). Unless the Issuing Bank has received notice from the Administrative Agent before it issues a Letter of Credit that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 6.2 have not been satisfied, or that the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate Subsection 2.6(a), then the Issuing Bank may issue the requested Letter of Credit in accordance with the Issuing Bank’s usual and customary practices.
(c) Fees, Commissions and Other Charges.
(i) Each Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the relevant Issuing Bank and the L/C Participants, a letter of credit commission with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank on its behalf, computed for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit through to the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, computed at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect for Eurodollar Loans that are Revolving Loans calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual days elapsed, of the maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, payable on the last Business Day of each quarter in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date with respect to such Letter of Credit and on the Initial Revolving Maturity Date or such earlier date as the Revolving Commitments shall terminate as provided herein. Such commission shall be payable to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders to be shared ratably among them in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitment Percentages. Each Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant Issuing Bank with respect to each Letter of Credit issued on its behalf a fee equal to 1/8 of 1% per annum of the maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (or such other fee as may be agreed between any such Issuing Bank and such Borrower) (the “L/C Facing Fee”), payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date with respect to such Letter of Credit and on the Revolving Maturity Date or such other date as the Revolving Commitments shall terminate. Such commissions and fees shall be nonrefundable. Such fees and commissions shall be payable in Euro, notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit may be denominated in any Designated Currency. In respect of a Letter of Credit denominated in any Designated Currency, such fees and commissions shall be converted into Euro at the Spot Rate of Exchange on the date on which they are paid (or, if such date is not a Business Day, at the Spot Rate of Exchange on the Business Day next preceding such date).
(ii) In addition to the foregoing commissions and fees, each Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, for the account of the relevant Issuing Bank, for such normal and customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by the Issuing Bank in issuing, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.
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(iii) The Administrative Agent shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, distribute to the Issuing Bank and the L/C Participants all commissions and fees received by the Administrative Agent for their respective accounts pursuant to this Subsection 2.6(c).
(d) L/C Participations.
(i) The Issuing Bank irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from the Issuing Bank, without recourse or warranty, on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, for such L/C Participant’s own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Commitment Percentage (determined on the date of issuance of the relevant Letter of Credit) in the Issuing Bank’s obligations and rights under each Letter of Credit issued or continued hereunder, the amount of each draft paid by the Issuing Bank thereunder and the obligations of the Loan Parties under this Agreement with respect thereto (although Letter of Credit fees and commissions shall be payable directly to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank and L/C Participants, as provided in Subsection 2.6(c), and the L/C Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of any facing fees with respect to any such Letters of Credit) and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto. Each L/C Participant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with the Issuing Bank that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit for which the Issuing Bank is not reimbursed in full by the applicable Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit in accordance with Subsection 2.6(e)(i) (an “L/C Disbursement”), such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank upon demand (which demand, in the case of any demand made in respect of any draft under a Letter of Credit denominated in any Designated Currency, shall not be made prior to the date that the amount of such draft shall be converted into Euro in accordance with Subsection 2.6(e)(i)) at the Administrative Agent’s address for notices specified herein an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, which is not so reimbursed; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall relieve the Issuing Bank of any liability resulting from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank, or otherwise affect any defense or other right that any L/C Participant may have as a result of such bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct. All calculations of the L/C Participants’ Revolving Commitment Percentages shall be made from time to time by the Administrative Agent, which calculations shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(ii) If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank on demand by the Issuing Bank pursuant to Subsection 2.6(d)(i) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank within three Business Days after the date such demand is made, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank on demand an amount equal to the product of such amount, times the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate during the period from and
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including the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank, times a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. If any such amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to Subsection 2.6(d)(i) is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank by such L/C Participant within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, the Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on demand, such amount with interest thereon (with interest based on the Euro Equivalent of any amounts denominated in Designated Currencies) calculated from such due date at the rate per annum applicable to Revolving Loans maintained as ABR Loans hereunder. A certificate of the Issuing Bank submitted to any L/C Participant with respect to any amounts owing under this Subsection 2.6(d)(ii) (which shall include calculations of any such amounts in reasonable detail) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(iii) Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Bank has made payment under any Letter of Credit and has received through the Administrative Agent from any L/C Participant its pro rata share of such payment in accordance with Subsection 2.6(d)(i), the Issuing Bank receives through the Administrative Agent any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from a Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent or by the Issuing Bank), or any payment of interest on account thereof, the Administrative Agent will, if such payment is received prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Business Day, distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof prior to the end of such Business Day and otherwise the Administrative Agent will distribute such payment on the next succeeding Business Day; provided, however, that in the event that any such payment received by the Issuing Bank through the Administrative Agent shall be required to be returned by the Issuing Bank, such L/C Participant shall return to the Issuing Bank through the Administrative Agent the portion thereof previously distributed by the Administrative Agent to it.
(e) Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrowers.
(i) The Issuing Bank shall, upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, notify the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent thereof. Each Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse the Issuing Bank (through the Administrative Agent) upon receipt by the Borrower Representative of notice from the Issuing Bank of the date and amount of a draft presented under any Letter of Credit issued on its behalf and paid by the Issuing Bank, for the amount of such draft so paid and any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses reasonably incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with such payment. Each such payment shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank at its address for notices specified herein in the currency in which such Letter of Credit is denominated (except that, in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in any Designated Currency, in the event that such payment is not made to the Issuing Bank within one Business Day of the date of receipt by the Borrower Representative of such notice, upon notice by the Issuing Bank to the Borrower
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Representative, such payment shall be made in Euro, in an amount equal to the Euro Equivalent of the amount of such payment converted on the date of such notice into Euro at the Spot Rate of Exchange on such date) and in immediately available funds, no later than 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business Day after the date on which the Borrower Representative receives such notice. Any conversion by the Issuing Bank of any payment to be made in respect of any Letter of Credit denominated in any Designated Currency into Euro in accordance with this Subsection 2.6(e)(i) shall be conclusive and binding upon the applicable Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error; provided that upon the request of the Borrower Representative or any Lender, the Issuing Bank shall provide to the Borrower Representative or such Lender a certificate including reasonably detailed information as to the calculation of such conversion.
(ii) Interest shall be payable on any and all amounts remaining unpaid (taking the Euro Equivalent of any amounts denominated in any Designated Currency, as determined by the Administrative Agent) by the Borrowers under this Subsection 2.6(e)(ii) from the date the draft presented under the affected Letter of Credit is paid to the date on which the applicable Borrower is required to pay such amounts pursuant to Subsection 2.6(e)(i) at the rate which would then be payable on any outstanding ABR Loans that are Revolving Loans and thereafter until payment in full at the rate which would be payable on any outstanding ABR Loans that are Revolving Loans which were then overdue.
(f) Obligations Absolute.
(i) The applicable Loan Parties’ obligations under this Subsection 2.6 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment which any of them may have or have had against the Issuing Bank, any L/C Participant or any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit; provided that this Subsection 2.6(f)(i) shall not relieve the Issuing Bank or any L/C Participant of any liability resulting from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank or such L/C Participant, or otherwise affect any defense or other right that the Loan Parties may have as a result of any such bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(ii) Each Borrower agrees that the Issuing Bank shall not be responsible for, and such Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligations under Subsection 2.6(e)(i) shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between such Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of such Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee; provided that this Subsection 2.6(f)(ii) shall not relieve the Issuing Bank or any L/C Participant of any liability resulting from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank or such L/C Participant, or otherwise affect any defense or other right that the Loan Parties may have as a result of any such bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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(iii) Neither the Issuing Bank nor any L/C Participant shall be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except with respect to errors or omissions caused by such Person’s bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(iv) Each Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Bank under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct and in accordance with the standards of care specified in the UCC, shall be binding on such Borrower and shall not result in any liability of the Issuing Bank or any L/C Participant to such Borrower.
(g) Letter of Credit Payments. If any draft shall be presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent of the date and the amount thereof. The responsibility of the Issuing Bank to the applicable Borrower in respect of any Letter of Credit in connection with any draft presented for payment under such Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are in conformity with such Letter of Credit; provided that this Subsection 2.6(g) shall not relieve the Issuing Bank of any liability resulting from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank, or otherwise affect any defense or other right that the Loan Parties may have as a result of any such bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(h) Letter of Credit Request. To the extent that any provision of any Letter of Credit Request related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Subsection 2.6, the provisions of this Subsection 2.6 shall apply.
(i) Additional Issuing Banks. The Borrower Representative may, at any time and from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and such Lender, designate one or more additional Lenders to act as an issuing bank under the terms of this Agreement (at the option of the Borrower Representative, either in lieu of, or in addition to, any existing Issuing Bank hereunder). Any Lender designated as an issuing bank pursuant to this Subsection 2.6(i) shall be deemed to be an “Issuing Bank” (in addition to being a Lender) in respect of Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by such Lender, and, with respect to such Letters of Credit, such term shall thereafter apply to the other Issuing Bank or Issuing Banks and such Lender. Any Issuing Bank may be removed at any time by the Borrower Representative by notice to such Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders. After the removal of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the removed Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such removal, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
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2.7 [Reserved]
2.8 Incremental Facilities. (a) So long as no Event of Default under Subsection 9.1 (a) or (f) exists or would arise therefrom, the Borrower Representative shall have the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, (i) to request new term loan commitments under one or more new term loan credit facilities to be included in this Agreement (the “Incremental Term Loan Commitments”), (ii) to increase the Existing Term Loans by requesting new term loan commitments to be added to an Existing Tranche of Term Loans (the “Supplemental Term Loan Commitments”), (iii) to increase the Existing Revolving Commitments by requesting new Revolving Loan Commitments be added to an Existing Tranche of Existing Revolving Commitments (the “Supplemental Revolving Commitments”), (iv) to request new commitments under one or more new revolving facilities to be included in this Agreement (the “Incremental Revolving Commitments”), and (v) to request new letter of credit facility commitments under one or more new letter of credit facilities to be included in this Agreement (the “Incremental Letter of Credit Commitments” and, together with the Incremental Term Loan Commitments, Supplemental Term Loan Commitments, Supplemental Revolving Commitments and the Incremental Revolving Commitments, the “Incremental Commitments”), provided that, (i) the aggregate amount of Incremental Commitments permitted pursuant to this Subsection 2.8 shall not exceed, at the time the respective Incremental Commitment becomes effective (and after giving effect to the Incurrence of Indebtedness in connection therewith and the application of proceeds of any such Indebtedness to refinancing other Indebtedness), an amount that could then be Incurred under this Agreement in compliance with Subsection 8.1(b)(i), (ii) if any portion of an Incremental Commitment is to be incurred in reliance on clause (ii) of the definition of “Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount,” the Borrower Representative shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent, certifying compliance with the financial test set forth in such clause (together with calculations demonstrating compliance with such test) and (iii) if any portion of an Incremental Commitment is to be incurred in reliance on clause (i) of the definition of “Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount,” the Borrower Representative shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent, certifying the amount of the available basket in such clause to be used for the incurrence of such Incremental Commitment. Any loans made in respect of any such Incremental Commitment (other than Supplemental Term Loan Commitments and Supplemental Revolving Commitments) shall be made by creating a new Tranche. Each Incremental Commitment made available pursuant to this Subsection 2.8 shall be made in Dollars, Euro, Sterling and such other currencies as mutually agreed by the Parent Borrower and the lenders thereunder and shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of at least $10,000,000 and in integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof (in the case of Incremental Commitments denominated in Dollars) or in a minimum aggregate amount of at least €10,000,000 and in integral multiples of €5,000,000 in excess thereof (in the case of Incremental Commitments denominated in Euro) (or, in each case, in such lower minimum amounts or multiples as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
(b) Each request from the Borrower Representative pursuant to this Subsection 2.8 shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Commitments. The Incremental Commitments (or any portion thereof) may be made by any existing Lender or by any other bank or financial institution (any such bank or other financial institution, an “Additional Incremental Lender,” and the Additional Incremental Lenders together with any existing Lender providing Incremental Commitments, the “Incremental Lenders”); provided that if such Additional Incremental Lender is not already a Lender hereunder or an
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Affiliate of a Lender hereunder or an Approved Fund, the consent of the Administrative Agent and (in the case of a Supplemental Revolving Commitment) the consent of any Issuing Bank (in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required (it being understood that any such Additional Incremental Lender that is an Affiliated Lender shall be subject to the provisions of Subsection 11.6(h), mutatis mutandis, to the same extent as if such Incremental Commitments and related Obligations had been obtained by such Lender by way of assignment).
(c) Supplemental Term Loan Commitments and Supplemental Revolving Commitments shall become commitments under this Agreement pursuant to a supplement specifying the Tranche of Term Loans or Revolving Commitments to be increased, executed by the Borrower Representative and each increasing Lender substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I-1 (the “Increase Supplement”) or by each Additional Incremental Lender substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I-2 (the “Lender Joinder Agreement”), as the case may be, which shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent for recording in the Register. Upon effectiveness of the Lender Joinder Agreement each Additional Incremental Lender shall be a Lender for all intents and purposes of this Agreement and the term loan made pursuant to such Supplemental Term Loan Commitment shall be a Term Loan or commitments made pursuant to such Supplemental Revolving Commitment shall be Revolving Commitments, as applicable.
(d) Incremental Commitments (other than Supplemental Term Loan Commitments and Supplemental Revolving Commitments) shall become commitments under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Commitment Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrowers and each applicable Incremental Lender. An Incremental Commitment Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lender, effect such amendments to any Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Subsection 2.8; provided, however, that (i) (A) the Incremental Commitments will not be guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower other than the Subsidiary Guarantors, and will be secured on a pari passu or (at the Borrower Representative’s option) junior basis by the same Collateral securing the First Lien Loan Document Obligations (so long as any such Incremental Commitments (and related Obligations) are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or an Other Intercreditor Agreement), (B) the Incremental Commitments and any incremental loans drawn thereunder (the “Incremental Loans”) shall rank pari passu in right of payment with or (at the Borrower Representative’s option) junior to the First Lien Loan Document Obligations and (C) no Incremental Commitment Amendment may provide for (I) any Incremental Commitment or any Incremental Loans to be secured by any Collateral or other assets of any Loan Party that do not also secure the First Lien Loan Document Obligations and (II) so long as any Initial Term Loans are outstanding, any mandatory prepayment from the Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Dispositions (other than any Asset Disposition in respect of any assets, business or Person the acquisition of which was financed, all or in part, with Incremental Loans provided pursuant to such Incremental Commitment Amendment and the disposition of which was contemplated by any definitive agreement in respect of such acquisition) or Recovery Event or from Excess Cash Flow, to the extent the Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event or such Excess Cash Flow are required to be applied to repay the Initial Term Loans pursuant to
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Subsection 4.4(e), on more than a ratable basis with the Initial Term Loans (after giving effect to any amendment in accordance with Subsection 11.1(d)(vii)); (ii) no Lender will be required to provide any such Incremental Commitment unless it so agrees; (iii) the maturity date of any Incremental Revolving Commitment shall be no earlier than, and no scheduled mandatory commitment reduction in respect thereof shall be required prior to the Initial Revolving Maturity Date; (iv) the maturity date and the weighted average life to maturity of such Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall be no earlier than or shorter than, as the case may be, the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date or the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Initial Term Loans, as applicable (other than an earlier maturity date and/or shorter weighted average life to maturity for customary bridge financings, which, subject to customary conditions, would either be automatically converted into or required to be exchanged for permanent financing which does not provide for an earlier maturity date or a shorter weighted average life to maturity than the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date or the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Initial Term Loans, as applicable); (v) the interest rate margins and (subject to clause (iv) above) amortization schedule applicable to the loans made pursuant to the Incremental Commitments shall be determined by the Borrower Representative and the applicable Incremental Lenders; provided that in the event that the applicable interest rate margins for any term loans Incurred by the Borrowers under any Incremental Term Loan Commitment, made on or prior to the 18-month anniversary of the Closing Date, are higher than the applicable interest rate margin for the Initial Dollar Term Loans (in the case of term loans denominated Dollars) or the Initial Euro Term Loans (in the case of term loans denominated in Euro) by more than 50 basis points, then the Applicable Margin for the applicable Initial Term Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the applicable interest rate margin for such Initial Term Loans is equal to the applicable interest rate margins for such Incremental Term Loan Commitment minus 50 basis points; provided, further that, in determining the applicable interest rate margins for the applicable Initial Term Loans and the Incremental Term Loans, (A) original issue discount (“OID”) or upfront fees payable generally to all participating Lenders in lieu of OID (which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of OID) payable by the Borrowers to the Lenders under such Initial Term Loans or any Incremental Term Loan in the initial primary syndication thereof shall be included (with OID and upfront fees being equated to interest based on an assumed four-year life to maturity) (provided that, if such Initial Term Loans are issued in a manner such that all such Initial Term Loans were not issued with a uniform amount of OID or upfront fees within the Tranche of Initial Term Loans, the amount of OID and upfront fees attributable to the entire Tranche of Initial Term Loans shall be determined on a weighted average basis); (B) any arrangement, structuring or other fees payable in connection with the Incremental Term Loans that are not shared with all Additional Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans shall be excluded; (C) any amendments to the Applicable Margin on the applicable Initial Term Loans that became effective subsequent to the Closing Date but prior to the time of such Incremental Term Loans shall also be included in such calculations and (D) if the Incremental Term Loans include an interest rate floor greater than the interest rate floor applicable to the applicable Initial Term Loans, such increased amount shall be equated to the applicable interest rate margin for purposes of determining whether an increase to the Applicable Margin for such Initial Term Loans shall be required, to the extent an increase in the interest rate floor for such Initial Term Loans would cause an increase in the interest rate then in effect thereunder, and in such case the interest rate floor (but not the Applicable Margin) applicable to such Initial Term Loans shall be increased by such amount; (vi) such Incremental Commitment Amendment may
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provide (1) for the inclusion, as appropriate, of Additional Incremental Lenders in any required vote or action of the Required Lenders, Required Release Lenders, Required Revolving Lenders, Required Acquisition / Capex Lenders or of the Lenders of each Tranche hereunder, (2) class voting and other class protections for any additional credit facilities, (3) for the amendment of the definitions of “Additional Obligations,” “Disqualified Stock,” “Junior Capital,” “Refinancing Indebtedness” and “Subordinated Shareholder Funding” and Subsection 8.8(b), in each case only to extend the maturity date and the weighted average life to maturity requirements, from the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date and remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Initial Term Loans to the extended maturity date and the remaining weighted average life to maturity of such Incremental Term Loans, as applicable and (4) for the amendment of clause (iii) of the definition of “Additional Obligations” to provide for the applicable mandatory prepayment protections to apply to such Incremental Term Loans and (vii) the other terms and documentation in respect thereof, to the extent not consistent with this Agreement as in effect prior to giving effect to the Incremental Commitment Amendment, shall otherwise be reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower Representative; provided that to the extent such terms and documentation are not consistent with, in the case of Incremental Term Loans, the terms and documentation governing the Initial Term Loans, and, in the case of Incremental Revolving Commitments, the terms and documentation governing the Initial Revolving Commitments (except to the extent permitted by clauses (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent.
2.9 Permitted Debt Exchanges. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, a “Permitted Debt Exchange Offer”) made from time to time by the Borrower Representative to all Lenders (other than any Lender that, if requested by the Borrower Representative, is unable to certify that it is either a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act)) with outstanding Term Loans of a particular Tranche, as selected by the Borrower Representative, the Borrowers may from time to time following the Closing Date consummate one or more exchanges of Term Loans of such Tranche for Additional Obligations in the form of notes (such notes, “Permitted Debt Exchange Notes,” and each such exchange a “Permitted Debt Exchange”), so long as the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Term Loans exchanged shall be equal to or more than the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Permitted Debt Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Term Loans, (ii) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Term Loans exchanged by the Borrowers pursuant to any Permitted Debt Exchange shall automatically be cancelled and retired by the Borrowers on the date of the settlement thereof (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, any applicable exchanging Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in the Term Loans being exchanged pursuant to the Permitted Debt Exchange to the Borrowers for immediate cancellation), (iii) if the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount of the applicable Tranche actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans offered to be exchanged by the
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Borrowers pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrowers shall exchange Term Loans subject to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts so tendered, (iv) each such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall be made on a pro rata basis to the Lenders (other than any Lender that, if requested by the Borrower Representative, is unable to certify that it is either a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act)) based on their respective aggregate principal amounts of outstanding Term Loans of the applicable Tranche, (v) all documentation in respect of such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be consistent with the foregoing and all written communications generally directed to the Lenders in connection therewith shall be in form and substance consistent with the foregoing and made in consultation with the Administrative Agent and (vi) any applicable Minimum Exchange Tender Condition shall be satisfied. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Loans exchanged pursuant to any Permitted Debt Exchange Offer.
(b) With respect to all Permitted Debt Exchanges effected by the Borrowers pursuant to this Subsection 2.9, (i) such Permitted Debt Exchanges (and the cancellation of the exchanged Term Loans in connection therewith) shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Subsection 4.4 and (ii) such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall be made for not less than $10,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (in the case of Term Loans denominated in Dollars) or €10,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (in the case of Term Loans denominated in Euro) (or, in each case, such lower principal amount as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), provided that subject to the foregoing clause (ii), the Borrower Representative may at its election specify as a condition (a “Minimum Exchange Tender Condition”) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrower Representative’s discretion) of Term Loans be tendered.
(c) In connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, the Borrower Representative shall provide the Administrative Agent at least ten Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice thereof, and the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably, shall mutually agree to such procedures as may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Subsection 2.9 and without conflict with Subsection 2.9(d); provided that the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall provide that the date by which the relevant Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be not less than five Business Days following the date on which the Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is made (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
(d) The Borrowers shall be responsible for compliance with, and hereby agree to comply with, all applicable securities and other laws in connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, it being understood and agreed that (x) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender assumes any responsibility in connection with the Borrowers’ compliance with such laws in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange (other than the Borrower Representative’s
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reliance on any certificate delivered by a Lender pursuant to Subsection 2.9(a) above for which such Lender shall bear sole responsibility) and (y) each Lender shall be solely responsible for its compliance with any applicable “xxxxxxx xxxxxxx” laws and regulations to which such Lender may be subject under the Exchange Act.
2.10 Extension of Term Loans and Revolving Commitments. (a) The Borrower Representative may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the (i) Term Loans of one or more Tranches (including any Extended Term Loans) existing at the time of such request (each, an “Existing Term Tranche” and the Term Loans of such Tranche, the “Existing Term Loans”), (ii) Revolving Commitments of one or more Tranches (including any Extended Revolving Commitments) existing at the time of such request (each, an “Existing Revolving Tranche” and the Revolving Commitments of such Existing Revolving Tranche, the “Existing Revolving Commitments”) and (iii) Acquisition / Capex Commitments of one or more Tranches (including any Extended Acquisition / Capex Commitments) existing at the time of such request (each, an “Existing Acquisition / Capex Tranche” and together with the Existing Term Tranches and the Existing Revolving Tranches, each an “Existing Tranche,” and the Acquisition / Capex Commitments of such Existing Acquisition / Capex Tranche, the “Existing Acquisition / Capex Commitments,” and together with the Existing Term Loans and the Existing Revolving Commitments, the “Existing Loans”), in each case, be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal or scheduled termination date(s) of any commitments, as applicable, with respect to all or a portion of any principal or committed amount of any Existing Tranche (any such Existing Tranche which has been so extended, an “Extended Term Tranche,” “Extended Revolving Tranche” or “Extended Acquisition / Capex Tranche,” as applicable, and each an “Extended Tranche,” and the Term Loans, Revolving Commitments or Acquisition / Capex Commitments, as applicable, of such Extended Tranches, the “Extended Term Loans,” “Extended Revolving Commitments” or “Extended Acquisition / Capex Commitments,” as applicable, and any Revolving Loans made pursuant to Extended Revolving Commitments, “Extended Revolving Loans,” and any Acquisition / Capex Loans made pursuant to Extended Acquisition / Capex Commitments, “Extended Acquisition / Capex Loans,” and collectively with Extended Term Loans, the “Extended Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Subsection 2.10; provided that (i) any such request shall be made by the Borrower Representative to all Lenders with Term Loans, Revolving Commitments or Acquisition / Capex Commitments, as applicable, with a like maturity date (whether under one or more Tranches) on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the applicable Term Loans or on the aggregate amount of applicable Revolving Commitments or applicable Acquisition / Capex Commitments), and (ii) any applicable Minimum Extension Condition shall be satisfied unless waived by the Borrower Representative. In order to establish any Extended Tranche, the Borrower Representative shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Existing Tranche) (an “Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Tranche to be established, which terms shall be identical to those applicable to the Existing Tranche from which they are to be extended (the “Specified Existing Tranche”), except (x) all or any of the final maturity dates of such Extended Tranches may be delayed to later dates than the final maturity dates of the Specified Existing Tranche, (y) (A) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Tranche may be higher or lower than the interest margins for the Specified Existing Tranche and/or (B) additional fees may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Tranche in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause
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(A), in each case to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, and (z) amortization with respect to the Extended Term Tranche or Extended Acquisition / Capex Tranche may be greater or lesser than amortization for the Specified Existing Tranche, so long as the Extended Term Tranche or Extended Acquisition / Capex Tranche does not have a weighted average life to maturity shorter than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Specified Existing Tranche; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Subsection 2.10 or otherwise, assignments and participations of Extended Tranches shall be governed by the same or, at the Borrower Representative’s discretion, more restrictive assignment and participation provisions than the assignment and participation provisions applicable to Initial Term Loans, Initial Revolving Commitments and Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitments, as applicable, set forth in Subsection 11.6. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Existing Loans converted into an Extended Tranche pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Extended Tranche shall constitute a separate Tranche of Term Loans, Revolving Commitments or Acquisition / Capex Commitments, as applicable, from the Specified Existing Tranches and from any other Existing Tranches (together with any other Extended Tranches so established on such date).
(b) The Borrower Representative shall provide the applicable Extension Request at least ten Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) prior to the date on which Lenders under the applicable Existing Tranche(s) are requested to respond. Any Lender (an “Extending Lender”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Specified Existing Tranche converted into an Extended Tranche shall notify the Administrative Agent (each, an “Extension Election”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Specified Existing Tranche that it has elected to convert into an Extended Tranche. In the event that the aggregate amount of the Specified Existing Tranche subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Tranches requested pursuant to the Extension Request, the Specified Existing Tranches subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to Extended Tranches on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Specified Existing Tranches included in each such Extension Election. In connection with any extension of Term Loans pursuant to this Subsection 2.10 (each, an “Extension”), the Borrower Representative shall agree to such procedures regarding timing, rounding and other administrative adjustments to ensure reasonable administrative management of the credit facilities hereunder after such Extension, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting reasonably to accomplish the purposes of this Subsection 2.10. The Borrower Representative may amend, revoke or replace an Extension Request pursuant to procedures reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent at any time prior to the date (the “Extension Request Deadline”) on which Lenders under the applicable Existing Term Tranche, Existing Revolving Tranche or Existing Acquisition / Capex Tranche are requested to respond to the Extension Request. Any Lender may revoke an Extension Election at any time prior to 5:00 P.M. on the date that is two Business Days prior to the Extension Request Deadline, at which point the Extension Election becomes irrevocable (unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower Representative). The revocation of an Extension Election prior to the Extension Request Deadline shall not prejudice any Lender’s right to submit a new Extension Election prior to the Extension Request Deadline.
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(c) Extended Tranches shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an “Extension Amendment”) to this Agreement (which may include amendments to (i) provisions related to maturity, interest margins, fees or amortization referenced in clauses (x) through (z) of Subsection 2.10(a), (ii) the definitions of “Additional Obligations,” “Disqualified Stock,” “Junior Capital,” “Refinancing Indebtedness” and “Subordinated Shareholder Funding” and Subsection 8.8(b) to amend the maturity date and / or the weighted average life to maturity requirements, from the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date and remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Initial Term Loans to the extended maturity date and the remaining weighted average life to maturity of such Extended Tranche, as applicable and (iii) clause (iii) of the definition of “Additional Obligations” to provide for the applicable mandatory prepayment protections to apply to such Extended Term Tranche, and which in each case, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the third to last sentence of this Subsection 2.10(c) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Subsection 11.1, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Tranches established thereby) executed by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, and the Extending Lenders. No Extension Amendment shall provide for any Extended Tranche in an aggregate principal amount that is less than $10,000,000 (in the case of an Extended Tranche denominated in Dollars) or €10,000,000 (in the case of an Extended Tranche denominated in Euro) (or, in each case, such lower principal amount as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement and without limiting the generality or applicability of Subsection 11.1 to any Subsection 2.10 Additional Amendments, any Extension Amendment may provide for additional terms and/or additional amendments other than those referred to or contemplated above (any such additional amendment, a “Subsection 2.10 Additional Amendment”) to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that such Subsection 2.10 Additional Amendments do not become effective prior to the time that such Subsection 2.10 Additional Amendments have been consented to (including pursuant to consents applicable to holders of any Extended Tranches provided for in any Extension Amendment) by such of the Lenders, Loan Parties and other parties (if any) as may be required in order for such Subsection 2.10 Additional Amendments to become effective in accordance with Subsection 11.1; provided, further, that no Extension Amendment may provide for any Extended Tranche to be secured by any Collateral or other assets of any Loan Party that does not also secure the Specified Existing Tranche. It is understood and agreed that each Lender has consented for all purposes requiring its consent, and shall at the effective time thereof be deemed to consent to each amendment to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents authorized by this Subsection 2.10 and the arrangements described above in connection therewith except that the foregoing shall not constitute a consent on behalf of any Lender to the terms of any Subsection 2.10 Additional Amendment. In connection with any Extension Amendment, at the request of the Administrative Agent or the Extending Lenders, the Borrower Representative shall deliver an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to the enforceability of this Agreement as amended by such Extension Amendment, and such of the other Loan Documents (if any) as may be amended thereby.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on any date on which any Existing Tranche is converted to extend the related scheduled maturity date(s) in accordance with clause (a) above (an “Extension Date”), in the case of the Specified Existing Tranche of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such Specified Existing Tranche shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Tranche so converted by such Lender on such date, and such Extended Tranches shall be established as a separate Tranche from the Specified Existing Tranche and from any other Existing Tranches (together with any other Extended Tranches so established on such date).
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(e) If, in connection with any proposed Extension Amendment, any Lender declines to consent to the applicable extension on the terms and by the deadline set forth in the applicable Extension Request (each such other Lender, a “Non-Extending Lender”) then the Borrower Representative may, on notice to the Administrative Agent and the Non-Extending Lender, (i) replace such Non-Extending Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant to Subsection 11.6 (with the assignment fee and any other costs and expenses to be paid by the Borrowers in such instance) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more assignees; provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Borrowers to find a replacement Lender; provided, further, that the applicable assignee shall have agreed to provide Extended Loans on the terms set forth in such Extension Amendment; and provided, further, that all obligations of the Borrowers owing to the Non-Extending Lender relating to the Existing Loans so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender (or, at their option, the Borrowers) to such Non-Extending Lender concurrently with such Assignment and Acceptance or (ii) if no Event of Default exists under Subsection 9.1(a) or (f), upon notice to the Administrative Agent, prepay the Existing Loans and terminate the Existing Revolving Commitments or Existing Acquisition / Capex Commitments, as applicable, in whole or in part, subject to Subsection 4.12, without premium or penalty. In connection with any such replacement under this Subsection 2.10, if the Non-Extending Lender does not execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance and/or any other documentation necessary to reflect such replacement by the later of (A) the date on which the replacement Lender executes and delivers such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation and (B) the date as of which all obligations of the Borrowers owing to the Non-Extending Lender relating to the Existing Loans, the Existing Revolving Commitments or the Existing Acquisition / Capex Commitments, as applicable, so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender (or, at their option, the Borrowers) to such Non-Extending Lender, then such Non-Extending Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation as of such date, the Administrative Agent shall record such assignment in the Register and the Borrowers shall be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation on behalf of such Non-Extending Lender.
(f) Following any Extension Date, with the written consent of the Borrower Representative, any Non-Extending Lender may elect to have all or a portion of its Existing Loans deemed to be an Extended Loan under the applicable Extended Tranche on any date (each date a “Designation Date”) prior to the maturity date of such Extended Tranche; provided that such Lender shall have provided written notice to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent at least ten Business Days prior to such Designation Date (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion). Following a Designation Date, the Existing Loans held by such Lender so elected to be extended will be deemed to be Extended Loans of the applicable Extended Tranche, and any Existing Loans held by such Lender not elected to be extended, if any, shall continue to be “Existing Loans” of the applicable Tranche.
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(g) With respect to all Extensions consummated by the Borrowers pursuant to this Subsection 2.10, (i) such Extensions shall not constitute optional or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Subsection 4.4 and (ii) no Extension Request is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, provided that the Borrower Representative may at its election specify as a condition (a “Minimum Extension Condition”) to consummating any such Extension that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Request in the Borrower Representative’s sole discretion and may be waived by the Borrower Representative) of Existing Loans of any or all applicable Tranches be extended. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the transactions contemplated by this Subsection 2.10 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees or premium in respect of any Extended Loans on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Request) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including Subsections 4.4 and 4.8) or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit any such Extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Subsection 2.10.
2.11 Specified Refinancing Facilities. (a) The Borrowers may, from time to time, add one or more new term loan facilities (the “Specified Refinancing Term Loan Facilities”), new acquisition and/or capital expenditure facilities (the “Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Facilities”) and new revolving credit facilities (the “Specified Refinancing Revolving Facilities, and, together with the Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Facilities and the Specified Refinancing Term Loan Facilities, the “Specified Refinancing Facilities”) to the Facilities to refinance (i) all or any portion of any Tranche of Term Loans then outstanding under this Agreement or (ii) all or any portion of any Tranche of Revolving Loans (or unused Revolving Commitments) under this Agreement or (iii) all or any portion of any Tranche of Acquisition / Capex Loans (or unused Acquisition / Capex Commitments) under this Agreement; provided that (i) the Specified Refinancing Facilities will not be guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower other than the Subsidiary Guarantors, and will be secured on a pari passu or (at the Borrower Representative’s option) junior basis by the same Collateral securing the First Lien Loan Document Obligations (so long as any applicable Specified Refinancing Amendments (and related Obligations) are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or an Other Intercreditor Agreement), (ii) the Specified Refinancing Term Loan Facilities and any term loans drawn thereunder (the “Specified Refinancing Term Loans”), the Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Facilities and any loans drawn thereunder (the “Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Loans”) and the Specified Refinancing Revolving Facilities and revolving loans drawn thereunder (the “Specified Refinancing Revolving Loans” and, together with the Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Loans and the Specified Refinancing Term Loans, the “Specified Refinancing Loans”) shall rank pari passu in right of payment with or (at the Borrower Representative’s option) junior to the First Lien Loan Document Obligations, (iii) no Specified Refinancing Amendment may provide for any Specified Refinancing Facility or any Specified Refinancing Loans to be secured by any Collateral or other assets of any Loan Party that do not also secure the First Lien Loan Document Obligations, (iv) the Specified Refinancing Facilities will have such pricing, amortization (subject to clause (vi) below) and optional and mandatory prepayment terms as may be agreed by the Borrower Representative and the applicable Lenders thereof, (v) the maturity date of any Specified Refinancing Revolving Facility shall be no earlier than, and no scheduled mandatory commitment reduction in respect thereof shall be required prior to, the Maturity Date of the Tranche of Revolving Loans being refinanced, (vi) the maturity date and the weighted average
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life to maturity of any Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Facility shall be no earlier than, and no scheduled mandatory commitment reduction in respect thereof shall be required prior to, the Maturity Date of the Tranche of Acquisition / Capex Commitments or Acquisition / Capex Loans, as applicable, being refinanced (other than an earlier maturity date and/or shorter weighted average life to maturity for customary bridge financings, which, subject to customary conditions, would either be automatically converted into or required to be exchanged for permanent financing which does not provide for an earlier maturity date or a shorter weighted average life to maturity than the Maturity Date of the Tranche of Acquisition / Capex Commitments or Acquisition / Capex Loans, as applicable, being refinanced or the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Tranche of Acquisition / Capex Commitments or Acquisition / Capex Loans, as applicable, being refinanced), (vii) the maturity date and the weighted average life to maturity of any Specified Refinancing Term Loan Facility shall be no earlier than or shorter than, as the case may be, the Maturity Date of the Tranche of Term Loans being refinanced or the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Term Loans being refinanced, as applicable (other than an earlier maturity date and/or shorter weighted average life to maturity for customary bridge financings, which, subject to customary conditions, would either be automatically converted into or required to be exchanged for permanent financing which does not provide for an earlier maturity date or a shorter weighted average life to maturity than the Maturity Date of the Tranche of Term Loans being refinanced or the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Term Loans being refinanced, as applicable), (viii) the Net Cash Proceeds of such Specified Refinancing Facility shall be applied, substantially concurrently with the incurrence thereof, to the pro rata prepayment of outstanding Loans being so refinanced (and, in the case of Revolving Loans, a corresponding amount of Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced), in each case pursuant to Section 4.4 and (ix) the Specified Refinancing Facilities shall not have a principal or commitment amount greater than the Loans and Commitments, as applicable, being refinanced plus the aggregate amount of all fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing.
(b) Each request from the Borrower Representative pursuant to this Subsection 2.11 shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Specified Refinancing Facility. The Specified Refinancing Facilities (or any portion thereof) may be made by any existing Lender or by any other bank or financial institution (any such bank or other financial institution, an “Additional Specified Refinancing Lender,” and the Additional Specified Refinancing Lenders together with any existing Lender providing Specified Refinancing Facilities, the “Specified Refinancing Lenders”); provided that if such Additional Specified Refinancing Lender is not already a Lender hereunder or an Affiliate of a Lender hereunder or an Approved Fund, the consent of the Administrative Agent and (in the case of a Specified Refinancing Revolving Facility) the consent of any Issuing Bank (in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required (it being understood that any such Additional Specified Refinancing Lender that is an Affiliated Lender shall be subject to the provisions of Subsection 11.6(h), mutatis mutandis, to the same extent as if such Specified Refinancing Facilities and related Obligations had been obtained by such Lender by way of assignment).
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(c) Specified Refinancing Facilities shall become facilities under this Agreement pursuant to a Specified Refinancing Amendment to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrowers and each applicable Specified Refinancing Lender. Any Specified Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lender, effect such amendments to any Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Subsection 2.11, in each case on terms consistent with this Subsection 2.11.
(d) Any loans made in respect of any such Specified Refinancing Facility shall be made by creating a new Tranche. Each Specified Refinancing Facility made available pursuant to this Subsection 2.11 shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of at least $10,000,000 (in the case of a Specified Refinancing Facility denominated in Dollars) or €10,000,000 (in the case of a Specified Refinancing Facility denominated in Euro) and in integral multiples of $5,000,000 (in the case of a Specified Refinancing Facility denominated in Dollars) or €5,000,000 (in the case of a Specified Refinancing Facility denominated in Euro) in excess thereof (or, in each case, such lower minimum amounts or multiples as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion). Any Specified Refinancing Amendment may provide for the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any Specified Refinancing Revolving Facility established thereby; provided that no Issuing Bank shall be obligated to provide any such Letters of Credit unless it has consented (in its sole discretion) to the applicable Specified Refinancing Amendment.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Specified Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Specified Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary or appropriate to reflect the existence and terms of the Specified Refinancing Facilities incurred pursuant thereto (including the addition of such Specified Refinancing Facilities as separate “Facilities” and “Tranches” hereunder and treated in a manner consistent with the Facilities being refinanced, including for purposes of prepayments and voting). Any Specified Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any Person other than the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and the Lenders providing such Specified Refinancing Facilities, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative, to effect the provisions of this Subsection 2.11. In addition, if so provided in the relevant Specified Refinancing Amendment and with the consent of each Issuing Bank (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), participations in Letters of Credit expiring on or after the scheduled Maturity Date in respect of the respective Tranche of Revolving Loans or commitments shall be reallocated from Lenders holding Revolving Commitments to Lenders holding commitments under Specified Refinancing Revolving Facilities in accordance with the terms of such Specified Refinancing Amendment; provided, however, that such participation interests shall, upon receipt thereof by the relevant Lenders holding commitments under such Specified Refinancing Revolving Facilities, be deemed to be participation interests in respect of such commitments under such Specified Refinancing Revolving Facilities and the terms of such participation interests (including the commission applicable thereto) shall be adjusted accordingly.
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2.12 Ancillary Facilities.
(a) Availability of Ancillary Facilities.
(i) Any Revolving Lender may, upon the agreement of any Borrower and such Lender, provide, directly or indirectly through one or more of its Affiliates (other than a Disqualified Party), one or more Ancillary Facilities on a bilateral basis in place of all or a portion of such Lender’s unutilized Revolving Commitment (determined for this purpose, prior to giving effect to such Ancillary Facility).
(ii) An Ancillary Facility (other than the Original Ancillary Facility, unless the total commitments under such Original Ancillary Facility are proposed to be increased after the Closing Date)) shall not be made available unless, other than with respect to the Original Ancillary Facility, not less than five Business Days prior to the Ancillary Commencement Date with respect thereto, the Borrower Representative has delivered a notice to the Administrative Agent of the establishment of such Ancillary Facility and specifying:
(A) the proposed Ancillary Commencement Date for such Ancillary Facility and the scheduled expiration date thereof;
(B) the proposed type of such Ancillary Facility;
(C) the proposed Ancillary Commitment (including the maximum amount of such Ancillary Facility) and, if such Ancillary Facility is an overdraft facility comprising more than one account, the maximum gross amount (the “Designated Gross Amount”) and maximum net amount (the “Designated Net Amount”) thereof;
(D) the proposed currency of such Ancillary Facility (if not denominated in Euro); and
(E) the identity of the proposed Ancillary Lender (including whether such Ancillary Lender is a Revolving Lender or an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender).
(iii) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Revolving Lender proposing to provide such Ancillary Facility and the other Lenders of the establishment of any Ancillary Facility. Subject to the satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Subsection 2.12(a)(ii) above, (A) the relevant Lender will constitute an Ancillary Lender and (B) such Ancillary Facility will be deemed to be made available hereunder, in each case as of the Ancillary Commencement Date.
(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document (including Subsection 11.1 hereof), no amendment or waiver of any term of any Ancillary Facility shall require the consent of any Lender, Agent or Issuing Bank other than the relevant Ancillary Lender except to the extent that such amendment or waiver otherwise gives rise to a matter that would require an amendment of or waiver under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, under this Subsection 2.12), in which case the provisions of Subsection 11.1 shall apply thereto.
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(b) Terms of Ancillary Facilities.
(i) Except as provided below in this Subsection 2.12, the terms of any Ancillary Facility will be agreed by the relevant Ancillary Lender and the relevant Borrower; provided that such terms (A) may only allow the relevant Borrower (or Affiliate of the relevant Borrower as provided in Subsection 2.12(h)) to use the Ancillary Facility, (B) may not permit the Euro Equivalent amount of Ancillary Outstandings to exceed the Ancillary Commitment with respect to such Ancillary Facility, (C) may not allow the Ancillary Commitment of any Ancillary Lender to exceed the Available Revolving Commitment (determined for this purpose without taking into account subclause (b)(iii) of the definition thereof) of such Ancillary Lender and (D) shall require that the Ancillary Commitment in respect of such Ancillary Facility will be reduced to zero, and that all Ancillary Outstandings will be repaid (or cash collateralized or backstopped by a letter of credit or otherwise in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Ancillary Lender, in each case, in an amount equal to 100% of such Ancillary Outstandings) on or prior to the Maturity Date applicable to the Tranche of Revolving Commitments of such Ancillary Lender.
(ii) If there is an inconsistency between any term of any Ancillary Facility and any term of this Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail, except for (A) Subsection 4.6(a), which shall be superseded by the terms of the relevant Ancillary Documents for purposes of calculating fees, interest or commissions in respect of the relevant Ancillary Facility, (B) any Ancillary Facility comprising more than one account, where the terms of the relevant Ancillary Documents shall prevail to the extent required to permit the netting of balances in respect of the relevant accounts and (C) where the relevant term of this Agreement would be contrary to, or inconsistent with, the law governing the relevant Ancillary Document, in which case the relevant term of this Agreement shall be superseded by the terms of the relevant Ancillary Document to the extent necessary to eliminate the subject conflict or inconsistency.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in any other Loan Document or in any Ancillary Document, no breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other term of (or default or event of default under) any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to constitute, or result in, a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other term of, or Default or Event of Default under, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(c) Repayment of Ancillary Facilities.
(i) Each Ancillary Commitment shall terminate on the Maturity Date applicable to the Tranche of Revolving Commitments of such Ancillary Lender or such earlier date on which its expiry date occurs or on which it is cancelled in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(ii) Upon the expiration of any Ancillary Facility in accordance with its terms, the Ancillary Commitment of the relevant Ancillary Lender shall be reduced to zero (and the Revolving Commitment of such Ancillary Lender shall be increased accordingly).
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Upon the making of one or more Revolving Loans as provided below in an amount sufficient to repay the Ancillary Outstandings under any Ancillary Facility, such Ancillary Facility shall be cancelled upon receipt by the relevant Ancillary Lender of the proceeds thereof.
(iii) No Ancillary Lender may demand repayment, prepayment or cash collateralization of any amounts made available or liabilities incurred by it under any Ancillary Facility (except where the relevant Ancillary Facility is provided on a net limit basis to the extent required to reduce any gross outstandings to the net limit) unless (A) (x) the Maturity Date applicable to the Tranche of Revolving Commitments of such Ancillary Lender has occurred, (y) the Required Revolving Lenders have accelerated the Revolving Loans and terminated the Revolving Commitments and demanded repayment of, or otherwise accelerated, the Indebtedness or other obligations thereunder or (z) the expiration date of the relevant Ancillary Facility occurs, (B) it becomes unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for the relevant Ancillary Lender to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to fund, issue or maintain its participation in the relevant Ancillary Facility or (C) the Ancillary Outstandings (if any) under the relevant Ancillary Facility may be refinanced by a Revolving Loan and/or a Letter of Credit and the relevant Ancillary Lender provides sufficient notice to permit the refinancing of such Ancillary Outstandings with a Revolving Loan and/or a Letter of Credit.
(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining whether or not the Ancillary Outstandings under any Ancillary Facility referenced in Subsection 2.12(c)(iii)(C) above may be refinanced by a Revolving Loan and/or Letter of Credit, (A) the Revolving Commitment of the relevant Ancillary Lender will be increased by the amount of its Ancillary Commitment in respect of such Ancillary Facility and (B) unless the circumstances described in Subsection 2.12(c)(iii)(A)(x) or Subsection 2.12(c)(iii)(A)(y) then exist, each Issuing Bank shall be obligated to issue a Letter of Credit and each Revolving Lender shall be obligated to make a Revolving Loan to the applicable Borrower for the purpose of refinancing the relevant Ancillary Outstandings on a pro rata basis in accordance with its Revolving Commitment Percentage, in each case whether or not a Default or Event of Default exists or any other applicable condition precedent is not satisfied and irrespective of whether the Borrower Representative has delivered a Borrowing Request.
(v) With respect to any Ancillary Facility that comprises an overdraft facility in which a Designated Net Amount has been established, for purposes of calculating compliance with the Designated Net Amount, the Ancillary Lender providing such Ancillary Facility shall only be obligated to take into account the credit balances which it is permitted to take into account by then applicable law and regulations relating to its reporting of exposures to applicable regulatory authorities as netted for capital adequacy purposes.
(d) Ancillary Outstandings. Each Borrower and each Ancillary Lender agrees with and for the benefit of each Revolving Lender that (i) the Ancillary Outstandings under any Ancillary Facility provided by such Ancillary Lender shall not exceed the Ancillary Commitment applicable to such Ancillary Facility, and where such Ancillary Facility is an
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overdraft facility comprising more than one account, the Ancillary Outstandings under such Ancillary Facility shall not exceed the Designated Net Amount in respect of such Ancillary Facility and (ii) where all or a portion of any Ancillary Facility is an overdraft facility comprising more than one account, the Ancillary Outstandings (calculated without giving effect to the parenthetical in clause (a) of the definition of Ancillary Outstandings) shall not exceed the Designated Gross Amount applicable to such Ancillary Facility.
(e) Adjustment for Ancillary Facilities upon Acceleration.
(i) In this Subsection 2.12:
(A) “Revolving Outstandings” means, in relation to any Lender, the aggregate amount of the Euro Equivalent of:
(1) its participation in the Revolving Exposure then outstanding (together with the aggregate amount of all accrued interest, fees and commission owed to it as a Revolving Lender); and
(2) if the Lender is also an Ancillary Lender, the Ancillary Outstandings in respect of Ancillary Facilities provided by such Ancillary Lender (together with the aggregate amount of all accrued interest, fees and commission owed to it as an Ancillary Lender in respect of the Ancillary Facility); and
(B) “Total Revolving Outstandings” means the aggregate of all Revolving Outstandings.
(ii) If a notice is served under Subsection 9.2 (other than a notice declaring all Loans and Obligations to be due and payable on demand), each Lender and each Ancillary Lender shall promptly adjust (by making or receiving (as the case may be) corresponding transfers of rights and obligations under the Loan Documents relating to Revolving Outstandings) their claims in respect of amounts outstanding to them under their Revolving Commitments and each Ancillary Facility to the extent necessary to ensure that after such transfers, the Revolving Outstandings of each Lender bear the same proportion to the Total Revolving Outstandings as such Lender’s Revolving Commitment bears to the Revolving Commitments, each as at the date the notice is served under Subsection 9.2.
(iii) If an amount outstanding under an Ancillary Facility is a contingent liability and that contingent liability becomes an actual liability or is reduced to zero after the original adjustment is made under Subsection 2.12(e)(ii) above, then each Lender and Ancillary Lender will make a further adjustment (by making or receiving (as the case may be) corresponding transfers of rights and obligations under the Loan Documents relating to Revolving Outstandings to the extent necessary) to put themselves in the position they would have been in had the original adjustment been determined by reference to the actual liability or, as the case may be, zero liability and not the contingent liability.
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(iv) Any transfer of rights and obligations relating to Revolving Outstandings made pursuant to this Subsection 2.12(e) shall be made for a purchase price in cash, payable at the time of transfer, in an amount equal to such Revolving Outstandings.
(v) All calculations to be made pursuant to this Subsection 2.12(e) shall be made by the Administrative Agent based upon information provided to it by the Lenders and Ancillary Lenders and the Spot Rate of Exchange.
(f) Information. Each Borrower and each Ancillary Lender shall, promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent, provide the Administrative Agent with any information relating to the operation of such Ancillary Facility (including the amount of Ancillary Outstandings) as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request (which information shall be subject to compliance with Subsection 11.16).
(g) Affiliates of Lenders as Ancillary Lenders.
(i) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, an Affiliate of any Revolving Lender (other than any Disqualified Party) may become an Ancillary Lender, in which case, except for the purpose of Subsection 4.11, such Revolving Lender and such Affiliate shall be treated as a single Revolving Lender whose Revolving Commitment is as set forth in the Schedule A or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Revolving Lender assumed its Revolving Commitment; it being understood that the relevant Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment will be reduced to the extent of the Ancillary Commitment of such Affiliate to the extent specified herein.
(ii) To the extent that this Agreement or any other Loan Document imposes any obligation on any Ancillary Lender and such Ancillary Lender is an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender and not a party thereto, the relevant Revolving Lender shall ensure that such obligation is performed by such Affiliate in compliance with the terms hereof or such other Loan Document.
(iii) Each Ancillary Lender, in its capacity as such, hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent for purposes of the Loan Documents.
(h) Affiliates of a Borrower as Ancillary Borrowers.
(i) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, an Affiliate of a Borrower may with the approval of the relevant Lender become a borrower with respect to an Ancillary Facility.
(ii) The Borrower Representative shall specify any relevant Affiliate of a Borrower in any notice delivered by the Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Subsection 2.12(a).
(iii) If any Borrower ceases to be a Borrower under this Agreement, its Affiliates (unless they are Affiliates of any other Borrower) shall cease to have any rights under this Agreement or any Ancillary Document.
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(iv) Where this Agreement or any other Loan Document imposes an obligation on a borrower under an Ancillary Facility and the relevant borrower is an Affiliate of a Borrower which is not a party to such document, the relevant Borrower shall ensure that the obligation is performed by its Affiliate.
(v) Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Borrower being under no obligations (whether actual or contingent) as a Borrower under such Loan Document shall be construed to include a reference to any Affiliate of a Borrower that is a borrower under an Ancillary Facility being under no obligations under any Loan Document or Ancillary Document.
SECTION 3
[Reserved]
SECTION 4
General Provisions Applicable to Loans
4.1 Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable Margin in effect for such day.
(b) Each ABR Loan shall bear interest for each day that it is outstanding at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate in effect for such day plus the Applicable Margin in effect for such day.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan, (ii) any interest payable thereon or (iii) any other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum which is (x) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the relevant foregoing provisions of this Subsection 4.1, plus 2.00% and (y) in the case of other amounts (including overdue interest), the rate described in clause (b) of this Subsection 4.1 for ABR Loans accruing interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus 2.00%, in each case from the date of such nonpayment until such amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment); provided that (1) no amount shall be payable pursuant to this Subsection 4.1(d) to a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender and (2) no amounts shall accrue pursuant to this Subsection 4.1(d) on any overdue amount or other amount payable to a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender.
(e) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that interest accruing pursuant to clause (d) of this Subsection 4.1 shall be payable from time to time on demand exercised in accordance with Subsection 9.2.
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(f) It is the intention of the parties hereto to comply strictly with applicable usury laws; accordingly, it is stipulated and agreed that the aggregate of all amounts which constitute interest under applicable usury laws, whether contracted for, charged, taken, reserved or received, in connection with the indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement or any Notes, or any other document relating or referring hereto or thereto, now or hereafter existing, shall never exceed under any circumstance whatsoever the maximum amount of interest allowed by applicable usury laws.
4.2 Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) Subject to its obligations pursuant to Subsection 4.12(c), the Borrower Representative may elect from time to time to convert outstanding Loans of a given Tranche denominated in Dollars from Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans by the Borrower Representative giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time two Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior to such election. The Borrower Representative may elect from time to time to convert outstanding Loans of a given Tranche from ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior to such election. Any such notice of conversion to Eurodollar Loans shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period or Interest Periods therefor. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender thereof. All or any part of outstanding Eurodollar Loans denominated in Dollars or ABR Loans may be converted as provided herein, provided that (i) (unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent) no Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, in the case of any Default (other than a Default under Subsection 9.1(f)), the Administrative Agent has given notice to the Borrower Representative that no such conversions may be made and (ii) no Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan after the date that is one month prior to the applicable Maturity Date.
(b) Any Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower Representative giving notice to the Administrative Agent of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Eurodollar Loan, determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term “Interest Period” set forth in Subsection 1.1, provided that no Eurodollar Loan denominated in Dollars may be continued as such (i) (unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent) when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, in the case of any Default (other than a Default under Subsection 9.1(f)), the Administrative Agent has given notice to the Borrower Representative that no such continuations may be made or (ii) after the date that is one month prior to the applicable Maturity Date, and provided, further, (i) that, with respect to Loans denominated in Dollars if the Borrower Representative shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this clause (b) or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such Eurodollar Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period and (ii) that if the Borrower Representative shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this clause (b) with respect to Loans denominated in Euro, such Eurodollar Loans shall be automatically continued as Eurodollar Loans with an Interest Period of one month. Upon receipt of any such notice of continuation pursuant to this Subsection 4.2(b), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender thereof.
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4.3 Minimum Amounts; Maximum Sets. All borrowings, conversions and continuations of Loans hereunder and all selections of Interest Periods hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of Eurodollar Loans outstanding in Euro comprising each Set shall be equal to €5,000,000 or a whole multiple of €1,000,000 in excess thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Eurodollar Loans outstanding in Dollars comprising each Set shall be equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of Eurodollar Loans outstanding in any other Designated Currency comprising each Set shall be equal to €5,000,000 or a whole multiple of €1,000,000 in excess thereof (provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, any loan may be continued or converted in its entirety), and so that there shall not be more than 20 Sets at any one time outstanding.
4.4 Optional and Mandatory Prepayments. (a) Optional Prepayment of Term Loans. The Borrowers may at any time and from time to time prepay the Term Loans made to them, in whole or in part, subject to Subsection 4.12, without premium or penalty (except as provided in Subsection 4.5(b)), upon notice by the Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior to the date of prepayment (in the case of Eurodollar Loans), or prior to 12:00 P.M., New York City time on the date of prepayment (in the case of ABR Loans or Reimbursement Obligations) (or such later time as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion). Such notice shall specify, in the case of any prepayment of Term Loans, the applicable Tranche being repaid, and if a combination thereof, the principal amount allocable to each, the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof, and, in each case if a combination thereof, the principal amount allocable to each. Any such notice may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event specified therein (including the effectiveness of other credit facilities), in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower Representative (by written notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Upon the receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender thereof. If any such notice is given and not revoked, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with (if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid other than at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto) any amounts payable pursuant to Subsection 4.12. Partial prepayments pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(a) shall be in multiples of, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, $1,000,000, or, in the case of Loans denominated in Euro, €1,000,000; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Term Loan may be prepaid in its entirety. Each prepayment of Initial Term Loans pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(a) made on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date in an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from its incurrence of new Indebtedness under first lien secured bank financing in a Repricing Transaction shall be accompanied by the payment of the fee required by Subsection 4.5(b).
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(b) Optional Prepayment of Revolving Loans. The Borrowers may at any time and from time to time prepay the Revolving Loans made to them and the Reimbursement Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit issued for its account in whole or in part, subject to Subsection 4.12, without premium or penalty, upon notice by the Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior to the date of prepayment (in the case of Eurodollar Loans), or prior to 12:00 P.M., New York City time at least one Business Day (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior to the date of prepayment (in the case of ABR Loans). Such notice shall specify the date and amount of prepayment, the currency of the Revolving Loans to be prepaid and whether the prepayment is (i) of Initial Revolving Loans, Incremental Revolving Loans, Extended Revolving Loans or Specified Refinancing Revolving Loans or a combination thereof and (ii) of Eurodollar Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof and, in each case if a combination thereof, the principal amount allocable to each and, in the case of any prepayment of Reimbursement Obligations, the date and amount of prepayment, the identity of the applicable Letter of Credit or Letters of Credit and the amount allocable to each of such Reimbursement Obligations. Any such notice may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event specified therein (including the effectiveness of other credit facilities), in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower Representative (by written notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Upon the receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender thereof. If any such notice is given and not revoked, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with (if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid other than at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto) any amounts payable pursuant to Subsection 4.12. Partial prepayments of the Revolving Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(b) shall (unless the Borrower Representative otherwise directs) be applied, first, to payment of the Revolving Loans then outstanding, second, to payment of any Reimbursement Obligations then outstanding, and, last, to cash collateralize any outstanding L/C Obligation on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Bank. Partial prepayments of Revolving Loans pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(b) shall be in whole multiples of €1,000,000 (or, in the case of Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, $1,000,000 and in the case of Revolving Loans outstanding in any other Designated Currency, an aggregate principal amount the Euro Equivalent of which is at least approximately €1,000,000); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Loan may be prepaid in its entirety.
(c) Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments and Acquisition / Capex Commitments. The Borrower Representative shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) notice to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly notify the Lenders thereof), to terminate the Initial Revolving Commitments, Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitments, Incremental Revolving Commitments of any Tranche, the Extended Revolving Commitments of any Tranche, the Extended Acquisition / Capex Commitments of any Tranche, the Specified Refinancing Revolving Commitments of any Tranche or the Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Commitments of any Tranche or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of Initial Revolving Commitments, Initial Acquisition / Capex Commitments, Incremental Revolving Commitments of any Tranche, the Extended Revolving Commitments of any
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Tranche, the Extended Acquisition / Capex Commitments of any Tranche, the Specified Refinancing Revolving Commitments of any Tranche or the Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Commitments of any Tranche; provided that no such termination or reduction of Revolving Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans made on the effective date thereof, the Euro Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans then outstanding, when added to the sum of the then outstanding L/C Obligations, would exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect and provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Borrower Representative may condition such notice upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event specified therein (including the effectiveness of other credit facilities), in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower Representative (by written notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to €5,000,000 or a whole multiple of €1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall reduce permanently the applicable Revolving Commitments or Acquisition / Capex Commitments then in effect.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) Mandatory Prepayment of Term Loans. (i) The Borrowers shall, in accordance with Subsection 4.4(g), prepay the Term Loans in accordance with Subsection 8.4(b) (subject to Subsection 8.4(c)) and to the extent required thereby, (ii) if on or after the Closing Date, the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall Incur Indebtedness for borrowed money (excluding Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Subsection 8.1 other than Specified Refinancing Term Loans or Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Loans), the Borrowers shall, in accordance with Subsection 4.4(g), prepay the Term Loans (or, in the case of the incurrence of any Specified Refinancing Term Loans or Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Loans, the Tranche of Term Loans being refinanced) in an amount equal to 100.0% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof minus the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds applied (to the extent the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is required by the terms thereof) to prepay, repay or purchase Pari Passu Indebtedness on a no more than pro rata basis with the Term Loans, in each case with such prepayment to be made on or before the fifth Business Day following notice given to each Lender of the Prepayment Date, as contemplated by Subsection 4.4(h), and (iii) the Borrowers shall, in accordance with Subsection 4.4(g), prepay the Term Loans within 120 days following the last day of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending on or about December 31, 2015) (each, an “ECF Payment Date”), in an amount equal to (A) (1) 50.0% (as may be adjusted pursuant to the last proviso of this clause (iii)) of the Parent Borrower’s Excess Cash Flow for such Fiscal Year minus (2) the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (including Acquisition / Capex Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Extended Term Loans and Specified Refinancing Term Loans) prepaid pursuant to Subsection 4.4(a), Revolving Loans (including Incremental Revolving Loans, Extended Revolving Loans and Specified Refinancing Revolving Loans) prepaid pursuant to Subsection 4.4(b) to the extent accompanied by a corresponding permanent Revolving Commitment reduction, Pari Passu Indebtedness (in the case of revolving loans, to the extent accompanied by a corresponding permanent commitment reduction) voluntarily prepaid, repaid, repurchased or retired and any prepayment of Term Loans (including Acquisition / Capex Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Extended Term Loans and Specified Refinancing Term Loans) pursuant to Subsection 4.4(l) (provided that such deduction for prepayments pursuant to Subsection 4.4(l) shall be limited to
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the actual cash amount of such prepayment), in each case during such Fiscal Year (which, in any event, shall not include any designated prepayment pursuant to clause (y) below) and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (including Acquisition / Capex Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Extended Term Loans and Specified Refinancing Term Loans) prepaid pursuant to Subsection 4.4(a), Revolving Loans (including Incremental Revolving Loans, Extended Revolving Loans and Specified Refinancing Revolving Loans) prepaid pursuant to Subsection 4.4(b) to the extent accompanied by a corresponding permanent Revolving Commitment reduction, Pari Passu Indebtedness (in the case of revolving loans, to the extent accompanied by a corresponding permanent commitment reduction) voluntarily prepaid, repaid, repurchased or retired and any prepayment of Term Loans (including Acquisition / Capex Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Extended Term Loans and Specified Refinancing Term Loans) pursuant to Subsection 4.4(l) (provided that such deduction for prepayments pursuant to Subsection 4.4(l) shall be limited to the actual cash amount of such prepayment), in each case during the period beginning with the day following the last day of such Fiscal Year and ending on the ECF Payment Date and stated by the Borrower Representative as prepaid pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(e)(iii) (provided that no prepayments made pursuant to the other clauses of this Subsection 4.4(e) shall be included in Subsections 4.4(e)(iii)(A)(2)(x) or (y)), in each case, excluding prepayments funded with proceeds from the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness (the amount described in this clause (A), as may be adjusted pursuant to clause (y) of the last proviso of this clause (iii), the “ECF Prepayment Amount”) minus (B) the portion of such ECF Prepayment Amount applied (to the extent the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is required by the terms thereof) to prepay, repay or purchase Pari Passu Indebtedness on no more than a pro rata basis with the Term Loans; provided that (x) such percentage in clause (iii)(A)(1) above shall be reduced to 0% if the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year was less than 3.50:1.00 and (y) the Borrowers shall only be required to make any payment described in clause (iii) to the extent that the ECF Prepayment Amount determined in accordance with clauses (1) and (2) of clause (iii)(A) exceeds €15,000,000, and in such case the ECF Prepayment Amount shall be the amount in excess of €15,000,000. Nothing in this Subsection 4.4(e) shall limit the rights of the Agents and the Lenders set forth in Section 9.
(f) In the event that on any date the Administrative Agent calculates that the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit with respect to all of the Lenders exceeds the aggregate Revolving Commitments then in effect (other than any excess occurring by reason of changes in exchange rates; it being understood and agreed that no Default or Event of Default shall arise hereunder or under any Loan Document merely as a result of the occurrence of such excess), the Administrative Agent will give notice to such effect to the Borrower Representative and the Lenders. Following receipt of any such notice, the Borrowers will, as soon as practicable but in any event within five Business Days of receipt of such notice, first, make such repayments or prepayments of Loans (together with interest accrued to the date of such repayment or prepayment), second, pay any Reimbursement Obligations then outstanding and, third, cash collateralize any outstanding L/C Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Bank as shall be necessary to cause the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit with respect to all of the Lenders to no longer exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments then in effect. If any such repayment or prepayment of a Eurodollar Loan pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(f) occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the Borrowers shall pay to the Lenders such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Subsection 4.12.
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(g) Subject to the last sentence of Subsection 4.4(h) and Subsection 4.4(k), each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Subsection 4.4(e) (other than a prepayment with the proceeds of Specified Refinancing Term Loans or Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Loans) shall be allocated pro rata among the Initial Dollar Term Loans, the Initial Euro Term Loans, the Initial Acquisition / Capex Loans, the Incremental Term Loans, the Extended Term Loans, the Extended Acquisition / Capex Loans, the Specified Refinancing Term Loans and the Specified Refinancing Acquisition / Capex Loans; provided, that at the request of the Borrower Representative, in lieu of such application on a pro rata basis among all Tranches of Term Loans, such prepayment may be applied to any Tranche of Term Loans so long as the maturity date of such Tranche of Term Loans precedes the maturity date of each other Tranche of Term Loans then outstanding or, in the event more than one Tranche of Term Loans shall have an identical maturity date that precedes the maturity date of each other Tranche of Term Loans then outstanding, to such Tranches on a pro rata basis. Each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Subsection 4.4(a) shall be applied within each applicable Tranche of Term Loans to the respective installments of principal thereof in the manner directed by the Borrower Representative (or, if no such direction is given, in direct order of maturity). Each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Subsection 4.4(e) shall be applied within each applicable Tranche of Term Loans, first, to the accrued interest on the principal amount of Term Loans being prepaid and, second, to the respective installments of principal thereof in the manner directed by the Borrower Representative (or, if no such direction is given in direct order of maturity). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Subsection 4.4, a Lender may, at its option, and if agreed by the Borrower Representative, in connection with any prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Subsection 4.4(a) or (e), exchange such Lender’s portion of the Term Loan to be prepaid for Rollover Indebtedness, in lieu of such Lender’s pro rata portion of such prepayment (and any such Term Loans so exchanged shall be deemed repaid for all purposes under the Loan Documents).
(h) The Borrower Representative shall give notice to the Administrative Agent of any mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans (x) pursuant to Subsection 4.4(e)(iii), three Business Days prior to the date on which such payment is due and (y) pursuant to any other provision of Subsection 4.4(e), promptly (and in any event within five Business Days) upon becoming obligated to make such prepayment. Such notice shall state that the Borrowers are offering to make or will make such mandatory prepayment (i) in the case of mandatory prepayments pursuant to Subsection 4.4(e)(i), on or before the date specified in Subsection 8.4(b)(i) and (ii) in the case of mandatory prepayments pursuant to any other clause of Subsection 4.4(e), on or before the date specified in such clause, as the case may be (each, a “Prepayment Date”). Subject to the following sentence, once given, such notice shall be irrevocable and all amounts subject to such notice shall be due and payable on the Prepayment Date (except as otherwise provided in the last sentence of this Subsection 4.4(h)). Any such notice of prepayment pursuant to Subsection 4.4(e) may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event specified therein (including the effectiveness of other credit facilities), in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower Representative (by written notice to the Administrative Agent, on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Upon receipt by the Administrative
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Agent of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall immediately give notice to each Lender of the prepayment and the Prepayment Date. The Borrower Representative (in its sole discretion) may give each Lender the option (in its sole discretion) to elect to decline any such prepayment (other than a prepayment pursuant to Subsection 4.4(e)(ii), except as otherwise provided for in the last sentence of Subsection 4.4(g)) by giving notice of such election in writing to the Administrative Agent by 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date that is three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior to the Prepayment Date. Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall immediately notify the Borrower Representative of such election. Any amount (the “Declined Amount”) so declined by any Lender may, at the option of the Borrower Representative, be applied to the payment or prepayment of Indebtedness, including any Junior Debt, or otherwise be retained by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and/or applied by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a manner not inconsistent with this Agreement (including pursuant to Subsection 8.2(b)(vi)).
(i) Amounts prepaid on account of Term Loans pursuant to Subsection 4.4(a), (e) or (l) may not be reborrowed.
(j) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Subsection 4.4, if at any time any prepayment of Loans pursuant to Subsection 4.4(a), (b) or (e) would result, after giving effect to the procedures set forth in this Agreement, in the Borrowers incurring breakage costs under Subsection 4.12 as a result of Eurodollar Loans being prepaid other than on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto, then the Borrowers may, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in their sole discretion, initially (i) deposit a portion (up to 100.0%) of the amounts that otherwise would have been paid in respect of such Eurodollar Loans with the Administrative Agent (which deposit must be equal in amount to the amount of such Eurodollar Loans not immediately prepaid), to be held as security for the obligations of the Borrowers to make such prepayment pursuant to a cash collateral agreement to be entered into on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with such cash collateral to be directly applied upon the first occurrence thereafter of the last day of an Interest Period with respect to such Eurodollar Loans (or such earlier date or dates as shall be requested by the Borrower Representative) or (ii) make a prepayment of Loans in accordance with Subsection 4.4(a) or (b) with an amount equal to a portion (up to 100.0%) of the amounts that otherwise would have been paid in respect of such Eurodollar Loans (which prepayment, together with any deposits pursuant to clause (i) above, must be equal in amount to the amount of such Eurodollar Loans not immediately prepaid); provided that, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) above, such unpaid Eurodollar Loans shall continue to bear interest in accordance with Subsection 4.1 until such unpaid Eurodollar Loans or the related portion of such Eurodollar Loans, as the case may be, have or has been prepaid. In addition, if the Borrower Representative reasonably determines in good faith that any amounts attributable to Non-U.S. Subsidiaries that are required to be applied to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Subsection 4.4(e)(i) or (iii) would result in material adverse tax consequences to Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, then the Borrowers shall not be required to prepay such amounts as required thereunder; provided that the Borrower Representative shall take commercially reasonable actions to permit repatriation of the proceeds subject to such prepayments in order to effect such prepayments without incurring material adverse tax consequences.
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(k) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Subsection 4.4 may be amended (and the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any such amendments) to the extent necessary to reflect differing amounts payable, and priorities of payments, to Lenders participating in any new classes or tranches of Term Loans added pursuant to Subsections 2.8, 2.10 and 2.11, as applicable, or pursuant to any other credit or letter of credit facility added pursuant to Subsection 2.8 or 11.1(e).
(l) Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary, so long as no Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers may prepay the outstanding Term Loans on the following basis:
(i) The Borrowers shall have the right to make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a discount to par (such prepayment, the “Discounted Term Loan Prepayment”) pursuant to a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment, a Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers or a Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers, in each case made in accordance with this Subsection 4.4(l); provided that the Borrower Representative shall not initiate any action under this Subsection 4.4(l) in order to make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment unless (1) at least ten Business Days shall have passed since the consummation of the most recent Discounted Term Loan Prepayment as a result of a prepayment made by the Borrowers on the applicable Discounted Prepayment Effective Date (or such shorter period as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) or (2) at least three Business Days shall have passed since the date the Borrower Representative was notified that no Lender was willing to accept any prepayment of any Term Loan at the Specified Discount, within the Discount Range or at any discount to par value, as applicable, or in the case of Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers, the date of the Borrower Representative’s election not to accept any Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers made by a Lender (or such shorter period as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion). Each Lender participating in any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment acknowledges and agrees that in connection with such Discounted Term Loan Prepayment, (1) the Borrowers then may have, and later may come into possession of, information regarding the Term Loans or the Loan Parties hereunder that is not known to such Lender and that may be material to a decision by such Lender to participate in such Discounted Term Loan Prepayment (“Excluded Information”), (2) such Lender has independently and, without reliance on Holdings, the Parent Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent or any of their respective Affiliates, has made its own analysis and determination to participate in such Discounted Term Loan Prepayment notwithstanding such Lender’s lack of knowledge of the Excluded Information and (3) none of Holdings, the Parent Borrower, its Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent or any of their respective Affiliates shall have any liability to such Lender, and such Lender hereby waives and releases, to the extent permitted by law, any claims such Lender may have against Holdings, the Parent Borrower, its Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent and their respective Affiliates, under applicable laws or otherwise, with respect to the nondisclosure of the Excluded Information. Each Lender participating in any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment further acknowledges that the Excluded Information may not be available to the Administrative Agent or the other Lenders. Any Term Loans prepaid pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(l) shall be immediately and automatically cancelled.
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(ii) Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment. (1) The Borrower Representative may from time to time offer to make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment by providing the Administrative Agent with three Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) notice in the form of a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice; provided that (I) any such offer shall be made available, at the sole discretion of the Borrower Representative, to each Lender or to each Lender with respect to any Tranche on an individual Tranche basis, (II) any such offer shall specify the aggregate Outstanding Amount offered to be prepaid (the “Specified Discount Prepayment Amount”), the Tranches of Term Loans subject to such offer and the specific percentage discount to par value (the “Specified Discount”) of the Outstanding Amount of such Term Loans to be prepaid, (III) the Specified Discount Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, not less than $5,000,000 and whole increments of $500,000, or, in the case of Loans denominated in Euro, €5,000,000 and whole increments of €500,000 and (IV) each such offer shall remain outstanding through the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date. The Administrative Agent will promptly provide each relevant Lender with a copy of such Specified Discount Prepayment Notice and a form of the Specified Discount Prepayment Response to be completed and returned by each such Lender to the Administrative Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to the relevant Lenders (or such later date designated by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Borrower Representative) (the “Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date”).
(2) Each relevant Lender receiving such offer shall notify the Administrative Agent (or its delegate) by the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date whether or not it agrees to accept a prepayment of any of its relevant then outstanding Term Loans at the Specified Discount and, if so (such accepting Lender, a “Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender”), the amount of such Lender’s Outstanding Amount and Tranches of Term Loans to be prepaid at such offered discount. Each acceptance of a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment by a Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender shall be irrevocable. Any Lender whose Specified Discount Prepayment Response is not received by the Administrative Agent by the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept such Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment.
(3) If there is at least one Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender, the Borrowers will make prepayment of outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(l)(ii) to each Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender in accordance with the respective Outstanding Amount and Tranches of Term Loans specified in such Lender’s Specified Discount Prepayment Response given pursuant to the foregoing clause (2); provided that, if the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Term Loans accepted for prepayment by all Discount Prepayment
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Accepting Lenders exceeds the Specified Discount Prepayment Amount, such prepayment shall be made pro rata among the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders in accordance with the respective Outstanding Amounts accepted to be prepaid by each such Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender and the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower Representative and subject to rounding requirements of the Administrative Agent made in its reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Specified Discount Proration”). The Administrative Agent shall promptly, and in any case within three Business Days following the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date, notify (I) the Borrower Representative of the respective Lenders’ responses to such offer, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the Tranches to be prepaid, (II) each Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and the aggregate Outstanding Amount and the Tranches of all Term Loans to be prepaid at the Specified Discount on such date and (III) each Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender of the Specified Discount Proration, if any, and confirmation of the Outstanding Amount, Tranche and Type of Term Loans of such Lender to be prepaid at the Specified Discount on such date. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to the Borrower Representative and Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such notice to the Borrower Representative shall be due and payable by the Borrowers on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with Subsection 4.4(l)(vi) below (subject to Subsection 4.4(l)(x) below).
(iii) Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers. (1) The Borrower Representative may from time to time solicit Discount Range Prepayment Offers by providing the Administrative Agent with three Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) notice in the form of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice; provided that (I) any such solicitation shall be extended, at the sole discretion of the Borrower Representative, to each Lender or to each Lender with respect to any Tranche on an individual Tranche basis, (II) any such notice shall specify the maximum aggregate Outstanding Amount of the relevant Term Loans that the Borrowers are willing to prepay at a discount (the “Discount Range Prepayment Amount”), the Tranches of Term Loans subject to such offer and the maximum and minimum percentage discounts to par (the “Discount Range”) of the Outstanding Amount of such Term Loans willing to be prepaid by the Borrowers, (III) the Discount Range Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, $5,000,000 and whole increments of $500,000, or, in the case of Loans denominated in Euro, €5,000,000 and whole increments of €500,000 and (IV) each such solicitation by the Borrower Representative shall remain outstanding through the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date. The Administrative Agent will promptly provide each relevant Lender with a copy of such Discount Range Prepayment Notice and a form of the Discount Range Prepayment Offer to be submitted by a responding relevant Lender to the Administrative Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to the relevant Lenders
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(or such later date as may be designated by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Borrower Representative) (the “Discount Range Prepayment Response Date”). Each relevant Lender’s Discount Range Prepayment Offer shall be irrevocable and shall specify a discount to par within the Discount Range (the “Submitted Discount”) at which such Lender is willing to allow prepayment of any or all of its then outstanding Term Loans and the maximum aggregate Outstanding Amount and Tranches of such Term Loans such Lender is willing to have prepaid at the Submitted Discount (the “Submitted Amount”). Any Lender whose Discount Range Prepayment Offer is not received by the Administrative Agent by the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment of any of its Term Loans at any discount to their par value within the Discount Range.
(2) The Administrative Agent shall review all Discount Range Prepayment Offers received by it by the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date and will determine (in consultation with the Borrower Representative and subject to rounding requirements of the Administrative Agent made in its reasonable discretion) the Applicable Discount and Term Loans to be prepaid at such Applicable Discount in accordance with this Subsection 4.4(l)(iii). The Borrowers agree to accept on the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date all Discount Range Prepayment Offers received by Administrative Agent by the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date, in the order from the Submitted Discount that is the largest discount to par to the Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par, up to and including the Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par within the Discount Range (such Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par being referred to as the “Applicable Discount”) which yields a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment in an aggregate Outstanding Amount equal to the lesser of (I) the Discount Range Prepayment Amount and (II) the sum of all Submitted Amounts. Each Lender that has submitted a Discount Range Prepayment Offer to accept prepayment at a discount to par that is larger than or equal to the Applicable Discount shall be deemed to have irrevocably consented to prepayment of Term Loans equal to its Submitted Amount (subject to any required proration pursuant to the following Subsection 4.4(l)(iii)(3)) at the Applicable Discount (each such Lender, a “Participating Lender”).
(3) If there is at least one Participating Lender, the Borrowers will prepay the respective outstanding Term Loans of each Participating Lender in the aggregate Outstanding Amount and of the Tranches specified in such Lender’s Discount Range Prepayment Offer at the Applicable Discount; provided that if the Submitted Amount by all Participating Lenders offered at a discount to par greater than the Applicable Discount exceeds the Discount Range Prepayment Amount, prepayment of the Outstanding Amount of the relevant Term Loans for those Participating Lenders whose Submitted Discount is a discount to par greater than or equal to the Applicable Discount (the “Identified Participating Lenders”) shall be made pro rata among the Identified Participating Lenders in accordance with the Submitted Amount of each such Identified Participating Lender and the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower Representative and
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subject to rounding requirements of the Administrative Agent made in its reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Discount Range Proration”). The Administrative Agent shall promptly, and in any case within three Business Days following the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date, notify (w) the Borrower Representative of the respective Lenders’ responses to such solicitation, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Applicable Discount, and the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the Tranches to be prepaid, (x) each Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Applicable Discount and the aggregate Outstanding Amount and Tranches of all Term Loans to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, (y) each Participating Lender of the aggregate Outstanding Amount and Tranches of such Lender to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date and (z) if applicable, each Identified Participating Lender of the Discount Range Proration. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to the Borrower Representative and Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such notice to the Borrower Representative shall be due and payable by the Borrowers on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with Subsection 4.4(l)(vi) below (subject to Subsection 4.4(l)(x) below).
(iv) Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers. (1) The Borrower Representative may from time to time solicit Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers by providing the Administrative Agent with three Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) notice in the form of a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice; provided that (I) any such solicitation shall be extended, at the sole discretion of the Borrower Representative, to each Lender or to each Lender with respect to any Tranche on an individual Tranche basis, (II) any such notice shall specify the maximum aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Term Loans and the Tranches of Term Loans the Borrowers are willing to prepay at a discount (the “Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount”), (III) the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, $5,000,000 and whole increments of $500,000, or, in the case of Loans denominated in Euro, €5,000,000 and whole increments of €500,000 and (IV) each such solicitation by the Borrower Representative shall remain outstanding through the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date. The Administrative Agent will promptly provide each relevant Lender with a copy of such Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice and a form of the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer to be submitted by a responding Lender to the Administrative Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to the relevant Lenders (or such later date as may be designated by the Administrative Agent and approved by Borrower Representative) (the “Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date”). Each Lender’s Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer shall (x) be irrevocable, (y) remain outstanding until the Acceptance Date and (z) specify both a discount to par (the “Offered Discount”) at which such Lender is willing to allow prepayment of its then outstanding Term Loans and the maximum aggregate Outstanding Amount and Tranches of such Term Loans (the
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“Offered Amount”) such Lender is willing to have prepaid at the Offered Discount. Any Lender whose Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer is not received by the Administrative Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined prepayment of any of its Term Loans at any discount to their par value.
(2) The Administrative Agent shall promptly provide the Borrower Representative with a copy of all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by it by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date. The Borrower Representative shall review all such Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers and select, at its sole discretion, the smallest of the Offered Discounts specified by the relevant responding Lenders in the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers that the Borrowers are willing to accept (the “Acceptable Discount”), if any; provided that the Acceptable Discount shall not be an Offered Discount that is larger than the smallest Offered Discount for which the sum of all Offered Amounts affiliated with Offered Discounts that are larger than or equal to such smallest Offered Discount would, if purchased at such smallest Offered Discount, yield an amount at least equal to the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount. If the Borrower Representative elects to accept any Offered Discount as the Acceptable Discount, then as soon as practicable after the determination of the Acceptable Discount, but in no event later than by the third Business Day after the date of receipt by the Borrower Representative from the Administrative Agent of a copy of all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers pursuant to the first sentence of this clause (2) (the “Acceptance Date”), the Borrower Representative shall submit an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice to the Administrative Agent setting forth the Acceptable Discount. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to receive an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice from the Borrower Representative by the Acceptance Date, the Borrower Representative shall be deemed to have rejected all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers.
(3) Based upon the Acceptable Discount and the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by Administrative Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, within three Business Days after receipt of an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice (the “Discounted Prepayment Determination Date”), the Administrative Agent will determine (in consultation with the Borrower Representative and subject to rounding requirements of the Administrative Agent made in its reasonable discretion) the aggregate Outstanding Amount and the Tranches of Term Loans (the “Acceptable Prepayment Amount”) to be prepaid by the Borrowers at the Acceptable Discount in accordance with this Subsection 4.4(l)(iv). If the Borrower Representative elects to accept any Acceptable Discount, then the Borrowers agree to accept all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by the Administrative Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, in the order from largest Offered Discount to smallest Offered Discount, up to and including the Acceptable Discount. Each Lender that has submitted a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer to accept prepayment at an Offered Discount that is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount shall be deemed to have irrevocably
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consented to prepayment of Term Loans equal to its Offered Amount (subject to any required proration pursuant to the following sentence) at the Acceptable Discount (each such Lender, a “Qualifying Lender”). The Borrowers will prepay outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(l)(iv) to each Qualifying Lender in the aggregate Outstanding Amount and of the Tranches specified in such Lender’s Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer at the Acceptable Discount; provided that if the aggregate Offered Amount by all Qualifying Lenders whose Offered Discount is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount exceeds the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount, prepayment of the Outstanding Amount of the Term Loans for those Qualifying Lenders whose Offered Discount is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount (the “Identified Qualifying Lenders”) shall be made pro rata among the Identified Qualifying Lenders in accordance with the Offered Amount of each such Identified Qualifying Lender and the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower Representative and subject to rounding requirements of the Administrative Agent made in its reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Solicited Discount Proration”). On or prior to the Discounted Prepayment Determination Date, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify (w) the Borrower Representative of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and Acceptable Prepayment Amount comprising the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the Tranches to be prepaid, (x) each Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Acceptable Discount and the Acceptable Prepayment Amount of all Term Loans and the Tranches to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, (y) each Qualifying Lender of the aggregate Outstanding Amount and the Tranches of such Lender to be prepaid at the Acceptable Discount on such date and (z) if applicable, each Identified Qualifying Lender of the Solicited Discount Proration. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to the Borrower Representative and Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such notice to the Borrower Representative shall be due and payable by the Borrowers on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with Subsection 4.4(l)(vi) below (subject to Subsection 4.4(l)(x) below).
(v) Expenses. In connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment, the Borrowers and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent may require as a condition to any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment, the payment of reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses from the Borrowers in connection therewith.
(vi) Payment. If any Term Loan is prepaid in accordance with Subsections 4.4(l)(ii) through (iv) above, the Borrowers shall prepay such Term Loans on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. The Borrowers shall make such prepayment to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders, Participating Lenders or Qualifying Lenders, as applicable, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in immediately available funds not later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and all such prepayments shall be applied to the remaining principal installments of the Term Loans
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in inverse order of maturity. The Term Loans so prepaid shall be accompanied by all accrued and unpaid interest on the par principal amount so prepaid up to, but not including, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. Each prepayment of the outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(l) shall be paid to the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders, Participating Lenders or Qualifying Lenders, as applicable. The aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Tranches of the Term Loans outstanding shall be deemed reduced by the full par value of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Tranches of Term Loans prepaid on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment. The Lenders hereby agree that, in connection with a prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(l) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (i) interest in respect of the Term Loans may be made on a non-pro rata basis among the Lenders holding such Term Loans to reflect the payment of accrued interest to certain Lenders as provided in this Subsection 4.4(l)(vi) and (ii) all subsequent prepayments and repayments of the Term Loans (except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement) shall be made on a pro rata basis among the respective Lenders based upon the then outstanding principal amounts of the Term Loans then held by the respective Lenders after giving effect to any prepayment pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(l) as if made at par. It is also understood and agreed that prepayments pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(l) shall not be subject to Subsection 4.4(a), or, for the avoidance of doubt, Subsection 11.7(a) or the pro rata allocation requirements of Subsection 4.8(a).
(vii) Other Procedures. To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Term Loan Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to procedures consistent with the provisions in this Subsection 4.4(l), established by the Administrative Agent acting in its reasonable discretion and as reasonably agreed by the Borrower Representative.
(viii) Notice. Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary, for purposes of this Subsection 4.4(l), each notice or other communication required to be delivered or otherwise provided to the Administrative Agent (or its delegate) shall be deemed to have been given upon the Administrative Agent’s (or its delegate’s) actual receipt during normal business hours of such notice or communication; provided that any notice or communication actually received outside of normal business hours shall be deemed to have been given as of the opening of business on the next Business Day.
(ix) Actions of Administrative Agent. Each of the Borrowers and the Lenders acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties under this Subsection 4.4(l) by itself or through any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent and expressly consents to any such delegation of duties by the Administrative Agent to such Affiliate and the performance of such delegated duties by such Affiliate. The exculpatory provisions in this Agreement shall apply to each Affiliate of the Administrative Agent and its respective activities in connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment provided for in this Subsection 4.4(l) as well as to activities of the Administrative Agent in connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment provided for in this Subsection 4.4(l).
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(x) Revocation. The Borrower Representative shall have the right, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, to revoke in full (but not in part) its offer to make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and rescind the applicable Specified Discount Prepayment Notice, Discount Range Prepayment Notice or Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice therefor at its discretion at any time on or prior to the applicable Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date (and if such offer is so revoked, any failure by the Borrowers to make any prepayment to a Lender pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(l) shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Subsection 9.1 or otherwise).
(xi) No Obligation. This Subsection 4.4(l) shall not (i) require the Borrowers to undertake any prepayment pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(l) or (ii) limit or restrict the Borrowers from making voluntary prepayments of the Term Loans in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement.
4.5 Administrative Agent’s Fee; Other Fees. (a) The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees set forth in the last paragraph under the heading “First Lien Facilities Fees” of the Fee Letter on the payment dates set forth therein.
(b) If on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date any Borrower makes an optional prepayment in full of the Initial Term Loans in an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from its incurrence of new Indebtedness under first lien secured bank financing in a Repricing Transaction, the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each Lender, a prepayment premium of 1.0% of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans being prepaid. If, on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date, any Lender is replaced pursuant to Subsection 11.1(g) in connection with any amendment of this Agreement (including in connection with any refinancing transaction permitted under Subsection 11.6(g) to replace the Initial Term Loans) that results in a Repricing Transaction, such Lender (and not any Person who replaces such Lender pursuant to Subsection 2.10(e) or 11.1(g)) shall receive a fee equal to 1.0% of the principal amount of the Initial Term Loans of such Lender assigned to a replacement Lender pursuant to Subsection 2.10(e) or 11.1(g).
(c) The Borrowers agree to pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, (i) a commitment fee for the period from and including the first day of the applicable Revolving Commitment Period to the applicable Maturity Date, computed at the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is made and (ii) a commitment fee for the period from and including the first day of the applicable Acquisition / Capex Availability Period to the last day of the applicable Acquisition / Capex Availability Period, computed at the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage on the average daily amount of the Available Acquisition / Capex Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is made. Such commitment fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, and on the applicable Maturity Date (in the case of the Revolving Commitments) and on the last day of the applicable Acquisition / Capex Availability Period (in the case of the Acquisition / Capex Commitments) or such earlier date as the Revolving Commitments or the Acquisition Capex Commitments, as
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applicable, shall terminate as provided herein, commencing on September 30, 2014. For purposes of calculating the commitment fee under this Subsection 4.5(c), (x) the Euro Equivalent of any Revolving Loans, undrawn Letters of Credit and unreimbursed drawings under Letters of Credit for purposes of determining Available Revolving Commitments as of any date shall be determined using the Spot Rate of Exchange as of the most recent applicable Revaluation Date and (y) the Euro Equivalent of any Acquisition / Capex Loans for purposes of determining Available Acquisition / Capex Commitments as of any date shall be determined using the Spot Rate of Exchange as of the most recent of the following dates: (i) each date on which the Borrower Representative has given the Administrative Agent a notice of borrowing of an Acquisition / Capex Loan pursuant to Subsection 2.4(b), (ii) the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Parent Borrower, (iii) each date of a conversion or continuation of an Acquisition / Capex Loan pursuant to Subsection 4.2 and (iv) the effective date of any voluntary reduction of an Acquisition / Capex Commitment pursuant to Subsection 4.4(c).
4.6 Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest (other than interest based on the Base Rate) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed; and interest based on the Base Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year (or 366-day year, as the case may be) for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower Representative and the affected Lenders of each determination of an Adjusted LIBOR Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the Alternate Base Rate or the Statutory Reserves shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower Representative and the affected Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate. The amount and timing of payments of interest and fees in respect of any Ancillary Facility will be agreed by the relevant Ancillary Lender and the Borrower Representative under such Ancillary Facility based on market rates and terms.
(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on each of the Borrowers and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower Representative or any Lender, deliver to the Borrower Representative or such Lender a statement showing in reasonable detail the calculations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Subsection 4.1, excluding any LIBOR Rate which is based upon the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service page and any ABR Loan which is based upon the Alternate Base Rate.
(c) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Reference Bank (whether or not currently a Lender hereunder) agrees that, if such Reference Bank is currently providing quotes for deposits in Euro and/or any Designated Currency to leading banks in the London interbank market, it will promptly (and no later than the Business Day following any such request) supply the Administrative Agent with the rate quoted by such Reference Bank to leading banks in the London interbank market two Business Days before the first day of the relevant Interest Period for deposits in Euro and/or any Designated Currency, as applicable, of a duration equal to the duration of such Interest Period. Each Reference Bank agrees, with and for the benefit of the Borrowers, to comply with its obligations under Subsection 4.6(c) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
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4.7 Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If, prior to the first day of any Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon each of the Borrowers) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBOR Rate with respect to any Eurodollar Loan for such Interest Period (the “Affected Eurodollar Rate”), the Administrative Agent shall give facsimile or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower Representative and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is given (a) any Eurodollar Loans to be made in Dollars the rate of interest applicable to which is based on the Affected Eurodollar Rate requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans, (b) any Eurodollar Loans to be made in Euro or a Designated Currency other than Dollars the rate of interest applicable to which is based on the Affected Eurodollar Rate requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall not be required to be made hereunder in Euro and, upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower Representative may at its option revoke the pending request for such Eurodollar Rate Loans or convert such request into a request for ABR Loans to be made in Dollars, (c) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to or continued as Eurodollar Loans in Dollars the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Affected Eurodollar Rate shall be converted to or continued as ABR Loans and (d) any Eurodollar Loans denominated in Euro that were to have been continued as Eurodollar Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Affected Eurodollar Rate shall (at the option of the Borrower Representative) remain outstanding, and shall bear interest at an alternate rate which reflects, as to each Lender, such Lender’s cost of funding such Eurodollar Loans, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, plus the Applicable Margin hereunder. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Affected Eurodollar Rate shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower Representative have the right to convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans, the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Affected Eurodollar Rate.
4.8 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) Except as expressly otherwise provided herein (including in Subsection 11.6(k)), each borrowing of Revolving Loans by the Borrowers from the Lenders hereunder shall be made, each payment (except as provided in Subsection 4.14(a)) by the Borrowers on account of any commitment fee in respect of the Revolving Commitments hereunder and any reduction (except as provided in Subsections 2.8, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 4.5(b), 4.13(d), 4.14(c) or 11.1(g)) of the Revolving Commitments of the Lenders shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent, pro rata according to the respective Revolving Commitment Percentages (for the avoidance of doubt, for this purpose such Revolving Commitment Percentages shall be determined after reducing an Ancillary Lender’s Ancillary Commitment from its Revolving Commitment) of the Lenders (other than payments in respect of any difference in the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentages in respect of any Tranche); provided that at the request of the Borrower Representative, in lieu of such application on a pro rata basis among all Revolving Commitments, such reduction may be applied to any Revolving Commitments so long as the Maturity Date of such Revolving Commitments precedes the Maturity Date of each other Tranche of Revolving Commitments then outstanding or, in the event more than one Tranche of Revolving Commitments shall have an identical Maturity Date that precedes the Maturity Date of each other Tranche of Revolving Commitments then outstanding, to such Tranches on a pro rata basis. Except as expressly otherwise provided
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herein, each borrowing of Acquisition / Capex Loans by the Borrowers from the Lenders hereunder shall be made, each payment (except as provided in Subsection 4.14(a)) by the Borrowers on account of any commitment fee in respect of the Acquisition / Capex Commitments hereunder and any reduction (except as provided in Subsections 2.10, 2.11, 4.13(d), 4.14(c) or 11.1(g)) of the Acquisition / Capex Commitments of the Lenders shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent, pro rata according to the respective Acquisition / Capex Commitment Percentages of the Lenders (other than payments in respect of any difference in the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentages in respect of any Tranche); provided that at the request of the Borrower Representative, in lieu of such application on a pro rata basis among all Acquisition / Capex Commitments, such reduction may be applied to any Acquisition / Capex Commitments so long as the Maturity Date of such Acquisition / Capex Commitments precedes the Maturity Date of each other Tranche of Acquisition / Capex Commitments then outstanding or, in the event more than one Tranche of Acquisition / Capex Commitments shall have an identical Maturity Date that precedes the Maturity Date of each other Tranche of Acquisition / Capex Commitments then outstanding, to such Tranches on a pro rata basis. Except as expressly otherwise provided herein, each payment (including each prepayment, but excluding payments made pursuant to Subsections 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 4.5(b), 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13(d), 4.14, 11.1(g) or 11.6) by the Borrowers on account of principal of and interest on account of any Loans of a given Tranche (other than (v) payments in respect of any difference in the Applicable Margin, Adjusted LIBOR Rate or Alternate Base Rate in respect of any Tranche, (w) any payments pursuant to Subsection 4.4(e) to the extent declined by any Lender in accordance with Subsection 4.4(h), (x) any payments pursuant to Subsection 4.4(l) which shall be allocated as set forth in Subsection 4.4(l), (y) any prepayments pursuant to Subsection 11.6(h)(i)(2) and (z) any payment accompanying a termination of Revolving Commitments pursuant to the provisos to the first sentence of this Subsection 4.8(a) which shall be applied to the Revolving Loans outstanding under the Tranches under which Revolving Commitments are being terminated) shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of such Loans of such Tranche then held by the respective Lenders; provided that a Lender may, at its option, and if agreed by the Borrower Representative, exchange such Lender’s portion of a Term Loan to be prepaid for Rollover Indebtedness, in lieu of such Lender’s pro rata portion of such prepayment, pursuant to the last sentence of Subsection 4.4(g). All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrowers hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees, Reimbursement Obligations or otherwise, shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and shall be made on or prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 2:00 P.M., New York City time), on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders holding the relevant Loans, the L/C Participants, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, or the Other Representatives, as the case may be, at the Administrative Agent’s office specified in Subsection 11.2, in Euro or, in the case of Loans outstanding in any Designated Currency and L/C Obligations in any Designated Currency, such Designated Currency and, whether in Euro or any Designated Currency, in immediately available funds. Any pro rata calculations required to be made pursuant to this Subsection 4.8(a) in respect to any Revolving Loan denominated in a Designated Currency shall be made on a Euro Equivalent basis. Payments received by the Administrative Agent after such time shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to such L/C Participants, Lenders or Other Representatives, as the case
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may be, if any such payment is received prior to 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Business Day, in like funds as received prior to the end of such Business Day and otherwise the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to such Lenders or Other Representatives, as the case may be, on the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity of such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity of such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day (and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension) unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. This Subsection 4.8(a) may be amended in accordance with Subsection 11.1(d) to the extent necessary to reflect differing amounts payable, and priorities of payments, to Lenders participating in any new Tranches added pursuant to Subsections 2.8, 2.10 and 2.11, as applicable.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower in respect of such borrowing a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a rate equal to (i) for amounts denominated in Dollars, the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate, and (ii) for amounts denominated in Euro or a Designated Currency (other than Dollars), the rate customary in Euro or such Designated Currency, as applicable, for settlement of similar interbank obligations, in each case for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Subsection 4.8(b) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower Representative of the failure of such Lender to make such amount available to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans hereunder on demand from the Borrowers; provided that the foregoing notice and recovery provisions shall not apply to the funding of Initial Term Loans and Initial Revolving Loans on the Closing Date.
4.9 Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof in each case occurring after the Closing Date shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain any Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement (“Affected Loans”), (a) such Lender shall promptly give written notice of such circumstances to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent (which notice shall be withdrawn whenever such circumstances no longer exist), (b) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Affected
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Loans, continue Affected Loans as such and convert an ABR Loan to an Affected Loan shall forthwith be cancelled and, until such time as it shall no longer be unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain such Affected Loans, such Lender shall then have a commitment only to make an ABR Loan when an Affected Loan is requested, (c) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Affected Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to ABR Loans on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Affected Loans or within such earlier period as required by law and (d) such Lender’s then outstanding Affected Loans, if any, not converted to ABR Loans pursuant to clause (c) of this Subsection 4.9 shall, at the option of the Borrower Representative (i) be prepaid with accrued interest thereon on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto (or such earlier date as may be required by any such Requirement of Law) or (ii) bear interest at an alternate rate which reflects such Lender’s cost of funding such Loans, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, plus the Applicable Margin hereunder. If any such conversion or prepayment of an Affected Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the Borrowers shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Subsection 4.12.
4.10 Requirements of Law. (a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof applicable to any Lender, or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority, in each case made subsequent to the Closing Date (or, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender):
(i) shall subject such Lender to any Tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to any Eurodollar Loans made or maintained by it or its obligation to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof, in each case, except for (x) Non-Excluded Taxes, Taxes imposed by FATCA and Taxes measured by or imposed upon net income, or franchise Taxes, or Taxes measured by or imposed upon overall capital or net worth, or branch Taxes (in the case of such capital, net worth or branch Taxes, imposed in lieu of such net income Tax), of such Lender or its applicable lending office, branch, or any affiliate thereof or (y) any withholding tax due under (i) the Luxembourg laws dated 21 June 2005 implementing the EU Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on the taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments, as amended, and several related agreements concluded between Luxembourg and certain associated or dependent territories of the European Union and (ii) the Luxembourg law dated 23 December 2005 as amended on savings income paid to Luxembourg resident individuals;
(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender which is not otherwise included in the determination of the LIBOR Rate hereunder; or
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(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition (excluding any Tax of any kind whatsoever);
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount which such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, upon notice to the Borrower Representative from such Lender, through the Administrative Agent in accordance herewith, the Borrowers shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable with respect to such Eurodollar Loans; provided that, in any such case, the Borrower Representative may elect to convert the Eurodollar Loans denominated in Dollars made by such Lender hereunder to ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent at least one Business Day’s (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) notice of such election, in which case the Borrowers shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon demand, without duplication, amounts theretofore required to be paid to such Lender pursuant to this Subsection 4.10(a) and such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Subsection 4.12. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Subsection 4.10(a), it shall provide prompt notice thereof to the Borrower Representative, through the Administrative Agent, certifying (x) that one of the events described in this clause (a) has occurred and describing in reasonable detail the nature of such event, (y) as to the increased cost or reduced amount resulting from such event and (z) as to the additional amount demanded by such Lender and a reasonably detailed explanation of the calculation thereof. Such a certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Subsection 4.10(a) submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Borrower Representative shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Subsection 4.10(a), the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Subsection 4.10(a) (i) for any amounts incurred more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower Representative of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor or (ii) for any amounts, if such Lender is applying this provision to the Borrowers in a manner that is inconsistent with its application of “increased cost” or other similar provisions under other syndicated credit agreements to similarly situated borrowers. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
(b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy or liquidity (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority, in each case, made subsequent to the Closing Date, does or shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, within ten Business Days after submission by such Lender to the Borrower Representative (through the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor certifying (x) that one of the events described in this clause (b) has occurred and describing in reasonable detail the nature of such event, (y) as to the reduction of the rate of return on capital resulting from such event and (z) as to the additional amount or amounts demanded by such Lender or corporation and a reasonably detailed explanation of the calculation thereof, the Borrowers shall pay to such
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Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or corporation for such reduction. Such a certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Subsection 4.10(b) submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Borrower Representative shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Subsection 4.10(b), the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Subsection 4.10(b) (i) for any amounts incurred more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower Representative of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor or (ii) for any amounts, if such Lender is applying this provision to the Borrowers in a manner that is inconsistent with its application of “increased cost” or other similar provisions under other syndicated credit agreements to similarly situated borrowers. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Xxxx Xxxxx Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines and directives promulgated thereunder or issued in connection therewith, and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, in each case shall be deemed to have been enacted, adopted or issued, as applicable, subsequent to the Closing Date for all purposes herein.
4.11 Taxes. (a) Except as provided below in this Subsection 4.11 or as required by law (which, for purposes of this Subsection 4.11 shall include FATCA), all payments made by the Borrowers or the Agents under this Agreement and any Notes shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of any Taxes; provided that the Borrowers or the Agents may withhold from any payment made under this Agreement or any Notes to or for the benefit of any Person who is not a United States Person any U.S. federal withholding tax that would apply to such payment if all payments of interest (including original issue discount), fees and commissions under this Agreement and any Notes were treated as income from sources within the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes; provided further that if any Non-Excluded Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable by any Borrower to any Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any Notes, the amounts so payable by such Borrower shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to such Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement; provided, however, that each of the Borrowers shall be entitled to deduct and withhold, and the Borrowers shall not be required to indemnify for, any Non-Excluded Taxes, and any such amounts payable by any Borrower to or for the account of any Agent or Lender shall not be increased (x) if such Agent or Lender fails to comply with the requirements of clause (b), (c) or (d) of this Subsection 4.11 or with the requirements of Subsection 4.13, or (y) with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes imposed in connection with the payment of any fees paid under this Agreement unless such Non-Excluded Taxes are imposed as a result of a Change in Law, or (z) with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes imposed by the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof, unless such Non-Excluded Taxes are imposed as a result of a change in treaty, law or regulation that occurred after such Agent became an Agent hereunder or such Lender became a Lender hereunder (or, if such Agent or Lender is a non-U.S. intermediary or flow-through entity for U.S.
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federal income tax purposes, after the relevant beneficiary or member of such Agent or Lender became such a beneficiary or member, if later) (any such change, at such time, a “Change in Law”). Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes are payable by any Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower Representative shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of the respective Lender or Agent, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by such Borrower showing payment thereof. If any Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes when due to the appropriate Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law or the Borrower Representative fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, such Borrower or the Borrower Representative, as applicable, shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Agents for any incremental Taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure. The agreements in this Subsection 4.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Term Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
(b) Each Agent and each Lender that is not a United States Person shall:
(i) (1) on or before the date of any payment by any Borrower under this Agreement or any Notes to, or for the account of, such Agent or Lender, deliver to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent (A) two accurate and complete original signed Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN-E (certifying that it is a resident of the applicable country within the meaning of the income tax treaty between the United States and that country) or Forms W-8ECI, or successor applicable form, as the case may be, in each case certifying that it is entitled to receive all payments under this Agreement and any Notes without deduction or withholding of any U.S. federal income taxes and (B) such other forms, documentation or certifications, as the case may be, certifying that it is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Notes;
(2) deliver to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent two further accurate and complete original signed forms or certifications provided in Subsection 4.11(b)(i)(1) on or before the date that any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certificate previously delivered by it to the Borrower Representative;
(3) obtain such extensions of time for filing and completing such forms or certifications as may reasonably be requested by the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent; and
(4) deliver, to the extent legally entitled to do so, upon reasonable request by the Borrower Representative, to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent such other forms as may be reasonably required in order to establish the legal entitlement of such Lender to an exemption from, or reduction of, withholding with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Notes, provided that, in determining the reasonableness of a request under this clause (4), such Lender shall be entitled to consider the cost (to the extent unreimbursed by any Loan Party) which would be imposed on such Lender of complying with such request; or
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(ii) in the case of any such Lender that is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and is claiming the so-called “portfolio interest exemption,”
(1) represent to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent that it is not (A) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code;
(2) deliver to the Borrower Representative on or before the date of any payment by any Borrower with a copy to the Administrative Agent, (A) two certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto (any such certificate a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (B) two accurate and complete original signed Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN-E, or successor applicable form, certifying to such Lender’s legal entitlement at the date of such form to an exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the provisions of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and any Notes and (C) such other forms, documentation or certifications, as the case may be certifying that it is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Notes (and shall also deliver to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent two further accurate and complete original signed forms or certificates on or before the date it expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recently provided form or certificate and, if necessary, obtain any extensions of time reasonably requested by the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent for filing and completing such forms or certificates); and
(3) deliver, to the extent legally entitled to do so, upon reasonable request by the Borrower Representative, to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent such other forms as may be reasonably required in order to establish the legal entitlement of such Lender to an exemption from, or reduction of, withholding with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Notes, provided that, in determining the reasonableness of a request under this clause (3), such Lender shall be entitled to consider the cost (to the extent unreimbursed by any Loan Party) which would be imposed on such Lender of complying with such request; or
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(1) on or before the date of any payment by any Borrower under this Agreement or any Notes to, or for the account of, such Agent or Lender, deliver to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent two accurate and complete original signed Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8IMY and, if any beneficiary or member of such Lender is claiming the so-called “portfolio interest exemption,” (I) represent to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent that such Lender is not (A) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (II) also deliver to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent two U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates certifying to such Lender’s legal entitlement at the date of such certificate to an exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the provisions of Section 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and any Notes; and
(A) with respect to each beneficiary or member of such Agent or Lender that is not claiming the so-called “portfolio interest exemption,” also deliver to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent (I) two accurate and complete original signed Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN-E (certifying that such beneficiary or member is a resident of the applicable country within the meaning of the income tax treaty between the United States and that country), Forms W-8ECI or Forms W-9, or successor applicable form, as the case may be, in each case so that each such beneficiary or member is entitled to receive all payments under this Agreement and any Notes without deduction or withholding of any U.S. federal income taxes and (II) such other forms, documentation or certifications, as the case may be, certifying that each such beneficiary or member is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax with respect to all payments under this Agreement and any Notes; and
(B) with respect to each beneficiary or member of such Lender that is claiming the so-called “portfolio interest exemption,” (I) represent to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent that such beneficiary or member is not (1) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (2) a “10 percent shareholder” of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code or (3) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (II) also deliver to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent two U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates from each beneficiary or member and two accurate and complete original signed Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN-E, or successor applicable form, certifying to such beneficiary’s or member’s legal entitlement at the date of such certificate to an exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the provisions of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and any Notes, and (III) also deliver to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent such other forms, documentation or certifications, as the case may be, certifying that it is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Notes;
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(2) deliver to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent two further accurate and complete original signed forms, certificates or certifications referred to above on or before the date any such form, certificate or certification expires or becomes obsolete, or any beneficiary or member changes, and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recently provided form, certificate or certification and obtain such extensions of time reasonably requested by the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent for filing and completing such forms, certificates or certifications; and
(3) deliver, to the extent legally entitled to do so, upon reasonable request by the Borrower Representative, to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent such other forms as may be reasonably required in order to establish the legal entitlement of such Agent or Lender (or beneficiary or member) to an exemption from, or reduction of, withholding with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Notes, provided that in determining the reasonableness of a request under this clause (3) such Agent or Lender shall be entitled to consider the cost (to the extent unreimbursed by any Loan Party) which would be imposed on such Agent or Lender (or beneficiary or member) of complying with such request;
unless, in any such case (other than with respect to United States backup withholding tax), there has been a Change in Law which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such Agent or such Lender (or such beneficiary or member) from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and such Agent or such Lender so advises the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent.
(c) Each Lender and each Agent, in each case that is a United States Person, shall, on or before the date of any payment by any Borrower under this Agreement or any Notes to such Lender or Agent, deliver to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent two accurate and complete original signed Internal Revenue Service Forms W-9, or successor form, certifying that such Lender or Agent is a United States Person and that such Lender or Agent is entitled to complete exemption from United States backup withholding tax.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent is not a United States Person, on or before the date of any payment by any Borrower under this Agreement or any Notes to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall:
(i) deliver to the Borrower Representative (A) two accurate and complete original signed Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8ECI, or successor applicable form, with respect to any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent for its own account, (B) two accurate and complete original signed Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8IMY, or successor applicable form, with respect to any amounts payable to
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the Administrative Agent for the account of others, certifying that it is a “U.S. branch” and that the payments it receives for the account of others are not effectively connected with the conduct of its trade or business in the United States and that it is using such form as evidence of its agreement with the Borrowers to be treated as a U.S. person with respect to such payments (and the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent agree to so treat the Administrative Agent as a U.S. person with respect to such payments as contemplated by U.S. Treasury Regulation § 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv)) and (C) such other forms or certifications as may be sufficient under applicable law to establish that the Administrative Agent is entitled to receive any payment by any Borrower under this Agreement or any Notes (whether for its own account or for the account of others) without deduction or withholding of any U.S. federal income taxes;
(ii) deliver to the Borrower Representative two further accurate and complete original signed forms or certifications provided in Subsection 4.11(d)(i) on or before the date that any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certificate previously delivered by it to the Borrower Representative; and
(iii) obtain such extensions of time for filing and completing such forms or certifications as may reasonably be requested by the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent;
unless in any such case (other than with respect to United States backup withholding tax) there has been a Change in Law which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent the Administrative Agent from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and the Administrative Agent so advises the Borrower Representative.
(e) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA, such Lender shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower Representative, such documentation prescribed by applicable law and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower Representative as may be necessary for the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers to comply with their respective obligations (including any applicable reporting requirements) under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall be permitted to withhold any Taxes imposed by FATCA.
(f) For purposes of this Section 4.11 and for purposes of Section 4.13, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank.
4.12 Indemnity. The Borrowers agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify each Lender in respect of Extensions of Credit made, or requested to be made, to the Borrowers, and to hold each such Lender harmless from any loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or incur (other than through such Lender’s bad faith, gross negligence or willful
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misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable decision) as a consequence of (a) default by the Borrowers in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower Representative has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b) default by the Borrowers in making any prepayment or conversion of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower Representative has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a payment or prepayment of Eurodollar Loans or the conversion of Eurodollar Loans on a day which is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. Such indemnification may include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or converted, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from the date of such prepayment or conversion or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of the applicable Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Eurodollar Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) which would have accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the interbank eurodollar market. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any amounts under the indemnity contained in this Subsection 4.12, it shall provide prompt notice thereof to the Borrower Representative, through the Administrative Agent, certifying (x) that one of the events described in clause (a), (b) or (c) has occurred and describing in reasonable detail the nature of such event, (y) as to the loss or expense sustained or incurred by such Lender as a consequence thereof and (z) as to the amount for which such Lender seeks indemnification hereunder and a reasonably detailed explanation of the calculation thereof. Such a certificate as to any indemnification pursuant to this Subsection 4.12 submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Borrower Representative shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within five Business Days after receipt thereof. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Term Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
4.13 Certain Rules Relating to the Payment of Additional Amounts. (a) Upon the request, and at the expense of each applicable Borrower, each Lender and Agent to which any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount pursuant to Subsection 4.10 or 4.11, and any Participant in respect of whose participation such payment is required, shall reasonably afford any Borrower the opportunity to contest, and reasonably cooperate with such Borrower in contesting, the imposition of any Non-Excluded Tax giving rise to such payment; provided that (i) such Lender or Agent shall not be required to afford any Borrower the opportunity to so contest unless such Borrower shall have confirmed in writing to such Lender or Agent its obligation to pay such amounts pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) the Borrowers shall reimburse such Lender or Agent for its reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and disbursements incurred in so cooperating with any Borrower in contesting the imposition of such Non-Excluded Tax; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing no Lender or Agent shall be required to afford any Borrower the opportunity to contest, or cooperate with any Borrower in contesting, the imposition of any Non-Excluded Taxes, if such Lender or Agent in its sole discretion in good faith determines that to do so would have an adverse effect on it.
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(b) If a Lender changes its applicable lending office (other than (i) pursuant to clause (c) below or (ii) after an Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing) and the effect of such change, as of the date of such change, would be to cause any Borrower to become obligated to pay any additional amount under Subsection 4.10 or 4.11, such Borrower shall not be obligated to pay such additional amount.
(c) If a condition or an event occurs which would, or would upon the passage of time or giving of notice, result in the payment of any additional amount to any Lender or Agent by any Borrower pursuant to Subsection 4.10 or 4.11 or result in Affected Loans or commitments to make Affected Loans being automatically converted to ABR Loans or Loans bearing an alternate rate of interest or commitments to make ABR Loans or Loans bearing an alternate rate of interest, as the case may be, pursuant to Subsection 4.9, such Lender or Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent and shall take such steps as may reasonably be available to it to mitigate the effects of such condition or event (which shall include efforts to rebook the Loans and Commitments held by such Lender at another lending office, or through another branch or an affiliate, of such Lender); provided that such Lender or Agent shall not be required to take any step that, in its reasonable judgment, would be materially disadvantageous to its business or operations or would require it to incur additional costs (unless the Borrowers agree to reimburse such Lender or Agent for the reasonable incremental out-of-pocket costs thereof).
(d) If any Borrower shall become obligated to pay additional amounts pursuant to Subsection 4.10 or 4.11 and any affected Lender shall not have promptly taken steps necessary to avoid the need for payments under Subsection 4.10 or 4.11 or if Affected Loans or commitments to make Affected Loans are automatically converted to ABR Loans or Loans bearing an alternate rate of interest or commitments to make ABR Loans or loans bearing an alternate rate of interest, as the case may be, under Subsection 4.9 and any affected Lender shall not have promptly taken steps necessary to avoid the need for such conversion under Subsection 4.9, the Borrower Representative shall have the right, for so long as such obligation remains, (i) with the assistance of the Administrative Agent to seek one or more substitute Lenders reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative to purchase the affected Loan or Commitment, in whole or in part, at an aggregate price no less than such Loan’s or Commitment’s principal amount plus accrued interest, and assume the affected obligations under this Agreement or (ii) so long as no Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(a) or (f) then exists or will exist immediately after giving effect to the respective prepayment, upon notice to the Administrative Agent to prepay the affected Loan, in whole or in part, subject to Subsection 4.12, without premium or penalty. In the case of the substitution of a Lender, then, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the affected Lender, and any substitute Lender shall execute and deliver an appropriately completed Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to Subsection 11.6(b) to effect the assignment of rights to, and the assumption of obligations by, the substitute Lender; provided that any fees required to be paid by Subsection 11.6(b) in connection with such assignment shall be paid by the Borrowers or the substitute Lender. In the case of a prepayment of an affected Loan, the amount specified in the notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with any accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. In the case of each of the substitution of a Lender and of the prepayment of an affected Loan, the Borrowers shall first pay the affected Lender any additional amounts owing under Subsections 4.10 and 4.11 (as well as any commitment fees and other amounts then due and owing to such
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Lender, including any amounts under this Subsection 4.13) prior to such substitution or prepayment. In the case of the substitution of a Lender pursuant to this Subsection 4.13(d), if the Lender being replaced does not execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance and/or any other documentation necessary to reflect such replacement by the later of (a) the date on which the assignee Lender executes and delivers such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation and (b) the date as of which all obligations of the Borrowers owing to such replaced Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender and/or the Borrowers to such Lender being replaced, then the Lender being replaced shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation as of such date and the Borrower Representative shall be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation on behalf of such Lender.
(e) If any Agent or any Lender receives a refund directly attributable to Taxes for which any Borrower has made additional payments pursuant to Subsection 4.10(a) or 4.11(a), such Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, shall promptly pay such refund (together with any interest with respect thereto received from the relevant taxing authority, but net of any reasonable cost incurred in connection therewith) to such Borrower; provided, however, that such Borrower agrees promptly to return such refund (together with any interest with respect thereto due to the relevant taxing authority) (free of all Non-Excluded Taxes) to such Agent or the applicable Lender, as the case may be, upon receipt of a notice that such refund is required to be repaid to the relevant taxing authority.
(f) The obligations of any Agent, Lender or Participant under this Subsection 4.13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Term Loans and all amounts payable hereunder.
4.14 Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, if any Revolving Lender or Acquisition / Capex Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Revolving Lender or Acquisition / Capex Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a) no commitment fee shall accrue for the account of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender (except to the extent it is payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to clause (d)(v) below);
(b) in determining the Required Lenders, Required Release Lenders, Required Revolving Lenders or Required Acquisition / Capex Lenders, any Lender that at the time is a Defaulting Lender (and the Loans and/or Revolving Commitment and/or Acquisition / Capex Commitment of such Defaulting Lender) shall be excluded and disregarded;
(c) the Borrower Representative shall have the right, at its sole expense and effort (i) to seek one or more Persons reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative to each become a substitute Revolving Lender or Acquisition / Capex Lender and assume all or part of the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender and the Borrower Representative, the Administrative Agent and any such substitute Revolving Lender or Acquisition / Capex Lender shall execute and deliver, and
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such Defaulting Lender shall thereupon be deemed to have executed and delivered, an appropriately completed Assignment and Acceptance to effect such substitution or (ii) so long as no Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(a) or 9.1(f) then exists or will exist immediately after giving effect to the respective prepayment, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, to prepay the Loans and, at the Borrower Representative’s option, terminate the Commitments of such Defaulting Lender, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty;
(d) if any L/C Obligations exist at the time a Revolving Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(i) all or any part of such L/C Obligations shall be re-allocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitment Percentages but only to the extent the sum of all Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations does not exceed the total of all Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Commitments;
(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrowers shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent cash collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Bank for so long as such L/C Obligations are outstanding;
(iii) if any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations is cash collateralized pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrowers shall not be required to pay the L/C Facing Fee for participation with respect to such portion of such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations so long as it is cash collateralized;
(iv) if any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations is reallocated to the Non-Defaulting Lenders pursuant to clause (i) above, then the letter of credit commission with respect to such portion shall be allocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their Revolving Commitment Percentages; or
(v) if any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations is neither cash collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to this Subsection 4.14(d), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Bank or any Revolving Lender hereunder, the commitment fee that otherwise would have been payable to such Defaulting Lender (with respect to the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment that was utilized by such L/C Obligations) and the letter of credit commission payable with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations shall be payable to the Issuing Bank until such L/C Obligations are cash collateralized and/or reallocated;
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(e) so long as any Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend, extend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless they are respectively satisfied that the related exposure will be 100% covered by the Revolving Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateralized on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Bank, and participations in any such newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitment Percentages (and Defaulting Lenders shall not participate therein);
(f) any amount payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder (whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise and including any amount that would otherwise be payable to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Subsection 11.7) may, in lieu of being distributed to such Defaulting Lender, be retained by the Administrative Agent in a segregated non-interest bearing account and, subject to any applicable Requirements of Law, be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent (i) first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder, (ii) second, pro rata, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Bank hereunder, (iii) third, to the funding of any Loan or the funding or cash collateralization of any participation in any Letter of Credit in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (iv) fourth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative, held in such account as cash collateral for future funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender under this Agreement, (v) fifth, pro rata, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrowers or the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrowers or any Lender against such Defaultin