ABL TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of July 30, 2024 among SPORTSMAN’S WAREHOUSE, INC., as the Lead Borrower For The Borrowers Party Hereto THE BORROWERS PARTY HERETO THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO and PLC AGENT LLC, as Agent and THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
Exhibit 10.1
ABL TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 30, 2024
among
SPORTSMAN’S WAREHOUSE, INC.,
as the Lead Borrower
For
The Borrowers Party Hereto
THE BORROWERS PARTY HERETO
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
PLC AGENT LLC,
as Agent
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
Article I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
1 |
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1.01 |
Defined Terms |
1 |
1.02 |
Other Interpretive Provisions |
46 |
1.03 |
Accounting Terms |
47 |
1.04 |
Rounding |
48 |
1.05 |
Times of Day |
48 |
1.07 |
Divisions |
48 |
1.08 |
Rates |
48 |
Article II THE loans |
49 |
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2.01 |
Loans; Reserves |
49 |
2.02 |
Borrowings of Loans |
50 |
2.03 |
[Reserved] |
51 |
2.04 |
[Reserved] |
51 |
2.05 |
Prepayments |
51 |
2.06 |
[Reserved] |
52 |
2.07 |
Repayment of Loans |
52 |
2.08 |
Interest |
52 |
2.09 |
Fees |
53 |
2.10 |
Computation of Interest and Fees; Term SOFR Conforming Changes |
53 |
2.11 |
Evidence of Debt |
53 |
2.12 |
Payments Generally; Agent’s Clawback |
54 |
2.13 |
Sharing of Payments by Xxxxxxx |
55 |
2.14 |
[Reserved] |
56 |
2.15 |
[Reserved] |
56 |
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Article III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY; APPOINTMENT OF LEAD BORROWER |
56 |
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3.01 |
Taxes |
56 |
3.02 |
Illegality |
58 |
3.03 |
Inability to Determine Rates |
59 |
3.04 |
Increased Costs |
60 |
3.05 |
Compensation for Losses |
61 |
3.06 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
62 |
3.07 |
Survival |
63 |
3.08 |
Designation of Lead Borrower as Borrowers’ Agent |
63 |
Article IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOANS |
63 |
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4.01 |
Conditions of Initial ABL Term Loans |
63 |
4.02 |
Conditions to all Loans |
66 |
Article V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
67 |
|
5.01 |
Existence, Qualification and Power |
67 |
5.02 |
Authorization; No Contravention |
68 |
5.03 |
Governmental Authorization; Other Consents |
68 |
5.04 |
Binding Effect |
68 |
5.05 |
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect |
68 |
5.06 |
Litigation |
69 |
5.07 |
No Default |
69 |
5.08 |
Ownership of Property; Liens |
69 |
5.09 |
Environmental Compliance |
70 |
5.10 |
Insurance |
71 |
5.11 |
Taxes |
71 |
5.12 |
ERISA Compliance |
71 |
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5.13 |
Subsidiaries; Equity Interests |
72 |
5.14 |
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act |
72 |
5.15 |
Disclosure |
72 |
5.16 |
Compliance with Laws |
73 |
5.17 |
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc |
73 |
5.18 |
Labor Matters |
73 |
5.19 |
Security Documents |
74 |
5.20 |
Solvency |
74 |
5.21 |
Deposit Accounts; Credit Card Arrangements |
74 |
5.22 |
Brokers |
75 |
5.23 |
Customer and Trade Relations |
75 |
5.24 |
Material Contracts |
75 |
5.25 |
Casualty |
75 |
5.26 |
OFAC; Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws |
75 |
5.27 |
Patriot Act |
76 |
5.28 |
Swap Contracts |
76 |
Article VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
76 |
|
6.01 |
Financial Statements |
76 |
6.02 |
Certificates; Other Information |
77 |
6.03 |
Notices |
80 |
6.04 |
Payment of Obligations |
81 |
6.05 |
Preservation of Existence, Etc |
81 |
6.06 |
Maintenance of Properties |
81 |
6.07 |
Maintenance of Insurance |
82 |
6.08 |
Compliance with Laws |
83 |
6.09 |
Books and Records; Accountants |
83 |
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6.10 |
Inspection Rights |
84 |
6.11 |
Use of Proceeds |
84 |
6.12 |
Additional Loan Parties |
84 |
6.13 |
Cash Management |
85 |
6.14 |
Information Regarding the Collateral |
85 |
6.15 |
Physical Inventories |
86 |
6.16 |
Environmental Laws |
86 |
6.17 |
Further Assurances |
87 |
6.18 |
Compliance with Terms of Leaseholds |
88 |
6.19 |
Material Contracts |
88 |
6.20 |
[Reserved.] |
88 |
6.21 |
OFAC; Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws |
88 |
6.22 |
Engagement of Certain Professionals. |
89 |
6.23 |
Post-Closing Covenants |
89 |
Article VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
89 |
|
7.01 |
Liens |
89 |
7.02 |
Investments |
89 |
7.03 |
Indebtedness |
90 |
7.04 |
Fundamental Changes |
90 |
7.05 |
Dispositions |
90 |
7.06 |
Restricted Payments |
90 |
7.07 |
Prepayments of Indebtedness |
91 |
7.08 |
Change in Nature of Business |
92 |
7.09 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
92 |
7.10 |
Burdensome Agreements |
92 |
7.11 |
Use of Proceeds |
92 |
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7.12 |
Amendment of Material Documents |
93 |
7.13 |
Fiscal Year |
93 |
7.14 |
Deposit Accounts; Credit Card Processors; ABL Term Loan Priority Account |
93 |
7.15 |
Revolving Availability |
93 |
Article VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
93 |
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8.01 |
Events of Default |
93 |
8.02 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default |
96 |
8.03 |
Application of Funds |
97 |
Article IX THE AGENT |
98 |
|
9.01 |
Appointment and Authority |
98 |
9.02 |
Rights as a Lender |
99 |
9.03 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
99 |
9.04 |
Reliance by the Agent |
100 |
9.05 |
Delegation of Duties |
100 |
9.06 |
Resignation of the Agent |
100 |
9.07 |
Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders |
101 |
9.08 |
Reserved |
101 |
9.09 |
Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
101 |
9.10 |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
102 |
9.11 |
Notice of Transfer |
103 |
9.12 |
Reports and Financial Statements |
103 |
9.13 |
Agency for Perfection |
103 |
9.14 |
Indemnification of Agent |
104 |
9.15 |
Relation among Lenders |
104 |
9.16 |
Defaulting Lenders |
104 |
Article X MISCELLANEOUS |
105 |
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10.01 |
Amendments, Etc |
105 |
10.02 |
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications |
107 |
10.03 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
108 |
10.04 |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
109 |
10.05 |
Payments Set Aside |
110 |
10.06 |
Successors and Assigns |
110 |
10.07 |
Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality |
113 |
10.08 |
Right of Setoff |
114 |
10.09 |
Interest Rate Limitation |
114 |
10.10 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
115 |
10.11 |
Survival |
115 |
10.12 |
Severability |
116 |
10.13 |
Replacement of Lenders |
116 |
10.14 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc |
116 |
10.15 |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
117 |
10.16 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
118 |
10.17 |
Patriot Act Notice |
118 |
10.18 |
Foreign Asset Control Regulations |
118 |
10.19 |
Time of the Essence |
119 |
10.20 |
Press Releases |
119 |
10.21 |
Additional Waivers |
119 |
10.22 |
No Strict Construction |
121 |
10.23 |
Attachments |
121 |
10.24 |
Keepwell |
121 |
10.25 |
Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions |
121 |
10.26 |
Reserved |
122 |
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122 |
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10.27 |
Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
122 |
10.28 |
Erroneous Payments |
122 |
10.29 |
ABL Intercreditor Agreement. |
124 |
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SCHEDULES
1.01(a) Borrowers
1.01(b) Borrowers’ Fiscal Calendar through Fiscal Year 2028
1.02 [Reserved]
2.01 Commitments and Applicable Percentages
5.01 Loan Parties’ Organizational Information
5.05 Material Indebtedness
5.06 Litigation
5.07 Defaults
5.08(b)(1) Owned Real Estate
5.08(b)(2) Leased Real Estate
5.09 Environmental Matters
5.10 Insurance
5.13 Subsidiaries; Other Equity Investments
5.17 Intellectual Property Matters
5.18 Labor Matters
5.21(a) DDAs and Blocked Accounts
5.21(b) Credit Card Arrangements
5.24 Material Contracts
6.02 Financial and Collateral Reporting
7.01 Existing Liens
7.02 Existing Investments
7.03 Existing Indebtedness
10.02 Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices
EXHIBITS
Form of
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A Notice of Borrowing
B [Reserved]
C-1 [Reserved]
C-2 Initial ABL Term A Loan Note/Initial ABL Term B Loan Note
C-3 Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Note
D Compliance Certificate
E Assignment and Assumption
F Joinder Agreement
G Borrowing Base Certificate
H Credit Card Notification
I [Reserved]
J Employee Stock Plan
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ABL TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
This ABL TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of July 30, 2024, among SPORTSMAN’S WAREHOUSE, INC., a Utah corporation (the “Lead Borrower”), the Persons named on Schedule 1.01(a) hereto (collectively, the “Borrowers”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and PLC AGENT LLC, as administrative and collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacities, the “Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested, and the Lenders and the Agent have agreed, to provide to the Borrowers on Closing Date, a senior secured term loan credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $45,000,000, consisting of $25,000,000 in Initial ABL Term Loans (as defined below) and $20,000,000 in Delayed Draw ABL Term Loans (as defined below), the proceeds of which shall be used by the Borrowers for purposes permitted under, and otherwise in accordance with and subject to the terms of, this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agree as follows:
Article I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“ABL First Amendment Effective Date” means the First Amendment Effective Date, as such term is defined under and in the Revolving Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof).
“ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Agent and the Revolving Agent, and acknowledged by the Loan Parties, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“ABL Priority Collateral” has the meaning set forth in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“ABL Term A Loans” means the Initial ABL Term A Loans and any Delayed Draw ABL Term Loans made by an Initial ABL Term A Loan Lender, as contemplated by Section 2.01(c)(ii).
“ABL Term B Loans” means the Initial ABL Term B Loans and any Delayed Draw ABL Term Loans made by a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lender other than an Initial ABL Term A Loan Lender.
“ABL Term Loan Borrowing Base” means, at any time of calculation, an amount equal to:
(a) the face amount of Eligible Credit Card Receivables multiplied by the Eligible Credit Card Receivables Advance Rate (provided, that the all-in advance rate for such Eligible Credit Card Receivables, when combined with the advance rate for Eligible Credit Card Receivables (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) under the Revolving Borrowing Base, shall not exceed 100.0%);
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plus
(b) the product of (i) the Eligible Inventory Advance Rate multiplied by (ii) the Cost of Eligible Inventory of the Loan Parties, multiplied by (iii) the Appraised Value of Eligible Inventory of the Loan Parties (provided, that the all‑in advance rate for such Eligible Inventory, when combined with the advance rate for Eligible Inventory (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) under the Revolving Borrowing Base, shall not exceed (A) from the Closing Date through and including April 30, 2025, 105.0%, and (B) at all times thereafter, 102.5%);
minus
(c) the Revolving Borrowing Base (calculated without subtracting any Availability Reserves (as such term is defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), including the ABL Term Loan Pushdown Reserve);
minus
(d) the then amount of all Reserves.
“ABL Term Loan Priority Account” has the meaning set forth in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“ABL Term Priority Collateral” has the meaning set forth in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“ABL Term Pushdown Reserve” means, as of any date of calculation of the ABL Term Loan Borrowing Base, determined by reference to the most recently delivered Borrowing Base Certificate (or, if applicable, the amount set forth in the ABL Term Pushdown Reserve Correction Notice delivered by the Agent to the Revolving Agent pursuant to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement), a reserve to be imposed against the Revolving Borrowing Base in an amount equal to the amount (if any) by which the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans exceeds the ABL Term Loan Borrowing Base.
“ABL Term Pushdown Correction Notice” has the meaning set forth in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“ACH” means automated clearing house transfers.
“Accommodation Payment” as defined in Section 10.21(d).
“Account” means “accounts” as defined in the UCC, and also means a right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, (a) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (b) for services rendered or to be rendered, (c) for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, (d) for a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred, (e) for energy provided or to be provided, (f) for the use or hire of a vessel under a charter or other contract, (g) arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card, or (h) as winnings in a lottery or other game of chance operated or sponsored by a state, governmental unit of a state, or person licensed or authorized to operate the game by a state or governmental unit of a state. The term “Account” includes health-care-insurance receivables.
“Acquisition” means, with respect to any Person (a) an Investment in, or a purchase of a Controlling interest in, the Equity Interests of any other Person, (b) a purchase or other acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or properties of, another Person or of any business unit of another Person, or (c) any merger or consolidation of such Person with any other Person or other transaction or series of transactions resulting
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in the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets, or a Controlling interest in the Equity Interests, of any Person, in each case in any transaction or group of transactions which are part of a common plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will any Plan Redemption Payment be construed to be an Acquisition for purposes of this Agreement.
“Act” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.18.
“Adjusted Combined Loan Cap” has the meaning specified in the Revolving Credit Agreement; provided, that for purposes of calculating the Adjusted Loan Cap and/or any other term utilizing the Adjusted Combined Loan Cap, the “Term Loan” and the “Term Loan Borrowing Base”, as each is defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement, shall at all times be deemed to be $0.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (i) another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified, (ii) any director, officer, managing member, partner, trustee, or beneficiary of that Person, (iii) any other Person directly or indirectly holding 20% or more of any class of the Equity Interests of that Person, and (iv) any other Person 20% or more of any class of whose Equity Interests is held directly or indirectly by that Person.
“Agent” means PLC Agent LLC, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor agent.
“Agent’s Office” means the Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Agent may from time to time notify the Lead Borrower and the Lenders.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(c).
“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph.
“Allocable Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 10.21(d).
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the FCPA, the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010, as amended, and all other applicable laws and regulations or ordinances concerning or relating to bribery, money laundering or corruption in any jurisdiction in which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is located or is doing business.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means the applicable laws or regulations in any jurisdiction in which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is located or is doing business that relates to money laundering, any predicate crime to money laundering, or any financial record keeping and reporting requirements related thereto.
“Applicable Lenders” means the Required Lenders, and all affected Lenders, or all Lenders, as the context may require.
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“Applicable Margin” means, a rate of interest per annum equal to (i) with respect to the ABL Term A Loans, three and one half of one percent (3.50%), and (ii) with respect to the ABL Term B Loans, six and one half of one percent (6.50%). In the event that at any time Loans hereunder are required to be converted to Base Rate Loans, each of the preceding percentages shall be increased by one percent (1.0%) for so long as such Loans remain as Base Rate Loans hereunder.
“Applicable Percentage” means with respect to any Lender at any time: (a) with respect to such Lender’s portion of the outstanding Initial ABL Term Loans at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Initial ABL Term Loans held by such Lender at such time, (b) with respect to such Xxxxxx’s portion of the aggregate outstanding Loans at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans held by such Lender at such time, and (c) with respect to such Xxxxxx’s Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitments represented by such Xxxxxx’s Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment at such time; provided, that with respect to the foregoing clauses (b) and (c), if the Commitment of each Lender to make Delayed Draw ABL Term Loans has been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 or if the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each applicable Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender determined under clause (b) or (c), as the case may be, most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Appraised Value” means, with respect to the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory, the appraised orderly liquidation value, net of costs and expenses to be incurred in connection with any such liquidation, which value is expressed as a percentage of Cost of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory as set forth in the Borrowers’ inventory stock ledger, which value shall be determined from time to time by the most recent appraisal undertaken by an independent appraiser engaged by the Agent.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender or (d) the same investment advisor or an advisor under common control with such Lender, Affiliate or advisor, as applicable.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Xxxxxx and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.06(b)), and accepted by the Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Agent.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease Obligation of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease or similar payments under the relevant lease or other applicable agreement or instrument that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease, agreement or instrument were accounted for as a capital lease.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ended February 3, 2024, and the related consolidated statements of income
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or operations, Shareholders’ Equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then‑current Benchmark, as applicable, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 3.03(b)(iv).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bank Products” has the meaning specified in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Bank Products Reserves” has the meaning specified in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, the greatest of (a) the Floor, (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus ½%, (c) Term SOFR for a one month tenor in effect on such day, plus 3%, provided that this clause (c) shall not be applicable during any period in which Term SOFR is unavailable or unascertainable, and (d) the rate of interest published by the Wall Street Journal as the “WSJ Prime Rate”.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 3.03(b)(i).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Agent and the Lead Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement shall be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Available Tenor, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Agent and the Lead Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non‑representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date;
For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the FRB, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or
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indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative or in compliance with.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the then-current Benchmark has any Available Tenors, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.03(b) and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.03(b).
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a Person means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such Person.
“Blocked Account” has the meaning specified in Section 6.13(a)(ii).
“Blocked Account Agreement” means with respect to an account established by a Loan Party, an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent (it being agreed that, prior to the payment in full of the Revolving Obligations, with respect to any account other than the ABL Term Loan Priority Account, the form agreed to by the Revolving Agent shall be deemed to be reasonably acceptable to the Agent so long as such agreement provides for substantially similar rights in favor of the Agent as provided to the Revolving Agent, subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement), establishing control (as defined in the UCC) of such account by the Revolving Agent and the Agent and whereby the bank maintaining such account agrees, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Dominion Event, to comply only with the instructions originated by the Revolving Agent (or (except with respect to the ABL Term Loan Priority Account), following the Discharge of ABL Obligations (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Agent) without the further consent of any Loan Party.
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“Blocked Account Bank” means each bank with whom deposit accounts are maintained in which any funds of any of the Loan Parties from one or more DDAs are concentrated and with whom a Blocked Account Agreement has been, or is required to be, executed in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Borrowers” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto (with such changes therein as may be required by the Agent (or, solely with respect to the Revolving Borrowing Base, as may be required by the Revolving Agent) to reflect the components of and reserves against the Borrowing Base as provided for hereunder from time to time) setting forth the most recent calculation of the Borrowing Base and the Revolving Borrowing Base, executed and certified as accurate and complete by a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower which shall include appropriate exhibits, schedules, supporting documentation, and additional reports as reasonably requested by the Agent.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is closed.
“Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, (a) all expenditures made (whether made in the form of cash or other property) or costs incurred for the acquisition or improvement of fixed or capital assets of such Person (excluding normal replacements and maintenance which are properly charged to current operations), in each case that are (or should be) set forth as capital expenditures in a Consolidated statement of cash flows of such Person for such period, in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (b) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by a Person during such period.
“Capital Lease Obligations” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as liabilities on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and the amount of which obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Dominion Event” means either (a) the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, or (b) the failure of the Borrowers to maintain Revolving Availability at least equal to twenty percent (20%) of the Adjusted Combined Loan Cap at any time. For purposes of this Agreement, the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event shall be deemed continuing at the Agent’s option (i) so long as such Event of Default has not been waived, and/or (ii) if the Cash Dominion Event arises as a result of the Borrowers’ failure to achieve Revolving Availability as required hereunder, until Revolving Availability has exceeded 20% of the Adjusted Combined Loan Cap for forty-five (45) consecutive Business Days, in which case a Cash Dominion Event shall no longer be deemed to be continuing for purposes of this Agreement; provided that a Cash Dominion Event shall be deemed continuing (even if an Event of Default is no longer continuing and/or Revolving Availability exceeds the required amount for forty-five (45) consecutive Business Days) at all times after a Cash Dominion Event has occurred and been discontinued on two (2) occasions after the ABL First Amendment Effective Date. The termination of a Cash Dominion Event as provided herein shall in no way limit, waive or delay the occurrence of a subsequent Cash Dominion Event in the event that the conditions set forth in this definition again arise.
“Cash Management Reserves” has the meaning specified in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Cash Management Services” has the meaning specified in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
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“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.
“CERCLIS” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
“CFC” means a controlled foreign corporation (as that term is defined in the Code) in which any Loan Party is a “United States shareholder” within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the Code.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, (c) any new, or adjustment to, requirements prescribed by the FRB for “Eurocurrency Liabilities” (as defined in Regulation D of the FRB), requirements imposed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or similar requirements imposed by any domestic or foreign governmental authority or resulting from compliance by the Agent or any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority and related in any manner to SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or Term SOFR, or (d) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control” means any event, transaction or occurrence as a result of which (a) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as in effect on the Closing Date) shall own, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, shares representing more than 35.0% of the ordinary voting power represented by, the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Parent, (b) a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Parent shall at any time be occupied by persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Parent nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated, (c) any change in control (or similar event, however denominated) with respect to the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent shall occur under and as defined in any indenture or agreement in respect of Material Indebtedness to which the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent is a party, (d) the Parent shall cease to directly own, beneficially and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Lead Borrower, (e) the Lead Borrower ceases to own and control all of the Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries or (f) there occurs any “change of control” or similar event, as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Closing Date” means July 30, 2024.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended and in effect.
“Collateral” means any and all “Collateral” as defined in any applicable Security Document and all other property that is to be subject to Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent under the terms of the Security Documents.
“Collateral Access Agreement” means an agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent (it being agreed that, prior to the payment in full of the Revolving Obligations, the form agreed
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to by the Revolving Agent shall be deemed to be reasonably acceptable to the Agent so long as such agreement provides for substantially similar rights in favor of the Agent as provided to the Revolving Agent, subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement) executed by (a) a bailee or other Person in possession of Collateral, and (b) each landlord of Real Estate leased by any Loan Party, pursuant to which such Person (i) acknowledges the Agent’s Lien on the Collateral, (ii) releases such Person’s Liens in the Collateral held by such Person or located on such Real Estate, (iii) provides the Agent with access to the Collateral held by such bailee or other Person or located in or on such Real Estate, (iv) as to any landlord, provides the Agent with a reasonable time to sell and dispose of the Collateral from such Real Estate, and (v) makes such other agreements with the Agent as the Agent may reasonably require.
“Collection Account” has the meaning specified in Section 6.13(b).
“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, such Lender’s Initial ABL Term A Loan Commitment, Initial ABL Term B Loan Commitment or Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment, as applicable.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 3.05 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Consent” means actual consent given by a Lender from whom such consent is sought; or the passage of seven (7) Business Days from receipt of written notice to a Lender from the Agent of a proposed course of action to be followed by the Agent without such Xxxxxx’s giving the Agent written notice of that Xxxxxx’s objection to such course of action.
“Consolidated” means, when used to modify a financial term, test, statement, or report of a Person, the application or preparation of such term, test, statement or report (as applicable) based upon the consolidation, in accordance with GAAP, of the financial condition or operating results of such Person and its Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Debt” means, at any date of determination, the sum of (without duplication) all Indebtedness (other than letters of credit or bank guarantees, to the extent undrawn) consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money and Disqualified Stock of Parent and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis on such date in accordance with GAAP.
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“Consolidated EBITDA” means, at any date of determination, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for the most recently completed Measurement Period, plus (a) the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Consolidated Interest Charges, (ii) the provision for Federal, state, local and foreign income Taxes, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense and (iv) other non-recurring expenses reducing such Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period (in each case of or by the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period), minus (b) the following to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Federal, state, local and foreign income tax credits and (ii) all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income (in each case of or by the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period), all as determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated EBITDA in any Measurement Period shall include the Consolidated EBITDA on a pro forma basis for such Measurement Period of any Person that is acquired by a Loan Party pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition during such Measurement Period; provided that, in respect of such a Permitted Acquisition, the pro forma information shall include the historical financial results of the acquired Person on a pro forma basis for the most recently completed Measurement Period, and shall assume that the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Measurement Period.
“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any Measurement Period, the sum of (a) all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under Swap Contracts, but excluding any non-cash or deferred interest financing costs, (b) all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations and (c) the portion of rent expense with respect to such period under Capital Lease Obligations that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, in each case of or by the Parent/Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the most recently completed Measurement Period, all as determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, as of any date of determination, the net income of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the most recently completed Measurement Period, all as determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, provided, however, that there shall be excluded therefrom (a) extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses for such Measurement Period, (b) the income (or loss) of such Person during such Measurement Period in which any other Person has a joint interest, except to the extent of the amount of cash dividends or other distributions actually paid in cash to such Person during such period, (c) the income (or loss) of such Person during such Measurement Period and accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of a Person or any of such Person’s Subsidiaries or is merged into or consolidated with a Person or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) the income of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Person to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its Organization Documents or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary, except that the Parent’s equity in any net loss of any such Subsidiary for such Measurement Period shall be included in determining Consolidated Net Income.
“Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) (i) without duplication, the aggregate principal amount of any Consolidated Debt of Parent and its Subsidiaries outstanding as of the last day of the Measurement Period (determined on a pro forma basis) most recently ended as of such date, less (ii) the unrestricted cash balance of the Loan Parties on deposit in a DDA or Securities Account, in either case subject to a Blocked Account Agreement or a Securities Account Control Agreement (as defined in the Security Agreement) in favor of the Agent, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
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Collateral Agent, as of the last day of such Measurement Period, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
“Cost” means the lower of cost or market value of Inventory, based upon the Borrowers’ accounting practices, known to the Agent, which practices are in effect on the Closing Date as such calculated cost is determined from invoices received by the Borrowers, the Borrowers’ purchase journals or the Borrowers’ stock ledger. “Cost” does not include inventory capitalization costs or other non purchase price charges (such as freight) used in the Borrowers’ calculation of cost of goods sold.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(a) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(b) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(c) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Covered Party” has the meaning specified in Section 10.27.
“Credit Card Issuer” shall mean any person (other than a Borrower or other Loan Party) who issues or whose members issue credit cards, including, without limitation, MasterCard or VISA bank credit or debit cards or other bank credit or debit cards issued through MasterCard International, Inc., Visa, U.S.A., Inc. or Visa International and American Express, Discover, Diners Club, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx and other non-bank credit or debit cards, including, without limitation, credit or debit cards issued by or through American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., and Novus Services, Inc. and other issuers approved by the Agent.
“Credit Card Processor” shall mean any servicing or processing agent or any factor or financial intermediary who facilitates, services, processes or manages the credit authorization, billing transfer and/or payment procedures with respect to any Borrower’s sales transactions involving credit card or debit card purchases by customers using credit cards or debit cards issued by any Credit Card Issuer.
“Credit Card Notifications” has the meaning specified in Section 6.13(a)(i).
“Credit Card Receivables” means each “Account” and each “Payment Intangible” (each as defined in the UCC) together with all income, payments and proceeds thereof, owed by a Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor to a Loan Party resulting from charges by a customer of a Loan Party on credit or
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debit cards issued by such Credit Card Issuer in connection with the sale of goods by a Loan Party, or services performed by a Loan Party, in each case in the ordinary course of its business.
“Credit Party” or “Credit Parties” means (a) individually, (i) each Lender and its Affiliates, (ii) the Agent, and (iii) each beneficiary of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document, (iv) any other Person to whom Obligations under this Agreement and other Loan Documents are owing, and (v) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing, and (b) collectively, all of the foregoing.
“Credit Party Expenses” means, without limitation, (a) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent and its Affiliates, in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including without limitation (i) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of (A) outside counsel for the Agent, (B) outside consultants for the Agent, (C) appraisers, (D) commercial finance examinations, (E) photocopying, notarization, couriers and messengers, telecommunication, public record searches, filing fees, recording fees and publication, (F) the Agent’s customary fees and charges imposed or incurred in connection with any background checks or OFAC/PEP searches related to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, and (G) all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of the Obligations, (ii) in connection with (A) the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, (B) the preparation, negotiation, administration, management, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (C) the enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement or the Loan Documents or efforts to preserve, protect, collect, or enforce the Collateral (including, without limitation, in connection with, during the continuation of an Event of Default, gaining possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving, storing, shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the Collateral, or any portion thereof, irrespective of whether a sale is consummated), or (D) any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of any Obligations, (iii) all customary fees and charges (as adjusted from time to time) of the Agent with respect to the disbursement of funds (or the receipt of funds) to or for the account of Borrowers (whether by wire transfer or otherwise), together with any out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, and (iv) customary charges imposed or incurred by the Agent resulting from the dishonor of checks payable by or to any Loan Party; and (b) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Credit Parties who are not the Agent or any Affiliate of any of them, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, provided that such Credit Parties shall be entitled to reimbursement for no more than one primary counsel and one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction representing the Agent for all such Credit Parties (absent a conflict of interest in which case the Credit Parties may engage and be reimbursed for additional counsel).
“Customer Credit Liabilities” means at any time, the aggregate remaining value at such time of (a) outstanding gift certificates and gift cards of the Borrowers entitling the holder thereof to use all or a portion of the certificate or gift card to pay all or a portion of the purchase price for any Inventory, (b) outstanding merchandise credits of the Borrowers, (c) layaway obligations of the Borrowers, and (d) liabilities in connection with frequent shopping programs of the Borrowers.
“Customer Deposits” means deposits made by customers with respect to the purchase of goods or the performance of services.
“DDA” means each checking, savings or other demand deposit account maintained by any of the Loan Parties other than the Blocked Accounts. All funds in each DDA shall be conclusively presumed to be Collateral and proceeds of Collateral and the Agent and the Lenders shall have no duty to inquire as to the source of the amounts on deposit in any DDA.
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“DDA Notification” has the meaning specified in Section 6.13(f).
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Loans, an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including the Applicable Margin) otherwise applicable to such Loans plus two percent (2%) per annum, and (b) when used with respect to all other Obligations, an interest rate equal to the Base Rate, plus the then Applicable Margin, plus two percent (2%) per annum.
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“Defaulting Lender” means, any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder, or (ii) pay to the Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Lead Borrower or the in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Agent or the Lead Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Agent and the Lead Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided, that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Agent and the Lead Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided, that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 9.16(b)) as of the date established therefor by the Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Agent to the Lead Borrower and each other Lender promptly following such determination.
“Delayed Draw ABL Funding Date” means any Business Day upon which a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan is funded in accordance with Section 2.01(c)(i).
“Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan(s)” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c)(i).
“Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment(s)” means the commitment of each Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lender to make Delayed Draw ABL Term Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Section
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2.01(c) of this Agreement in amount equal to the amount set forth opposite the name of such Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lender on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto (or in the amount of any such Commitment assumed by any Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(c)(ii) hereof), and in an aggregate amount for all of the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lenders of $20,000,000.
“Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment Assumption Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c)(ii).
“Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment Period” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment Termination Date.
“Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest of (i) April 30, 2025, (ii) the date upon which the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitments shall have been reduced to zero upon the borrowing of all available Delayed Draw ABL Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(c), and (iii) the termination of the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitments in accordance with Article VIII.
“Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lender(s)” means each Lender with a Delayed Draw ABL Commitment (including by assumption pursuant to Section 2.01(c)(ii) hereof) or holding a portion of the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loans from time to time at any time.
“Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Note” means with respect to a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lender, a promissory note evidencing the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan of such Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit C-3.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) and any sale, transfer, license or other disposition of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) of any property (including, without limitation, any Equity Interests) by any Person (or the granting of any option or other right to do any of the foregoing), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith, and including any transaction described in this definition that is consummated pursuant to an allocation of assets among newly divided limited liability companies pursuant to a “plan of division”.
“Disqualified Stock” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, or is convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities or any Equity Interest described in this clause (a), in each case, in whole or in part and on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Loans mature, or (b) has the benefit of any covenants that restrict the payment of the Obligations or that are debt-multiple or income-multiple based (i.e., financial covenants); provided, however, that (i) only the portion of such Equity Interests which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock and (ii) with respect to any Equity Interests issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Lead Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interest shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Lead Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, resignation, death or disability and if any class of Equity Interest of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of an Equity Interest that is not Disqualified Stock, such Equity Interests shall not be deemed to be Disqualified
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Stock. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Equity Interest that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require a Loan Party to repurchase such Equity Interest upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Agreement will be the maximum amount that the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock or portion thereof, plus accrued dividends.
“Dollars” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Credit Party or any of its Affiliates; (b) a bank, insurance company, or company engaged in the business of making commercial loans, which Person, together with its Affiliates, has a combined capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000; (c) an Approved Fund; (d) any Person to whom a Credit Party assigns its rights and obligations under this Agreement as part of an assignment and transfer of such Credit Party’s rights in and to a material portion of such Credit Party’s portfolio of asset based credit facilities, and (e) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Agent, and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Lead Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (x) a Loan Party or any of the Loan Parties’ Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (y) a Defaulting Lender or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
“Eligible Credit Card Receivables” means at the time of any determination thereof, each Credit Card Receivable that satisfies the following criteria at the time of creation and continues to meet the same at the time of such determination, as determined by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion: such Credit Card Receivable (i) has been earned by performance and represents the bona fide amounts due to a Borrower from a Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor, and in each case originated in the ordinary course of business of such Borrower, and (ii) in each case is acceptable to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion, and is not ineligible for inclusion in the calculation of the ABL Term Loan Borrowing Base pursuant to any of clauses (a) through (j) below. Without limiting the foregoing, to qualify as an Eligible Credit Card Receivable, such Credit Card Receivable shall indicate no Person other than a Borrower as payee or remittance party. In determining the amount to be so included, the face amount of a Credit Card Receivable shall be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges or other allowances (including any amount that a Borrower may be obligated to rebate to a customer, a Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor pursuant to the terms of any agreement or understanding (written or oral)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such Credit Card Receivable but not yet applied by the Loan Parties to reduce the amount of such Credit Card
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Receivable. Except as otherwise agreed by the Agent, any Credit Card Receivable included within any of the following categories shall not constitute an Eligible Credit Card Receivable:
(a) Credit Card Receivables which do not constitute a “payment intangible” (as defined in the UCC);
(b) Credit Card Receivables that have been outstanding for more than five (5) Business Days from the date of sale;
(c) Credit Card Receivables (i) that are not subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent with the priority set forth in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, or (ii) with respect to which a Borrower does not have good, valid and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any Lien (other than Liens granted to the Collateral Agent, and those Liens specified in clauses (a), (e), and (p) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances);
(d) Credit Card Receivables that are not subject to a security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent with the priority set forth in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (it being the intent that chargebacks in the ordinary course by the credit card processors shall not be deemed violative of this clause);
(e) Credit Card Receivables which are disputed, are with recourse, or with respect to which a claim, counterclaim, offset or chargeback has been asserted (to the extent of such claim, counterclaim, offset or chargeback);
(f) Credit Card Receivables as to which the Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor has the right under certain circumstances to require a Loan Party to repurchase the Credit Card Receivables from such Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor;
(g) Credit Card Receivables due from a Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor which (i) is the subject of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, or (ii) is a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Entity;
(h) Credit Card Receivables which are not a valid, legally enforceable obligation of the applicable Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor with respect thereto;
(i) Credit Card Receivables which do not conform to all representations, warranties or other provisions in the Loan Documents relating to Credit Card Receivables; or
(j) Credit Card Receivables which the Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion to be uncertain of collection or which do not meet such other reasonable eligibility criteria for Credit Card Receivables as the Agent may determine in its Permitted Discretion.
“Eligible Credit Card Receivables Advance Rate” means 100%.
“Eligible Inventory” means, as of the date of determination thereof, items of Inventory of a Borrower that are finished goods, merchantable and readily saleable to the public in the ordinary course of a Borrower’s business deemed by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion to be eligible for inclusion in the calculation of the ABL Term Loan Borrowing Base, in each case that, except as otherwise agreed by the Agent, complies with each of the representations and warranties respecting Inventory made by the Borrowers in the Loan Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the
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criteria set forth below. Except as otherwise agreed by the Agent, the following items of Inventory shall not be included in Eligible Inventory:
(a) Inventory that is not solely owned by a Borrower or a Borrower does not have good and valid title thereto, free and clear of any Lien (other than Liens granted to the Agent, and those Liens specified in clauses (a), (b), (e), (j), (o) and (p) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances);
(b) Inventory that is leased by or is on consignment to a Borrower or which is consigned by a Borrower to a Person which is not a Loan Party;
(c) Inventory that is not located in the United States of America (excluding territories or possessions of the United States);
(d) Inventory at a location that is not owned or leased by a Borrower, except to the extent that the Borrowers have furnished the Agent with (i) any UCC financing statements or other documents that the Agent may determine to be necessary to perfect its security interest in such Inventory at such location, and (ii) a Collateral Access Agreement executed by the Person owning any such location on terms reasonably acceptable to the Agent;
(e) Inventory that is located in a distribution center or warehouse leased by a Borrower, unless the applicable lessor has delivered to the Agent, if requested by the Agent, a Collateral Access Agreement;
(f) Inventory that is comprised of goods which (i) are damaged, defective, “seconds,” or otherwise unmerchantable, (ii) are to be returned to the vendor, (iii) are obsolete or slow moving, or custom items, work in process, raw materials, or that constitute spare parts, promotional, marketing, packaging and shipping materials or supplies used or consumed in a Borrower’s business, (iv) are seasonal in nature and which have been packed away for sale in the subsequent season, (v) not in compliance with all standards imposed by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Inventory, its use or sale, or (vi) are bill and hold goods;
(g) Inventory that is not subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Agent with the priority set forth in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement;
(h) Inventory that consists of samples, labels, bags, packaging, and other similar non-merchandise categories;
(i) Inventory that is not insured in compliance with the provisions of Section 5.10 hereof;
(j) Inventory that has been sold but not yet delivered or as to which a Borrower has accepted a deposit;
(k) Inventory that is subject to any licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright agreement with any third party from which any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of a dispute in respect of any such agreement;
(l) Inventory that has been purchased by a Borrower from a Person that is a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity; or
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(m) Inventory acquired in a Permitted Acquisition or which is not acquired other than for the purpose of sale in a Store in the ordinary course of a Borrower’s business, unless and until (i) the Agent has completed or received an appraisal of such Inventory from an appraiser selected by the Revolving Agent and satisfactory to the Agent, and (ii) such Inventory is included in the Revolving Borrowing Base and the Revolving Agent has applied Inventory Reserves in accordance with the Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Eligible Inventory Advance Rate” means (i) from the Closing Date through and including April 30, 2025, 105%, and (ii) at all times thereafter, 102.5%.
“Employee Stock Plan” means, collectively, the Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Performance Incentive Plan annexed hereto as Exhibit J (as in effect on the Closing Date and as subsequently amended in accordance with the terms hereof), pursuant to which certain Eligible Persons (as defined therein) may purchase restricted Equity Interests in the Parent.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, obligation, damage, loss, claim, action, suit, judgment, order, fine, penalty, fee, expense, or cost, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal or presence of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equipment” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with any Loan Party within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Sections 412 and 4971 of the Code).
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“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification to the Lead Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination of a Pension Plan or a Multiemployer Plan under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Lead Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate; or (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered to be an “at-risk” plan, or that any Multiemployer Plan is considered to be in “endangered” or “critical” status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 or 305 of ERISA.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 10.28.
“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning specified in Section 10.28.
“Erroneous Payment Impacted Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 10.28.
“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning specified in Section 10.28.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01. An Event of Default shall be deemed to be continuing unless and until that Event of Default has been duly waived as provided in Section 10.03 hereof.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, (i) any tax imposed on the net income or net profits of such Recipient (including any branch profits taxes), in each case imposed by the jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which such Recipient is organized or the jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which such Recipient’s principal office is located in or as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction or taxing authority imposing the tax (other than any such connection arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received payment under, or enforced its rights or remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document), (ii) withholding taxes that would not have been imposed but for a Recipient’s failure to comply with the requirements of Section 3.01 of this
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Agreement, (iii) any United States federal withholding taxes that would be imposed on amounts payable to a Foreign Lender based upon the applicable withholding rate in effect at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office, other than a designation made at the request of a Loan Party), except that Excluded Taxes shall not include (A) any amount that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was previously entitled to receive pursuant to Section 3.01 of this Agreement, if any, with respect to such withholding tax at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), and (B) additional United States federal withholding taxes that may be imposed after the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), as a result of a change in law, rule, regulation, treaty, order or other decision or other Change in Law with respect to any of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority, and (iv) any United States federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Executive Order” has the meaning specified in Section 10.18.
“Extraordinary Receipt” means any cash received by or paid to or for the account of any Person not in the ordinary course of business, including tax refunds, pension plan reversions, proceeds of insurance (other than proceeds of business interruption insurance to the extent such proceeds constitute compensation for lost earnings), condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof), indemnity payments and any purchase price adjustments.
“Facility Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by any Guarantor in favor of the Agent and the Lenders, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), and (a) any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, (b) any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and (c) any intergovernmental agreement entered into by the United States (or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, or practices adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection therewith).
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to, for each day during such period, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, 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 which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it (and, if any such rate is below the Floor, then the rate determined pursuant to this definition shall be deemed to be the Floor).
“Fee Letter” means that certain letter agreement dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Borrowers and the Agent.
“FIRREA” means the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended from time to time.
“Fiscal Month” means any fiscal month of any Fiscal Year, which month shall generally end on the Saturday closest to the end of such calendar month, subject to inclusion of such month in the applicable Fiscal Quarter, in accordance with the fiscal accounting calendar of the Loan Parties. Borrowers’ fiscal calendar through Fiscal Year 2028 is attached hereto as Schedule 1.01(b).
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“Fiscal Quarter” means any fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year, which quarters shall generally end on the Saturday closest to the end of each April, July, October and January of such Fiscal Year in accordance with the fiscal accounting calendar of the Loan Parties. Borrowers’ fiscal calendar through Fiscal Year 2028 is attached hereto as Schedule 1.01(b).
“Fiscal Year” means any period of fifty-two (52) or fifty-three (53) weeks, as the case may be, ending on the Saturday closest to January 31 of any calendar year. Borrowers’ fiscal calendar through Fiscal Year 2028 is attached hereto as Schedule 1.01(b).
“Flood Laws” means the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, and related laws, rules and regulations, including any amendments or successor provisions.
“Floor” means a rate of interest equal to three percent (3%).
“Foreign Asset Control Regulations” has the meaning specified in Section 10.18.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Lead Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation
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is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor” means the Parent and each other Person who shall be required to execute and deliver a Facility Guaranty pursuant to Section 6.12.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind;
(b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or similar instruments;
(c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid;
(d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such Person;
(e) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(f) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade accounts payable and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, not past due for more than ninety (90) days after the date on which such trade account payable was created), including, without limitation, all obligations of such Person in respect of earn-out or similar performance-based deferred purchase price arrangements;
(g) all indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed or is limited in recourse;
(h) All Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person;
(i) (i) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person (including, without limitation, Disqualified Stock, or any warrant, right or option to acquire such Equity Interest), valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or
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involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and (ii) the liquidation value of all Disqualified Stock of such Person;
(j) the maximum amount of all direct or contingent obligations of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit (including standby and commercial);
(k) all obligations of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments; and
(l) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will any Plan Redemption Payment be construed to be Indebtedness for purposes of this Agreement.
“Indemnified Taxes” means, (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by, or on account of any obligation of, any Loan Party under any Loan Document, and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in the foregoing clause (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07.
“Initial ABL Term A Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).
“Initial ABL Term A Loan Commitment(s)” means the commitment of each Initial ABL Term A Loan Lender to make an Initial ABL Term A Loan to the Borrowers on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in an amount equal to the amount set forth opposite the name of such Initial ABL Term A Loan Lender on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto, and in an aggregate amount for all of the Initial ABL Term A Loan Lenders of $5,000,000.
“Initial ABL Term A Loan Lender(s)” means each Lender with an Initial ABL Term Loan A Commitment or holding a portion of the Initial ABL Term A Loans from time to time.
“Initial ABL Term A Loan Note” means with respect to an Initial ABL Term A Loan Lender, a promissory note evidencing the Initial ABL Term A Loan of such Initial ABL Term A Loan Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2.
“Initial ABL Term B Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).
“Initial ABL Term B Loan Commitment(s)” means the commitment of each Initial ABL Term B Loan Lender to make an Initial ABL Term B Loan to the Borrowers on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.01(b) in an amount equal to the amount set forth opposite the name of such Initial ABL Term B Loan Lender on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto, and in an aggregate amount for all of the Initial ABL Term B Loan Lenders of $20,000,000.
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“Initial ABL Term B Loan Lender(s)” means each Lender with an Initial ABL Term Loan B Commitment or holding a portion of the Initial ABL Term B Loan from time to time.
“Initial ABL Term B Loan Note” means with respect to an Initial ABL Term B Loan Lender, a promissory note evidencing the Initial ABL Term B Loan of such Initial ABL Term B Loan Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2.
“Initial ABL Term Loan(s)” means the Initial ABL Term A Loans and the Initial ABL Term B Loans.
“Initial ABL Term Loan Lender(s)” means, individually, an Initial ABL Term A Loan Lender or an Initial ABL Term B Loan Lender, as applicable, and collectively, all such Persons.
“Intellectual Property” means all present and future: trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary information; trademarks, trademark applications, internet domain names, service marks, trade dress, trade names, business names, designs, logos, slogans (and all translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations of the foregoing) indicia and other source and/or business identifiers, and all registrations or applications for registrations which have heretofore been or may hereafter be issued thereon throughout the world; copyrights and copyright applications; (including copyrights for computer programs) and all tangible and intangible property embodying the copyrights, unpatented inventions (whether or not patentable); patents and patent applications; industrial design applications and registered industrial designs; license agreements related to any of the foregoing and income therefrom; books, customer lists, records, writings, computer tapes or disks, flow diagrams, specification sheets, computer software, source codes, object codes, executable code, data, databases and other physical manifestations, embodiments or incorporations of any of the foregoing; all other intellectual property; and all common law and other rights throughout the world in and to all of the foregoing.
“Intercreditor Provisions” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01(q).
“Interest Payment Date” means, the first day of each calendar month, and the Maturity Date (it being agreed that if the first day of any calendar month is not a Business Day, the Interest Payment Date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day in such calendar month).
“Interest Period” means as to each Term SOFR Loan, (i) initially, the period commencing on the date of funding such Term SOFR Loan and ending on the last day of the calendar month in which such Term SOFR Loan was funded, and (ii) thereafter, the period commencing of the first day of a calendar month and ending on the last day of each such calendar month thereafter, provided, that, no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
“Inventory” has the meaning given that term in the UCC, and shall also include, without limitation, all: (a) goods which (i) are leased by a Person as lessor, (ii) are held by a Person for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of service, (iii) are furnished by a Person under a contract of service, or (iv) consist of raw materials, work in process, or materials used or consumed in a business; (b) goods of said description in transit; (c) goods of said description which are returned, repossessed or rejected; and (d) packaging, advertising, and shipping materials related to any of the foregoing.
“Inventory Reserves” has the meaning set forth for such term in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition
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of any other debt or interest in, another Person, or (c) any Acquisition, or (d) any other investment of money or capital in order to obtain a profitable return. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“Investment Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any fund or investment vehicle that (a) is organized by such Person for the purpose of making equity or debt investments in one or more companies and (b) is controlled by such Person. For purposes of this definition “control” means the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of a Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Joinder Agreement” means an agreement, in substantially in the form of Exhibit F, pursuant to which, among other things, a Person becomes a party to, and bound by the terms of, this Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents in the same capacity and to the same extent as either a Borrower or a Guarantor, as the Agent may determine.
“Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer.
“Landlord Lien State” means Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington, or such other state(s) as to which Agent notifies the Lead Borrower in writing that a landlord’s claim for rent may have priority over the lien of the Agent in any of the Collateral.
“Laws” means each international, foreign, Federal, state and local statute, treaty, rule, guideline, regulation, ordinance, code and administrative or judicial precedent or authority, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and each applicable administrative order, directed duty, request, license, authorization and permit of, and agreement with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
“Lead Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Lease” means any agreement, whether written or oral, no matter how styled or structured, pursuant to which a Loan Party is entitled to the use or occupancy of any space in a structure, land, improvements or premises for any period of time.
“Lender” means, individually, an Initial ABL Term Loan Lender or a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lender, as applicable, and collectively, all such Persons.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Xxxxxx described as such in such Xxxxxx’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Lead Borrower and the Agent.
“Lien” means (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale, Capital Lease Obligation, Synthetic Lease Obligation, or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) and (b) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
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“Loans” means collectively, the Initial ABL Term Loans and the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loans.
“Loan Account” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, the Fee Letter, all Borrowing Base Certificates, the Blocked Account Agreements, the DDA Notifications, the Credit Card Notifications, the Security Documents, the Facility Guaranty, each Notice of Borrowing, each Beneficial Ownership Certification, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and any other instrument or agreement now or hereafter executed and delivered in connection herewith, each as amended and in effect from time to time.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrowers and each Guarantor.
“Margin Stock” is as defined in Regulation U of the FRB as in effect from time to time.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Loan Parties taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of or benefits available to the Agent or the Lenders under any Loan Document, or a material adverse effect on (x) the Collateral, (y) the validity, perfection or priority of any Lien granted by any Loan Party in favor of the Agent on any material portion of the Collateral, or (z) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party. In determining whether any individual event would result in a Material Adverse Effect, notwithstanding that such event in and of itself does not have such effect, a Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed to have occurred if the cumulative effect of such event and all other than existing events would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Contract” means, with respect to any Person, each contract to which such Person is a party, the termination or breach of which would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including, without limitation, the Revolving Credit Documents.
“Material Indebtedness” means (i) the Revolving Obligations (it being understood that the Revolving Obligations shall be deemed to be “Material Indebtedness” so long as any Revolving Obligations remain outstanding) and (ii) any other Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of the Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000. For purposes of determining the amount of Material Indebtedness at any time, (a) the amount of the obligations in respect of any Swap Contract at such time shall be calculated at the Swap Termination Value thereof, (b) undrawn committed or available amounts shall be included, and (c) all amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement shall be included.
“Material Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property material to the business or operations of the Loan Parties.
“Maturity Date” means the earlier of (i) July 30, 2029, or (ii) the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 10.09.
“Measurement Period” means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed trailing twelve (12) Fiscal Months.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
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“Mortgages” means each and every fee and leasehold mortgage or deed of trust, security agreement and assignment by and between the Loan Party owning or holding the leasehold interest in the Real Estate encumbered thereby in favor of the Agent.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Lead Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means (a) with respect to any Disposition by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Extraordinary Receipt received or paid to the account of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such transaction (including any cash or cash equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured by the applicable asset by a Lien permitted hereunder which is senior to the Collateral Agent’s Lien on such asset and that is required to be repaid (or to establish an escrow for the future repayment thereof) in connection with such transaction (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents and the Revolving Credit Documents), (B) to the extent such cash proceeds are received from a Disposition of, or an Extraordinary Receipt received or paid on the account of, ABL Priority Collateral, prior to the Discharge of ABL Obligations (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement), the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other Revolving Obligations, in each case, which are required to be repaid or cash collateralized with any such proceeds), and (C) the reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection with such transaction (including, without limitation, appraisals, and brokerage, legal, title and recording or transfer tax expenses and commissions) paid by any Loan Party to third parties (other than Affiliates); and (b) with respect to the sale or issuance of any Equity Interest by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the excess of (i) the sum of the cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such transaction over (ii) the underwriting discounts and commissions, and other reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses, incurred by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection therewith, which are required to be repaid or cash collateralized with any such proceeds.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Note” means (a) an Initial ABL Term A Loan Note, (b) an Initial ABL Term B Loan Note, or (c) a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Note, as each may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
“Notice of Borrowing” means a request by the Lead Borrower for a borrowing of a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan in accordance with Section 2.02 and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“NPL” means the National Priorities List under CERCLA.
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts (including principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses), liabilities, obligations, covenants, indemnities, and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest, fees, costs, expenses and indemnities that accrue after the commencement by or against
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any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest, fees, costs, expenses and indemnities are allowed claims in such proceeding; provided, that the Obligations shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.
“OFAC” means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity, and (d) in each case, all shareholder or other equity holder agreements, voting trusts and similar arrangements to which such Person is a party or which is applicable to its Equity Interests and all other arrangements relating to the Control or management of such Person.
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Overadvance” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(e).
“Parent” means Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d).
“Patriot Act” has the meaning specified in Section 5.27.
“Payment Conditions” means satisfaction of the following, with respect to the making, consummation or payment, as the case may be, of any Specified Transaction: (i) No Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to the making, consummation or payment, as the case may be, of such Specified Transaction, and (ii) (a) at all times during the sixty (60) day period immediately preceding the making, consummation or payment, as the case may be, of such Specified Transaction, and immediately after giving effect to the making, consummation or payment, as the case may be, of such Specified Transaction, Revolving Availability shall not be less than 25% of the Adjusted Combined Loan Cap, and the Lead Borrower shall have represented in writing to the Agent that the Loan Parties’ Revolving Availability forecasts (prepared internally in good faith) reflect sufficient liquidity after giving effect to the making, consummation or payment, as the case may be, of such Specified Transaction to operate the Loan Parties’ business (including payment of obligations as and when due in the ordinary course of the Loan Parties’ business and consistent with past practices) for the immediately succeeding twelve (12) months, or (b) (x) at all times during the sixty (60) day period immediately preceding the making, consummation or payment, as the case may be, of such Specified Transaction, and immediately after giving effect to the making, consummation or payment, as the case may be, of such Specified Transaction, Revolving Availability shall not be less than 15% of the Adjusted Combined Loan Cap, and (y) the Agent shall have received projections reasonably satisfactory to the Agent as determined on a pro forma basis, for the one hundred eighty (180) day period immediately following the making, consummation or payment, as the case may be, of such Specified Transaction (after giving pro-forma effect thereto), that
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reflect the Borrowers collectively shall have Revolving Availability of at least 15% of the Adjusted Combined Loan Cap; it being understood and agreed that it shall not constitute a breach of this requirement if Revolving Availability subsequently is less than 15% of the Adjusted Combined Loan Cap so long as the projection thereof is based on the good faith estimate of the Borrowers at the time of such payment. Prior to undertaking any transaction or payment which is subject to the Payment Conditions, the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Agent (x) an updated Borrowing Base Certificate giving effect to such transaction or payment, and (y) evidence of satisfaction of the conditions contained in clause (ii) above on a basis (including, without limitation, giving due consideration to results for prior periods) reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
“Payment in Full” has the meaning specified in Section 1.02(d). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings.
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning specified in Section 10.28.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Lead Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Lead Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.
“Permitted Acquisition” means an Acquisition in which all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) No Default then exists or would arise from the consummation of such Acquisition;
(b) Such Acquisition shall have been approved by the Board of Directors of the Person (or similar governing body if such Person is not a corporation) which is the subject of such Acquisition and such Person shall not have announced that it will oppose such Acquisition or shall not have commenced any action which alleges that such Acquisition shall violate applicable Law;
(c) (i) If the aggregate consideration for such Acquisition exceeds an amount equal to $35,000,000, the Lead Borrower shall have furnished the Agent with thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of such intended Acquisition and shall have furnished the Agent with a current draft of the documents evidencing the intended Acquisition (and final copies thereof as and when executed), a summary of any due diligence undertaken by the Loan Parties in connection with such Acquisition, appropriate financial statements of the Person which is the subject of such Acquisition, pro forma projected financial statements for the twelve (12) month period following such Acquisition after giving effect to such Acquisition (including balance sheets, cash flows and income statements by month for the acquired Person, individually, and on a Consolidated basis with all Loan Parties), and such other information as the Agent may reasonably require, all of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; or (ii) if the aggregate consideration for such Acquisition is an amount less than or equal to $35,000,000, not later than five (5) Business Days following the occurrence thereof, the Lead Borrower shall have notified the Agent of such Acquisition, (A) delivering with such notice, (1) executed copies of the material acquisition documents entered into in connection therewith, together with (2) where available, customary historical financial statements (or summaries thereof, to the extent such historical financial statements are not otherwise available) of
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the Person or business to be acquired (for any acquisition of the Equity Interests of another Person or to the extent otherwise reasonably available to the Loan Parties) along with pro forma financial statements for the next twelve (12) months after such Acquisition (where available) after giving effect to such Acquisition (including to the extent available balance sheets, cash flows and income statements for the Loan Parties) and (B) certifying, as of the date of such Acquisition, that after giving effect to such Acquisition, if such Acquisition was an acquisition of Equity Interests, a Loan Party owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the Equity Interests of the acquired Person and Controls a majority of any voting interests or the governance of the acquired Person;
(d) Either (i) the legal structure of the Acquisition shall be acceptable to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion, or (ii) the Loan Parties shall have provided the Agent with a favorable solvency opinion from an unaffiliated third party valuation firm reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(e) After giving effect to the Acquisition, if the Acquisition is an Acquisition of the Equity Interests, a Loan Party shall acquire and own, directly or indirectly, a majority of the Equity Interests in the Person being acquired and shall Control a majority of any voting interests or shall otherwise Control the governance of the Person being acquired;
(f) Any assets acquired shall be utilized in, and if the Acquisition involves a merger, consolidation or Acquisition of Equity Interests, the Person which is the subject of such Acquisition shall be engaged in, a business otherwise permitted to be engaged in by a Borrower under this Agreement;
(g) If the Person which is the subject of such Acquisition will be maintained as a Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or if the assets acquired in an acquisition will be transferred to a Subsidiary which is not then a Loan Party, such Subsidiary shall be joined as a “Borrower” hereunder or as a Facility Guarantor, as the Agent shall determine, and the Agent shall receive a security interest with the priority set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement (subject to Permitted Encumbrances having priority by operation of law and, with respect to ABL Priority Collateral, Permitted Encumbrances described in clause (p) of such definition) in such Subsidiary’s Inventory, Accounts and other property of the same nature as constitutes collateral under the Security Documents, in each case as and when required by Section 6.12 of this Agreement;
(h) [Reserved]; and
(i) The Loan Parties shall have satisfied the Payment Conditions.
“Permitted Disposition” means any of the following:
(a) dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(b) bulk sales or other Dispositions of the Inventory of a Loan Party not in the ordinary course of business, made in connection with Store closings, at arm’s length, provided, that such Store closures and related Inventory Dispositions shall not exceed those set forth in the Borrowers’ business plan reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and provided, further, at the Agent’s Permitted Discretion, all sales of Inventory in connection with Store closings shall be in accordance with liquidation agreements and with professional liquidators reasonably acceptable to the Agent;
(c) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property of a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; provided, that no such licensing shall adversely
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affect in any material respect the fair value of any Eligible Inventory or the ability of the Agent to dispose of or otherwise realize upon any Eligible Inventory after an Event of Default;
(d) licenses for the conduct of licensed departments within the Loan Parties’ Stores in the ordinary course of business; provided that, if requested by the Agent, the Agent shall have entered into an intercreditor agreement with the Person operating such licensed department on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(e) the sale or other disposition by a Loan Party of Inventory that is obsolete and having a book value not exceeding $500,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year (or such greater amount agreed to by Agent in its Permitted Discretion);
(f) the sale or other disposition by a Loan Party of Equipment or Fixtures that are obsolete or no longer used or useful in such Loan Party’s business and having a book value, not exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year (or such greater amount agreed to by Agent in its Permitted Discretion);
(g) Sales, transfers and dispositions among the Loan Parties or by any Subsidiary to a Loan Party;
(h) Sales, transfers and dispositions of or by any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party to another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; and
(i) as long as no Default then exists or would arise therefrom, sales of Real Estate of any Loan Party (or sales of any Person or Persons created to hold such Real Estate or the equity interests in such Person or Persons), including sale-leaseback transactions involving any such Real Estate pursuant to leases on market terms, as long as, (A) such sale is made for fair market value, (B) the net proceeds of such sale are utilized to repay the Obligations, and (C) in the case of any sale-leaseback transaction permitted hereunder, the Agent shall have received from such each purchaser or transferee a Collateral Access Agreement on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, with respect to a sale, transfer or disposition of Material Intellectual Property (or the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary that owns Material Intellectual Property), such sale, transfer or other disposition shall not be permitted unless the purchaser, assignee or other transferee thereof agrees in writing to be bound by a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license of such Material Intellectual Property in favor of the Agent for use in connection with the exercise of the rights and remedies of the Credit Parties, which license shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Material Intellectual Property (or the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary that owns Material Intellectual Property) (in each case, whether as a Permitted Disposition, a Permitted Investment, a Permitted Encumbrance or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Agent and the Required Lenders, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
“Permitted Discretion” means a determination made in good faith in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset based lender) business judgment.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 6.04;
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(b) Carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by applicable Law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue or are being contested in compliance with Section 6.04;
(c) Pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations, other than any Lien imposed by XXXXX;
(d) Deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Xxxxx in respect of judgments that would not constitute an Event of Default hereunder;
(f) Easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, building code laws, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of a Loan Party and such other minor title defects or survey matters that are disclosed by current surveys that, in each case, do not materially interfere with the current use of the real property;
(g) Liens existing on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.01 and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that (i) the property covered thereby is not changed, (ii) the amount secured or benefited thereby is not increased, (iii) the direct or any contingent obligor with respect thereto is not changed, and (iv) any renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is otherwise permitted hereunder;
(h) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired by any Loan Party which are permitted under clause (c) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness so long as (i) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within ninety (90) days after such acquisition, (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquisition of such fixed or capital assets and (iii) such Liens shall not extend to any other property or assets of the Loan Parties;
(i) Liens in favor the Agent;
(j) Landlords’ and lessors’ Liens in respect of rent not in default;
(k) Possessory Liens in favor of brokers and dealers arising in connection with the acquisition or disposition of Investments owned as of the Closing Date and Permitted Investments, provided that such liens (a) attach only to such Investments and (b) secure only obligations incurred in the ordinary course and arising in connection with the acquisition or disposition of such Investments and not any obligation in connection with margin financing;
(l) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to banker’s liens, liens in favor of securities intermediaries, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or securities accounts or other funds maintained with depository institutions or securities intermediaries;
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(m) Liens arising from precautionary UCC filings regarding “true” operating leases or, to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents, the consignment of goods to a Loan Party;
(n) voluntary Liens on property (other than property of the type included in a Borrowing Base) in existence at the time such property is acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or on such property of a Subsidiary of a Loan Party in existence at the time such Subsidiary is acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition; provided, that such Liens are not incurred in connection with or in anticipation of such Permitted Acquisition and do not attach to any other assets of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary;
(o) Liens in favor of customs and revenues authorities imposed by applicable Law arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the importation of goods and solely to the extent the following conditions are satisfied: (A) such Liens secure obligations that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (B) the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (C) such contest effectively suspends collection of the contested obligation and enforcement of any Lien securing such obligation; and
(p) Liens in favor of the Revolving Agent securing the Revolving Obligations to the extent permitted under clause (j) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”, subject at all times to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement; provided, that any such Liens on any ABL Term Priority Collateral are junior to the Liens on the ABL Term Priority Collateral securing the Obligations.
“Permitted Indebtedness” means each of the following as long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would arise from the incurrence thereof:
(a) Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.03 (and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof);
(b) (x) intercompany Indebtedness of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by clause (g) of the definition of Permitted Investments, and (y) Guarantees by a Loan Party of Indebtedness of another Loan Party;
(c) Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof); provided that, if requested by the Agent, the Loan Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the holders of such Indebtedness to enter into a Collateral Access Agreement on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided that such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with fluctuations in interest rates or foreign exchange rates, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view;” provided that the aggregate Swap Termination Value thereof shall not exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(e) Contingent liabilities under surety bonds or similar instruments incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the construction or improvement of Stores;
(f) Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within
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90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (ii) if requested by the Agent, the Loan Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the holders of such Indebtedness to enter into a Collateral Access Agreement on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(g) Indebtedness consisting of debt owing to a seller incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition (whether in the form of an “earn out” or otherwise); provided that such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent (but in any event such Indebtedness shall (i) not require the payment in cash of principal (other than in respect of working capital adjustments) prior to the Maturity Date, and (ii) have a maturity which extends beyond the Maturity Date);
(h) (i) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of a Loan Party after the Closing Date as a result of a Permitted Acquisition; provided that (x) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary and (y) immediately before and after such Person becomes a Subsidiary, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(i) the Obligations;
(j) Indebtedness of the Loan Parties incurred under the Revolving Credit Documents in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the Maximum ABL Facility Amount (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement as in effect as of the Closing Date or as subsequently amended in accordance with the terms hereof), so long as such Indebtedness shall at all times be subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement;
(k) other Indebtedness of the Borrowers or the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $35,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(l) Indebtedness under performance bonds or with respect to workers’ compensation claims, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(m) Indebtedness arising in connection with endorsement of instruments for deposit in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the financing of insurance premiums;
(p) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with cash pooling arrangements, cash management and other similar arrangements consisting of netting arrangements and overdraft protections incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Subordinated Debt;
(r) unsecured Indebtedness not otherwise specifically described herein (i) with a maturity date that is at least ninety (90) days following the Maturity Date, (ii) that does not require amortization or prepayments prior to the Maturity Date, and (iii) is on customary and market terms, or otherwise on terms, and pursuant to documentation, acceptable to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion;
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(s) Indebtedness of the Parent issued in connection with the repurchase of its Equity Interests to the extent such repurchase is permitted hereby.
“Permitted Investments” means each of the following as long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would arise from the making of such Investment:
(a) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 360 days from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof;
(b) commercial paper issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America and rated at least “Prime-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, in each case with maturities of not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof;
(c) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) (A) is a Lender or (B) is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in clause (c) of this definition and (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof;
(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for securities described in clause (a) above (without regard to the limitation on maturity contained in such clause) and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above or with any primary dealer and having a market value at the time that such repurchase agreement is entered into of not less than 100% of the repurchase obligation of such counterparty entity with whom such repurchase agreement has been entered into;
(e) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the Loan Parties, in any money market fund, mutual fund, or other investment companies that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which are administered by financial institutions that have the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P, and which invest solely in one or more of the types of securities described in clauses (a) through (d) above;
(f) Investments existing on the Closing Date, and set forth on Schedule 7.02, but not any increase in the amount thereof or any other modification of the terms thereof;
(g) (i) Investments by any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries in their respective Subsidiaries outstanding on the Closing Date, and (ii) additional Investments by any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries in Loan Parties (other than the Parent); provided that (x) any such loans and advances made by a Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note pledged to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Documents and (y) such loans and advances shall be unsecured;
(h) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and
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Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;
(i) Guarantees constituting Permitted Indebtedness;
(j) Investments by any Loan Party in Swap Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and for bona fide business (and not speculative purposes) to protect against fluctuations in interest rates in respect of the Obligations;
(k) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(l) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) advances to officers, directors and employees of the Loan Parties and Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) other loans and advances to officers, directors and employees of the Loan Parties and Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(m) Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions;
(n) capital contributions made by any Loan Party to another Loan Party;
(o) completion of Lead Borrower’s development and initiation of e‑commerce/internet sales to the public;
(p) opening additional Stores consistent with Borrowers’ business plan reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(q) Plan Redemption Payments; and
(r) other Investments not otherwise subject to the provisions set forth in this definition, provided, that, at the time any such Investment is made, the Payment Conditions are satisfied;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Dominion Event, no such Investments specified in clauses (a) through (e) and clause (r) shall be permitted unless (1) either (A) no Loans (under and as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), or, if then required to be Cash Collateralized (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), Letters of Credit (under and as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) are then outstanding, or (B) the Investment is a temporary Investment pending expiration of an interest period for a SOFR Loan (under and as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), the proceeds of which Investment will be applied to the Revolving Obligations after the expiration of such Interest Period, and (2) such Investments are pledged to the Revolving Agent and the Agent as additional collateral for the Obligations pursuant to such agreements as may be reasonably required by the Revolving Agent and the Agent, and (ii) with respect to an Investment in respect of Material Intellectual Property (or the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary that owns Material Intellectual Property), such Investment shall not be permitted unless the purchaser, assignee or other transferee thereof agrees in writing to be bound by a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license of such Material Intellectual Property in favor of the Agent for use in connection with the exercise of the rights and remedies of the Credit Parties, which license shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall make any Investment consisting of a license, sublicense or other transfer of Material Intellectual Property (or the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary that owns Material Intellectual Property) (in each case, whether
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as a Permitted Disposition, a Permitted Investment, a Permitted Encumbrance or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Agent and the Required Lenders, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness (the “Refinanced Indebtedness”), any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to modify, refinance, refund, renew or extend such Refinanced Indebtedness; provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Refinanced Indebtedness outstanding immediately prior to such exchange, modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable and customary amounts paid, and reasonable and customary fees and expenses incurred, in connection with such exchange, modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension; provided, further, that in the case of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect of the Revolving Obligations, the aggregate principal amount shall not exceed the amount permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (j) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, (b) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Refinanced Indebtedness, (c) immediately before and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (d) if the Refinanced Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Agent and the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Refinanced Indebtedness, (e) the primary obligor(s) in respect of any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are the primary obligor(s) in respect of the applicable Refinanced Indebtedness, and each Person (if any) that Guarantees, any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is a Person (if any) that Guaranteed (or would have been obligated to Guarantee) the applicable Refinanced Indebtedness, (f) the interest rate applicable to such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall not exceed the then applicable market interest rate, (g) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall not require any scheduled principal payments due prior to the Maturity Date in excess of, or prior to, the scheduled principal payments due for the Refinanced Indebtedness prior to the Maturity Date, (h) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be otherwise on terms not materially less favorable to the Credit Parties than those contained in the documentation governing the Refinanced Indebtedness, including, without limitation, with respect to financial and other covenants and events of default, (i) to the extent the Refinanced Indebtedness is secured, any such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be secured by no additional assets of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries than the assets securing such Refinanced Indebtedness (except to the extent of after-acquired assets or proceeds of assets that would have secured such Refinanced Indebtedness), and (j) in the case of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect of the Revolving Obligations, if such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is secured, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and the Liens securing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, shall be subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established, sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan.
“Plan Redemption Payments” means payments to Eligible Persons (as defined in the Employee Stock Plan) for the redemption of restricted Equity Interests issued to such employees pursuant to the Employee Stock Plan, which redemption is required pursuant to the terms of the Employee Stock Plan.
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“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Prepayment Event” means:
(a) Any Disposition (including, without limitation, pursuant to any sale-leaseback transaction, but excluding any sublease of a retail store location) of any property or asset of a Loan Party consisting of ABL Term Priority Collateral; provided, that so long as no Cash Dominion Event then exists or would result therefrom, Dispositions of such property or assets in an amount not in excess of $2,500,000 in the aggregate in any consecutive twelve (12) month period shall not be deemed a Prepayment Event;
(b) Any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of a Loan Party consisting of ABL Term Priority Collateral, unless the proceeds therefrom are required to be paid to the holder of a Lien on such property or asset having priority over the Lien of the Collateral Agent (excluding Liens permitted under clause (p) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances” but subject at all times to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement); provided, that so long as no Cash Dominion Event then exists or would result therefrom, receipt of such proceeds in an amount not in excess of $2,500,000 in the aggregate in any consecutive twelve (12) month period shall not be deemed a Prepayment Event;
(c) The issuance by a Loan Party of any Equity Interests, other than any such issuance of Equity Interests (i) to a Loan Party, (ii) as consideration for a Permitted Acquisition, or (iii) as a compensatory issuance to any employee, director, or consultant (including under any option plan); provided that so long as no Cash Dominion Event then exists or would result therefrom, such issuance shall not be deemed a Prepayment Event;
(d) [reserved]; or
(e) The receipt by any Loan Party of any Extraordinary Receipts; provided, that (i) so long as no Cash Dominion Event then exists or would result therefrom, any such receipt shall not be deemed a Prepayment Event, and (ii) with respect to any such receipt consisting of (or the proceeds (as defined in the UCC) of) ABL Term Priority Collateral, such receipt shall not constitute a Prepayment Event unless at the time of such receipt (including after giving effect to the application of the same as a Prepayment Event under and as defined in the Revolving Loan Agreement), the outstanding balance of Revolving Loans is zero and all L/C Obligations (as defined in the Revolving Loan Agreement) have been Cash Collateralized (as defined in the Revolving Loan Agreement).
“Protective Advances” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(d).
“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 5390(c)(8)(D).
“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning specified in Section 10.27.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an
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“eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Real Estate” means all real property subject to Leases and all land, together with the buildings, structures, parking areas, and other improvements thereon, now or hereafter owned by any Loan Party, including all easements, rights-of-way, and similar rights relating thereto and all leases, tenancies, and occupancies thereof.
“Recipient” means, as applicable, (a) any Person to which any payment on account of any obligation of a Loan Party under any Loan Document is made or owed, including the Agent or any Lender or (b) if any Person described in clause (a) is treated as a pass-through entity for applicable Tax purposes, the beneficial owner of such Person.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c).
“Registered Public Accounting Firm” has the meaning specified by the Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as prescribed by the Securities Laws.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the FRB or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the FRB or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.
“Reports” has the meaning specified in Section 9.12(b)).
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the Lenders holding more than 50% of the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment and the then aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans; provided, that at any time there are two or more Lenders party to this Agreement, “Required Lenders” shall require at least two Lenders holdings in excess of 50% of the sum of the unused Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment and the aggregate principal balance of the Loans.
“Reserves” means, without duplication of any items to the extent such items are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility criteria, such reserves as the Agent from time to time determines in its Permitted Discretion as being appropriate (a) to reflect the impediments to the Agent’s ability to realize upon the Collateral, (b) to reflect claims and liabilities that the Agent determines will need to be satisfied in connection with the realization upon the Collateral, (c) to reflect criteria, events, conditions, contingencies or risks which adversely affect ABL Term Priority Collateral, or the assets, business, financial performance or financial condition of any Loan Party, or (d) to reflect that a Default or an Event of Default then exists; provided, however, that in no event shall the Agent impose reserves with respect to Eligible Inventory or Eligible Accounts included in the ABL Term Loan Borrowing Base.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
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“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of a Loan Party or any of the other individuals designated in writing to the Agent by an existing Responsible Officer of a Loan Party as an authorized signatory of any certificate or other document to be delivered hereunder, including, with respect to the Portal, any person authorized and authenticated through the Portal in accordance with the Agent’s procedures for such authentication. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of any Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to such Person’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent of any thereof), or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such dividend or other distribution or payment, and any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, fees or other charges on or with respect to, and any redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment and any claim for rescission with respect to, any Subordinated Debt. Without limiting the foregoing, “Restricted Payments” with respect to any Person shall also include all payments made by such Person with any proceeds of a dissolution or liquidation of such Person.
“Revolving Agent” means Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacities as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement or any future administrative agent or collateral agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Revolving Availability” has the meaning specified in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Revolving Borrowing Base” has the has the meaning specified in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2018, by, among others, the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Revolving Lenders and the Revolving Agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect as of the Closing Date and as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time hereafter in accordance with the terms thereof and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, and any replacement credit agreement entered into pursuant to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof.
“Revolving Credit Documents” means the “Loan Documents” (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), as may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof and of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Facility” means Indebtedness of the Loan Parties pursuant to the Revolving Credit Agreement, and any Permitted Refinancing thereof, which is subject to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Revolving Lender” has the meaning specified in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Revolving Loan Cap” has the meaning specified in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
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“Revolving Loan Maturity Date” means the “Maturity Date” under and as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Revolving Obligations” means the “Obligations” under and as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Sanctioned Entity” means (a) a country or territory or a government of a country or territory, (b) an agency of the government of a country or territory, (c) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by a country or territory or its government, or (d) a Person resident in or determined to be resident in a country or territory, in each case of clauses (a) through (d) that is a target of Sanctions, including a target of any country or territory sanctions program administered and enforced by OFAC.
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time (a) any Person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC, OFAC’s consolidated Non-SDN list or any other Sanctions-related list maintained by any Governmental Authority, (b) a Person or legal entity that is a target of Sanctions, (c) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Entity, or (d) any Person directly or indirectly owned or controlled (individually or in the aggregate) by or acting on behalf of any such Person or Persons described in clauses (a) through (c) above.
“Sanctions” means individually and collectively, respectively, any and all economic sanctions, trade sanctions, financial sanctions, sectoral sanctions, secondary sanctions, trade embargoes anti-terrorism laws and other sanctions laws, regulations or embargoes, including those imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by: (a) the United States of America, including those administered by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, or through any existing or future executive order, (b) the United Nations Security Council, (c) the European Union or any European Union member state, (d) His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or (d) any other Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over any Credit Party or any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx” means the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Second Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement” means that certain Second Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement, which amendment is to be signed on the Closing Date.
“Securities Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx, and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the PCAOB.
“Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the Loan Parties and the Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Security Documents” means the Security Agreement, the Blocked Account Agreements, the DDA Notifications, the Credit Card Notifications, and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document granting a Lien to secure any of the Obligations.
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“Senior Executive Officers” means the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, President, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer of each Borrower.
“Shareholders’ Equity” means, as of any date of determination, consolidated shareholders’ equity of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of that date determined in accordance with GAAP.
“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Adjustment” means 0.10% (10.00 basis points) per annum.
“Solvent” and “Solvency” means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) at fair valuation, all of the properties and assets of such Person are greater than the sum of the debts, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair saleable value of the properties and assets of such Person is not less than the amount that would be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person is able to realize upon its properties and assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the normal course of business, (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts become due (whether at maturity or otherwise), (e) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or transaction, for which such Person’s properties and assets would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practices in the industry in which such Person is engaged, and (f) such Person is “solvent” or not “insolvent”, as applicable within the meaning given those terms and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).
“Specified Combined Loan Cap” has the meaning set forth in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Specified Transaction” means any Permitted Acquisition, Permitted Investment, prepayment of Indebtedness or Restricted Payment (or declaration of any such prepayment or Restricted Payment), in each case requiring satisfaction of the Payment Conditions hereunder.
“Store” means any retail store (which may include a Borrower’s interest in any real property, fixtures, equipment, inventory and other property related thereto) operated, or to be operated, by any Loan Party.
“Subordinated Debt” means any Indebtedness of any Credit Party subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations (specifically excluding from Subordinated Debt any capital lease payments) in a manner and form satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion, as to right and time of payment and as to any other rights and remedies thereunder.
“Subordination Provisions” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01(q).
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
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Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of a Loan Party.
“Supported QFC” has the meaning specified in Section 10.27.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so‑called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property (including sale and leaseback transactions), in each case, creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the application of any Debtor Relief Laws to such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term SOFR” means, means at any time of determination for any month, the sum of (a) greater of (x) the Floor and (y) the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such month for Dollar deposits with a term equivalent to three months; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus (b) the SOFR Adjustment. Term SOFR shall be determined on a monthly basis as of the first day of each month.
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“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Loan” mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Term SOFR.
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Term SOFR Replacement Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(b).
“Term SOFR Screen Rate” means the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Agent from time to time).
“Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (i) the Maturity Date, (ii) the date on which the maturity of the Obligations is accelerated (or deemed accelerated) and the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitments are irrevocably terminated (or deemed terminated) in accordance with Article VIII, or (iii) the date on which all outstanding Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations) have been paid in full and Commitments are irrevocably terminated in accordance with Section 2.01.
“Trading with the Enemy Act” has the meaning specified in Section 10.18.
“UCC” or “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that if a term is defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code differently than in another Article thereof, the term shall have the meaning set forth in such Article 9; provided further that, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, perfection, or the effect of perfection or non-perfection, of a security interest in any Collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than State of New York, “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection or availability of such remedy, as the case may be.
“UFCA” has the meaning specified in Section 10.21(d).
“UFTA” has the meaning specified in Section 10.21(d).
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
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“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, or any successor thereto, recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities; provided, that for purposes of notice requirements in Section 2.02(b), such day is also a Business Day.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning specified in Section 10.27.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Weekly BBC Reporting Event” means either (a) the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, or (b) the failure of the Borrowers to maintain Revolving Availability of at least twenty percent (20%) of the Adjusted Combined Loan Cap at any time. For purposes of this Agreement, the occurrence of a Weekly BBC Reporting Event shall be deemed continuing at the Agent’s option (i) so long as such Event of Default has not been waived, and/or (ii) if the Weekly BBC Reporting Event arises as a result of the Borrowers’ failure to maintain Revolving Availability as required hereunder, until Revolving Availability has exceeded twenty percent (20%) of the Adjusted Combined Loan Cap for thirty (30) consecutive days, in which case a Weekly BBC Reporting Event shall no longer be deemed to be continuing for purposes of this Agreement. The termination of a Weekly BBC Reporting Event as provided herein shall in no way limit, waive or delay the occurrence of a subsequent Weekly BBC Reporting Event in the event that the conditions set forth in this definition again arise.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any reference to a defined term as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement or any other Revolving Credit Document shall refer to the definition of such term as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date (including with respect to any component definitions (or any sub-component definitions)), except with respect to any amendment or modification thereto (or to any component definitions (or any sub-component definitions))
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permitted under this Agreement and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise consented to by the Agent.
1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions
With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(d) Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Obligations shall mean (x) the repayment in Dollars in full in cash or immediately available funds or other collateral as may be reasonably requested by the Agent of all of the Obligations (including the payment of any termination amount then applicable other than unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations), and (y) the termination of the Commitments and the Loan Documents. As used herein, “Payment in Full” shall mean satisfaction of the conditions described in the foregoing clauses (x) and (y).
1.03 Accounting Terms.
(a) Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity
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with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Lead Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Agent, the Lenders and the Lead Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Lead Borrower shall provide to the Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective as of the first Fiscal Quarter of 2019, Borrowers shall adopt ASU 2016-02 (“Leases”) as issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which adoption is hereby approved by the Agent and the Lenders.
1.04 Rounding.
Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrowers pursuant to 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 (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.05 Times of Day.
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.06 Reserved.
1.07 Divisions.
For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
1.08 Rates.
The Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or with respect to any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any then-current Benchmark or any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement), as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 3.03(b), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Term
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SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto and such transactions may be adverse to a Borrower. The Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Term SOFR Reference Rate or Term SOFR, or any other Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to any Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
Article II
THE loans
2.01 Loans; Reserves.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Initial ABL Term A Loan Lender agrees to make a term loan (the “Initial ABL Term A Loan”) to the Borrowers on the Closing Date in a principal amount equal to the Initial ABL Term A Loan Commitment of such Initial ABL Term A Loan Lender. Amounts repaid in respect of the Initial ABL Term A Loans may not be reborrowed, and upon each Initial ABL Term A Loan Lender’s making of its Initial ABL Term A Loan, the Initial ABL Term A Loan Commitment of such Initial ABL Term A Loan Lender shall be terminated.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Initial ABL Term B Loan Lender agrees to make a term loan (the “Initial ABL Term B Loan”) to the Borrowers on the Closing Date in a principal amount equal to the Initial ABL Term B Loan Commitment of Initial ABL Term B Loan Lender. Amounts repaid in respect of the Initial ABL Term B Loan may not be reborrowed, and upon each Initial ABL Term B Loan Lender’s making of its Initial ABL Term B Loan, the Initial ABL Term B Loan Commitment of such Initial ABL Term B Loan Lender shall be terminated.
(c) (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make term loans (each such loan, a “Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan”) to the Borrowers at any time during the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment Period, in an amount not to exceed such Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lender’s Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment; provided, that after giving effect to any requested Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan, the aggregate principal amount of such Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lender’s Delayed Draw ABL Term Loans shall not exceed such Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lender’s Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment. The Borrower shall request the funding of the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loans pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.02(b) below and such Delayed Draw ABL Term Loans shall be funded by the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lenders pursuant to the terms of Section 2.02(c) hereof. Each Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lender’s Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment shall automatically be permanently reduced concurrently with, and in the principal amount of, the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan made by such Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Lender. The principal amount of any Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan which is repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
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(ii) Each Lender having a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment hereby grants to each Lender that does not have a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment the right to assume a portion of such Lender’s Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment in connection with any request by the Borrowers for the funding of a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan, in an amount for any applicable Lender not to exceed such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (as determined pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of such term) of such requested Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan. Any Lender desiring to avail itself of the option to assume a portion of the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.01(c)(ii) shall, within two (2) Business Days following receipt of notice from the Agent of the Borrowers’ request for funding of a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.02(b), notify the Agent in writing of its intention to participate in such funding (such notice, a “Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment Assumption Notice”) and the amount of the requested Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan intended to be funded by such Lender; provided, that such amount shall not be less than $500,000 or more than such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (as determined pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of such term) of the requested Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan. The failure of any Lender to deliver a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment Assumption Notice as provided in the immediately preceding sentence shall be deemed such Xxxxxx’s declination to participate in such funding. Upon receipt of such notice from any applicable Lender, the Agent shall notify each Lender having a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment of the receipt of such notice and the aggregate amount of Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitments to be assumed with respect to the requested Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan pursuant to this subsection, and the resulting reduction in such Lender’s Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment resulting therefrom (which reductions shall be proportional among all Lenders holding Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitments). The delivery of a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment Assumption Notice by any Lender shall be irrevocable, and upon Agent’s receipt of such notice the aggregate Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitments shall be reallocated among the affected Lenders in the manner contemplated by this Section 2.01(c)(ii) such that after giving effect thereto, each Lender delivering a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment Assumption Notice shall be deemed to have a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment in the amount set forth in its Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment Assumption Notice. For purposes of the accrual of interest hereunder and application of proceeds pursuant to Section 8.03, any Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan funded by any Lender not having a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment on the Closing Date shall automatically be deemed to be an ABL Term A Loan hereunder, and any Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan made by any Lender having a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment on the Closing Date shall automatically be deemed to be a ABL Term B Loan hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, Lenders that do not have a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment on the Closing Date (A) shall have no obligation to exercise the option to participate in the funding of Delayed Draw ABL Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.01(c)(ii), and (B) shall have no right to fees payable pursuant to the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Ticking Fee payable under and as defined in the Fee Letter. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the ability of a Lender to participate in the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.01(c)(ii) shall only apply to a Lender that is party to this Agreement on the Closing Date and not to any assignee thereof (other than an assignee that is an Affiliate or Approved Fund of such Lender).
(d) The Agent shall have the right, at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date in its Permitted Discretion to establish, modify or eliminate Reserves.
2.02 Borrowings of Loans.
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(a) All Loans made under this agreement shall be Term SOFR Loans unless the provisions of Sections 3.02 or 3.03 shall apply.
(b) The Lead Borrower shall give irrevocable written notice to the Agent of each proposed borrowing of a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan by delivery of a Notice of Borrowing, appropriately completed by a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower no later than 11:00 a.m. five (5) Business Days prior to the proposed date of such borrowing. Each such Notice of Borrowing shall specify the requested amount of the requested Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan (which shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof) and the proposed date of funding thereof (which shall be a Business Day). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Borrowers shall not be permitted to make more than two (2) requests for Delayed Draw ABL Term Loans during the Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment Period.
(c) Following the receipt of a Notice of Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.02(b), the Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the details and amount of any requested Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan (and, in the case of a Lender having a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment, the amount of such Loan to be made by it as part of the requested borrowing). Following receipt of such notice, each Lender which does not have a Delayed Draw ABL Term Loan Commitment may exercise its right to participate in the funding of such borrowing pursuant to Section 2.01(c)(ii) above. Each applicable Lender shall then make the amount of its Delayed Draw Term Loan available to the Agent in immediately available funds at the Agent’s office not later than 1:00 pm on the Business Day specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Article IV of this Agreement, the Agent shall use reasonable efforts to make all funds so received available to the Borrowers in like funds by no later than 4:00 p.m. on the day of receipt by the Agent either by wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Agent by the Lead Borrower.
(d) The Agent, without the request of the Lead Borrower, may advance (i) any interest, fee, service charge (including direct wire fees), Credit Party Expenses, or other payment to which any Credit Party is entitled from the Loan Parties pursuant hereto or any other Loan Document, or (ii) any protective advances contemplated by clause (b) of the term “Maximum ABL Term Loan Facility Amount” as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement in an amount not to exceed the amount permitted under such clause (collectively, “Protective Advances”), and may charge the same to the Loan Account notwithstanding that an Overadvance may result thereby. The Agent shall advise the Lead Borrower of any such advance or charge promptly after the making thereof. Such action on the part of the Agent shall not constitute a waiver of the Agent’s rights and the Borrowers’ obligations under Section 2.05(d). Any amount which is added to the principal balance of the Loan Account as provided in this Section 2.02(d) shall bear interest at the interest rate then and thereafter applicable to ABL Term B Loans and shall constitute Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. Any Protective Advance made by the Agent under this Section 2.02(d) shall be funded solely by, and shall be for the sole account of, the Agent.
(e) [Reserved].
(f) [Reserved].
(g) [Reserved].
(h) [Reserved].
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2.03 [Reserved].
2.04 [Reserved].
2.05 Prepayments.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) [Reserved].
(c) The Borrowers may, upon irrevocable notice from the Lead Borrower to the Agent, at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay the Loans in whole or in part; provided that such notice must be received by the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. The Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Lead Borrower, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment, together with any fees then due hereunder or under any other Loan Document, and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) If for any reason the outstanding principal balance of the Loans at any time exceeds the ABL Term Loan Borrowing Base as then in effect (“Overadvance”), the Borrowers shall immediately (and in any event, withing one (1) Business Day thereafter) deliver an updated Borrowing Base Certificate to the Agent and the Revolving Agent to cause the Revolving Agent to implement an ABL Term Pushdown Reserve in the amount equal to such excess.
(f) The Borrowers shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds received by a Loan Party on account of any Prepayment Event.
(g) Prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.05(c) and (f) above, shall be applied first to any Protective Advances then outstanding, second, to the outstanding ABL Term A Loans (ratably against each such ABL Term A Loan outstanding), until Paid in Full, and third to the outstanding ABL Term B Loans (ratably against each such ABL Term B Loan); provided, that, upon the Agent’s receipt of any such prepayment, the Agent, at the direction of all Lenders holding ABL Term A Loans, as determined in their discretion, shall pay such amounts either (i) first, to such Lenders for application to the ABL Term A Loans, until paid in full, and second, pro rata to each of the other Lenders, until paid in full, or (ii) pro rata to each the Lenders in accordance with its respective share of the Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, any Lender may, upon written notice to the Agent, waive its right to receive its ratable share of any applicable prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(f), in which case such amounts otherwise payable to such Lender shall be reallocated among those Lenders which have not elected to waive such prepayment amounts.
2.06 [Reserved].
2.07 Repayment of Loans. To the extent not previously paid, the Borrowers shall repay the entire outstanding balance of the Loans and all other outstanding Obligations on the Maturity Date.
2.08 Interest.
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(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(c) below and Section 3.03, the outstanding principal amount of each Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) Term SOFR for such Interest Period, plus (iii) the Applicable Margin.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) (i) If any amount payable under any Loan Document is not paid when due (following any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(ii) If any other Event of Default exists, then the Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, notify the Lead Borrower that all outstanding Obligations shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate and thereafter such Obligations shall bear interest at the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iii) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(d) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
2.09 Fees. The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for its account and for the account of the respective Lenders, as applicable, fees in the amounts and at the time specified in the Fee Letter. Unless specified otherwise in the Fee Letter, such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees; Term SOFR Conforming Changes.
(a) All computations of interest and fees shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12, bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR, the Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Agent will promptly notify the Lead Borrower and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR.
2.11 Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by the Agent in the name of Xxxxxxxxx (the “Loan Account”) in the ordinary
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course of business. In addition, each Lender may record in such Xxxxxx’s internal records, an appropriate notation evidencing the date and amount of each Loan from such Lender, each payment and prepayment of principal of any such Loan, and each payment of interest, fees and other amounts due in connection with the Obligations due to such Lender. The accounts or records maintained by the Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrowers hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Xxxxxx and the accounts and records of the Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Xxxxxx made through the Agent, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans, as applicable, in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto. Upon receipt of an affidavit of a Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of such Xxxxxx’s Note and upon cancellation of such Note, the Borrowers will issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note in favor of such Lender, in the same principal amount thereof and otherwise of like tenor.
(b) [Reserved]
2.12 Payments Generally; Agent’s Clawback.
(a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Subject to Section 2.14 hereof, the Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Xxxxxx’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Agent after 2:00 p.m., at the option of the Agent, shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrowers shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(b) Funding by Xxxxxxx; Presumption by Agent. Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of any Loan that such Lender will not make available to the Agent such Xxxxxx’s share of such Borrowing, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrowers a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Loan available to the Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrowers severally agree to pay to the Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrowers to but excluding the date of payment to the Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation plus any administrative processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrowers, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the
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Borrowers and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrowers the amount of such interest paid by the Borrowers for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Loan to the Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrowers shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrowers may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Agent.
(c) Payments by Borrowers; Presumptions by Agent. Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Lead Borrower prior to the time at which any payment is due to the Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrowers will not make such payment, the Agent may assume that the Borrowers have made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrowers have not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
A notice of the Agent to any Lender or the Lead Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsections (b) and (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(d) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Xxxxxx as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrowers by the Agent because the conditions to the applicable Loan set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof (subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 4.02 hereof), the Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(e) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of Lenders hereunder to make the Loans are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make its portion of the Loan or to make any payment hereunder on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its portion of the Loan(s) or to make its payment hereunder.
(f) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
2.13 Sharing of Payments by Xxxxxxx.
If any Credit Party shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of, interest on, or other amounts with respect to, any of the Obligations resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Obligations greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein (including as in contravention of the priorities of payment set forth in Section 8.03), then the Credit Party receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Obligations of the other Credit Parties, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Credit Parties ratably and in the priorities set forth in Section 8.03, provided that:
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(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the Loan Parties pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.
2.14 [Reserved].
2.15 [Reserved].
Article III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY;
APPOINTMENT OF LEAD BORROWER
3.01 Taxes.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrowers hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that if the Borrowers shall be required by applicable law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Agent or Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrowers shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrowers shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrowers. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrowers shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Lead Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Agent), or by the Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrowers to a Governmental Authority, the Lead Borrower shall deliver to the Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which any Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Lead Borrower (with a copy to the Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Lead Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. Such delivery shall be provided on the Closing Date and on or before such documentation expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of an event requiring a change in the documentation most recently delivered. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Lead Borrower or the Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Lead Borrower or the Agent as will enable the Lead Borrower or the Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that any Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Lead Borrower and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Lead Borrower or the Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
(ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrowers 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 (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN,
(iv) to the extent a Recipient is not a U.S. person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) and is not the beneficial owner of payments made under this Agreement or any Loan Document (for example, where such Recipient is a non‑U.S. partnership), (A) an IRS Form W-8IMY on behalf of itself and (B) the relevant forms prescribed in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (v) and (vi) of this Section 3.01(e) that would be required of each such beneficial owner if such beneficial owner were a Recipient, or
(v) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law
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to permit the Lead Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(f) Transfer of Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any Loan Document, if a Lender sells, assigns, grants a participation in or otherwise transfers all or part of the Obligations of the Loan Parties to such Lender, such Xxxxxx agrees to notify the Agent of the percentage amount in which it is no longer the beneficial owner of Obligations of the Loan Parties to such Lender. To the extent of such percentage amount, the Agent and the Borrower will treat such Lender’s documentation provided pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section 3.01 as no longer valid. Neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall make any greater payments pursuant to this Section 3.01 as a consequence of (i) such sale, assignment, participation or transfer or (ii) any change by a Lender of its designated lending branch.
(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrowers or with respect to which the Borrowers have paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to the Borrowers an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrowers under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrowers, upon the request of the Agent or such Lender, agree to repay the amount paid over to the Borrowers (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Agent or such Lender in the event the Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrowers or any other Person.
(h) FATCA. If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal income withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, the Lender granting the participation) such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, the Lender granting the participation) as may be necessary for the Agent or the Borrowers to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Xxxxxx has complied with such Xxxxxx’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (h), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
3.02 Illegality.
If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to Term SOFR, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon Term SOFR, then, on written notice thereof by such Lender to the Lead Borrower through the Agent (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest
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rate on which is determined by reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, in each case, until such Lender notifies the Agent and the Lead Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrowers shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Term SOFR Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate with respect to any Base Rate Loans, the Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Term SOFR component thereof until the Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon Term SOFR. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
3.03 Inability to Determine Rates.
(a) If in connection with any request for a Loan hereunder, (i) the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (A) no Successor Rate has been determined in accordance with Section 3.03(b), and the circumstances under clause (i) of Section 3.03(b) or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred, or (B) adequate and reasonable means do not otherwise exist for determining Term SOFR, or (ii) the Agent or the Required Lenders determine that for any reason that Term SOFR does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Agent will promptly so notify the Lead Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended, and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Term SOFR component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Agent (or, in the case of a determination by the Required Lenders described in clause (ii) of this Section 3.03(a), until the Agent upon instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Lead Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of Term SOFR Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and (ii) any outstanding Term SOFR Loans shall be deemed to have been converted to Base Rate Loans.
(b) Benchmark Replacement Setting.
(i) Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, the Agent and the Lead Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace the then current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all affected Lenders and the Lead Borrower so long as the Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from the Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. No replacement of a Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 3.03(b) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
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(ii) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(iii) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Agent will promptly notify the Lead Borrower and the Lenders of (A) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (B) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement. The Agent will notify the Lead Borrower of (x) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 3.03(b)(iv) and (y) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 3.03(b), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 3.03(b).
(iv) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (A) if the then‑current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (1) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion or (2) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Xxxxxxxxx has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative, then the Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (B) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (A) above either (1) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (2) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(v) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon Lead Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, (1) the Lead Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Lead Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans, and (2) any outstanding affected Term SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted to Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark
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or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.
3.04 Increased Costs.
(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any (x) Change in Law, or (y) compliance by any Lender with any direction, request, or requirement (irrespective of whether having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority or monetary authority (including Regulation D of the FRB), shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by any Lender;
(ii) subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or any Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for Taxes imposed by way of withholding or deduction, Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes and amounts relating to the foregoing which shall be governed solely and exclusively by Section 3.01, and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender); or
(iii) impose on any Lender any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Term SOFR Loans made by such Lender or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase, directly or indirectly, the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Term SOFR Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered, together with interest on such amount from the date of such demand until payment in full thereof at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lendxx’x policies and the policies of such Lendxx’x holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrowers will pay to such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Lead Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such
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Lendxx, xx the case may be, notifies the Lead Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
3.05 Compensation for Losses.
Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Agent) from time to time, the Borrowers shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b) any failure by the Borrowers (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Lead Borrower; or
(c) any assignment of a Term SOFR Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Lead Borrower pursuant to Section 10.13;
including any reasonably calculable loss of anticipated profits and any actual loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrowers shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing, provided such administrative charges are associated with the foregoing but not duplicative of the compensation for such loss, cost or expense otherwise described in this Section 3.05.
Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, neither Agent, nor any Lender, nor any of their Participants, is required actually to acquire eurodollar deposits to fund or match fund any Obligation as to which interest accrues based on Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Reference Rate.
A certificate of the Agent or a Lender delivered to Borrowers setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that the Agent or such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 3.05 shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrowers shall pay such amount to the Agent or such Lender, as applicable, within 10 days of the date of their receipt of such certificate.
3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.
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The Borrowers hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, the Borrowers may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.13.
3.07 Survival.
All of the Borrowers’ obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Commitments and repayment of all Obligations hereunder.
3.08 Designation of Lead Borrower as Borrowers’ Agent.
(a) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Lead Borrower as such Borrxxxx’x agent to obtain Loans, the proceeds of which shall be available to each Borrower for such uses as are permitted under this Agreement. As the disclosed principal for its agent, each Borrower shall be obligated to each Credit Party on account of Loans so made as if made directly by the applicable Credit Party to such Borrower, notwithstanding the manner by which such Loans are recorded on the books and records of the Lead Borrower and of any other Borrower. In addition, each Loan Party other than the Borrowers hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Lead Borrower as such Loan Party’s agent to represent such Loan Party in all respects under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(b) Each Borrower recognizes that credit available to it hereunder is in excess of and on better terms than it otherwise could obtain on and for its own account and that one of the reasons therefor is its joining in the credit facility contemplated herein with all other Borrowers. Consequently, each Borrower hereby assumes and agrees to discharge all Obligations of each of the other Borrowers.
(c) The Lead Borrower shall act as a conduit for each Borrower (including itself, as a “Borrower”) on whose behalf the Lead Borrower has requested a Loan. Neither the Agent nor any other Credit Party shall have any obligation to see to the application of such proceeds therefrom.
Article IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOANS
4.01 Conditions of Initial ABL Term Loans.
The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Loans hereunder (including the Initial ABL Term Loans) is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals, telecopies or other electronic image scan transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif “ via e-mail) (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent:
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(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement sufficient in number for distribution to the Agent, each Lender and the Lead Borrower;
(ii) a Note executed by the Borrowers in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;
(iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Agent may require evidencing (A) the authority of each Loan Party to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or is to become a party and (B) the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or is to become a party;
(iv) copies of each Loan Party’s Organization Documents and such other documents and certifications as the Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and that each Loan Party is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that failure to so qualify in such jurisdiction could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) a favorable opinion of each of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx XXX, counsel to the Loan Parties, each addressed to the Agent and each Lender, as to such matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Agent may reasonably request;
(vi) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied, (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since the date of the Audited Financial Statements that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (C) to the Solvency of the Loan Parties as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, including the funding of the Initial ABL Term Loans, and (D) either that (1) no consents, licenses or approvals are required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, or (2) that all such consents, licenses and approvals have been obtained and are in full force and effect;
(vii) evidence that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan Documents and all endorsements in favor of the Agent required under the Loan Documents have been obtained and are in effect;
(viii) [reserved];