SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of September 18, 2020, is among DARLING INGREDIENTS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent Borrower”), the other Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below) party hereto, each of the Lenders which are parties hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”).
RECITALS:
Reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 6, 2014 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Parent Borrower, the other Borrowers party thereto, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, the Administrative Agent and the other agents party thereto.
The Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders party hereto and each Revolving Lender continuing as such after the Sixth Amendment Date now desire to amend the Credit Agreement as herein set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows effective as of the date hereof unless otherwise indicated:
ARTICLE 1.
Definitions
Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment, to the extent not otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meanings as in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.
ARTICLE 2.
Amendments
Amendments
to the Credit Agreement. (a) The Credit Agreement is hereby amended as set forth hereto on Annex I (with stricken text indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text and added text indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text).
(b) After giving effect to the Amendment, the Revolving Commitments are deemed to be held by the Lenders as set forth in Annex II hereto (and, with respect to the Revolving Commitments, Schedule 2.01 is deemed replaced thereby). Any modifications to such amounts (and any underlying Revolving Loans) are deemed to have been effected by assignment automatically pursuant to this Amendment, and not subject to any limitations set forth in Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement.
(c) Schedule 1.01, Schedule 1.09, Schedule 6.01, Schedule 6.02, Schedule 6.04 and Schedule 6.09 to the Credit Agreement are hereby deemed to be replaced by Annex III hereto.
ARTICLE 3.
Amendments to Other Loan Documents
Amendments to other Loan Documents. (a) Each Lender party hereto consents to, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into (i) the amendment and restatement of the Guaranty Agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as Annex IV, (ii) the amendment and restatement of the U.S. Security Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex V and (iii) the amendments (or amendments and restatements, as applicable) and/or releases with respect to the Foreign Security Agreements set forth on Annex VI.
(b) Each Lender party hereto hereby further authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into any amendments to the Foreign Security Documents from and after the Sixth Amendment Date (from time to time) to effect changes thereto consistent in substance with the Agreed Security Principles.
ARTICLE 4.
Representations and Warranties
Section 4.1. Representations and Warranties. The Borrowers represent and warrant that:
(a) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment and any extension of credit to be made on the Sixth Amendment Date (as defined below), the representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as if such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate specifically to another date;
(b) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment and any extension of credit to be made on the Sixth Amendment Date, no Default has occurred and is continuing;
(c) the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby are within each Borrower’s organizational power and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Borrower (as the case may be), enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, capital impairment, recognition of judgments, recognition of choice of law, enforcement of judgments or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment: (a) does not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (ii) for immaterial consents, approvals, registrations, filing or other actions, (b) will not violate (i) any applicable law or regulation or (ii) in any material respect, the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority binding on such Person, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any material indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except Liens created under and Liens permitted by the Loan Documents, except to the extent such violation or default referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c) above could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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ARTICLE 5.
Conditions
Section 5.1. Conditions. This Amendment shall become effective as of the first date (the “Sixth Amendment Date”) when each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(a) the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto (including the Required Lenders and each Revolving Lender continuing as such after the Sixth Amendment Date) either (i) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy, portable document format (.pdf) or email transmission of a signed signature page of this Amendment) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment;
(b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result from any extension of credit requested to be made on the Sixth Amendment Date;
(c) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Sixth Amendment Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in clause (b) of this Section 5.1 and that each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party contained in Section 4.1 above shall be true and correct on and as of the Sixth Amendment Date after giving effect to the Amendment and to any extension of credit requested to be made on the Sixth Amendment Date with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such date;
(d) the Administrative Agent shall have received, for the benefit of each Revolving Lender that is a party hereto on the Sixth Amendment Date, the fees separately agreed in writing between the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent;
(e) to the extent invoiced at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Sixth Amendment Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable to it or its Affiliates on or prior to the Sixth Amendment Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all of such Persons’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document;
(f) the Administrative Agent shall have received a written opinion or opinions (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Sixth Amendment Date) of counsel for the Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, covering such matters relating to the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as of the Sixth Amendment Date as are customary for financings of this type. The Parent Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions;
(g) the Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of each Loan Party, the authorization of the Transactions to be consummated in connection with the execution and delivery hereof and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or such Transactions as are customary for financings of this type, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel;
(h) (i) the Administrative Agent shall have received, at least 3 days prior to the Sixth Amendment Date, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities
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under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act, with respect to the Loan Parties as of the Sixth Amendment Date that has been reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent at least 10 days prior to the Sixth Amendment Date and (ii) to the extent the Parent Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, at least 3 days prior to the Sixth Amendment Date, any Lender that has requested, in a written notice to the Borrower at least 10 days prior to the Sixth Amendment Date, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Parent Borrower shall have received such Beneficial Ownership Certification (provided that, upon the execution and delivery by such Lender of its signature page to this Amendment, the condition set forth in this clause (ii) shall be deemed to be satisfied);
(k) all actions necessary to establish that the Administrative Agent will have a perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral (subject to Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement as amended hereby); provided that the items on Annex VII hereto may instead be provided after the Sixth Amendment Date pursuant to the timing set forth on such Annex (or such later date as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree); and
(l) the Administrative Agent shall have received, for the account of the Revolving Lenders, immediately prior to the Amendment, all accrued interest and fees on the Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans outstanding as of the Sixth Amendment date, and if applicable, the Revolving Lenders shall have received any payments of principal on the Revolving Loans from the other applicable Revolving Lenders to affect the provisions of Section 2(b) hereto.
ARTICLE 6.
Miscellaneous
Section 6.1. Confirmation of Guarantees and Security Interests. By signing this Amendment, each Borrower hereby confirms that the obligations of such Borrower under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby and the other Loan Documents (i) are entitled to the benefits of the guarantees and the security interests set forth or created in the relevant Guaranty Agreements, the relevant Security Documents delivered prior to the date hereof and the other Loan Documents, and (ii) constitute Obligations for purposes of the Credit Agreement, the relevant Guaranty Agreements and all other relevant Security Documents delivered prior to the date hereof (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in connection with this Amendment and as the same may be released, in each case as expressly set forth in Annex VI hereto). The Canadian Borrower party hereto hereby ratifies and confirms that all Liens granted, conveyed, or assigned to the Administrative Agent by such Person pursuant to each relevant Loan Document delivered prior to the date hereof to which it is a party remain in full force and effect, are not released or reduced, and continue to secure full payment and performance of the Obligations, as may be extended, increased or otherwise modified hereby. It is the intention of each Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and each Borrower and the Administrative Agent acknowledge and agree, that this Amendment to the Credit Agreement and any modifications or amendments to the other Loan Documents contemplated hereby shall not constitute a novation of any rights or obligations of any party under the Credit Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents for the purpose of any applicable law.
Section 6.2. Ratifications. The terms and provisions set forth in this Amendment shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions set forth in the Credit Agreement and except as expressly modified and superseded by this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other relevant Loan Documents delivered prior to the date hereof are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect. The Parent Borrower, each other Borrower, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent agree that the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and the other relevant Loan Documents delivered prior to the date hereof shall continue to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable
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in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, capital impairment, recognition of judgments, recognition of choice of law, enforcement of judgments or other laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in law or equity. For all matters arising prior to the effective date of this Amendment, the terms of the Credit Agreement (as unmodified by this Amendment) shall control and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 6.3. Reference to Credit Agreement. Each of the Loan Documents, including the Credit Agreement and any and all other agreements, documents, or instruments now or hereafter executed and delivered pursuant to the terms hereof or pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, are hereby amended so that any reference in such Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement shall mean a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby. This Amendment is a “Loan Document” as defined in the Credit Agreement.
Section 6.4. Severability. Any provision of this Amendment held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 6.5. Applicable Law. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
Section 6.6. Successors and Assigns. This Amendment is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and each Borrower and their respective successors and assigns, except the Borrowers may not assign or transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder except in compliance with the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.
Section 6.7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. THIS AMENDMENT EMBODIES THE FINAL, ENTIRE AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND SUPERSEDES ANY AND ALL PREVIOUS COMMITMENTS, AGREEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND UNDERSTANDINGS, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED OR VARIED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO. This Amendment shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of the Borrowers, the Required Lenders and each Revolving Lender continuing as such after giving effect to the Sixth Amendment Date. For the avoidance of doubt, this Amendment shall be subject to Section 10.06(b) of the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.
Section 6.8. Effect of Waiver. No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.
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Section 6.9.Headings. Article and Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment.
[Signature Pages to Follow]
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Executed as of the date first written above.
BORROWERS: | ||
By: |
/s/ Martijn van Steenpaal | |
Name: Martijn van Steenpaal | ||
Title: Vice President and Treasurer | ||
DARLING INTERNATIONAL CANADA INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Martijn van Steenpaal | |
Name: Martijn van Steenpaal | ||
Title: Vice President and Treasurer | ||
DARLING INTERNATIONAL NL HOLDINGS B.V. | ||
By: |
/s/ Martijn van Steenpaal | |
Name: Martijn van Steenpaal | ||
Title: Vice President and Treasurer | ||
DARLING INGREDIENTS INTERNATIONAL HOLDING B.V. | ||
By: |
/s/ Martijn van Steenpaal | |
Name: Martijn van Steenpaal | ||
Title: Vice President and Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A, as Administrative Agent and as a Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
Bank of America, N.A., Canada branch, as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxx Sales xx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx Sales xx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
If a second signature is necessary: | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
Bank of Montreal, as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Director | ||
If a second signature is necessary: | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
Bank of Montreal, Chicago Branch, as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
Bank of Montreal, London Branch, as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
If a second signature is necessary: | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
Bank of the West, as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ R. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: R. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Director | ||
If a second signature is necessary: | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
CITIBANK, N.A., as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ R. Ruining Xxxxxx | |
Name: R. Ruining Xxxxxx | ||
Title: SVP |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
PNC BANK CANADA BRANCH, as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Title: Principal Officer |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
COBANK, ACB, as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Assistant Corporate Secretary | ||
If a second signature is necessary: | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
BBVA USA, as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
Comerica Bank, as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch, as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
If a second signature is necessary: | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
TD BANK, N.A., as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
XXXXXXX XXXXX LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
TRUIST BANK, formerly known as Branch Banking and Trust Company, as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
Commerce Bank, as a Revolving Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title: President |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment of Darling Credit Agreement]
Execution Version
ANNEX I
MARKED VERSION REFLECTING CHANGES
PURSUANT TO THE FIFTHSIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
ADDED TEXT SHOWN UNDERSCORED
DELETED TEXT SHOWN STRIKETHROUGH
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT1
dated as of January 6, 2014
among
The Other Borrowers Party Hereto | From Time to Time |
The Lenders Party Hereto
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,
XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK USA,
BANK OF MONTREAL,
acting under its trade name BMO CAPITAL MARKETS,
BBVA COMPASS BANK,
COOPERATIEVE CENTRAL RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A., “RABOBANK
NEDERLAND” NEW YORK BRANCH and
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Syndication Agents,
COBANK, ACB,
COMERICA BANK,
1 | In respect of the
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
HSBC BANK USA, N.A.,
TD BANK, N.A.,
FIFTH THIRD BANK and
REGIONS BANK,
as Documentation Agents,
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
and
BANK OF MONTREAL,
acting under its trade name BMO CAPITAL MARKETS,
as Joint Bookrunners and Co-Lead Arrangers in respect of
the Term A Facility and Revolving Facility,
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC,
XXXXXXX SACHS BANK USA and
BANK OF MONTREAL,
acting under its trade name BMO CAPITAL MARKETS,
as Joint Bookrunners and Co-Lead Arrangers in respect of the Term B Facility
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS | 1 | |||||
Section 1.01 |
Defined Terms |
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Section 1.02 |
Classification of Loans and Borrowings |
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Section 1.03 |
Terms Generally |
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Section 1.04 |
Accounting Terms; GAAP |
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Section 1.05 |
Business Days; Payments |
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Section 1.06 |
Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents |
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Section 1.07 |
Cashless Rollovers |
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Section 1.08 |
Dutch Terms |
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Section 1.09 |
Agreed Security Principles |
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Section 1.10 |
Certain Calculations and Tests |
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Section 1.11 |
Divisions |
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Section 1.12 |
Interest Rates; LIBOR Notification |
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ARTICLE II THE CREDITS | ||||||
Section 2.01 |
Commitments |
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Section 2.02 |
Loans and Borrowings |
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Section 2.03 |
Requests for Borrowings |
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Section 2.04 |
Swingline Loans |
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Section 2.05 |
Letters of Credit |
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Section 2.06 |
Funding of Borrowings |
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Section 2.07 |
Interest Elections |
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Section 2.08 |
Termination and Reduction of Commitments |
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Section 2.09 |
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
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Section 2.10 |
Amortization of Term Loans |
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Section 2.11 |
Prepayment of Loans |
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Section 2.12 |
Fees |
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Section 2.13 |
Interest |
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Section 2.14 |
Alternate Rate of Interest |
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Section 2.15 |
Increased Costs |
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Section 2.16 |
Break Funding Payments |
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Section 2.17 |
Taxes |
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Section 2.18 |
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-Offs; Proceeds of Collateral |
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Section 2.19 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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Section 2.20 |
Incremental Facilities |
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Section 2.21 |
Defaulting Lenders |
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Section 2.22 |
Specified Refinancing Debt |
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Section 2.23 |
Ancillary Facilities |
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | ||||||
Section 3.01 |
Organization; Powers |
Section 3.02 |
Authorization; Enforceability |
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Section 3.03 |
Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts |
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Section 3.04 |
Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change |
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Section 3.05 |
Properties |
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Section 3.06 |
Litigation and Environmental Matters |
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Section 3.07 |
Compliance with Laws |
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Section 3.08 |
Investment Company Act Status |
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Section 3.09 |
Taxes |
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Section 3.10 |
ERISA; Canadian Benefit Plans |
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Section 3.11 |
Disclosure |
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Section 3.12 |
Subsidiaries |
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Section 3.13 |
Labor Matters |
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Section 3.14 |
Solvency |
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Section 3.15 |
Margin Securities |
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Section 3.16 |
Security Documents |
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Section 3.17 |
Use of Proceeds |
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Section 3.18 |
Patriot Act; OFAC; FCPA |
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ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS | ||||||
Section 4.01 |
Effective Date |
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Section 4.02 |
[Reserved] |
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Section 4.03 |
[Reserved] |
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Section 4.04 |
Each Credit Event |
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ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | ||||||
Section 5.01 |
Financial Statements and Other Information |
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Section 5.02 |
Notices of Material Events |
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Section 5.03 |
Existence; Conduct of Business |
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Section 5.04 |
Payment of Taxes |
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Section 5.05 |
Maintenance of Properties |
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Section 5.06 |
Insurance |
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Section 5.07 |
Books and Records; Inspection |
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Section 5.08 |
Compliance with Laws |
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Section 5.09 |
[Reserved] |
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Section 5.10 |
Collateral Matters; Guaranty Agreement |
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Section 5.11 |
Collateral Suspension Period. |
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Maintenance of Ratings
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Canadian Benefit Plans
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ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS | ||||||
Section 6.01 |
Indebtedness |
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Section 6.02 |
Liens |
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Section 6.03 |
Fundamental Changes |
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Section 6.04 |
Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions |
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Section 6.05 |
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Section 6.06 |
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Section 6.07 |
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Section 6.08 |
Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness |
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Section 6.09 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section 6.10 |
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Section 6.11 |
Amendment of Material Debt Documents |
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ARTICLE VII FINANCIAL COVENANTS | ||||||
Section 7.01 |
Interest Coverage Ratio |
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Section 7.02 |
Total Leverage Ratio |
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Section 7.03 |
[Reserved] |
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ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT | ||||||
Section 8.01 |
Events of Default; Remedies |
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Section 8.02 |
Performance by the Administrative Agent |
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Section 8.03 |
Adjustment for Ancillary Facilities |
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ARTICLE IX THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | ||||||
Section 9.01 |
Appointment |
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Section 9.02 |
Rights as a Lender |
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Section 9.03 |
Limitation of Duties and Immunities |
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Section 9.04 |
Reliance on Third Parties |
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Section 9.05 |
Sub-Agents |
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Section 9.06 |
Successor Agent |
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Section 9.07 |
Independent Credit Decisions |
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Section 9.08 |
Other Agents |
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Section 9.09 |
Powers and Immunities of Issuing Bank |
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Section 9.10 |
Permitted Release of Collateral and Subsidiary Loan Parties |
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Section 9.11 |
Perfection by Possession and Control |
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Section 9.12 |
Lender Affiliates Rights |
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Section 9.13 |
Actions in Concert |
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Section 9.14 |
Certain Canadian Matters |
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Notices |
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Section 10.02 |
Waivers; Amendments |
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Section 10.03 |
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Section 10.04 |
Successors and Assigns |
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Section 10.05 |
Survival |
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Section 10.06 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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Section 10.07 |
Severability |
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Section 10.08 |
Right of Setoff |
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Section 10.09 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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Section 10.10 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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Section 10.11 |
Headings |
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Section 10.12 |
Confidentiality |
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Section 10.13 |
Maximum Interest Rate |
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Section 10.14 |
Limitation of Liability |
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No Duty |
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Section 10.16 |
No Fiduciary Relationship |
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Section 10.17 |
Construction |
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Section 10.18 |
USA Patriot Act and Canadian Anti-Money Laundering Legislation |
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Section 10.19 |
Parallel Debt (Covenant to pay the Administrative Agent) |
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Section 10.20 |
Additional Borrowers |
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Section 10.21 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of |
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Section 10.22 |
Certain ERISA Matters. |
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Section 10.23 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
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Section 11.01 |
Implementation of CAM |
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Section 11.02 |
Letters of Credit |
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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
EXHIBITS: | ||||
Exhibit A | – | Form of Assignment and Assumption | ||
Exhibit B | – | Form of Guaranty Agreement | ||
Exhibit C | – | Form of Security Agreement | ||
Exhibit D | – | Form of Compliance Certificate | ||
Exhibit E | – | Form of Incremental Facility Activation Notice | ||
Exhibit F | – | Form of Solvency Certificate | ||
Exhibit G | – | Form of Tax Exemption Certificate | ||
SCHEDULES: | ||||
Schedule 1.01 | – | Existing Letters of Credit | ||
Schedule 1.09 | – | Agreed Security Principles | ||
Schedule 2.01 | – | Commitments | ||
Schedule 3.12 | – | Subsidiaries | ||
Schedule 3.13 | – | Labor Matters | ||
Schedule 5.10 Schedule 6.01 |
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Post-Closing Items Existing Indebtedness | ||
Schedule 6.02 | – | Existing Liens | ||
Schedule 6.04 | – | Investments | ||
Schedule 6.09 | – | Certain Affiliate Transactions |
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of January 6, 2014 (this
“Agreement”) among DARLING INGREDIENTS INC., a Delaware corporation, the Canadian Borrower, the Dutch Parent Borrower, the German Subsidiary Borrower,
the Dutch Subsidiary Borrower, the LENDERS party hereto from time to time, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders, XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK and BANK OF MONTREAL,
acting under its trade name BMO CAPITAL MARKETS, as Syndication Agents (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agents”) and COBANK, ACB, COMERICA BANK, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, HSBC BANK USA, N.A., TD BANK,
N.A., FIFTH THIRD BANK and REGIONS BANK, as Documentation Agents (in such capacity, the “Documentation Agents”).
WHEREAS the Parent Borrower is a party to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2013 among the Parent Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified immediately prior to the effectiveness hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS the parties hereto agree to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“Additional Borrowers” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.20.
“Additional Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.20(b).
“Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period (the “Subject
Period”), the total of the following calculated without duplication for such period: (a) the EBITDA of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; plus (b) cash distributions actually received by the Parent Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries from joint ventures
(including
theany
Renewable Diesel Joint Venture) and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries; plus (c) on a pro forma basis calculated in the manner described in Section 1.10, the pro forma EBITDA and cash distributions of the type set
forth in the preceding clause (b) of each Prior Target to the extent such Prior Target is a
Restricted Subsidiary (or, as applicable, the EBITDA and such cash distributions of any such Prior Target attributable to the assets acquired from such Prior
Target
by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and cash distributions actually received by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries from joint ventures and
Unrestricted Subsidiaries), for any portion of such Subject Period occurring prior to the date of the acquisition of such Prior Target (or the related assets, as the case may be); plus
(d) costs, charges, accruals, reserves or expenses attributable to the undertaking and/or implementation of cost savings, operating expense reductions, product margin
synergies and product cost and other synergies and similar initiatives, integration, transition, reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for
alternative uses, facilities opening and pre-opening (including unused warehouse space costs), business optimization and other restructuring costs, charges, accruals, reserves, expenses (including those
related to tax restructurings, inventory optimization programs, software development costs, systems implementation and upgrade expenses, the closure or consolidation of facilities (including severance, rent termination costs, moving costs and legal
costs related thereto) and curtailments, costs related to entry into new markets (including unused warehouse space costs), consulting fees, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, relocation expenses, severance payments, modifications to
pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, new systems design and implementation costs and project startup costs); plus (e) expected cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements, product margin
synergies and product cost and other synergies (net of the amount of actual amounts realized) reasonably identifiable and factually supportable (in the good faith determination of such Person) related to (A) the Original Transactions and
(B) permitted asset sales, acquisitions, Investments, Dispositions, operating improvements, restructurings, cost saving initiatives and certain other similar initiatives and specified transactions (whether occurring before or after the FifthSixth Amendment Date); provided that, (x) with respect to clause (e)(B), such cost savings, operating expense
reductions, other operating improvements, product margin synergies and product cost and other synergies are reasonably expected to be realized within 18 months of the event giving rise thereto and (y) the aggregate amount of any increases to
Adjusted EBITDA for any Subject Period pursuant to clauses (d) and (e) shall not exceed (1) the amount of any such cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements, product margin synergies and product
cost and other synergies of the type that would be permitted to be included in pro forma financial statements prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933 plus
(2) 10% of Adjusted EBITDA for such applicable Subject Period; minus (f) the EBITDA of each Prior Company and, as applicable but without duplication, the EBITDA of the Parent Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary attributable to all
Prior Assets, in each case for any portion of such Subject Period occurring prior to the date of the disposal of such Prior Companies or Prior Assets calculated in the manner described in Section 1.10.
“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period or with respect to the determination of the Alternate Base Rate, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period or, with respect to the determination of the Alternative Base Rate, for a one month interest period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, or, in the case of Loans or Letters of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars or Euro, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch or any Affiliate of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. thereof designated by it, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
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“Affiliated Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04(e).
“Agreed Security Principles” means those principles set forth on Schedule 1.09.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Agreed Currencies” means dollars and each Alternative Currency.
“Agreement Currency” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.06(h).
“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus 1⁄2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month interest period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%; provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the Screen Rate (or if the Screen Rate is not available for such one month Interest Period, the Interpolated Rate) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.14 (for the avoidance of doubt, only until any amendment has become effective pursuant to Section 2.14(b)), then the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.
“Alternative Currencies” means Canadian Dollars, Euro, Sterling and any other currency reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and each applicable Revolving Lender that is freely convertible into Dollars and readily available in the London interbank market.
“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, for any amount of any Alternative Currency, at the time of determination thereof, (a) if such amount is expressed in such Alternative Currency, such amount and (b) if such amount is expressed in dollars, the equivalent of such amount in such Alternative Currency determined by using the rate of exchange for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with dollars last provided (either by publication or otherwise provided to the Administrative Agent) by the applicable Reuters source on the Business Day (New York City time) immediately preceding the date of determination or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide a rate of exchange for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with dollars, as provided by such other publicly available information service which provides that rate of exchange at such time in place of Reuters chosen by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide such rate of exchange, the equivalent of such amount in dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent using any method of determination it deems appropriate in its sole discretion).
“Ancillary Commitment” means, with respect to any Ancillary Lender and Ancillary Facility, the maximum amount that such Ancillary Lender has agreed to make available from time to time prior to the Revolving Maturity Date under such Ancillary Facility pursuant to Section 2.23 by such Ancillary Lender. With respect to any Ancillary Commitment not denominated in dollars, the amount of such Ancillary Commitment, for purposes of calculations in respect of usage, fees and similar items under this Agreement, shall be the Dollar Equivalent thereof and the Administrative Agent may, on any Revaluation Date, re-determine the amount of the Ancillary Commitment and provide notice thereof as set forth in Section 1.06(e).
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“Ancillary Facility” means (a) any overdraft, automated payment, check drawing and/or other current account facility, (b) any short term loan facility, (c) any foreign exchange facility, (d) any letter of credit, suretyship, guarantee and/or bonding facility or any other instrument to provide a contingent liability and/or (e) any other facility or financial accommodation (other than a Swap Agreement (except as set forth in clause (c) above)) that may be required in connection with the business of the Parent Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case made available in accordance with Section 2.23.
“Ancillary Facility Adjustment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.03.
“Ancillary Facility Document” means, with respect to any Ancillary Facility, each document or instrument between any Borrower and the applicable Ancillary Lender thereunder governing such Ancillary Facility.
“Ancillary Facility Exposure” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Ancillary Lender and any Ancillary Facility then in effect, the Dollar Equivalent of the sum of the following amounts outstanding under such Ancillary Facility:
(a) the principal amount under each overdraft facility and on-demand short term loan facility (net of any credit balance on any account of any Borrower under any Ancillary Facility with the relevant Ancillary Lender to the extent that such credit balance is freely available to be set-off by such Ancillary Lender against liabilities owing by such Borrower under such Ancillary Facility);
(b) the face amount of each guarantee, bond, letter of credit or similar instrument under such Ancillary Facility; and
(c) the amount fairly representing the aggregate exposure (excluding interest and similar charges) of such Ancillary Lender under each other type of accommodation provided under such Ancillary Facility,
in each case as determined by such Ancillary Lender, acting reasonably in accordance with its normal banking practice and in accordance with the relevant Ancillary Facility Document.
“Ancillary Lender” shall mean, with respect to any Ancillary Facility, the Revolving Lender (or an Affiliate of such Revolving Lender) that has made such Ancillary Facility available under Section 2.23.
“Applicable Fiscal Year has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(d).
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, subject to Section 2.21, the percentage of the total Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
“Applicable Rate” means, for any day and with respect to any:
(a) Term B Loan, 2.00% in the case of Term B Loans that are Eurodollar Loans and 1.00% in the case of Term B Loans that are ABR Loans;
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and
(b) Term A Loan or Revolving Loan and with respect to any letter of credit fee or any commitment fee payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “ABR Spread/Canadian
Prime Rate Spread/Euro Swingline Rate Spread”, “Eurodollar Spread/CDOR Spread”, “Commitment Fee Rate” or “Letter of Credit Fee”, as the case may be, based upon the Total Leverage Ratio as of the most recent
determination date:
Category |
Total Leverage Ratio |
Eurodollar Spread/CDOR Spread |
ABR Spread/Canadian Prime Rate Spread /Euro Swingline Rate Spread |
Commitment Fee Rate |
Letter of Credit Fee | |||||
1 |
Greater than or equal to 5.00:1.00 |
2.50% | 1.50% | 0.45% | 2.50% | |||||
2 |
Less than 5.00:1.00 but greater than or equal to 4.00:1.00 |
2.25% | 1.25% | 0.40% | 2.25% | |||||
3 |
Less than 4.00:1.00 but greater than or equal to 3.00:1.00 |
2.00% | 1.00% | 0.35% | 2.00% | |||||
4 |
Less than 3.00:1.00 but greater than or equal to 2.00:1.00 |
1.75% | 0.75% | 0.30% | 1.75% | |||||
5 |
Less than
2.00:1.00 but greater than or equal to |
1.50% | 0.50% | 0.25% | 1.50% | |||||
6 |
Less than |
1.25% | 0.25% | 0.20% | 1.25% |
For purposes of the foregoing, (i) the Total Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of the end of each
fiscal quarter of the Parent Borrower’s fiscal year based upon the Parent Borrower’s consolidated financial statements most recently delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b); provided that until
delivery of the Parent Borrower’s consolidated financial statements for the first full fiscal quarter
ended after the Fourth Amendment
DateSeptember 26, 2020 as required by
Section 5.01(a) or (b), the “Applicable Rate” in clause (b) above shall be the applicable rate per annum set forth in Category 34 of clause (b) above and (ii) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Total Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the date of
delivery to the Administrative Agent of such consolidated financial statements indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided that the Total Leverage Ratio shall be
deemed to be in Category 1: (A) at any time that an Event of
Default has occurred
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and is continuing
or (B) at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request of the Required Lenders if
the Parent Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated financial statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof
until such consolidated financial statements are delivered. Notwithstanding anything in this definition of “Applicable Rate” to the contrary,
(x) the modifications to pricing set forth in
clause (a) above pursuant to the Fifth Amendment shall become effective on the Fifth Amendment Date
and (y) the modifications to pricing set forth in clause (b) above pursuant to the Sixth Amendment
shall become effective on the Sixth Amendment Date.
“Approved Electronic Communications” means any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that any Loan Party provides to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to any agents hereunder or to Lenders by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 10.01.
“Approved Fund” means a Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Asset Swap” means a concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets between the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided that the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at least equal to the fair market value (such fair market value to be determined on the date of the contractually agreeing to such transaction) as determined in good faith by the Parent Borrower.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Available Amount” means, at any date, an amount equal to the sum of:
(i) $340,400,000; plus
(ii) the Net Proceeds actually received by the Parent Borrower from and after the Effective Date to such date from the sale of Equity Interests of the Parent Borrower (other than (A) Disqualified Equity Interests, (B) Equity Interests issued or sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such sale to an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust is financed by loans from or Guaranteed by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination and (C) Equity Interests the Net Proceeds of which are used to repay long-term Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than revolving loans) or to fund any portion of the Vion Acquisition); plus
(iii) an amount equal to (A) the net reduction in Investments made after the Fourth Amendment Date using the Available Amount (not in excess of the original amount of such Investments) in respect of any returns in cash and cash equivalents (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries from such Investments after the Fourth Amendment Date and (B) the net cash proceeds of the Disposition of any Investment after the Fourth Amendment Date made using the Available Amount actually received by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Fourth Amendment Date; plus
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(iv) (A) the amount of any Investment by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was made after the Fourth Amendment Date using the Available Amount in any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or that has been merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (B) the fair market value (as determined by the Parent Borrower in good faith) of the assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been transferred, conveyed or otherwise distributed to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (net of amounts paid by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to such Unrestricted Subsidiary for such assets), such amount not to exceed the amount of the Investment made with the Available Amount after the Fourth Amendment Date by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary; minus
(v) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed payments made after the Fourth Amendment Date by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(w) or the exercise of remedies under any Lien incurred pursuant to Section 6.02(y)(ii).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the
applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEAAffected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In
Legislation” means,
(a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing
Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing
law, regulation 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).
“Bankruptcy Code” means the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §101, et seq.) and the regulations issued from time to time thereunder.
“Benchmark Replacement” means the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate (which may, in the case of Loans denominated in dollars, be a SOFR-Based Rate) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest as a replacement to the LIBO Rate for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than zero, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement; provided further that any such Benchmark Replacement shall be administratively feasible as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion (in consultation with the Borrowers).
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread
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adjustment, for the replacement of the LIBO Rate with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the LIBO Rate with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters) that the Administrative Agent determines in its reasonable discretion, after consultation with the Borrowers, may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that no market practice for the administration of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines, after consultation with the Borrowers, is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to the LIBO Rate:
(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 the Screen Rate in respect of such LIBO Rate permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide such Screen Rate; or
(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the LIBO Rate:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the Screen Rate in respect of such LIBO Rate announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the such Screen Rate, permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the such Screen Rate;
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Screen Rate in respect of such LIBO Rate, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the such Screen Rate, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the such Screen Rate or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the such Screen Rate, in each case which states that the administrator of the such Screen Rate has ceased or will cease to provide the such Screen Rate permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the such Screen Rate; and/or
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(c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Screen Rate in respect of such LIBO Rate announcing that the such Screen Rate is no longer representative.
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means (a) in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (i) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (ii) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day (or such earlier date as the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower shall agree) 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) and (b) in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, the date specified by the Administrative Agent, the Parent Borrower or the Required RC Lenders, as applicable, by notice to the Parent Borrower (in the case of such notice by the Administrative Agent or the Required RC Lenders), the Administrative Agent (in the case of such notice by the Borrowers or the Required RC Lenders) and the Lenders.
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the LIBO Rate and solely to the extent that the such LIBO Rate has not been replaced with a Benchmark Replacement, the period (x) beginning at the time that such Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the such LIBO Rate for all purposes hereunder in accordance with Section 2.14 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the such LIBO Rate for all purposes hereunder pursuant to Section 2.14.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“Bona Fide Debt Fund” means any bona fide (i) debt fund, (i) investment vehicle, (iii) regulated bank entity or (iv) non-regulated lending entity that is, in each case, engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business that is managed, sponsored or advised by any person Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with a Disqualified Institution, but only to the extent that no personnel involved with the investment in the relevant Disqualified Institution (A) makes (or has the right to make or participate with others in making) investment decisions on behalf of, or otherwise cause the direction of the investment policies of, such debt fund, investment vehicle, regulated bank entity or unregulated lending entity or (B) has the access to any information (other than information that is publicly available) relating to the Parent Borrower and/or any entity that forms part of any of its business (including any of its Subsidiaries).
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“Borrowers” means the Parent Borrower and the Subsidiary Borrowers.
“Borrowing” means (a) Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans or CDOR Rate Loans, as applicable, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect (it being understood that Loans denominated in dollars made under the USD Only Revolving Commitment and the USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitment shall be deemed Loans of the same “Class” for purposes hereof) or (b) a Swingline Loan.
“Borrowing Request” means a request by the applicable Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Amsterdam, New York City, Chicago, Illinois or Dallas, Texas, are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan or Ancillary Facility, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market; provided further that when used in connection with (i) any Loans or Letters of Credit or Ancillary Facility denominated in Canadian Dollars, such date shall also exclude any day on which commercial banks in Toronto, Ontario are authorized or required by law to remain closed, (ii) any Loans or Letters of Credit or Ancillary Facility denominated in Euro, such date shall also exclude any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is not open for the settlement of payments in Euro and (iii) any Loans or Letters of Credit or Ancillary Facility denominated in Sterling such date shall also exclude any day on which commercial banks in London are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
“CAD Term A Commitment” means, with respect to each
Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make CAD Term A Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of
the CAD Term A Loans to be made by such Lender hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section
2.08, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04 and
(c) established or increased from time to time pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement. The initial amount of each Lender’s CAD Term A Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption or Incremental
Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its CAD Term A Commitment, as applicable. The Dollar Equivalent of the initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ CAD Term A Commitments is $150,000,000.
“CAD Term A Facility” means the CAD Term A Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
“CAD Term A Lender” means a Lender with a CAD Term A Commitment or an outstanding CAD Term A Loan.
“CAD Term A Loans” means a Loan made pursuant to clause (b) of Section
2.01 or an Incremental Term Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars.
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“CAM Exchange” means the exchange of the Lenders’ interests provided for in Section 11.01.
“CAM Exchange Date” means the date on which (a) any event referred to in paragraph (g) or (h) of Article VIII shall occur in respect of any Borrower or (b) an acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Article VIII shall occur.
“CAM Percentage” means, as to each Lender, a fraction, expressed as a decimal, of which (a) the numerator shall be the aggregate dollar amount of the sum, without duplication, of (i) the Specified Obligations (including the Dollar Equivalent of any Specified Obligations owing in any currency (other than dollars)) owed to such Lender, (ii) such Lender’s participation in undrawn amounts of Letters of Credit (including the Dollar Equivalent of the undrawn amount of any Letters of Credit not denominated in dollars) immediately prior to the CAM Exchange Date and (b) the denominator shall be the aggregate dollar amount of the sum, without duplication, of (i) the Specified Obligations (including the Dollar Equivalent of any Specified Obligations owing in any currency (other than dollars)) owed to all the Lenders and (ii) the aggregate undrawn amount of outstanding Letters of Credit (including the Dollar Equivalent of the undrawn amount of any Letters of Credit not denominated in dollars) immediately prior to such CAM Exchange Date.
“Canadian Benefit Plans” means any plan, agreement, fund, program, practice or policy, whether oral or written, formal or informal, funded or unfunded, insured or uninsured, providing employee benefits, including medical, hospital care, dental, sickness, accident, disability, life insurance, pension, retirement or savings benefits, under which any Canadian Loan Party has any liability with respect to any current or former employee, officer, director or contractor employed in Canada (or any spouses, dependents, survivors or beneficiaries of any such persons), including any Canadian Pension Plans but excluding any statutory benefit plans which any Canadian Loan Party is required to participate in or comply with, such as the Canada Pension Plan, the Quebec Pension Plan and plans administered pursuant to applicable health, tax, workplace safety insurance and employment insurance legislation.
“Canadian Borrower” means Darling International Canada Inc., a company formed under the laws of the province of New Brunswick, Canada.
“Canadian Borrower Joinder Date” means October 24, 2013.
“Canadian Defined Benefit Plan” means any Canadian Pension Plan which contains a “defined benefit provision” as defined in subsection 147.1(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
“Canadian Dollars” or “$C” means lawful money of Canada.
“Canadian Loan Party” means each Loan Party formed under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof.
“Canadian Multi-Employer Plans” means all Canadian Benefit Plans to which a Canadian Loan Party is required to contribute pursuant to a collective agreement and which are not maintained or administered by a Canadian Loan Party or any of their Affiliates.
“Canadian Pension Plans” means any Canadian Benefit Plan that is required to be registered under Canadian federal or provincial pension benefits standards legislation.
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“Canadian Pension Termination Event” means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the board of directors of any Canadian Loan Party passes a resolution to terminate or wind-up in whole or in part any Canadian Defined Benefit Plan or any Canadian Loan Party otherwise initiates any action or filing to voluntarily terminate or wind-up in whole or in part any Canadian Defined Benefit Plan; (ii) the institution of proceedings by any Governmental Authority to terminate in whole or in part any Canadian Defined Benefit Plan, including notice being given by the Superintendent of Financial Services or another Governmental Authority that it intends to proceed to wind-up in whole or in part a Canadian Defined Benefit Plan of a Canadian Loan Party; (iii) there is a cessation or suspension of contributions to the fund of a Canadian Defined Benefit Plan by a Canadian Loan Party (other than a cessation or suspension of contributions that is due to (a) an administrative error or (b) the taking of contribution holidays in accordance with applicable law); (iv) the receipt by a Canadian Loan Party of correspondence from any Governmental Authority related to the likely wind-up or termination (in whole or in part) of any Canadian Defined Benefit Plan; and (v) the wind-up or partial wind-up of a Canadian Defined Benefit Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Canadian Pension Termination Event shall not include any event that relates to the partial wind-up or termination of solely a defined contribution component of a Canadian Defined Benefit Plan.
“Canadian Prime Rate” means, for any period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the higher of (i) the rate of interest per annum most recently announced or established by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch as its reference rate in effect on such day for determining interest rates for Canadian Dollar denominated commercial loans in Canada and commonly known as “prime rate” (or its equivalent or analogous such rate), such rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch and (ii) the sum of (a) the yearly interest rate to which the one-month CDOR Rate is equivalent plus (b) one percent (1.0%). Any change in such rate due to a change in the “prime rate” or CDOR Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the day of such change in the “prime rate” or the CDOR Rate, as the case may be.
“Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing” means a Borrowing of Swingline Loans comprised of Canadian Prime Rate Loans.
“Canadian Prime Rate Loan” means a Swingline Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars.
“Canadian Security Agreement” means the Canadian Pledge and Security Agreement among the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Borrower and the other Canadian Loan Parties in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Canadian Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower incorporated or otherwise organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period and a Person, without duplication (a) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of such Person and its consolidated subsidiaries that are (or would be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of such Person for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP and (b) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by such Person and its consolidated subsidiaries during such period.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means 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 capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“CDOR Loan Rate” means the CDOR Rate plus, in the case of any Lender that is not a Schedule I Lender, 0.10% per annum.
“CDOR Rate” means, on any day when a CDOR Rate Loan is to be made pursuant hereto, the per annum rate of interest which is the rate determined as being the arithmetic average of the annual yield rates applicable to Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances having a term comparable to such Interest Period of the CDOR Rate Loan requested by the applicable Borrower displayed and identified as such on the display referred to as the “CDOR Page” (or any display substituted therefor) of Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or any successor thereto or Affiliate thereof) as at approximately 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the date of the commencement of such Interest Period; provided, however, if such a rate does not appear on such CDOR Page, then the CDOR Rate, on any day, shall be the discount rate quoted by the Administrative Agent or, in the event that the Administrative Agent does not at such time issue bankers’ acceptances, the Bank of Montreal (determined as of 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such day) which would be applicable in respect of an issue of bankers’ acceptances having a term comparable to such Interest Period of the CDOR Rate Loan requested by the applicable Borrower on such day, or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day. If the CDOR Rate shall be less than zero, it shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“CDOR Rate Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of CDOR Rate Loans.
“CDOR Rate Loan” means a Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars made by the Lenders (or any one of them) to the applicable Borrower which bears interest at a rate based on the CDOR Loan Rate.
“Change in Control” means any of the following: (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially
or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of Equity Interests representing more than 50% of
either the aggregate ordinary voting power or the aggregate equity value represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in the Parent Borrower; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of
directors of Parent Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated, appointed or approved for consideration by shareholders for election by the board of directors of Parent Borrower nor (ii) appointed or elected by directors so
nominated, appointed or approved; or (c) the occurrence of a “Change of Control” or any comparable event resulting in a requirement for the Parent Borrower to make an offer to purchase any Existing 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes, Pari
PassuExisting 2027 Senior Notes, Incremental
Equivalent Debt, any Refinancing Notes or any Refinancing Junior Loans with an aggregate principal amount outstanding in excess of the Threshold Amount, as the term “Change of Control” or those events are defined under any of the
documentation evidencing and governing any of the Existing 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes, Pari PassuExisting 2027
Senior Notes, any Incremental Equivalent Debt, any Refinancing Notes or any Refinancing Junior Loans, as applicable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Vion Acquisition and the merger of Darling Escrow Corporation with and into the Parent Borrower shall not constitute or give
rise to a Change in Control.
“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such
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Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or by United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, and (ii) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented but solely to the extent the relevant increased costs or loss of yield would have been included if they had been imposed under applicable increased cost provisions and only to the extent the applicable Lender is requiring reimbursement therefor from similarly situated borrowers under comparable syndicated credit facilities (to the extent such Lender has the right to do so under its credit facilities with similarly situated borrowers).
“Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, USD Only Revolving Loans, USD/Multicurrency Revolving Loans, Term Loans, Term A Loans, Term B Loans, USD Term A Loans, CAD Term A Loans, Swingline Loans,
Loans made pursuant to any Specified Refinancing Debt constituting revolving facility commitments, Loans made pursuant to any Specified Refinancing Debt constituting term loans, Loans made pursuant to an Incremental Revolving Commitment (other than
an Incremental Commitment that is an increase of an existing revolving commitment) or Loans made pursuant to an Incremental Term Facility and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment, USD
Only Revolving Commitment, USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitment, Term Commitment, Term B Commitment, Term A Commitment, USD Term A Commitment, CAD Term A
Commitment, Specified Refinancing Debt constituting revolving facility commitment, Specified Refinancing Debt constituting term loan commitment, an Incremental Revolving Commitment (other
than an Incremental Commitment that is an increase of an existing revolving commitment) or a commitment for Incremental Term Loans.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended
from time to time.
“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the assets and property (including Equity Interests) and interests therein and proceeds thereof, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in or upon which a Lien is granted pursuant to any of the Security Documents as security for the Obligations or the Foreign Obligations, as applicable.
“Collateral Reinstatement Date” has the meaning specified in Section 5.11(b).
“Collateral Reinstatement Event” has the meaning specified in Section 5.11(b).
“Collateral Reinstatement Period” means each period commencing on the Collateral Reinstatement Date with respect to such period and ending on any Collateral Suspension Date occurring after such Collateral Reinstatement Date.
“Collateral Suspension Date” means the first date following the Sixth Amendment Date or any Collateral Reinstatement Date on which: (i) at least two of the Corporate Ratings are an Investment Grade Rating (each with a stable or better outlook), (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Agreement, (iii) no Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral permitted by Section 6.02(jj) or Section 6.02(z), is outstanding (unless, in each case, the Liens securing such
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Indebtedness are contemporaneously released) and (iv) a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower has delivered an officer’s certificate to the Administrative Agent that (1) certifies to the satisfaction or concurrent satisfaction of the foregoing and (2) requests the Administrative Agent to take any reasonably requested actions to evidence such release of Collateral in accordance with the second sentence under Section 5.11(a); provided that no Collateral Suspension Date shall occur prior to the earlier of (x) the date each Term B Lender consents to the release of Collateral pursuant to Section 5.11(a) or (y) the date on which the Term B Loans are paid in full.
“Collateral Suspension Period” means each period commencing on the Collateral Suspension Date with respect to such period and ending on any Collateral Reinstatement Date occurring after such Collateral Suspension Date.
“Commitment” means a Revolving Commitment or the Term Commitment, or any combination thereof (as the context requires).
“Commitment Parties” means X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA and Bank of Montreal, acting under its trade name BMO Capital Markets and such other financial institutions that become party to those certain Commitment Letters related to this Agreement and dated October 5, 2013, pursuant to the terms thereof.
“Compounded SOFR” means, in the case of Loans denominated in dollars, the compounded average of SOFRs for the applicable Corresponding Tenor, with the rate, or methodology for this rate, and conventions for this rate (which may include compounding in arrears with a lookback and/or suspension period as a mechanism to determine the interest amount payable prior to the end of each Interest Period) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with:
(a) the rate, or methodology for this rate, and conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining compounded SOFR; or
(b) if, and to the extent that, the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (in consultation with the Parent Borrower) that Compounded SOFR cannot be determined in accordance with clause (a) above, then the rate, or methodology for this rate, and conventions for this rate that the Administrative Agent determines in its reasonable discretion (in consultation with the Parent Borrower) are substantially consistent with any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining compounded SOFR for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time;
provided, that if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (in consultation with the Parent Borrower) that any such rate, methodology or convention determined in accordance with clause (a) or clause (b) is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then Compounded SOFR will be deemed unable to be determined for purposes of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement.”
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period and any Person (a “Subject Person”), such Subject Person’s consolidated net income (or loss) determined in accordance with GAAP, but excluding any extraordinary, nonrecurring, unusual, nonoperating or noncash gains, charges or losses (including (x) costs of, and payments of, actual or prospective legal settlements, fines, judgments or orders, (y) costs of, and payments of, corporate reorganizations and (z) gains, income, losses, expenses or charges (less all fees and expenses chargeable thereto) attributable to any sales or dispositions of Capital Stock or assets (including asset retirement costs) or returned surplus assets of any employee benefit plan outside of the ordinary course of business), and including or in addition to the above, the following:
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(a) the income (or loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, any other Person who is not a Restricted Subsidiary but whose accounts would be consolidated with those of the Subject Person in the Subject Person’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP or any other Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) in which the Subject Person or a subsidiary has an ownership interest (including any joint venture); provided, however, that Consolidated Net Income shall include amounts in respect of the income of such Person when actually received by the Subject Person or such subsidiary in the form of dividends, similar distributions or other payments, in each case, paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash);
(b) the income or loss of any Person acquired by the Subject Person or a subsidiary for any period prior to the date of such acquisition (provided such income or loss may be included in the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA to the extent provided in the definition thereof);
(c) the cumulative effect of any change in accounting principles during such period;
(d) any net gains, income, charges, losses, expenses or charges with respect to (i) disposed, abandoned, closed and discontinued operations (other than assets held for sale) and any accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities and on the disposal of disposed, abandoned, and discontinued operations and (ii) facilities, plants or distribution centers that have been closed during such period;
(e) (i) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Subject Person) in the Subject Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP (including in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, deferred rent and debt line items thereof) resulting from the application of recapitalization accounting or acquisition accounting, as the case may be, in relation to the Original Transactions or any consummated recapitalization or acquisition transaction or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof;
(f) any net income or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges related thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness (and the termination of any associated Swap Agreements);
(e) any (i) write-off or amortization made in such period of deferred financing costs and premiums paid or other expenses incurred directly in connection with any early extinguishment of Indebtedness, (ii) good will or other asset impairment charges, write-offs or write-downs or (iii) amortization of intangible assets;
(h) any compensation charge, cost, expense, accrual or reserve, including any such charge, cost, expense, accrual or reserve arising from (i) the grant of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other equity incentive programs, (ii) any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, pension plan, any stock subscription or shareholder agreement or any distributor equity plan or agreement and (iii) in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Equity Interests held by management of Parent Borrower and/or any of its subsidiaries; provided that, to the extent any such cash charges, costs, expenses, accruals or reserves are paid in cash, such cash charges, costs, expenses, accruals or reserves are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the Parent Borrower as a capital contribution or as a result of the sale or issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Parent Borrower, and such contribution or sale took place within the immediately preceding four fiscal quarter period of the Parent Borrower for which this exclusion is modifying Consolidated Net Income;
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(i) any fees, costs, commissions and expenses incurred during such period (including rationalization, legal, tax and structuring fees, costs and expenses), or any amortization or write-off thereof for such period in connection with (i) the Original Transactions and the Transactions and (ii) any Investment (other than an Investment among the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of operations), Disposition (other than Dispositions of inventory or Dispositions among the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of operations), incurrence, repayment, extension, renewal, replacement, refinancing, amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement or modification of Indebtedness, including any amortization or write-off of debt issuance or deferred financing costs, premiums and prepayment penalties (other than the incurrence, repayment, extension, renewal, replacement, refinancing, amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement or modification of Indebtedness among the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of operations), and issuance or offering of Equity Interests, Restricted Payments, acquisitions, recapitalizations, mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, option buyouts or other similar transactions (in each case including any such transaction proposed or undertaken, but not completed);
(j) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within 12 months (i) after the EffectiveSixth
Amendment Date that are so required to be established or adjusted as a result of the Original Transactions
and the Transactions and (ii) of the date of any Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment, in each case, in accordance with GAAP or as a result of the adoption or modification of
accounting policies;
(k) any unrealized or realized net foreign currency translation gains or losses and unrealized net foreign currency transaction gains or losses, in each case impacting net income (including currency re-measurements of Indebtedness, any applicable net gains or losses resulting from Swap Agreements for currency exchange risk associated with the above or any other currency related risk and those resulting from intercompany Indebtedness);
(l) unrealized net losses, charges or expenses and unrealized net gains in the fair market value (as determined by the Parent Borrower in good faith) of any arrangements under Swap Agreements.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total amount of assets appearing on a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
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“Corporate Ratings” means (i) the Parent Borrower’s corporate credit rating from S&P, (ii) the Parent Borrower’s corporate family rating from Xxxxx’x, and/or (iii) the Parent Borrower’s corporate credit rating from Fitch, or, in each case, an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.
“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to a Benchmark Replacement means a tenor (including overnight) having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as the applicable tenor for the applicable Interest Period with respect to the LIBO Rate.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Covered QFC Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.23.
“Covered Party” means each Loan Party and any other Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower designated by the Parent Borrower as a “Covered Party” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Credit Facilities” means the Revolving Facility and each Term Facility.
“Criminal Code (Canada)” means the Criminal Code (Canada), R.S.C., 1985 c. C-46, as amended.
“Darling Canada” means Darling International Canada Inc., a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower formed under the laws of the province of New Brunswick,
Canada.
“Darling Escrow Corporation” means Darling Escrow
Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower and the initial issuer of the Existing Senior Unsecured Notes.
“Date of Full Satisfaction” means, as of any date, that on or before such date: (i) the principal of and interest accrued to such date on each Loan (other than the contingent LC Exposure) shall have been paid in full in cash, (ii) all fees, expenses and other amounts then due and payable which constitute Loan Obligations (other than the contingent LC Exposure and other contingent amounts for which no claim or demand has been made) shall have been paid in full in cash, (iii) the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated, and (iv) the contingent LC Exposure shall have been secured by: (A) the grant of a first priority, perfected Lien on cash or cash equivalents in an amount at least equal to 102% of the amount of such LC Exposure or other collateral which is reasonably acceptable to the Issuing Bank or (B) the issuance of a “back–to–back” letter of credit in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Issuing Bank with an original face amount at least equal to 102% of the amount of such LC Exposure.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, 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.
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“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that has: (a) failed to fund any
portion of its Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) notified the Parent Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank,
the Swingline Lender or any Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations
under this Agreement or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) failed, within two (2) Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this
Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans; provided that any Lender that has failed to give such timely confirmation shall cease to be a
Defaulting Lender under this clause (c) immediately upon the delivery of such confirmation, (d) otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within
two (2) Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (e) (i) become or is insolvent or has a parent company that has
become or is insolvent
or, (ii) become the subject of a bankruptcy
or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or has a
parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or
acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or (iii) become subject to a Bail-In Action or that has a direct or indirect parent
company become subject to 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 Interests 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 or (f) become subject to a
Bail-In Action or that has a direct or indirect parent company become subject to a Bail-In Action.
“Deposit Obligations” means all obligations, indebtedness, and liabilities of the Covered Parties, or any one of them, to any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender which have been designated by the Parent Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent as entitled to the security of the Collateral and which arise pursuant to any treasury, purchasing card, deposit, lock box, commercial credit card, stored value card, employee credit card program, controlled disbursement, ACH transactions, return items, interstate deposit network services, dealer incentive, supplier finance or similar programs, Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication transfer, cash pooling, operation foreign exchange management or cash management services or arrangements (including in connection with any automated clearing house transfers of funds or any similar transactions between the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party and any Lender, Affiliate of a Lender, Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent) entered into by such Lender or Affiliate with the Covered Parties, or any one of them, whether now
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existing or hereafter arising, whether direct, indirect, related, unrelated, fixed, contingent, liquidated, unliquidated, joint, several, or joint and several, including, without limitation, the obligation, indebtedness, and liabilities of the Covered Parties, or any one of them, to repay any credit extended in connection with such arrangements, interest thereon, and all fees, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) provided for in the documentation executed in connection therewith.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value (as determined by the Parent Borrower in good faith) of non-Cash consideration received by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 6.05(o) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the amount of cash or Permitted Investments received in connection with a subsequent sale or conversion of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration to cash or Permitted Investments).
“Disclosed Matters” means all the matters disclosed on the Schedules hereto or in the Parent Borrower’s reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission on form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2016 or the 10-Qs for the fiscal quarters ended April 2, 2016, July 2, 2016 and October 1, 2016. For the avoidance of doubt, the disclosure in the Disclosed Matters shall not be deemed to include any risk factor disclosures contained under the heading “Risk Factors,” any disclosure of risks included in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or any other statements that are similarly predictive or forward-looking in nature.
“Disposition” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.05. The terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have the correlative meanings.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interest into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligations or otherwise (other than solely in exchange or Qualified Equity Interests), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than solely in exchange or Qualified Equity Interests), (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interest that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, on or prior to the 91st day following the Term B Loan Maturity Date; provided that (i) any Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because the holders thereof have the right to require the Parent Borrower to repurchase such Disqualified Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests if the terms of such Equity Interests (and all securities into which it is convertible or for which it is ratable or exchangeable) provide that the Parent Borrower may not repurchase or redeem any such Equity Interests (and all securities into which it is convertible or for which it is ratable or exchangeable) pursuant to such provision unless the Loan Obligations are fully satisfied simultaneously therewith and (ii) only the portion of the Equity Interests meeting one of the foregoing clauses (a) through (d) prior to the date that is 91 days after the Term B Loan Maturity Date will be deemed to be Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Disqualified Institution” means (i) those Persons that are competitors of the Parent Borrower or its subsidiaries and (ii) such other Persons, in each case, identified in writing to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date (in each case, together with any Person that is reasonably identifiable solely on the basis of or by similarity of name as an Affiliate of any Person set forth in clauses (i) and (ii));
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provided that the Parent Borrower, upon at least two (2) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent (at the email address provided for such updates in Section 10.01) after the Effective Date shall be permitted to supplement in writing the list of Persons that are Disqualified Institutions to the extent such supplemented Person is (A) a competitor, (B) an Affiliate of a competitor (other than an Affiliate that is a Bona Fide Debt Fund, unless such Person is otherwise a Disqualified Institution under clause (ii) above) or (C) an Affiliate of a Person identified in clause (ii) above; provided further that (x) no such supplement shall apply retroactively to disqualify any Persons that have previously acquired an assignment or participation in the Loans or Commitments hereunder, in each case prior to it being added to such list and (y) Disqualified Institutions shall not include any Person that the Borrower has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 10.01.
“Disregarded Domestic Person” means any Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower (a) substantially all of the assets of which consist of the Equity Interests and/or Indebtedness of one (1) or more Foreign Subsidiaries or (b) that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes and holds no material assets other than the Equity Interests in one (1) or more Foreign Subsidiaries.
“Documentation Agents” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto, and also includes the financial institutions
identified as “Documentation Agents” in the
FifthSixth Amendment.
“dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any date of determination, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate in effect on such date for the purchase of dollars with such currency. The Dollar Equivalent at any time of the amount of any Letter of Credit, LC Disbursement or Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be the amount most recently determined as provided in Section 1.06.
“Domestic Loan Party” means the Parent Borrower and each other Loan Party that is a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party” means a Loan Party that is a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Dutch Borrowers” means the Dutch Parent Borrower and the Dutch Subsidiary Borrower.
“Dutch Civil Law” means the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek).
“Dutch FSA” means the Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht), including any regulations issued pursuant thereto.
“Dutch Obligor” means any Dutch Subsidiary that is a party to a Loan Document governed by the laws of The Netherlands providing for granting of a Lien.
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“Dutch Parent Borrower” means Darling International NL Holdings B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), organized under the laws of The Netherlands.
“Dutch Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary incorporated in The Netherlands.
“Dutch Subsidiary Borrower” means Darling Ingredients International Holding B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) organized under the laws of The Netherlands.
“Early Opt-in Election” means the occurrence of:
(a) (i) a determination by the Administrative Agent or the Parent Borrower or (ii) a notification by the Required RC Lenders to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrowers) that the Required RC Lenders have determined that syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency being executed at such time, or that include language similar to that contained in Section 2.14 are being executed or amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace the LIBO Rate, and
(b) (i) the election by the Administrative Agent or the Parent Borrower or (ii) the election by the Required RC Lenders to declare that an Early Opt-in Election has occurred and the provision, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Borrowers and the Revolving Lenders or by the Required RC Lenders of written notice of such election to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrowers).
“EBITDA” means, for any period and any Person, the total of the following each calculated without duplication on a consolidated basis for such period:
(a) Consolidated Net Income; plus
(b) any provision for (or less any benefit from) income, franchise and similar taxes (including taxes in lieu thereof) included in determining Consolidated Net Income (including such taxes arising out of examinations (including interest and penalties)); plus
(c) interest expense (including the interest portion of Capital Lease Obligations) deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income; plus
(d) amortization and depreciation expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income; plus
(e) to the extent not disregarded in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, non-cash charges, expenses or deductions; plus
(f) the amount of any fee, cost, expense or reserve to the extent actually reimbursed or reimbursable by third parties pursuant to indemnification or reimbursement provisions or similar agreements or insurance; provided that, such Person in good faith expects to receive reimbursement for such fee, cost, expense or reserve within the next four fiscal quarters (it being understood that to the extent not actually received within such fiscal quarters, such reimbursement amounts shall be deducted in calculating EBITDA for such fiscal quarters); plus
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(g) the amount of any expense or deduction associated with any subsidiary of such Person attributable to non-controlling interests or minority interests of third parties; plus
(h) the amount of loss on Dispositions of Receivables Assets with a Receivables Facility (including Dispositions to any Receivables Subsidiary) and in connection with any incentive, supplier finance or similar program entered into in the ordinary course of business; plus
(i) proceeds of business interruption insurance in an amount representing the earnings for the applicable period that such proceeds are intended to replace (whether or not received so long as such Person in good faith expects to receive the same within the next four fiscal quarters (it being understood that to the extent not actually received within such fiscal quarters, such proceeds shall be deducted in calculating EBITDA for such fiscal quarters)); plus
(j) earn-out obligations incurred in connection with any acquisition or other Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 and paid or accrued during such period and on similar acquisitions and Investments completed prior to the Effective Date.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any institution 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 institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent;
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 arewere satisfied (or waived in accordance with
Section 10.02) which date was January 6, 2014.
“Effective Yield” means, as to any Indebtedness, the effective yield on such Indebtedness in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Parent Borrower and consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate floors (the effect of which floors shall be determined in a manner set forth in the proviso below) or similar devices, any amendment to the relevant interest rate margins and interest rate floors prior to the applicable date of determination and all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount (converted to yield assuming the shorter of (i) the weighted average life of the applicable Indebtedness at the time such Indebtedness was incurred and (ii) a four-year life and, in each case, without any present value discount) generally paid or payable to the providers of such Indebtedness, but excluding any arrangement, commitment, amendment, structuring and underwriting fees paid or payable to the arranger (or its Affiliates) of such Indebtedness in their capacities as such (regardless of whether any such fees are paid to or shared in whole or part with any lender) and any other fee (including, if applicable, ticking fees) not generally paid to all lenders ratably; provided that with respect to any Indebtedness that includes (1) an interest rate floor greater than the interest rate floor applicable to the Term B Loans outstanding on the Fifth Amendment Date, such increased amount shall be equated to the applicable interest rate margin for purposes of determining Effective Yield solely to the extent an increase
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in the interest rate floor for such existing Term B Loans would cause an increase in the interest rate then in effect thereunder and (2) an interest rate floor lower than the interest rate floor applicable to the Term B Loans outstanding on the Fifth Amendment Date or does not include any interest rate floor, to the extent a reduction (or elimination) in the interest rate floor for such existing Term B Loans would cause a reduction in the interest rate then in effect thereunder, an amount equal to the difference between the interest rate floor applicable to such Term B Loans and the interest rate floor applicable to such Indebtedness (which shall be deemed to equal 0% for any Indebtedness without any interest rate floor), shall reduce the applicable interest rate margin of the applicable Indebtedness for purposes of determining Effective Yield.
“Electronic Signature” means an electronic symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.04(b) (subject to receipt of such consents, if any, as may be required for the assignment of the applicable Loans and/or Commitments to such Person under Section 10.04(b)(i) and (ii)); provided that in any event, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (i) any natural person, (ii) any Defaulting Lender, (iii) subject to the terms of Section 10.04(f), any Disqualified Institution or (iv) except as set forth in Section 10.04(e), the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“Environmental Laws” means all laws (including common law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices, binding agreements or other legally enforceable requirements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, regulating, relating in any way to or imposing standards of conduct concerning the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources or health and safety as it relates to environmental protection.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any Person resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) the release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (d) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Accretive Investment” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04(l).
“Equity Interests” means shares of the capital stock, partnership interests, membership interest in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity interests or any warrants, options or other rights to acquire such interests but excluding any debt securities convertible into such Equity Interests.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Parent Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
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“ERISA Event” means (a) any Reportable Event; (b) the existence
with respect to any Plan of a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction; (c) any failure by any Pension Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Pension Plan, whether or not waived; (d) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with
respect to any Pension Plan, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make any required
contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (e) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan, including but not limited to the imposition
of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Pension Plan; (f) a determination that any Pension Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of
ERISA); (g) the receipt by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan under
Section 4042 of ERISA; (h) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (i) the failure by any Loan
Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Sections 431 or 432 of the Code; (j) the receipt by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any
Multiemployer Plan from a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in Reorganization or in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or
Section 305 of ERISA) or (k) with respect to any Foreign Benefit Plan, (A) the failure to make or remit any employer or employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of such Foreign Benefit Plan; (B) the
failure to register or loss of registration in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities of any such Foreign Benefit Plan required to be registered; or (C) the failure of such Foreign Benefit Plan to comply with any material
provisions of applicable law or regulations or with the material terms of such Foreign Benefit Plan.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
“Euro” or “€” means the single currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
“Euro Swingline Rate” shall mean, the interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1.0%) at which overnight deposits in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or affiliate of the Administrative Agent in the London interbank market for Euro to major banks in the London interbank market.
“Eurodollar”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate but does not include any Loan or Borrowing bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to clause (c) of the definition of the term “Alternative Base Rate”.
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.
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“Excess Cash Flow” means, for any period, the sum (without duplication) of: (a) EBITDA of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; minus (b) the sum of the following: (i) cash interest expense added in determining such EBITDA; (ii) cash taxes added in determining such EBITDA; (iii) the principal portion of required and voluntary repayments of Indebtedness (other than voluntary repayments on the Loans); (iv) the un-financed portion of all Capital Expenditures; (v) the un-financed cash portion of any Investments permitted by Section 6.04 (other than Investments in cash and Permitted Investments or in the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower); (vi) all Restricted Payments made under the permissions of Section 6.08 (other than clause (ii) thereof to the extent paid to the Parent Borrower or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries); (vii) cash expenditures made in respect of Swap Agreements to the extent not reflected as a subtraction in the computation of Consolidated Net Income or EBITDA (or, in either case, to the extent added thereto); (viii) cash payments by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness; (ix) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees and pension contributions) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed or deducted (or exceed the amount expensed or deducted) during such period; (x) the amount of cash taxes paid in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period; and (xi) an amount equal to all expenses, charges and losses either (A) excluded in calculating Consolidated Net Income or (B) added back in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, in each case, to the extent paid or payable in cash. Expenditures shall be considered “un-financed” for purposes of this definition unless paid with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving facilities including the Revolving Loans). Any amounts subtracted from EBITDA pursuant to clauses (b)(v) or (b)(vii) above shall be net of any return of capital in respect such Investments or net of any payments received under any Swap Agreements, in each case, to the extent not reflected in EBITDA. Any amounts subtracted from EBITDA pursuant to clause (b)(ix) above shall be added to EBITDA for the purposes of this Excess Cash Flow definition in the period when such expenditures are expensed (if expensed).
“Excluded Subsidiary” means (i) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary, (ii) any Foreign Subsidiary other than Foreign Subsidiaries incorporated in Canada or any province thereof, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany and The Netherlands and any other jurisdictions designated
by the Parent Borrower (“Specified Foreign Subsidiaries”), in each case subject to the other exclusions set forth in this
definitionor Disregarded Domestic Person, in each case, other than the Specified Foreign Subsidiaries
and the Specified Canadian Subsidiaries, (iii) any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (iv) any subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable law, regulation or Contractual Obligation from entering into (and
providing the guarantees pursuant to) the Guaranty Agreement (including if it is not within the legal capacity of such Loan Party to do so (whether as a result of financial assistance, corporate benefit, works council advice or thin capitalization
rule or otherwise)) or that would require the consent, approval, license or authorization of a Governmental Authority in order to enter into (and provide the guarantees pursuant to) the Guaranty Agreement, (v) any Domestic Subsidiary if substantially all of its assets consist of the debt or Equity Interests of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries (provided
that, such Domestic Subsidiaries shall be required (subject to the other exceptions herein) to Guarantee the Foreign Obligations, unless and until a United States Governmental Authority issues guidance treating any such Guarantee as an obligation of
a United States person subject to Section 956 of the Code, in which event any such guarantee shall be void ab initio and have no effect to the fullest extent provided by law)
(vi) or to the extent the provision of such guaranty would conflict with the fiduciary duties of such
Person’s directors or result in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a material risk of personal or criminal liability for any officer or director of such Person, (v) not-for-profit Subsidiaries, (vii) captive insurance Subsidiaries, (viii) any Immaterial
Subsidiary,
(ixviii
) direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiaries of any
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Foreign Subsidiary, (x) any Receivables Subsidiaryix) any special purpose entity (including any Receivables Subsidiary), (x) any Subsidiary that is a holding company
through which the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiary holds its interests in a Renewable Diesel Joint Venture and which has no material assets or operations unrelated to a Renewable Diesel Joint Venture and (xi) any Subsidiary to the extent that the burden, difficulty, consequence or cost of entering into (and providing the guarantees pursuant to) the applicable Guaranty Agreement outweighs the benefit
afforded thereby as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower; provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Subsidiary shall be an “Excluded Subsidiary” if
such Subsidiary enters into, or is required to enter into, a guarantee of (or becomes, or is required to become, a borrower or other obligor under) any obligations of the Parent Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary thereof under any Existing 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes, Pari
PassuExisting
2027 Senior Notes, Incremental Equivalent Debt,
Refinancing Notes or any Refinancing Junior Loans or any Permitted Refinancing of any such Existing
2026 Senior Unsecured Notes, Pari
PassuExisting 2027 Senior Notes, Incremental
Equivalent Debt, Refinancing Notes or any Refinancing Junior Loans, in each case, to the extent then outstanding.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Loan Parties hereunder, (a) income, franchise or similar taxes (including German trade taxes) imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in which it is doing business, or in which it had a present or former connection (other than such connection arising solely from any Secured Party having executed, delivered, or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, any Loan Document) or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which a Borrower is located, (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by a Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any United States withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender (including as a result of FATCA) at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(f), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from a Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a), (d) in the case of a non-Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by a Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any United States backup withholding tax that is imposed on accounts payable to such non-Foreign Lender at the time such non-Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, (e) any amounts paid or payable on “outstanding debts to specified non-residents” as defined in subsection 18(5) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) which are recharacterized as a dividend under the provisions of the Income Tax Act (Canada), (f) Taxes under the laws of The Netherlands to the extent such Tax becomes payable as a result of a Lender or the Administrative Agent having a substantial interest (aanmerkelijk belang) in a Dutch Borrower as laid down in The Netherlands Income Tax Act 2001 (Wet inkomsten belasting) and (g) all liabilities, penalties and interest with respect to any of the foregoing excluded taxes.
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Existing 2026 Senior Notes” means the 3.625% senior notes due 2026 in an aggregate principal amount of €515,000,000 (as of the Sixth Amendment Date) issued on May 2, 2018 by Darling Global Finance B.V., as amended, restated, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time so long as the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such amended, restated, refinanced, replaced
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or modified Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so amended, restated, refinanced, replaced or modified plus unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon, any committed or undrawn amounts and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses, associated with such amended, restated, refinanced, replaced or modified Indebtedness), except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.01, (including any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof).
“Existing 2026 Senior Notes Documents” means the indenture or similar agreement governing the Existing 2026 Senior Notes or any similar agreement relating to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness specifically designated as such by the Parent Borrower in respect of the Existing 2026 Senior Notes.
“Existing
2027 Senior Unsecured Notes” means the 5.3755.25% senior unsecured notes due 20222027 in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 (as of the FourthSixth Amendment Date) issued on January 2, 2014 by
theApril 3, 2019 by Parent Borrower, as
amended, restated, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time so long as the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such amended, restated, refinanced, replaced or modified Indebtedness does not exceed the principal
amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so amended, restated, refinanced, replaced or modified plus unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon, any committed or undrawn amounts and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and
expenses, associated with such amended, restated, refinanced, replaced or modified Indebtedness), except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.01, (including any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof).
“Existing
2027 Senior Unsecured Notes Documents” means the indenture or similar agreement governing the Existing
2027 Senior Unsecured Notes or any similar agreement relating to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness specifically designated
as such by the Parent Borrower in respect of the Existing
2027 Senior Unsecured Notes.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code .
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions (as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate; provided that, if the Federal Funds Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website” means the website of the NYFRB at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source.
“Fifth Amendment” means that certain Fifth Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, among the Loan Parties party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto, dated December 18, 2017.
“Fifth Amendment Date” means December 18, 2017.
“Financial Covenant Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(d).
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“Financial Covenants” means the covenants set forth in Sections 7.01 and 7.02.
“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, executive vice president of finance and administration, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of, unless otherwise noted, the Parent Borrower (or any other officer acting in substantially the same capacity of the foregoing).
“First Lien Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Total Indebtedness secured by a
Lien which is on at least an equal priority basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with the Liens securing the Credit Facilities outstanding on the
FifthSixth Amendment Date
minus (i) all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of the undrawn face amount of letters of credit, bankers acceptances or similar instruments (including the Letters of Credit) outstanding as of such date and (ii) any such
obligations described in clause (a)(i) which
have been drawn and reimbursed within three (3) Business Days to (b) Adjusted EBITDA for the
four fiscal quarter period most recently ended.
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof
“Fixed Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.10(g).
“Foreign Benefit Plan” means each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) that is not subject to United States law and is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Foreign Borrower” means a Borrower that is not organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America.
“Foreign Collateral Reallocation” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(b).
“Foreign Currency Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“Foreign Deposit Obligations” means all Deposit Obligations to the extent the applicable Covered Party is a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Foreign Loan Party Obligations” means all obligations, indebtedness, and liabilities of the Foreign Subsidiary Loan Parties, or any one of them, to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders arising pursuant to any of the Loan Documents or under any Ancillary Facilities Document, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether direct, indirect, related, unrelated, fixed, contingent, liquidated, unliquidated, joint, several, or joint and several, including, without limitation, the obligation of the Foreign Subsidiary Loan Parties to repay the Foreign Borrowers’ Loans, LC Disbursements and loans and other disbursements under any Ancillary Facility Document, interest on such Loans, LC Disbursements and loans and other disbursements under any Ancillary Facility Document, and all fees, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) arising therefrom and provided for in the Loan Documents or under any Ancillary Facilities Document.
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“Foreign Obligations” means the Foreign Loan Party Obligations, Foreign Swap Obligations and Foreign Deposit Obligations.
“Foreign Security Agreement” means each security, pledge or similar agreement pursuant to which the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party grants a Lien on any of its assets to secure the Foreign Loan Party Obligations (or if applicable in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries incorporated in Canada or a province of Canada, the Obligations), in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party” means any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Loan Party.
“Foreign Swap Obligations” means all Swap Obligations to the extent the applicable Covered Party is a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Fourth Amendment” means that certain Fourth Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, among the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto, dated December 16, 2016.
“Fourth Amendment Date” means December 16, 2016.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“German Subsidiary Borrower” means Darling Ingredients Germany Holding GmbH, a limited liability company
organized under the laws of Germany.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or 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.
“Group” means the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation (including any obligations under an operating lease) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation (including any obligations under an operating lease) of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
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“Guaranty Agreement” means (i) in the case of the Parent Borrower and any Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party, the guaranty agreement of the Loan Parties in respect of the Obligations (and/or the Foreign Obligations as set forth therein) in the form of Exhibit B hereto and (ii) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party, a guaranty agreement in a form substantially similar to Exhibit B giving effect to the Agreed Security Principles.
“Hazardous Materials” means any material, substance or waste regulated pursuant to or that could give rise to liability under, or classified, characterized or regulated as “hazardous,” “toxic,” “radioactive” or a “pollutant” or contaminant under, Environmental Laws, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, and infectious or medical wastes.
“Immaterial Subsidiary”
means, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower, the
Adjusted EBITDA of which for the 4 fiscal quarter period ended
most recently, shall not exceed 5% of the Adjusted EBITDA
of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided the Adjusted EBITDA of the Immaterial Subsidiaries, collectively, for the 4 fiscal quarter period ended most recently prior to any date of determination shall not exceed 515% of the Adjusted
EBITDA of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. As of the EffectiveSixth Amendment Date, Bio-Energy
Products LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
hasDarling
Fresno Lending Inc., a Delaware corporation and EV Acquisition, LLC, an Arkansas limited liability company have each been designated as an Immaterial Subsidiary.
“Increased Amount Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.20(a).
“Incremental Amount” means, at any time,
(a) $300,000,000 (the “Fixed Incremental Amount”) plus
(a) an amount equal to the greater of (i) $525,000,000 and (ii) 100% of Adjusted EBITDA for the four fiscal quarter period most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 (the “Fixed Incremental Amount”) plus
(b) unlimited amounts if, after giving
effect to the incurrence of any Incremental Facilities (which for this purpose will be deemed to include the full amount of any Incremental Revolving Facility assuming the full amount of such increase had been drawn and/or the full amount of such
facility was drawn), the Parent Borrower is in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, (i) if such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured by a Lien that is pari passu with the Lien on the Collateral securing the Credit
Facilities outstanding on the
FifthSixth Amendment Date, the First Lien Leverage Ratio does not exceed 4.00:1.00, (ii) if such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured by a Lien that is junior to the Lien on the Collateral securing
the Credit Facilities outstanding on the
FifthSixth
Amendment Date, the Secured Leverage Ratio does not exceed 4.00:1.00 and (iii) if such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt is unsecured, the Total Leverage Ratio does not exceed
5.50:1.00 (the “Ratio-Based Incremental Amount”) plus
(c)(i) the amount of any optional prepayment of any Term
Loan in accordance with Section 2.11(a) and/or the amount of any permanent reduction of any Revolving Commitment (and any other commitment established hereunder after the FifthSixth Amendment Date, other than a permanent reduction as the result of the funding of such commitment), (ii) the amount paid in cash in respect of any reduction in the outstanding amount of any Term Loan resulting
from any assignment of such Term Loan to (and/or purchase of such Term Loan by) the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary so long as
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the relevant prepayment or assignment and/or purchase was not funded with the proceeds of any long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness) incurred by the Parent Borrower or its
Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) in the case of any Incremental Facility that effectively replaces any Revolving Commitment (and any other commitment established hereunder after the FifthSixth Amendment Date, prior to the funding of such commitment) terminated or any Term Loan repaid pursuant to Section 2.19, an amount equal to the relevant terminated Revolving Commitment or
such other commitment or Term Loans so prepaid;
it being understood and agreed that unless the Parent Borrower otherwise notifies the Administrative Agent (w) the Parent Borrower shall be deemed to have used amounts under clause (c) prior to utilization of amounts under clause (a) or (b), (x) if all or any portion of the Incremental Facility and/or Incremental Equivalent Debt would be permitted under clause (b) of this definition on the applicable date of determination, such Incremental Facility and/or Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be deemed to have been incurred in reliance on clause (b) of this definition prior to the utilization of any amount available under clause (a) and (y) amounts may be incurred under both clauses (a) and (b), and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction by first calculating the incurrence under clause (b) above and then calculating the incurrence under clause (a) above.
For the avoidance of doubt, the amount in clauses (a) and (c) above shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of all Incremental Term Loans made plus all Incremental Revolving Commitments established prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.20(a) and any Indebtedness incurred under Section 6.01(bb), in each case in reliance on such clause (a) or (c), as applicable.
“Incremental Assumption Agreement” means an Incremental Assumption Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower, among the applicable Borrower(s), the Administrative Agent and one or more Incremental Term Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving Lenders.
“Incremental Equivalent Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(bb).
“Incremental Facility” means any facility established by the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.20.
“Incremental Facility Activation Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
“Incremental Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.20(a).
“Incremental Revolving Commitment” means the Revolving Commitment, or if applicable, additional revolving commitments under this Agreement, of any Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.20, to make Incremental Revolving Loans (and other revolving credit exposure available) to a Borrower.
“Incremental Revolving Facility” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.20(a)
“Incremental Revolving Lender” means a Lender with an Incremental Revolving Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Revolving Loan.
“Incremental Revolving Loans” means the Revolving Loans made by one or more Lenders to a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.20.
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“Incremental Term Facility” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.20(a).
“Incremental Term Lender” means each Lender which holds an Incremental Term Loan.
“Incremental Term Loans” means the Term Loans made by one or more Lenders to a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.20.
“Incurrence-Based Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.10(g).
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money; (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person (other than customary reservations or retention of title under agreements with suppliers in the ordinary course of business); (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property (excluding (i) accrued expenses, trade payables or similar obligations, (ii) earn-out or similar obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet (other than footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP and is not paid within thirty (30) days of the date when due and (iii) in connection with purchase price hold-backs in the ordinary course of business) which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery of title thereto; (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of (i) the fair market value of such asset as determined by such Person in good faith on the date of determination and (ii) the amount of such Indebtedness of other Persons; (f) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; (g) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party relative to the face amount in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments; (h) all obligations of such Person in respect of mandatory redemption or cash mandatory dividend rights on Disqualified Equity Interests; (i) all obligations of such Person under any Swap Agreement; and (j) all Guarantees by such Person in respect of the foregoing clauses (a) through (i). The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. The amount of the obligations of any Person in respect of any Swap Agreement shall, at any time of determination and for all purposes under this Agreement, be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that any Person would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time giving effect to current market conditions notwithstanding any contrary treatment in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of clarity and avoidance of doubt, (i) any joint and several tax liabilities arising by operation of consolidated return, fiscal unity or similar provisions of applicable law shall not constitute Indebtedness for purposes hereof and (ii) obligations which would otherwise constitute Indebtedness but which have been cash collateralized or amounts for the repayment thereof placed in escrow or otherwise deposited in defeasance or discharge of such obligations shall not constitute Indebtedness to the extent of such cash collateral or amounts escrowed or otherwise deposited in defeasance or discharge thereof.
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Insolvent” with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, means the condition that such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
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“Interest Charges” means for any period, the sum of the following for the
Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP without duplication for such period: (a) the aggregate amount of interest, including payments in the nature of interest under Capital
Lease Obligations, paid in cash but excluding (i) any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the xxxx to market valuation of Swap Agreements or other derivative instruments pursuant to
GAAP, amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, (ii) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees, (iii) costs in connection with the Original Transactions and the
Transactions and any annual administrative or other agency fees and (iv) any discount, yield and/or interest component in respect of (A) any Receivables Facility
(or portion thereof) representing Indebtedness of $150,000,000 or less and/or (B) any incentive,
supplier finance or similar program entered into in the ordinary course of business; plus (b) on a pro forma basis calculated in the manner described in Section 1.10, the Interest Charges pursuant to clause
(a) above of each Prior Target (or, as applicable, the Interest Charges pursuant to clause (a) above of a Prior Target specifically attributable to the assets acquired from such Prior Target and continuing after such
acquisition), with pro forma adjustment thereto to reflect the incurrence of any additional or replacement Indebtedness in connection with the acquisition of such Prior Target or assets (determined at the prevailing interest rate on such
Indebtedness on the date incurred) and the payment of any Indebtedness of such Prior Target in connection with such acquisition, for any portion of such period occurring prior to the date of the acquisition of such Prior Target (or the related
assets, as the case may be); minus (c) the Interest Charges of each Prior Company pursuant to clause (a) above and, as applicable but without duplication, the Interest Charges pursuant to clause (a) above of the
Parent Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary specifically attributable to all Prior Assets, with pro forma adjustment thereto to reflect the assumption, repayment or retirement of Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries
in connection with the disposal of such Prior Company or Prior Assets, in each case for any portion of such period occurring prior to the date of the disposal of such Prior Companies or Prior Assets and calculated in the manner described in
Section 1.10.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of:
(a) Adjusted EBITDA for Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ended, to
(b) Interest Charges for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ended.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the applicable Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan or CDOR Rate Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing or CDOR Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.
“Interest Period” means with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing or CDOR Rate Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the applicable Borrower may elect
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or twelve months if requested by the applicable Borrower and available to from all applicable Lenders, provided, that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“Interpolated Rate” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “LIBO Rate”.
“Investment” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04.
“Investment Grade Rating” means (x) (i) the Parent Borrower’s corporate credit rating is equal to or higher than BBB- by S&P, (ii) the Parent Borrower’s corporate family rating is equal to or higher than Baa3 by Moody’s and (iii) the Parent Borrower’s corporate credit rating is equal to or higher than BBB- by Fitch or (y) if S&P, Moody’s or Fitch cease to provide ratings and have been replace with another Rating Agency pursuant to clause (y) of the definition of Rating Agency, an equivalent rating by such other replacement Rating Agency.
“Issuing Bank” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., Bank of Montreal, Bank of the West, Citibank, N.A. and PNC Bank, National Association, and, with respect to any Letters of Credit described on Schedule 1.01 and outstanding on the Effective Date, PNC
Bank, N.A., Comerica Bank, and TD Bank, N.A., each in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of
Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.05(i). The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Bank and the
Borrowers may, in their discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by one or more of the other Revolving Lenders. In the event an Affiliate or other Revolving Lender issues a Letter of Credit hereunder under the terms of the
foregoing sentence, the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate or Revolving Lender with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate or Revolving Lender, as applicable.
“Issuing Bank Sublimit” means, with respect to each Issuing Bank, the amount set forth opposite such Issuing Bank’s name on Schedule 2.01 (as in effect on the Sixth Amendment Date) under the caption “Issuing Bank Sublimit,” as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The Issuing Bank Sublimit of any Issuing Bank as set forth on Schedule 2.01 may be increased or decreased by the mutual written agreement of the Parent Borrower and the affected Issuing Bank (and notified to the Administrative Agent).
“Judgment Currency” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.06(h).
“Latest Maturity Date” means, as of any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Loan or commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any then existing Term Loan, Incremental Term Loan, Revolving Commitment, Incremental Revolving Commitment, Refinancing Note or Refinancing Junior Loan.
“LC Disbursement” means a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
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“LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrowers at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage (or in the case of Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, USD/Multicurrency Applicable Percentage) of the total LC Exposure at such time.
“LC Reserve Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.02(a).
“LCA Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.10(c).
“LCA Test Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.10(c).
“Lender-Related Person” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.14.
“Lenders” means (a) for all purposes, the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement or an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or otherwise and (b) for purposes of the definitions of “Swap Obligations”, “Deposit Obligations” and “Secured Parties” only, shall include any Person who was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time a Swap Agreement or Deposit Obligation was entered into by one or more of the Covered Parties, even though, at a later time of determination, such Person no longer holds any Commitments or Loans hereunder. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender. As a result of clause (b) of this definition, the Swap Obligations and Deposit Obligations owed to a Lender or its Affiliates shall continue to be “Swap Obligations” and “Deposit Obligations”, respectively, entitled to share in the benefits of the Collateral as herein provided, even though such Lender ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or otherwise.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement and any letter of credit described on Schedule 1.01 and outstanding on the Effective Date.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means, at any time, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $50,000,000, as such amount may be increased to an amount not to exceed $150,000,000 to the extent requested by the Parent Borrower and consented to by any Issuing Bank (with notice to the Administrative Agent), that is willing to provide a Letter of Credit in excess of its then existing Issuing Bank Sublimit and in excess of the then existing Letter of Credit Sublimit and (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments as in effect at such time. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Facility.
“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing denominated in any Agreed Currency and for any Interest Period, (i) to the extent denominated in dollars, the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters Screen, (ii) to the extent denominated in Euro, the euro interbank offered rate administered by the Banking Federation of the European Union (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant period displayed on page EURIBOR01 of the Reuters screen and (iii) to the extent denominated in any Alternative Currency (other than Canadian Dollars), the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark
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Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for such currency for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on the applicable Reuters
Screen; (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from
time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; in each case, the “Screen Rate”) at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period (or, with respect to Borrowings in Sterling, on the first Business Day of such Interest Period); provided, that, if the Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “Impacted Interest
Period”) with respect to the applicable currency, then the LIBO Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate at such time. “Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing denominated in any Agreed Currency and for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the
Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear
basis between: (a) the Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available in the
applicable Agreed cCurrency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period and (b) the Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available for the applicable Agreed cCurrency) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time; provided that if the LIBO Rate (or any Interpolated Rate) is less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of
this Agreement.
“Liabilities” means any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), damages or liabilities of any kind.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, hypothecation, lien or charge of any kind in the nature of security (including any conditional sale agreement, title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Limited Condition Acquisition” means any acquisition or similar Investment permitted pursuant to this Agreement the consummation of which is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing, other than any acquisition of, or similar Investment in, any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Guaranty Agreement, the U.S. Security Agreement (other than during a Collateral Suspension Period), the Canadian Security Agreement (other than during a Collateral Suspension Period), any promissory note delivered pursuant to Section 2.09(e) and any other document or instrument designated by the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent as a “Loan Document”.
“Loan Obligations” means all obligations, indebtedness, and liabilities of the Loan Parties, or any one of them, to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders arising pursuant to any of the Loan Documents or under any Ancillary Facility Document, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether direct, indirect, related, unrelated, fixed, contingent, liquidated, unliquidated, joint, several, or joint and several, including, without limitation, the obligation of the Loan Parties to repay the Loans, the LC Disbursements and loans and other disbursements under any Ancillary Facility Document, interest on the Loans, LC Disbursements and loans and other disbursements under any Ancillary Facility Document, and all fees, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) provided for in the Loan Documents or under any Ancillary Facility Document.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.
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“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement.
“Local Time” means, with respect to any extensions of credit hereunder denominated in dollars, Chicago time, with respect to any extensions of credit hereunder denominated in Canadian Dollars, Toronto time, with respect to any extensions of credit hereunder denominated in Euro, London time and with respect to any extensions of credit hereunder denominated in any other Alternative Currency, as agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material and adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, property, financial condition or results of operations of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or (c) the rights of or remedies available to the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders under any Loan Document.
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit but including, without limitation,
obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements) of any one or more of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries with an aggregate outstanding principal amount (or termination value payable by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary) exceeding
$75,000,000the
greater of $100,000,000 and 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Multicurrency LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit denominated in Alternative Currencies at such time plus (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements in respect of such Letters of Credit denominated in Alternative Currencies that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of any of the Borrowers at such time. The Multicurrency LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its USD/Multicurrency Applicable Percentage of the total Multicurrency LC Exposure at such time.
“Multicurrency Revolving Loans” means the revolving loans denominated in Alternative Currencies made by Lenders holding USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitments under Section 2.01.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which a Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliate contributes, is required to contribute or could reasonably be expected to have any liability.
“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any Prepayment Event (or, for purposes of the Available Amount, the issuance of Equity Interests) (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds, but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds, and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments, net of (b) the sum of (i) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses (including underwriting discounts, investment banking fees, commissions, collection expenses and other customary transaction costs) paid or reasonably estimated to be payable by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a Disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments made by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject
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to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event, and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and the amount of any reserves established by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case that are directly attributable to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Parent Borrower).
“New Security Documents” has the meaning specified in Section 5.11(b).
“Non-consenting Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.19(b).
“NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“NYFRB Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such day received to the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Obligations” means all Loan Obligations, the Swap Obligations and all Deposit Obligations.
“OFAC” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.18(b).
“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurodollar borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions (as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate (from and after such date as the NYFRB shall commence to publish such composite rate).
“Original
Transaction” means the “Transactions” as defined in this Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to the FifthSixth Amendment.
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Parent Borrower” means Darling Ingredients Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Parallel Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.19(a).
“Parallel Debt Loan Party” means any Loan Party that is party to a Loan Document providing for the granting of a Lien and governed by the laws of Germany, The Netherlands or Belgium.
“Pari Passu Liens” means any Lien on the Collateral granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Pari Passu Noteholders pursuant to the U.S. Security
Agreement, the Canadian Security Agreement and/or any of the other Security Documents securing the Pari Passu Notes Obligations.
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“Pari Passu Notes” means the Senior Unsecured Notes due December 17, 2018 issued by the Parent Borrower in the aggregate principal amount of
$250,000,000, as amended, restated, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time (including any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
specifically designated as such by the Parent Borrower in respect thereof).
“Pari Passu Notes Documents” means the Indenture dated December 17, 2010, among the Parent Borrower, U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee and the other parties thereto or any similar agreement relating to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness specifically
designated as such by the Parent Borrower in respect of the Pari Passu Notes.
“Pari Passu Noteholders” means the holders of the Pari Passu Notes Obligations and any agent or trustee
therefor.
“Pari Passu Notes
Obligations” means the “Obligations” (as such term is defined
in the Pari Passu Notes Documents as of the date of the Effective Date) of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries arising under and in respect of the
Pari Passu Notes and the other Pari Passu Notes Documents (including any “Obligations” arising under any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness specifically designated as such by the Parent Borrower in respect thereof).
“Pari Passu Notes Repayment Date” means the date on which the Pari Passu Notes are repaid or otherwise redeemed in
full (or irrevocable notice for the repayment or redemption thereof will be given to the extent accompanied by any prepayments or deposits required to defease, terminate and satisfy in full the Pari Passu Notes).
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04(c)(i).
“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04(c)(ii).
“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that has the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“Patriot Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.18.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
“Pension Plan” means any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA.
“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04(1).
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a) dollars, Euros, Canadian Dollars or the currency of any country having a credit rating of “A” (or the equivalent thereof) or better from either S&P or Moody’s;
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(b) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or the Government of Canada or any agency or instrumentality of the United States America or the Government of Canada (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States America or the Government of Canada, as applicable, is pledged in support thereof), having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;
(c) marketable general obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or province of Canada or any political subdivision of any such state or province or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of such state or province, as applicable, is pledged in support thereof) and, at the time of acquisition, having a credit rating of “A” (or the equivalent thereof) or better from any of S&P or Moody’s;
(d) certificates of deposit, time deposits, Eurodollar time deposits, overnight bank deposits or bankers’ acceptances having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any commercial bank the long-term debt of which is rated at the time of acquisition thereof at least “A” (or the equivalent thereof) by S&P or Moody’s, and having combined capital and surplus in excess of $500 million;
(e) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (b), (c) and (d) entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (d) above;
(f) commercial paper rated at the time of acquisition thereof at least “A-1” or the equivalent thereof by S&P or “P-1” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s, or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of investments, and in any case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition thereof; and
(g) interests in any investment company or money market fund which invests 95% or more of its assets in instruments of the type specified in clauses (a) through (f) above.
In the case of Investments by (x) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia (but which may include Investments made indirectly by the Parent Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary), Permitted Investments shall also include investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (g) above of foreign obligors, which investments or obligors have the ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (y) the Parent Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, other currencies, to the extent obtained by the Parent Borrower or applicable Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of operations or for the purpose of consummating transactions otherwise permitted hereunder, and other short-term investments utilized by the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments substantially similar to the foregoing investments in clauses (a) through (g) above.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refinance, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted
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Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon, any committed or undrawn amounts and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses, associated with such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness), except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.01, (b) subject to exceptions customary for bridge financings (to the extent convertible on customary terms into a permanent instrument otherwise meeting the conditions in this clause (b)), the final maturity date of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is no earlier than the final maturity date of the Indebtedness being refinanced, (c) if the original Indebtedness being Refinanced is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, taken as a whole, (d) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have obligors or contingent obligors that were not obligors or contingent obligors (or that would not have been required to become obligors or contingent obligors) in respect of the Indebtedness being Refinanced except to the extent permitted under Section 6.04 and (e) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is (or would have been required to be) secured by any collateral of a Loan Party (whether equally and ratably with, or junior to, the Secured Parties or otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such collateral on terms no less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Secured Parties than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, taken as a whole.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, including any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), and any plan which is both an employee welfare benefit plan and an employee pension benefit plan, and in respect of which any Loan Party or, with respect to Title IV of ERISA only, any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such Plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Platform” means IntraLinks/IntraAgency, SyndTrak or another relevant website or other information platform.
“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario), as amended from time to time, together with all regulations made thereunder; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by (i) a Personal Property Security Act as in effect in a Canadian jurisdiction other than Ontario, or (ii) the Civil Code of Quebec, “PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction or the Civil Code of Québec, as applicable.
“Prepayment Event” means:
(a) any Disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction) of any asset of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under Section 6.05(o) or (u); or
(b) any casualty or other damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any asset of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
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(c) the incurrence by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 and Indebtedness incurred with the consent of the Required Lenders.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
“Prior Assets” means assets comprising a division or branch of Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary disposed of in a transaction in accordance with this Agreement which would not make the seller a “Prior Company”.
“Prior Company” means any Restricted Subsidiary whose Equity Interests, or all or substantially all of whose assets have been disposed of, in a transaction in accordance with this Agreement.
“Prior Target” means all Targets acquired or whose assets have been acquired in a transaction permitted by Section 6.04.
“Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to any proposed incurrence, assumption or repayment of Indebtedness, acquisition or similar Investment, Disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or Equity Interests of any Subsidiary (or any business unit, line of business or division of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) not prohibited by this Agreement, Restricted Payment or payment made pursuant to Section 6.08(b), designation of any Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary, as applicable, or other transaction or event requiring the calculation of a financial metric on a Pro Forma Basis, such financial metric calculated: (a) for the most recent four (4) fiscal quarter period then ended for which internal financial statements have been prepared on a pro forma basis as if such incurrence, assumption or repayment of Indebtedness, acquisition or similar Investment, Disposition, Restricted Payment, payment made pursuant to Section 6.08(b), Subsidiary designation or other transaction or event as applicable, had occurred as of the first day of such period, (b) to include any Indebtedness incurred, assumed or repaid in connection therewith (assuming, to the extent such Indebtedness bears interest at a floating rate, the rate in effect at the time of calculation for the entire period of calculation, taking into account any hedging arrangements), (c) based on the assumption that any such Disposition which occurred during such period occurred on the first day of such period, (d) with respect to an acquisition or similar Investment, as if the Target were a “Prior Target” for purposes of calculating Adjusted EBITDA and (e) for purposes of determining Consolidated Total Assets, the acquisition of any asset or the Disposition of any asset described herein (including, in each case, cash and Permitted Investments), shall be deemed to have occurred as of the last day of the applicable fiscal period with respect to any test or covenant for which such calculation is being made.
“Pro Forma Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.10(b).
“Prohibited Transaction” has the meaning set forth in
Section 406 of ERISA and
Section
4975(f)(3c) of the Code.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
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“PWC Steps Memo” means the memorandum entitled “Darling International Inc.: Project Seabiscuit – Acquisition Structuring” prepared by PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP provided to the Administrative Agent in connection with the Original Transactions.
“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 set forth in Section 10.23.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Rating Agencies” means (x) (i) S&P, (ii) Xxxxx’x and/or (iii) Fitch or (y) if any of the Rating Agencies described in clause (x) shall not make a corporate family rating or a corporate credit rating for the Parent Borrower publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Parent Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which shall be substituted for such Rating Agency described in clause (x) that has not made a corporate family rating or a corporate credit rating for the Parent Borrower publicly available.
“Receivables Assets” means any accounts receivable owed to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (whether now existing or arising or acquired in the future) arising in the ordinary course of business from the sale of goods or services or pursuant to any other contractual right, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, all proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets (including contract right, deposit accounts and securities accounts) which are of the type customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with Receivables Facilities and which, in each case, are sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise transferred or in which a security interest is granted by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to either (a) a Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower or (b) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn sells, conveys, assigns, grants a security interest in or otherwise transfers such Receivables Assets to a Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower.
“Receivables Facility” means any of one or more receivables financing or sale facilities (including, without limitation, a receivables financing facility structured as a securitization) as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, all obligations in respect of which are either (a) non-recourse (except for customary credit enhancement or risk retention arrangements, representations, warranties, guarantees, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Parent Borrower and all Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) or (b) with recourse limited to the relevant Receivables Assets, in each case pursuant to which the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sells, conveys, assigns, grants an interest in or otherwise transfers Receivables Assets to either (a) a Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower or (b) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn sells, conveys, assigns, grants a security interest in or otherwise transfers such Receivables Assets to a Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of obligations outstanding under all Receivables Facilities shall not exceed $300,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
“Receivables Subsidiary” means a special–purpose wholly owned Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower whose sole purpose is to purchase or otherwise receive interests in Receivables Assets from the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries and to resell, convey, assign, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer such Receivables Assets to a Person that is not a Subsidiary (other than another Receivables Subsidiary) of the Parent Borrower pursuant to a Receivables Facility and which engages in no other activities other than the foregoing and other activities reasonably related thereto.
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“Recipient” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(h)(ii).
“Refinancing Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders providing Specified Refinancing Debt, effecting the incurrence of such Specified Refinancing Debt in accordance with Section 2.22.
“Refinancing Junior Loans” means loans under credit or loan agreements that are unsecured or secured by the Collateral of the relevant Loan Parties (or Collateral of a subset of the relevant Loan Parties) on a junior basis to the Credit Facilities, incurred in respect of a refinancing of outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrowers under the Credit Facilities; provided that, (a) if such Refinancing Junior Loans shall be secured by a security interest in the Collateral, then such Refinancing Junior Loans shall be issued subject to customary intercreditor arrangements that are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (b) subject to exceptions customary for bridge financings (to the extent convertible on customary terms into a permanent instrument otherwise meeting the conditions in this clause (b)), no Refinancing Junior Loans shall mature prior to the final maturity date of the Indebtedness being refinanced, or have a weighted average life to maturity that is less than the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced thereby (it being agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that when calculating the weighted average life to maturity of such Indebtedness being refinanced, the effects of any amortization or prepayments made on such Indebtedness vis-α-vis the amortization schedule prior to the date of the applicable refinancing shall be disregarded), (c) the borrower of the Refinancing Junior Loans shall be the Borrower with respect to the Indebtedness being refinanced or the Parent Borrower; (d) such Refinancing Junior Loans shall have pricing (including interest, fees and premiums), optional prepayment and redemption terms as may be agreed to by the Parent Borrower and the lenders party thereto; (e) the other terms (excluding those referenced in clauses (b) and (d) above) of such Refinancing Junior Loans shall not be materially more restrictive (taken as a whole) than those with respect to the relevant Loans and Commitments being refinanced or replaced (as reasonably determined by the Parent Borrower in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), except terms (i) applicable only after the maturity date of the then outstanding Loans and Commitments or (ii) consistent with then-current market terms for the applicable type of Indebtedness (as reasonably determined by the Parent Borrower in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), provided that no financial maintenance covenant applicable to the Parent Borrower may be added to the Refinancing Junior Loans pursuant to this clause (e)(ii) without also being included in this Agreement (which may be achieved by an amendment solely among the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and the Required Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into such amendment)), and, for the avoidance of doubt, it being understood that if such financial covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant applicable only to revolving Indebtedness, such financial covenant shall be automatically included in this Agreement only for the benefit of each Revolving Facility and not for the benefit of any Credit Facility in respect of Term Loans hereunder; provided further, that documentation governing any Refinancing Junior Loans may include such materially more restrictive terms so long as the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement is amended to include such terms for the benefit of the relevant Commitments and Loans (which may be achieved by an amendment solely among the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and the Required Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into such amendment)); (f) the Refinancing Junior Loans may not have guarantors, obligors or security in any case more extensive than that which applied to the applicable Loans being so refinanced; and (g) the Net Cash Proceeds of such Refinancing Junior Loans shall be applied, substantially concurrently with the incurrence thereof, to the pro rata prepayment of outstanding Loans under the applicable Class of Loans being so refinanced in accordance with Section 2.11.
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“Refinancing Junior Loans Agreements” means, collectively, the loan agreements, credit agreements or other similar agreements pursuant to which any Refinancing Junior Loans are incurred, together with all instruments and other agreements in connection therewith, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, but only to the extent permitted under the terms of the Loan Documents.
“Refinancing Notes” means one or more series of (i) senior unsecured notes or (ii) senior secured notes secured by the Collateral of the relevant Loan Parties (or Collateral of a subset of the relevant Loan Parties) (x) on an equal and ratable basis with the Credit Facilities or (y) on a junior basis to the Credit Facilities (to the extent then secured by such Collateral) in each case issued in respect of a refinancing of outstanding Indebtedness of a Borrower under any one or more Classes of Term Loans; provided that, (a) if such Refinancing Notes shall be secured by a security interest in the Collateral, then such Refinancing Notes shall be issued subject to customary intercreditor arrangements that are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (b) subject to exceptions for bridge financings (to the extent convertible on customary terms into a permanent instrument otherwise meeting the conditions in this clause (b)), no Refinancing Notes shall mature prior to the date that is after the final maturity date of, or have a weighted average life to maturity that is less than the weighted average life to maturity of, in each case, the Class of Term Loans being refinanced (it being agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that when calculating the weighted average life to maturity of such Indebtedness being refinanced, the effects of any amortization or prepayments made on such Indebtedness vis-α-vis the amortization schedule prior to the date of the applicable refinancing shall be disregarded); (c) no Refinancing Notes shall be subject to any amortization prior to the final maturity thereof, or be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except customary assets sale or change of control provisions); (d) such Refinancing Notes shall have pricing (including interest, fees and premiums), optional prepayment and redemption terms as may be agreed to by the Parent Borrower and the lenders party thereto; (e) the other terms (excluding those referenced in clauses (b) and (d) above) of such Refinancing Notes shall not be materially more restrictive (taken as a whole) than those with respect to the relevant Loans and Commitments being refinanced or replaced (as reasonably determined by the Parent Borrower in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), except terms (i) applicable only after the maturity date of the then outstanding Loans and Commitments, or (ii) consistent with then-current market terms for the applicable type of Indebtedness (as reasonably determined by the Parent Borrower in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), provided that no financial maintenance covenant applicable to the Parent Borrower may be added to the Refinancing Notes pursuant to this clause (e)(ii) without also being included in this Agreement (which may be achieved by an amendment solely among the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and the Required Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into such amendment)), and, for the avoidance of doubt, it being understood that if such financial covenant is a “springing” financial covenant applicable only to revolving Indebtedness, such financial covenant shall be automatically included in this Agreement only for the benefit of each Revolving Facility and not for the benefit of any Credit Facility in respect of Term Loans hereunder; provided further, that documentation governing any Refinancing Notes may include such materially more restrictive terms so long as the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement is amended to include such terms for the benefit of the relevant Commitments and Loans (which may be achieved by an amendment solely among the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and the Required Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into such amendment)); (f) the Refinancing Notes may not have guarantors, obligors or security in any case more extensive than that which applied to the applicable Term Loans being so refinanced and the borrower of the Refinancing Notes shall be the
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Borrower with respect to the Indebtedness being refinanced; and (g) the Net Cash Proceeds of such Refinancing Notes shall be applied, substantially concurrently with the incurrence thereof, to the pro rata prepayment of outstanding Term Loans under the applicable Class of Term Loans being so refinanced in accordance with Section 2.11.
“Refinancing Notes Indentures” means, collectively, the indentures or other similar agreements pursuant to which any Refinancing Notes are issued, together with all instruments and other agreements in connection therewith, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, but only to the extent permitted under the terms of the Loan Documents.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04.
“Related Business” means any business which is the same as or related, ancillary or complementary to, or a reasonable
extension or expansion of, any of the businesses of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the FifthSixth Amendment Date, including, for the avoidance of doubt, theany Renewable Diesel Joint Venture.
“Related Business Assets” means any property, plant, equipment or other assets (excluding assets that are qualified as current assets under GAAP) to be used or useful by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Related Business or capital expenditures relating thereto.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective partners,
directors, officers
and, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means (a) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in dollars, the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor thereto and (b) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency, (i) the central bank for the currency in which such Benchmark Replacement is denominated or any central bank or other supervisor which is responsible for supervising either (A) such Benchmark Replacement or (B) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement or (ii) any working group or committee officially endorsed or convened by (A) the central bank for the currency in which such Benchmark Replacement is denominated, (B) any central bank or other supervisor that is responsible for supervising either (x) such Benchmark Replacement or (y) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement, (C) a group of those central banks or other supervisors or (D) the Financial Stability Board or any part thereof.
“Relevant Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(h)(ii).
“Remaining Revolving Exposure” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(a).
“Renewable Diesel Joint Venture” means one or more joint ventures formed in connection with the building and/or operation of
one or more renewable diesel facilities at various sites
inthroughout
the United
Statesworld, including (x) any Subsidiary
thereof and (y) any Subsidiary that is a holding company through which the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiary holds its interests in such joint ventures and, in the case of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, has no material assets or operations
unrelated to such joint ventures.
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“Reorganization” means, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that
such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
“Reportable Event” means any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Pension Plan.
“Repricing Transaction” means the voluntary prepayment, refinancing, substitution or replacement (pursuant to Section 2.11(a) or, solely in the case of a Prepayment Event arising from the incurrence of Indebtedness refinancing the Term B Loans, Section 2.11(c)) of all or a portion of the Term B Loans with the incurrence by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any secured term loans with the primary purpose of having an effective interest cost or weighted average yield (with the comparative determinations to be made consistent with generally accepted financial practices, after giving effect to margin, interest rate floors, upfront fees or original issue discount paid or payable (based on a four (4)-year average life to maturity or, if less, the remaining life to maturity) to all providers of such financing, but excluding the effect of any arrangement, commitment, structuring, syndication or underwriting and any amendment fees payable in connection therewith that are not required to be shared with all providers of such financing, and without taking into account any fluctuations in the Eurodollar Rate) that is less than the effective interest cost or weighted average yield (as determined on the same basis) of such Term B Loans, including without limitation, as may be effected through any amendment to this Agreement relating to the interest rate for, or weighted average yield of, such Term B Loans (in any case, other than in connection with a Change in Control).
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at such time.
“Required
TLA/RC Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Exposures, Term A Loans and unused Commitments in respect thereof representing more than 50% of the sum of the total
Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term A Loans and unused Commitments in respect thereof at such time.
“Required TLB Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Term B Loans and unused Commitments in respect thereof representing more than 50% of the sum of the total outstanding Term B Loans and unused Commitments in respect thereof at such time.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief
executive officer, president, any vice president, any Financial Officer or Secretary of the Parent Borrower
(or such other entity to which such reference relates (or any other officer acting in substantially the same capacity).
“Restricted Indebtedness” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.08(b).
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests in the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
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“Restricted Subsidiaries” means the Subsidiary Loan Parties and each other Subsidiary of any Borrower that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Parent Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary at any time by written notice to the Administrative Agent if after giving effect to such designation, the Parent Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenants herein on a Pro Forma Basis, no Default exists or would otherwise result therefrom and the Parent Borrower complies with the obligations under clause (b) of Section 5.10.
“Revaluation Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.06(e)
“Revolving Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments.
“Revolving Commitment” means the USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitment and USD Only Revolving Commitment. The aggregate
amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Commitments as of the
FourthSixth
Amendment Date is $1,000,000,000.
“Revolving Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Revolving Facility” means the Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
“Revolving Lender” means, as of any date of determination, each Lender with a Revolving Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving Exposure.
“Revolving Loan” means a USD/Multicurrency Revolving Loan and/or a USD Only Revolving Loan, as the context may require.
“Revolving Maturity Date” means the earlier of (a) December 16, 2021 and (b) if any Term B Loans (or refinancing, extension or replacement of the Term B Loans) are outstanding on the date
that is 91 days prior to the Term B Loan Maturity Date (as such date may be extended pursuant to the terms hereof, and including any similar term with respect to any refinancing, extension or replacement of the Term B Loans), the date that is 91
days prior to such Term B Loan Maturity Date.September 18, 2025.
“Revolving Outstandings” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the Revolving Exposure and if the Lender is also an Ancillary Lender, the Ancillary Facility Exposure in respect of Ancillary Facilities provided by such Ancillary Lender.
“Rothsay” means the assets and property acquired by the Parent Borrower and/or one of its Affiliates pursuant to the Rothsay Acquisition Agreement.
“Rothsay Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Parent Borrower and/or its Affiliates of Rothsay pursuant to the Rothsay Acquisition Agreement.
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“Rothsay Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Acquisition Agreement
(together with all exhibits, schedules and disclosure letters thereto), dated as of August 23, 2013 between Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (the “Rothsay Seller”) and the Parent Borrower.
“Rothsay Acquisition Closing Date” means October 24, 2013.
“Rothsay Seller” has the meaning set forth in the definition of
“Rothsay Acquisition Agreement”.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC or any successor to the ratings agency business thereof.
“Schedule I Lender” means a Lender which is a Canadian chartered bank listed on Schedule I to the Bank Act (Canada), R.S.C., 1985, c. B-2, as amended.
“Screen Rate” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “LIBO Rate”.
“Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Total Indebtedness secured by a Lien minus (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of the undrawn face amount of letters of credit, bankers acceptances
or similar instruments (including the Letters of Credit) outstanding as of such date and (ii) any such obligations described in clause
(a)(i) which have been drawn and reimbursed within three (3) Business Days to
(b) Adjusted EBITDA for the four fiscal quarter period most recently ended.
“Secured Parties” means
(a) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each Affiliate of a Lender who is owed any portion of the Obligations, and (b) the Pari Passu Noteholders and (c) each Ancillary Lender.
“Security Documents” means the U.S. Security Agreement, the Canadian Security Agreement, each Foreign Security Agreement and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.10 to secure any of the Obligations or Foreign Obligations, as applicable.
“Sixth Amendment” means that certain Sixth Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, among the Loan Parties party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto, dated September 18, 2020.
“Sixth Amendment Date” means September 18, 2020.
“SOFR” with respect to any day means the secured overnight financing rate published for such day by the NYFRB, as the administrator of the benchmark (or a successor administrator), on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website.
“SOFR-Based Rate” means SOFR, Compounded SOFR or Term SOFR.
“Specified Canadian Subsidiaries” means Foreign Subsidiaries” has the meaning
incorporated in Canada or any province thereof, subject to the other exclusions set forth in the definition of “Excluded Subsidiaries.”
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“Specified Foreign Subsidiaries” means (a) the Dutch Parent Borrower, the Dutch Subsidiary Borrower, Darling International Netherlands B.V., Darling Ingredients Nederland Holdings B.V., Darling Ingredients Germany Holding GmbH and Darling Ingredients Belgium Holding B.V., (b) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, if any Foreign Subsidiary listed in the foregoing clause (a) (or which has previously become a Specified Foreign Subsidiary in accordance with this clause (b)) (i) Disposes of assets (including any Equity Interests owned by it) in one or more transactions to one or more Foreign Subsidiaries or Disregarded Domestic Persons that do not constitute Restricted Subsidiaries of (x) any Foreign Subsidiary listed in the foregoing clause (a) or (y) any Foreign Subsidiary or Disregarded Domestic Person which has previously become, or concurrently becomes, a Specified Foreign Subsidiary in accordance with this clause (b) and (ii) after giving effect to such Disposition, the Adjusted EBITDA of (x) the Foreign Subsidiaries listed in the foregoing clause (a) and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries and (y) any Foreign Subsidiary or Disregarded Domestic Person which has previously become, or concurrently becomes, a Specified Foreign Subsidiary in accordance with this clause (b) and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, collectively, for the 4 fiscal quarter period ended most recently prior to any date of determination, ceases to constitute at least 80% of the Adjusted EBITDA of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries located in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Brazil, taken as a whole, such additional Foreign Subsidiary (or Foreign Subsidiaries) or Disregarded Domestic Person (or Disregarded Domestic Persons) as the Parent Borrower shall designate in order to meet the threshold set for in this clause (b)(ii) and (c) any other Foreign Subsidiary or Disregarded Domestic Person designated by the Parent Borrower.
“Specified Obligations” means Obligations consisting of the principal and interest on Loans, reimbursement obligations in respect of LC Disbursements and fees.
“Specified Refinancing Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.22(a).
“Specified Refinancing Revolving Loans” means Specified Refinancing Debt constituting revolving loans.
“Specified Refinancing Term Loans” means Specified Refinancing Debt constituting term loans.
“Spot Rate” means, on any day, with respect to any currency in relation to dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into dollars, as set forth at approximately 12:00 noon, London time, on such date on the Reuters World Currency Page for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on the applicable Reuters World Currency Page, the Spot Rate shall be calculated by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower, or, in the absence of such agreement, such Spot Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date for the purchase of dollars for delivery two (2) Business Days later; provided that if, at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Parent Borrower, may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve
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percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
“Sterling” and “£” shall mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Subject Person” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is by its terms contractually subordinated in right of payment to any of the Obligations; provided that, Refinancing Junior Loans shall not be Subordinated Indebtedness.
“Subordinated Indebtedness Documents” means the documentation governing any Subordinated Indebtedness.
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which stock or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests (in each case other than stock or other ownership interests having such power only by the happening of a contingency) to elect the board of directors, managers or similar Persons performing such functions are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subsidiary” means, unless otherwise specified, any subsidiary of the Parent Borrower.
“Subsidiary Borrowers” means the Canadian Borrower, the Dutch Parent Borrower, the Dutch Subsidiary Borrower, the German Subsidiary Borrower and any Additional Borrowers.
“Subsidiary Loan Party” means each Restricted Subsidiary that has become a party to the Guaranty Agreement.
“Supplier” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(h)(ii).
“Supported QFC” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.23.
“Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, cap, collar, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current, former or future directors, officers, members of management, employees or consultants of the Parent Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
“Swap Obligations” means all obligations, indebtedness, and liabilities of the Covered Parties, or any one of them, to any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender which have been designated by the Parent Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent as entitled to the security of the Collateral and
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which arise pursuant to any Swap Agreements with the Covered Parties, or any one of them, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether direct, indirect, related, unrelated, fixed, contingent, liquidated, unliquidated, joint, several, or joint and several, including, without limitation, all fees, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) provided for in such Swap Agreements.
“Swingline Commitment” means $10,000,000.
“Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage (or in the case of Swingline Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars or Euro), its USD/Multicurrency Applicable Percentage) of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Swingline Lender” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
“Swingline Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Swingline Loan Sublimit” means $50,000,000.
“Syndication Agents” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto, and also includes the financial institutions
identified as “Syndication Agents” in the
FifthSixth Amendment.
“Target” means the Person who is to be acquired, in whose Equity
Interests an Investment is to be made or whose assets are to be acquired in a Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts,
duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term A Commitment” means the USD Term A Commitment and the CAD
Term A Commitment.
“Term A Facility” means the USD Term A Commitments and the CAD Term A Commitments and the extensions of credit made
thereunder.
“Term A Lender” means, as of any date of determination, each Lender with a Term A Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.
“Term A Loan Maturity Date” means the earlier of
(a) December 16, 2021 and (b) if any Term B Loans (or refinancing, extension or replacement of the Term B Loans) are outstanding on the date that is 91 days prior to the Term B Loan Maturity Date (as such date may be extended pursuant
to the terms hereof, and including any similar term with respect to any refinancing, extension or replacement of the Term B Loans) the date that is 91 days prior to such Term B Loan Maturity Date.
“Term A Loans” means a Loan made pursuant to clause (a), or clause (b) of Section 2.01 or an Incremental Term Loan designated as
such.
“Term B Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Term B Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal
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amount of the Term B Loans to be made by such Lender hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) reduced or
increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04 and (c) established or increased from time to time pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement. The amount of each
Lender’s Term B Commitment as of the Fifth Amendment Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01 as modified by Annex II to the Fifth Amendment, or in the Assignment and Assumption or Incremental Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender
shall have assumed its Term B Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Term B Commitments as of the Fifth Amendment Date iswas $525,000,000.
“Term B Facility” means the Term B Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
“Term B Lender” means a Lender with a Term B Commitment or an outstanding Term B Loan.
“Term B Loan Maturity Date” means December 18, 2024.
“Term B Loans” means a Loan made pursuant to clause (ca) of Section 2.01 or an Incremental Term Loan designated as a Term B Loan.
“Term Commitment” means the Term B
Commitment and the Term A Commitment.
“Term Facility” means the Term B
Commitments, the USD Term A Commitments and the CAD Term A Commitments and the extensions of credit made
thereunder.
“Term Lender” means, as of any date of determination, each Lender with a Term Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.
“Term Loans” means a Loan made pursuant to clause (a), clause
(b), clause (c) and/or
clause (d) of Section 2.01 or an Incremental Term Loan.
“Term SOFR” means, for the applicable Corresponding Tenor, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
“Threshold Amount” means
$75,000,000an amount
equal to the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets.
“Total Indebtedness” means, at the time of determination, the sum of the
followingas determined for Parent Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (without duplication) in accordance with GAAP:, the difference of (a) the sum of: (i) all obligations for borrowed money; plus
(bii
) all Guarantees of obligations for borrowed money; plus (ciii) all Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money indebtedness;
plus
(div
) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of the undrawn face amount of letters of credit, bankers acceptances or similar instruments (including
Letters of Credit) outstanding as of such date, in each case which have been drawn as of such date of determination and which have not been reimbursed within three (3) Business Days of such drawing
minus (b)
the sum of: (i) unrestricted cash and Permitted Investments and (ii) cash and Permitted Investments restricted in favor of the Credit Facilities (which may also include cash and cash equivalents securing other Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any
Collateral along with the Credit Facilities). The parties acknowledge that
the calculation of Total Indebtedness shall not include any
such Indebtedness under any Receivables Facilities (or a portion thereof) representing an aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness of $150,000,000 or
less will not be included in the calculation of Total Indebtedness.
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“Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of
(a) Total Indebtedness minus (i) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of the undrawn face amount of letters of credit, bankers acceptances or similar instruments (including the Letters of Credit) outstanding as of such date and (ii) any such
obligations described in clause (a)(i) which
have been drawn and reimbursed within three (3) Business Days to (b) Adjusted EBITDA for the four fiscal quarter period most recently ended.
“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents (as amended, restated,
amended and restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified by the FifthSixth Amendment) to which it is to be a party, the borrowing of Loans
and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder of the proceeds thereof and the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing.
“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the Alternate Base Rate, the CDOR Rate or the Canadian Prime Rate.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form 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 Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Unrestricted Subsidiaries” means each Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (other than a Borrower) designated by the Parent
Borrower pursuant to written notice provided to the Administrative Agent as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and, in each case, any Subsidiary of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, it being agreed that, in each case, such Subsidiary also shall have
been or will promptly be designated an “unrestricted subsidiary” (or otherwise not be subject to the covenants) under any Existing
2026 Senior UnsecuredNotes, Existing
2027 Senior Notes, Incremental Equivalent Debt, Refinancing Notes or any Refinancing Junior Loans and any Permitted Refinancing of any of the foregoing (and successive Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness thereof); provided the Parent Borrower shall not be permitted to designate any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if after giving effect to such designation, the
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Parent Borrower is not projected to be in compliance with the financial covenants herein on a Pro Forma Basis or if a Default exists or would otherwise result therefrom. As of the FifthSixth Amendment Date, Insurance Company of Colorado, Inc., Darling
Green Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
and,
Darling Insect Proteins LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
EnviroFlight, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and EnviroFlight Farms, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company have each been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“USD/Multicurrency Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any USD/Multicurrency Revolving Lender, subject to Section 2.21, the percentage of the total USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender’s USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitment. If the USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the USD/Multicurrency Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
“USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make
USD/Multicurrency Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) reduced or
increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04 and (c) as established or increased from time to time pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement. The amount of
each Lender’s USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitment as of the
FourthSixth
Amendment Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01 as modified by Annex II to the FourthSixth Amendment. The aggregate amount of the Lenders’
USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitments as of the
FourthSixth
Amendment Date is $948,315,880.60970,000,000.00.
“USD/Multicurrency Revolving Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s USD/Multicurrency Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.
“USD/Multicurrency Revolving Facility” means the USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
“USD/Multicurrency Revolving Lender” means, as of any date of determination, each Lender with a USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitment or, if the USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with USD/Multicurrency Revolving Exposure.
“USD/Multicurrency Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to clause (db) of Section 2.01 or an Incremental Revolving Loan made under the USD/Multicurrency Revolving Facility.
“USD Only Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make USD Only
Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) reduced or increased from time to
time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04 and (c) as established or increased from time to time pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement. The amount of each Lender’s USD
Only Revolving Commitment as of the
FourthSixth
Amendment Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01 as modified by Annex II to the FourthSixth Amendment. The aggregate amount of the Lenders’ USD Only
Revolving Commitments as of the FourthSixth Amendment Date is $51,684,119.4030,000,000.00.
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“USD Only Revolving Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s USD Only Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure, in each case, under the USD Only Revolving Commitment, at such time.
“USD Only Revolving Facility” means, the USD Only Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
“USD Only Revolving Lender” means, as of any date of determination, each Lender with a USD Only Revolving Commitment or, if the USD Only Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with USD Only Revolving Exposure.
“USD Only Revolving Loan” means, a Loan made pursuant to clause (ec) of Section 2.01 or an Incremental Revolving Loan made under the USD Only Revolving Facility.
“USD Term A Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the
commitment, if any, of such Lender to make USD Term A Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the USD Term A Loans to be made by such Lender hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to
time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) reduced or
increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04 and (c) established or increased from time to time pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement. The initial amount of each Lender’s USD Term A Commitment is set
forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and
Assumption or Incremental Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its USD Term A Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ USD Term A Commitments is $200,000,000.
“USD Term A Facility” means, the USD Term A Commitments and the
extensions of credit made thereunder.
“USD Term A Lender” means a Lender with a USD Term A Commitment or an outstanding USD Term A Loan.
“USD Term A Loans” means a Loan made pursuant to clause (a) of Section 2.01 or an Incremental Term Loan designated as a USD Term A Loan
denominated in dollars.
“U.S. Security Agreement” means an agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, executed by the Loan Parties.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.23.
“VAT” means any Tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of November 28, 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 20061112) and any other Tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such Tax referenced above, or imposed elsewhere.
“Vion” means the entities, assets and property acquired by the Parent Borrower and/or one of its Affiliates pursuant to the Vion Acquisition Agreement.
“Vion Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Parent Borrower and/or its Affiliates of Vion pursuant to the Vion Acquisition Agreement.
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“Vion Acquisition Agreement” means the Sale and Purchase Agreement
(together with all exhibits, schedules and disclosure letters thereto) dated October 5, 2013 between Vion Holding N.V. (the “Vion Seller”)
and Parent Borrower.
“Vion Acquisition Closing
Date” means January 6, 2014.
“Vion Seller” means Vion Holding N.V.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.
“Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down
and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation
Schedule., and
(b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial
Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to
have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of
those powers.
Section 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan” or a “Term B Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Loan” or “Eurodollar Term B Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing” of “Term B Loan Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing” or “Eurodollar Term B Loan Borrowing”).
Section 1.03 Terms Generally. 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”. The word “or” shall not be exclusive. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Loan Document) herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document (including any Loan Document) as from time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, amendments and restatements, supplements, extensions, renewals, replacements, refinancings or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein or in any Loan Document to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof or thereof, (d) all references herein or in any Loan Document to Articles, Sections, clauses, paragraphs, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections, clauses and paragraphs of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement or such Loan Document, as applicable, (e) the words “asset” and “property”, when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to have the same
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meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights, (f) any reference to any law, rule or regulation in any Loan Document shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing, superseding or interpreting such law and (g) the terms “license” and “lease” shall include sublicense and sublease, respectively.
Section 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature that are used in calculating any financial ratio or test (including the Total Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Interest Coverage Ratio and the
amount of Adjusted EBITDA or the amount of Consolidated Total Assets (or any component definitions of any of the foregoing)) shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with GAAP, as in effect on the Effective Date unless otherwise agreed to by the Parent Borrower and
the Required
Lendersfrom time to time; provided that, if
the Parent Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Parent Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or the application thereof on the operation of
such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Parent Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP
or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP (or the application thereof) as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn
or such provision amended in accordance herewith and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby further
agree to negotiate such amendment in good faith.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(a) Capital Lease Obligations shall be excluded from (i) from the calculation of Interest Charges, (ii) for the purposes of
calculating the Total Leverage Ratio, Secured Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio and Total Indebtedness, (iii) for the purposes of Section 6.01, Indebtedness and
(iv) Section 6.04(o) (to the extent recharacterized as a Capital Lease Obligation after such lease is entered
into), in each case, to the extent such Capital Lease Obligations would have been characterized as operating leases based on GAAP as of theprior to giving
effect to FASB Accounting Standards Update ASU 2016-02 (whether or not such operating leases were in effect at the time of Eeffectiveness Date
andthereof), (b) for purposes of determining
compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be determined without giving effect to (i) any election under Accounting
Standards Codification 000-00-00 (previously referred to as Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159) (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial
Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Parent Borrower or any subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein and, (ii) any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards
Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal
amount thereof).
and (c) if If the Parent Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that it is required to report under IFRS or has elected to
do so through an early adoption policy, upon the execution of an amendment hereof in accordance therewith to accommodate such change, “GAAP” means international financial reporting standards pursuant to IFRS (provided that after
such conversion, the Parent Borrower cannot elect to report under GAAP), it being understood and agreed that all financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with IFRS.
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Section 1.05 Business Days; Payments. If any payment or performance under any Loan Document shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment or performance shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.
Section 1.06 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents. Unless expressly provided otherwise, any amounts specified in this Agreement shall be in dollars.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating the Dollar Equivalent amounts of Loans and Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between any Alternative Currency and dollars until the next Revaluation Date to occur.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit or Borrowing not denominated in dollars in accordance with the terms set forth herein, and a determination thereof by the Administrative Agent shall be presumptively correct absent manifest error. The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, rely on any determination made by any Borrower in any document delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit as of (i) a date on or about the date on which the applicable Issuing Bank receives a request from the applicable Borrower for the issuance of such Letter of Credit, (ii) each subsequent date on which such Letter of Credit shall be renewed or extended or the stated amount of such Letter of Credit shall be increased, (iii) March 31 and September 30 in each year and (iv) during the continuance of an Event of Default, as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in each case using the Spot Rate in effect on the date of determination, and each such amount shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such Letter of Credit until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this Section 1.06(c).
(d) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of any Borrowing not denominated in dollars as of (i) a date on or about the date on which the Administrative Agent receives a Borrowing Request in respect of such Borrowing using the Spot Rate in effect on the date of determination, (ii) as of the date of the commencement of each Interest Period after the initial Interest Period therefor and (iii) during the continuance of an Event of Default, as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, using the Spot Rate in effect (x) in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, on the date that is three (3) Business Days prior to the date on which the applicable Interest Period shall commence, and (y) in the case of clause (iii) above, on the date of determination, and each such amount shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such Borrowing until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this Section 1.06(d).
(e) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers, the Lenders and the applicable Issuing Bank of each such determination (such date, a “Revaluation Date”) and revaluation of the Dollar Equivalent of each Letter of Credit and Borrowing.
(f) The Administrative Agent may set up appropriate rounding-off mechanisms or otherwise round off amounts pursuant to this Section 1.06 to the nearest higher or lower amount in whole dollars or cents to ensure amounts owing by any party hereunder or that otherwise need to be calculated or converted hereunder are expressed in whole dollars or in whole cents, as may be necessary or appropriate.
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(g) Unless otherwise provided, Dollar Equivalent amounts set forth in Articles II or VIII may be exceeded by a percentage amount equal to 5% of such amount; provided, that such excess is solely as a result of fluctuations in applicable currency exchange rates after the last time such determinations were made and, in any such cases, the applicable limits set forth in Articles II or VIII, as applicable, will not be deemed to have exceeded solely as a result of such fluctuations in currency exchange rates. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall a prepayment be required under Section 2.11(b) if the Dollar Equivalent of the relevant amounts set forth therein does not exceed 5% of such relevant amounts solely as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
(h) If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of each Loan Party in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender from any Loan Party in the Agreement Currency, such Loan Party agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in such currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, agrees to return the amount of any excess to such Loan Party (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law)
For purposes of any determination under Article V, Article VI (other than the calculation of compliance with any financial ratio for purposes of taking any action hereunder) or Article VIII with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Lien, Restricted Payment, debt prepayment, Investment, Disposition, sale and lease-back transaction, affiliate transaction or other transaction, event or circumstance, or any determination under any other provision of this Agreement (any of the foregoing, a “subject transaction”), in a currency other than dollars, (i) the Dollar Equivalent of a subject transaction in a currency other than dollars shall be calculated based on the rate of exchange quoted on the applicable Reuters World Currency Page (or any successor page thereto, or in the event such rate does not appear on any Reuters Page, by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower) for such foreign currency, as in effect at 12:00 noon (London time) on the date of such subject transaction (which, in the case of any Restricted Payment, shall be deemed to be the date of the declaration thereof and, in the case of the incurrence of Indebtedness, shall be deemed to be on the date first committed); provided, that if any
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Indebtedness is incurred (and, if applicable, associated Lien granted) to refinance or replace other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than dollars, and the relevant refinancing or replacement would cause the applicable dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing or replacement, such dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing or replacement Indebtedness (and, if applicable, associated Lien granted) does not exceed an amount sufficient to repay the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced or replaced, except by an amount equal to (x) unpaid accrued interest and premiums (including tender premiums) thereon plus other reasonable and customary fees and expenses (including upfront fees and original issue discount) incurred in connection with such refinancing or replacement and (y) additional amounts permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01 and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of a change in the rate of currency exchange occurring after the time of any subject transaction so long as such subject transaction was permitted at the time incurred, made, acquired, committed, entered or declared as set forth in clause (i). For purposes of Article VII and the calculation of compliance with any financial ratio for purposes of taking any action hereunder, on any relevant date of determination, amounts denominated in currencies other than dollars shall be translated into dollars at the applicable currency exchange rate used in preparing the financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) or (b), as applicable, for the relevant four fiscal quarter period and will, with respect to any Indebtedness, reflect the currency translation effects, determined in accordance with GAAP, of any Swap Agreement permitted hereunder in respect of currency exchange risks with respect to the applicable currency in effect on the date of determination for the Dollar Equivalent amount of such Indebtedness.
Section 1.07 Cashless Rollovers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, to the extent that any Lender extends the maturity date of, or replaces, renews or refinances, any of its then-existing Loans (including with Incremental Loans, Loans in connection with any Specified Refinancing Debt or loans incurred under a new credit facility), in each case, to the extent such extension, replacement, renewal or refinancing is effected by means of a “cashless roll” by such Lender, such extension, replacement, renewal or refinancing shall be deemed to comply with any requirement hereunder or any other Loan Document that such payment be made “in dollars”, “in immediately available funds”, “in cash” or any other similar requirement.
Section 1.08 Dutch Terms. In this Agreement, where it relates to a Dutch entity, a reference to:
(a) a necessary action to authorize, where applicable, includes without limitation:
(i) any action required to comply with the Dutch Works Council Act (Wet op de ondernemingsraden); and
(ii) obtaining unconditional positive advice (advies) from each competent works council;
(b) a winding-up, administration or dissolution includes a Dutch entity being:
(i) declared bankrupt (failliet verklaard);
(ii) dissolved (ontbonden);
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(c) a moratorium includes surséance van betaling and granted a moratorium includes surseance verleend;
(d) any petition or proceeding taken in connection with insolvency proceedings includes a Dutch entity having filed a notice under Section 36 of the Tax Collection Act of The Netherlands (Invorderingswet 1990) of Section 60 of the Social Insurance Financing Act of The Netherlands (Wet Financiering Sociale Verzekeringen) in conjunction with Section 36 of the Tax Collection Act of The Netherlands (Invorderingswet 1990);
(e) a trustee in bankruptcy or a liquidator includes a curator;
(f) an administrator includes a bewindvoerder;
(g) a receiver or an administrative receiver does not include a curator or bewindvoerder;
(h) an attachment includes a beslag; and
(i) an authorized officer means a managing director (bestuurder) or general partner (beherend vennoot).
If any party to any Loan Document incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands is represented by an attorney in connection with the signing and/or execution of such Loan Document (including by way of accession to such Loan Document) or any other agreement, deed or document referred to in or made pursuant to such Loan Document, it is hereby expressly acknowledged and accepted by the other parties hereto that the existence and extent of the attorney’s authority and the effects of the attorney’s exercise or purported exercise of his or her authority shall be governed by the laws of The Netherlands unless explicitly stated otherwise; provided that if such party is represented by an attorney/agent based on a power of attorney granted under such Loan Document, the existence and extent of the attorney/agent’s authority and the effects of the attorney/agent’s exercise or purported exercise of his or her authority shall be governed by the laws governing the applicable Loan Document.
Section 1.09 Agreed Security Principles. The provision of Collateral and Guarantees pursuant to the Guaranty Agreements and the terms of the Security Documents and each other guaranty delivered or to be delivered under this Agreement shall be subject in all respects to the Agreed Security Principles set forth in Schedule 1.09.
Section 1.10 Certain Calculations and Tests.
(a) Any financial ratios required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one decimal place more than the number of decimal 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).
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, but subject to Sections 1.10(c), (d) and (f), all financial ratios and tests (including the First Lien Leverage Ratio, Secured Leverage Ratio, the Total Leverage Ratio, the Interest Coverage Ratio and the amount of Consolidated Total Assets and Adjusted EBITDA and the component definitions of any of the
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foregoing) contained in this Agreement that are calculated with respect to any fiscal period during which any transaction described in the definition of Pro Forma Basis (such transaction, a “Pro Forma Transaction”) occurs shall be calculated with respect to such fiscal period and such Pro Forma Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis. Further, other than with respect to determining the Applicable Rate, actual (as opposed to pro forma) compliance with the Financial Covenants and the calculation of Excess Cash Flow and asset sale/casualty prepayment percentages, if since the beginning of any such fiscal period and on or prior to the date of any required calculation of any financial ratio or test (x) any Pro Forma Transaction has occurred or (y) any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such fiscal period has consummated any Pro Forma Transaction, then, in each case, any applicable financial ratio or test shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for such fiscal period as if such Pro Forma Transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable fiscal period (or, in the case of Consolidated Total Assets (or with respect to any determination pertaining to the balance sheet, including the acquisition of cash and Permitted Investments), as of the last day of such fiscal period).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (including in connection with any calculation made on a Pro Forma Basis), to the extent that the terms of this Agreement require (i) compliance with any financial ratio or test (including the First Lien Leverage Ratio, Secured Leverage Ratio, Total Leverage Ratio and the amount of Adjusted EBITDA and Consolidated Total Assets and the component definitions of any of the foregoing), (ii) the absence of a Default or Event of Default (or any type of Default or Event of Default) or (iii) the making of any representation or warranty, in each case as a condition to (A) the consummation of any transaction in connection with any acquisition or similar Investment (including the assumption or incurrence of Indebtedness (including any Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt)), (B) the making of any Restricted Payment and/or (C) the making of any Restricted Indebtedness payment, in each case in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, at the election of the Parent Borrower (the “LCA Election”), the determination of whether the relevant condition is satisfied may be made at the time (the “LCA Test Time”) of (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended fiscal period at the time of) the execution of the definitive agreement with respect to such Limited Condition Acquisition. If the Parent Borrower has made an LCA Election, then, in connection with any calculation of any financial ratio or test (other than with respect to determining the Applicable Rate, actual (as opposed to pro forma) compliance with the Financial Covenants and the calculation of Excess Cash Flow asset sale/casualty prepayment percentages) following such LCA Test Time and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated or the definitive agreement with respect thereto is terminated, any such financial ratio or test shall be calculated (and tested) on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other subject transactions in connection therewith have been consummated.
(d) For purposes of determining the permissibility of any action, change, transaction or event that by the terms of the Loan Documents requires a calculation of any financial ratio or test (including the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio, the Total Leverage Ratio, the Interest Coverage Ratio and the amount of Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets and the component definition of any of the foregoing), such financial ratio or test shall be calculated at the time (subject to clause (c) above) such action is taken (which action, in the case of any borrowing or other credit extension under or pursuant to a revolving facility, shall all be deemed to have occurred on the date the documentation with respect to such revolving facility
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was first executed, to the extent of the maximum drawing thereunder that would be permitted under such ratio or test as of such applicable date assuming such revolving facility was so drawn), such change is made, such transaction is consummated or such event occurs, as the case may be, and no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of a change in such financial ratio or test occurring after the time such action is taken, such change is made, such transaction is consummated or such event occurs, as the case may be.
(e) For purposes of determining compliance at any time with Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.08 and 6.09, in the event that any Indebtedness, Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Indebtedness payment, contractual restriction, Investment, Disposition or Affiliate transaction, as applicable, meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of transactions or items permitted pursuant to any clause of such Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.08 and 6.09, the Parent Borrower, in its sole discretion, from time to time, may classify or reclassify such transaction or item (or portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such transaction (or portion thereof) in any one category. Further, for the avoidance of doubt, any Indebtedness, Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Indebtedness payment, contractual restriction, Investment, Disposition and Affiliate transaction need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Indebtedness, Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Indebtedness payment, contractual restriction, Investment, Disposition and Affiliate transaction under Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.08 and 6.09, but may instead be permitted in party under any combination of the clauses contained in any of such Sections.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless the Parent Borrower otherwise notifies the Administrative Agent, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including the First Lien Leverage Ratio, Secured Leverage Ratio, Total Leverage Ratio, Interest Coverage Ratio and the amount of Consolidated Total Assets and Adjusted EBITDA and the component definitions of any of the foregoing) (any such amounts, the “Fixed Amounts”) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with a financial ratio or test (including the First Lien Leverage Ratio, Secured Leverage Ratio, Total Leverage Ratio, Interest Coverage Ratio and the amount of Consolidated Total Assets and Adjusted EBITDA and the component definitions of any of the foregoing) then in connection with any calculation of any financial ratio or basket availability (any such amounts, the “Incurrence-Based Amounts”), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence-Based Amounts.
Section 1.11 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 and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
Section 1.12 Interest Rates; LIBOR Notification. The interest rate on a Loan denominated in dollars or an Alternative Currency may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Regulators have signaled the need to use alternative
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benchmark reference rates for some of these interest rate benchmarks and, as a result, such interest rate benchmarks may cease to comply with applicable laws and regulations, may be permanently discontinued, and/or the basis on which they are calculated may change. The London interbank offered rate is intended to represent the rate at which contributing banks may obtain short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market. In July 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after the end of 2021, it would no longer persuade or compel contributing banks to make rate submissions to the ICE Benchmark Administration (together with any successor to the ICE Benchmark Administrator, the “IBA”) for purposes of the IBA setting the London interbank offered rate. As a result, it is possible that commencing in 2022, the London interbank offered rate may no longer be available or may no longer be deemed an appropriate reference rate upon which to determine the interest rate on Eurodollar Loans. In light of this eventuality, public and private sector industry initiatives are currently underway to identify new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of the London interbank offered rate. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-In Election, Section 2.14(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest for the Revolving Facility. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower, pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(iii), of any change to the reference rate upon which the interest rate on Eurodollar Loans is based. However, the Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the London interbank offered rate or other rates in the definition of “LIBO Rate” or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof (including (i) any such alternative, successor or replacement rate implemented pursuant to Section 2.14(b), whether upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, and (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(ii)), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the LIBO Rate or have the same volume or liquidity as did the London interbank offered rate (or the euro interbank offered rate, as applicable) prior to its discontinuance or unavailability (it being understood that this sentence does not limit the Administrative Agent’s obligation to make any determination or calculation of such reference rate as expressly required to be made by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement).
ARTICLE II
The Credits
Section 2.01 Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees (a) to make a USD Term A Loan in dollars to the Parent Borrower on the Rothsay Acquisition Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding its USD Term A Commitment,
(b) to make a CAD Term A Loan in Canadian Dollars to the Canadian Borrower on the Rothsay Acquisition Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding its CAD Term A Commitment, (c) to make Term B Loans in dollars to the Parent Borrower on the Fifth Amendment Date in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding its Term B Commitment, (db) to make USD/Multicurrency Revolving Loans in (x) dollars or Alternative Currencies to the Parent Borrower, (y) Canadian Dollars to the Canadian Borrower and (z) dollars or Alternative Currencies
to the Dutch Parent Borrower, and the Dutch Subsidiary Borrower and the German Subsidiary Borrower, in each case, from time to time during the Revolving
Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) the Dollar Equivalent of such Lender’s USD/Multicurrency Revolving Exposure exceeding such Lender’s USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitment or
(ii) the aggregate Dollar Equivalent of the USD/Multicurrency Revolving Exposure of all Lenders exceeding the aggregate USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitment of all Lenders and (ec) to make USD Only Revolving Loans in dollars to the
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Parent Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s USD Only Revolving Exposure exceeding such Lender’s USD Only Revolving Commitment or (ii) the aggregate USD Only Revolving Exposure of all Lenders exceeding the aggregate USD Only Revolving Commitment of all Lenders. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. Amounts repaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, including Section 2.23, and in the relevant Ancillary Facility Documents, any Revolving Lender may make one or more Ancillary Facilities available to any applicable Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, any reference to a Loan or Letter of Credit shall not include any utilization of any Ancillary Facility.
Section 2.02 Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Loans Made Ratably. Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class; provided that dollar denominated Revolving Loans shall be made ratably under the combined Revolving Facility (versus under either the USD Only Revolving Facility and the USD/Multicurrency Revolving Facility) in accordance with the Lenders’ respective Revolving Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Initial Type of Loans. Subject to Section 2.14, (i) each Term Borrowing by the Parent
Borrower in dollars shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Parent Borrower may request in accordance herewith and each Term Borrowing denominated in Euro shall be comprised entirely of Eurodollar Loans, (ii) each
Revolving Borrowing by the Parent Borrower, the Dutch Parent Borrower, and the Dutch Subsidiary Borrower and the German Subsidiary Borrower shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans, Eurodollar Loans
or CDOR Rate Loans as the relevant Borrower may request in accordance herewith and (iii) subject to the next sentence, each Borrowing by the Canadian Borrower shall be comprised entirely of CDOR Rate Loans. Each Swingline Loan shall be
denominated in dollars, Canadian Dollars or Euro and shall be an ABR Loan, Canadian Prime Rate Loan or Euro Swingline Rate Loan, respectively. Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such
Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Minimum Amounts; Limitation on Eurodollar Borrowings and CDOR Rate Loans. At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing or CDOR Rate Borrowing, as applicable, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 (or in the Dollar Equivalent thereof with respect to Loans in any Alternative Currency other than Canadian Dollars or Euro), €1,000,000 and not less than €5,000,000 and $C1,000,000 and not less than $C2,500,000, as applicable. At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that Revolving Borrowings may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Revolving Commitments or that is required to finance the
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reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e). Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1.00 (or €1 or $C1) and not less than $100,000 (or €100,000 or $C100,000). Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 15 Eurodollar Borrowings and a total of 10 CDOR Rate Borrowings outstanding at any time.
(d) Limitation on Interest Periods. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrowers shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing as a Eurodollar Loan or CDOR Rate Loan if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the
Revolving Maturity Date, the Term A Loan Maturity Date, in the case of a Revolving Loan or Term A Loan, or the Term Loan B Maturity Date, in the case of a Term B Loan, as applicable.
Section 2.03 Requests for Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing, the applicable Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing or a CDOR Rate Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in
the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time,
one Business Day before the
dateday
of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing or CDOR Rate Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by
Section 2.05(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by telecopy or email to
the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the applicable Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance
with Section 2.02:
(i) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Revolving Borrowing, or a Term Borrowing (and, as applicable, the Class of such Borrowing);
(ii) the identity of the Borrower and the aggregate amount and currency of such Borrowing;
(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, a Eurodollar Borrowing or a CDOR Rate Borrowing;
(v) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing or CDOR Rate Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and
(vi) the location and number of the applicable Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06.
If no election as to the Type of a Borrowing by the Parent Borrower in dollars is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing or CDOR Rate Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section 2.03, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
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Section 2.04 Swingline Loans.
(a) Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline
Loans to the Parent Borrower, the Dutch Parent Borrower, and the Dutch Subsidiary Borrower and the German Subsidiary Borrower in dollars and Euro and to the Canadian Borrower in Canadian Dollars, in each case, from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding
that will not result in (i) except as may be agreed by the Swingline Lender in its sole
discretion, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding
$50,000,000the
Swingline Commitment (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, if the Swingline Lender agrees in its sole discretion to make a Swingline Loan in excess of the Swingline Commitment, any such Swingline Loan in excess of the Swingline Commitment
shall constitute a Swingline Loan for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding the Swingline Loan Sublimit, (iii) the Dollar
Equivalent of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures exceeding the total Revolving Commitments,
(iiiiv
) the USD Only Revolving Exposures exceeding the USD Only Revolving Commitment and (ivv) the USD/Multicurrency Revolving Exposures exceeding the
USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitment; provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, the relevant Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) Borrowing Procedure. To request a Swingline Loan, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or email), not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan; provided that any notice requesting a Swingline Loan in Canadian Dollars or Euro shall be accompanied by a borrowing notice for a Borrowing three (3) Business Days hence for a like amount of Multicurrency Revolving Loans denominated in the currency of the proposed Swingline Loan pursuant to Section 2.03 (it being understood such notice for such Multicurrency Revolving Loans may be delivered not later than 1:00 p.m. Local Time instead of 11:00 a.m. Local Time), which notice shall only be revocable if such Swingline Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars or Euro is not made; the proceeds of any such Multicurrency Revolving Loans made shall be applied by the Borrowers first, to repay the principal of such Swingline Loan and any interest owing thereunder to the Swingline Lender, with any amounts in excess thereof to be retained by the applicable Borrower. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from such Borrower. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the applicable Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the applicable Borrower with the Swingline Lender or by wire transfer, automated clearinghouse debit or interbank transfer to such other account, accounts or Persons designated by the applicable Borrower in the applicable request (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m., Local Time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
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(c) Revolving Lender Participation in Swingline Loans. The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on any Business Day require the Revolving Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the dollar denominated Swingline Loans outstanding; provided that such dollar denominated Swingline Loans shall be participated in (and paid) under the combined Revolving Facility (versus under either the USD Only Revolving Facility and the USD/Multicurrency Revolving Facility) in accordance with the lenders’ respective Revolving Commitments. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of dollar denominated Swingline Loans in which Revolving Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each applicable Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans in dollars. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Borrower in writing of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the applicable Borrower (or other party on behalf of the applicable Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the applicable Borrower (or such other Person) for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the applicable Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
Section 2.05 Letters of Credit.
(a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Parent Borrower, the Dutch Parent Borrower,
and the Dutch Subsidiary Borrower and the German Subsidiary Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit denominated in
dollars or Alternative Currencies for such Borrower’s own account (or the account of any of its Subsidiaries) and the Canadian Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars for its own account (or the
account of any of its Subsidiaries), in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period. In the event of any
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inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the applicable Borrower to, or entered into by the applicable Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit
(or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the applicable Borrower shall telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank
and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended,
and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this
Section 2.05), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by
the Issuing Bank, the applicable Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit (but any default or breach under such application and not
hereunder shall not give rise to a Default or Event of Default hereunder). A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the applicable Borrower
shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Exposure shall not exceed $150,000,000, (ii) thethe
Letter of Credit Sublimit, (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Exposure with respect to such Issuing Bank shall not exceed such Issuing Bank’s Issuing Bank Sublimit (provided, that any Issuing Bank may (in its sole discretion), but shall
not be obligated to, issue Letters of Credit in excess of such Issuing Bank’s Issuing Bank Sublimit; provided further that, for the avoidance of doubt, if an Issuing Bank agrees (in its sole discretion) to issue Letters of Credit in excess of
such Issuing Bank’s Issuing Bank Sublimit, any such Letter of Credit issued in excess of such Issuing Bank’s Issuing Bank Sublimit shall constitute a Letter of Credit for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents),
(iii) the Dollar Equivalent of the total Revolving Exposures shall not exceed the total Revolving Commitments,
(iiiiv
) the USD Only Revolving Exposures exceeding the USD Only Revolving Commitment and (ivv) the USD/Multicurrency Revolving Exposures exceeding the
USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitment.
(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior
to the close of business on the earlier of (i) unless consented to by the Issuing Bank, the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal
or extension) (provided that any Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for the automatic renewal thereof for additional one-year periods not to extend
past the date in clause (ii) below unless the applicable Borrower shall have made arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank) and (ii) the date that is fivethree
(53) Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date unless the applicable Borrower shall have made arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank with respect to cash collateralizing or
backstopping such Letter of Credit.
(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the
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Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (or in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the USD/Multicurrency Applicable Percentage) of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay (in dollars, which in the case of a Letter of Credit not denominated in dollars shall be determined based on the Dollar Equivalent, using the applicable Spot Rate in effect on the date such payment is required), to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (or in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the USD/Multicurrency Applicable Percentage) of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the applicable Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 2.05, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the applicable Borrower for any reason. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, take such actions as it deems advisable to allocate Letters of Credit and participations therein between any revolving facilities outstanding hereunder; it being understood that, subject to the preceding, dollar denominated Letters of Credit shall be allocated (and participated in and paid) under the combined Revolving Facility (versus under either the USD Only Revolving Facility and the USD/Multicurrency Revolving Facility) in accordance with the Lenders’ respective Revolving Commitments. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e) Reimbursement. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement in the currency of such LC Disbursement not later than 4:00 p.m., Local Time, on the first Business Day after such LC Disbursement is made if the applicable Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the applicable Borrower prior to such time on such date such notice shall be deemed received on the next day and then not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the applicable Borrower is deemed to have received such notice; provided that the applicable Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Sections 2.03 or 2.04 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing (in the case of a payment in dollars), Eurodollar Borrowing (in the case of a payment in an Alternative Currency (other than Canadian Dollars)) or CDOR Rate Borrowing, as applicable, or Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the applicable Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting applicable Borrowing, or, if applicable, Swingline Loan. If the applicable Borrower fails to make such payment when due, then (A) if such payment relates to a Foreign Currency Letter of Credit, automatically and with no further action required, such Borrower’s obligation to reimburse the applicable LC Disbursement shall be permanently converted into an obligation to reimburse the Dollar Equivalent, calculated using the applicable Spot Rate on the date when such payment was due, of such LC Disbursement and (B) in the case of each LC Disbursement the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the
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applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the applicable Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (or in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in Alternative Currency, the USD/Multicurrency Applicable Percentage) thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent in dollars its Applicable Percentage (or in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in Alternative Currency, the USD/Multicurrency Applicable Percentage) of the payment then due from the applicable Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the applicable Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans (in the case of a payment in dollars), Eurodollar Revolving Loans (in the case of an Alternative Currency (other than Canadian Dollars)), CDOR Rate Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the applicable Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement in accordance with this Section 2.05(e).
(f) Obligations Absolute. Each Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 2.05 shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or any Loan Document, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.05, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, any Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank or its Related Parties from liability to the applicable Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the applicable Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the applicable Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of, or material breach of the terms of the Loan Documents by, the Issuing Bank, the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care
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in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(g) Disbursement Procedures. The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or email) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the applicable Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h) Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the applicable Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the applicable Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, (i) in the case of LC Disbursements made in dollars, and at all times following the conversion to dollars of an LC Disbursement made in an Alternative Currency pursuant to paragraph (e) above, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans and (ii) in the case of LC Disbursements made in an Alternative Currency, and at all times prior to their conversion to dollars pursuant to paragraph (e) above, at the rate applicable to CDOR Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency (other than Canadian Dollars), as applicable, with an Interest Period of one month’s duration determined on the date such LC Disbursement is made; provided that, if the applicable Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.05, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.05 to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
(i) Replacement of the Issuing Bank. An Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the
Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the
Borrowers shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have
all the rights and obligations of
thean Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to
any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all
the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
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(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the applicable Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the applicable Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash in dollars or, if applicable, Alternative Currency, equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to any Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Section 8.01. Each such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the relevant Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrowers’ risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Monies in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the relevant Borrowers for the LC Exposure at such time, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the relevant Borrowers under this Agreement. If any Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the applicable Borrower within three (3) Business Days following a request to do so after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.
(k) Conversion. In the event that the Loans become immediately due and payable on any date pursuant to Section 8.01, all amounts (i) that a Borrower is at the time or thereafter becomes required to reimburse or otherwise pay to the Administrative Agent in respect of LC Disbursements made under any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit (other than amounts in respect of which such Borrower has deposited Cash Collateral pursuant to paragraph (j) above, if such Cash Collateral was deposited in the applicable Foreign Currency to the extent so deposited or applied), (ii) that the Lenders are at the time or thereafter become required to pay to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent is at the time or thereafter becomes required to distribute to the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.05 in respect of unreimbursed LC Disbursements made under any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit and (iii) of each Lender’s participation in any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit under which an LC Disbursement has been made shall, automatically and with no further action required, be converted into the Dollar Equivalent, calculated using the applicable Spot Rates on such date (or in the case of any LC Disbursement made after such date, on the date such LC Disbursement is made), of such amounts. On and after such conversion, all amounts accruing and owed to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank or any Lender in respect of the obligations described in this paragraph (k) shall accrue and be payable in dollars at the rates otherwise applicable hereunder.
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Section 2.06 Funding of Borrowings.
(a) By Lenders. Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, Local Time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.04. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the applicable Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the applicable Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent or by wire transfer, automated clearing house debit or interbank transfer to such other account, accounts or Persons designated by the applicable Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank.
(b) Fundings Assumed Made. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section 2.06 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand (without duplication) such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the applicable Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the applicable Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans, or if applicable for Borrowings denominated in an Alternative Currency, a rate determined in a customary manner in good faith by the Administrative Agent. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.
Section 2.07 Interest Elections.
(a) Conversion and Continuation. Each Revolving Borrowing and Term Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing or a CDOR Rate Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the applicable Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing or CDOR Rate Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section 2.07. The applicable Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.
(b) Delivery of Interest Election Request. To make an election pursuant to this Section 2.07, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by
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telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the applicable Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by telecopy or email to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the applicable Borrower.
(c) Contents of Interest Election Request. Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, a Eurodollar Borrowing or a CDOR Rate Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing or a CDOR Rate Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing or a CDOR Rate Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d) Notice to the Lenders. Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) Automatic Conversion. If the applicable Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing or CDOR Rate Borrowing prior to the third Business Day prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing or, in the case of Borrowings denominated in Euro or Canadian Dollars, a Eurodollar Borrowing or a CDOR Rate Borrowing in each case with an Interest Period of one month’s duration, respectively.
(f) Limitations on Election. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the applicable Borrower in writing, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing denominated in dollars may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing, (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) each Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency will, at the expiration of the then current Interest Period each such Borrowing, be automatically continued as a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans or CDOR Rate Loans, as applicable, with an Interest Period of one month.
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Section 2.08 Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Termination Date. Unless previously terminated, the Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date.
(b) Optional Termination or Reduction. The Parent Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments of any Class; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 (or, if less, the remaining amount of the relevant Commitments) and (ii) the Parent Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, (i) any Lender’s Revolving Exposure exceeds such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or (ii) the aggregate Revolving Exposure of all Lenders exceeds the aggregate Revolving Commitment of all Lenders, in each case, calculated based on the Dollar Equivalent amount as of such date of termination or reduction.
(c) Notice of Termination or Reduction. The Parent Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section 2.08 at least three (3) Business Days (or such shorter period as shall be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Parent Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.08(c) shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Parent Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other transactions, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Parent Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class.
Section 2.09 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) Promise to Pay. Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Lender made to such Borrower on the Revolving Maturity Date, (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Term Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender made to such Borrower as provided in Section 2.10 and (iii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan made to such Borrower on the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the day that is ten (10) Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrowers shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding.
(b) Lender Records. Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender by such Borrower from time to time hereunder.
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(c) Administrative Agent Records. The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the currency, Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders by each Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) Prima Facie Evidence. The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section 2.09 shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein absent manifest error; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided, further, that in the event of any inconsistency between such accounts of the Administrative Agent and any Lender’s records, the Administrative Agent’s accounts shall govern.
(e) Request for a Note. Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a promissory note; provided that any such promissory notes to be issued on the Effective Date shall be requested by the relevant Lender at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Effective Date. In such event, the applicable Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns); provided that in the event of any assignment of Loans evidenced by a promissory note, the applicable Borrower shall not be obligated to execute and deliver a promissory note to the assignee of such Loans unless and until the assignor Lender has returned its promissory note to the relevant Borrower or the relevant Borrower has received a lost note affidavit and indemnity from the assigning Lender in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the relevant Borrower.
Section 2.10 Amortization of Term Loans.
(a) [Reserved].
(a) Term A Loans. Each
Borrower shall repay the Term A Loans made to it in the applicable currency of such Term A Loans in quarterly principal installments as follows:
(i)
for the first eight (8) quarterly installments, in the amount of 1.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Term A Loans outstanding on the
Fourth Amendment Date, each, due and payable on the last day of each March, June, September and December of each applicable year, with the first such quarterly installment to commence and be due on March 31, 2017;
(ii)
for the following ninth (9th) through sixteenth (16th) quarterly installments, in the amount of 1.875% of the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Term A Loans outstanding on the Fourth Amendment Date, each, due and payable on
the last day of each March, June, September and December of each applicable year;
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(iii)
for each quarterly installment after such
16th installment referred to in clause (ii) above, in the amount of 3.75% of the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Term A
Loans outstanding on the Fourth Amendment Date, each, due and payable on the last day of each March, June, September and December of each applicable year; and
(iv)
one final installment in the amount of the relevant Term A Loans then outstanding, due and payable on the Term A Loan Maturity Date;
(b) Term B Loans. Each Borrower shall repay the Term B Loans made by it in the applicable currency of such Term B Loans in quarterly principal installments as follows:
(i) in the amount of 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Term B Loans made on the Fifth Amendment Date, each, due and payable on the last day of each March, June, September and December, of each year commencing on the last day of such month falling on or after the last day of the first full fiscal quarter of the Parent Borrower following the Fifth Amendment Date and continuing until the last day of such quarterly period ending immediately prior to the Term B Loan Maturity Date; and
(ii) one final installment in the amount of the relevant Term B Loans then outstanding, due and payable on the Term B Loan Maturity Date;
Prior to any repayment of any Term Borrowings, the Parent Borrower shall select the Class and Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such selection not later than 12:00 p.m., Local Time, three (3) Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment; provided that to the extent the Parent Borrower does not specify in such notice the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid the Administrative Agent shall first apply such amounts to ABR Loans and/or, in the case of Alternative Currencies, CDOR Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as applicable, and thereafter use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize the cost to the Parent Borrower of such repayment under Section 2.16. Each repayment of a Class and Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid Class and Borrowing. Repayments of Term Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid.
Section 2.11 Prepayment of Loans.
(a) Optional Prepayment. The applicable Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing of any Class in whole or in part without prepayment penalty or premium, subject to the requirements of this Section 2.11 and Section 2.16; provided that in the event that, prior to the date that is six months following the Fifth Amendment Date, the Parent Borrower (x) prepays, refinances, substitutes or replaces any Term B Loans in connection with a Repricing Transaction (including, for avoidance of doubt, any prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.22 that constitutes a Repricing Transaction), or (y) effects any amendment of this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Lenders (1) in the case of clause (x), a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term B Loans so prepaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced and (2) in the case of clause (y), a fee equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Term B Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment.
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(b) Mandatory Prepayment of Revolving Loans. In the event and on such occasion that (i) such Lender’s Revolving Exposure exceeds such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (ii) the aggregate USD/Multicurrency Revolving Exposure of all Lenders exceeds the aggregate USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitment of all Lenders or (iii) the aggregate USD Only Revolving Exposure of all Lenders exceeds the aggregate USD Only Revolving Commitment of all Lenders, in each case calculated based on the Dollar Equivalent amount as of the applicable date of determination, the applicable Borrower shall prepay Revolving Borrowings or Swingline Borrowings in an aggregate amount to eliminate such excess.
Upon the incurrence by Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Specified Refinancing Debt constituting revolving credit facilities, the Borrowers shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans in an amount equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom immediately upon receipt thereof by Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary.
(c) Mandatory Prepayments from Net Proceeds of Prepayment Event. In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds
are received by or on behalf of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Parent Borrower shall, within three (3) Business Days after such Net Proceeds are received, prepay or cause to be prepaid
Term Borrowings (on a ratable basis among any outstanding USD Term A Loans, CAD Term A Loans and Term B
Loans based on the outstanding principal amounts thereof) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Proceeds; provided that:
(i) subject to the terms of clause (ii) below, in the case of any event described in clauses (a) or (b) of the definition of the term Prepayment Event, if the Parent Borrower and the Subsidiaries intend to apply the Net Proceeds from such event, within 18 months after receipt of such Net Proceeds, to acquire or replace assets or repair, improve or maintain assets to be used in the business of, or otherwise useful in the operations of, the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, to make an acquisition permitted by Section 6.04(l), to engage in an Asset Swap permitted by Section 6.04(k) or to make an Investment permitted by Section 6.04(q), (s) or (u), then no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this clause (c) in respect of such event except to the extent of any Net Proceeds therefrom that have not been so applied within 18 months (or in the case of a commitment in respect of an application within such 18 months, 24 months) after receipt of such Net Proceeds, at which time a prepayment shall be required in an amount equal to the Net Proceeds that have not been so applied;
(ii) Net Proceeds from a Prepayment Event shall only be required to be used to prepay Term Borrowings under this clause (c) to the extent such Net Proceeds received from any single Prepayment Event exceed $20,000,000, and such excess Net Proceeds, when added to the aggregate amount of excess Net Proceeds received from all Prepayment Events occurring in the same fiscal year which are not reinvested pursuant to this clause (c) exceed $40,000,000 (in which event the aggregate amount of such excess Net Proceeds from all such Prepayment Events in excess of $40,000,000, shall then be required to be used to prepay the Term Borrowings under this clause (c)); and
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(iii) if the Secured Leverage Ratio as calculated as of the last day of the most recent four (4) fiscal quarter period then ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) prior to the Prepayment Event is less than 2.75 to 1.00, then the 100% threshold above shall be reduced to 50% for such Prepayment Event in the case of any event described in clauses (a) or (b) of the definition of the term Prepayment Event.
(d) Excess Cash Flow Prepayment. Following the end of each Applicable Fiscal Year, the Parent Borrower shall prepay Term B Loans (ratably in accordance with the outstanding amount of each Class thereof) in an aggregate amount equal to the sum of: (i) 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such Applicable Fiscal Year; minus (ii) the aggregate amount of voluntary prepayments made on the Term B Loans during such Applicable Fiscal Year or on or prior to the date such Excess Cash Flow payment is due (other than prepayments funded with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness) and without duplication for any deduction of any such prepayment in respect of the prior fiscal year); minus (iii) the aggregate amount of voluntary prepayments made on the Revolving Loans during such Applicable Fiscal Year or on or prior to the date such Excess Cash Flow payment is due (and without duplication for any deduction of any such prepayment in respect of the prior fiscal year) that were accompanied by a permanent reduction of the Revolving Commitments; minus (iv) the amount of any reduction in the outstanding amount of any Term B Loans resulting from any purchase or assignment in cash made in accordance with Section 10.04(e) of this Agreement (including in connection with any Dutch auction), provided the opportunity for such purchase or assignment is offered to all Lenders of the applicable Class of Term B Loans. Each prepayment pursuant to this clause (d) shall be made within five (5) Business Days after the date on which financial statements are delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) with respect to the Applicable Fiscal Year for which Excess Cash Flow is being calculated; provided that if the Secured Leverage Ratio as calculated as of the last day of the relevant Applicable Fiscal Year is (x) less than 3.50 to 1.00, then the 50% threshold above shall be reduced to 25% and (y) less than 3.00 to 1.00, no prepayment will be required under this clause (d) for such fiscal year. As used in this clause, the term “Applicable Fiscal Year” means each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending on or about December 31, 2018.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provisions of Section 2.11(c), (i) to the extent that (and for so long as) any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Prepayment Event giving rise to a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11(c) are prohibited or restricted by applicable local law from being repatriated to the jurisdiction of organization of the Parent Borrower or would conflict with the fiduciary duties of any Subsidiary’s directors, officers, employees, managers (or any Persons with equivalent responsibilities) or could be expected to result in a risk of criminal or personal liability for such Persons, an amount equal to the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied to repay the relevant Term Loans at the times provided in Section 2.05(c) but may be retained by the applicable Restricted Subsidiary so long as the applicable local law will not permit such repatriation to the Parent Borrower (the Parent Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Restricted Subsidiary to promptly take all commercially reasonable actions available under applicable local law to permit such repatriation) or such conflict or risk exists, and once such repatriation of any such affected Net Cash Proceeds is permitted under the applicable local law, an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds will be promptly applied (net of additional Taxes payable or reserved against as a result of such repatriation or potential repatriation) or such conflict or risk of liability exists to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant Section 2.11(c) and Section 2.11(d) and (B) to the
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extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Prepayment Event to the jurisdiction of organization of the Parent Borrower would have a material adverse Tax consequence with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit that would be realized in connection with such repatriation), the Net Cash Proceeds so affected may be retained by the applicable Restricted Subsidiary.
(f) Notice of Prepayment; Application of Prepayments. The applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or email) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of optional prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing or CDOR Rate Borrowing, not later than 11:30 a.m., Local Time (or such later time as the Administrative Agent may agree), three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of optional prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:30 a.m., Local Time (or such later time as the Administrative Agent may agree), one Business Day before the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of optional prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, (or such later time as the Administrative Agent may agree), on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment; provided that, a notice of prepayment delivered by the applicable Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other transactions, in which case such notice of prepayment may be revoked by the applicable Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Promptly following receipt of any such notice (other than a notice relating solely to Swingline Loans), the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial optional prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to this Section shall be applied ratably to each Class of Loans required to be prepaid in connection with this Section. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13. Prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(a), (c) or (d) shall be applied to the scheduled installments as directed by the Parent Borrower (or, in the absence of direction from the Parent Borrower, to the remaining scheduled installments in respect of such Class of Term Loans in direct order of maturity). The amount of such prepayments shall be applied on a pro rata basis to the Class of Loans being prepaid irrespective of whether such outstanding Loans are ABR Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Loans, CDOR Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans; provided that such mandatory prepayment shall be applied first to the then outstanding Loans that are ABR Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans, as applicable, and then to the then outstanding Loans that are CDOR Loans or Eurodollar Loans, as applicable, in a manner that minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16.
(g) Upon the incurrence or issuance by Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Refinancing Notes, any Specified Refinancing Term Loans or any Refinancing Junior Loans, the Borrowers shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of the Class of Term Loans and/or Revolving Loans being refinanced in an amount equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom immediately upon receipt thereof by Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in a manner consistent with clause (f) above.
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For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, if, at any time any Borrower would be required to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to clause (c) or (d) above, such Borrower is required to offer to prepay or repurchase any Incremental Equivalent Debt or Refinancing Notes, Specified Refinancing Term Loans or other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Term Loans in right of payment and with respect to security pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such Indebtedness in connection with the circumstances described in clause (c) or (d), as applicable (such Indebtedness, the “Other Applicable Indebtedness”), then such Borrower may apply the amounts required to be prepaid or used to repurchase on a pro rata basis (determined on the basis of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and the Other Applicable Indebtedness at such time; provided that the portion of such prepayment allocated to any Other Applicable Indebtedness shall not exceed the amount required to be allocated to such Other Applicable Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof, and the remaining amount, if any, shall be allocated to the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof) to the prepayment of the Term Loans and the prepayment or repurchase of the Other Applicable Indebtedness, and the amount of the prepayment of the Term Loans that would have otherwise been required pursuant to such clause (c) or (d) shall be reduced accordingly on a dollar-for-dollar basis; provided that, to the extent the holders of the Other Applicable Indebtedness decline to have such Other Applicable Indebtedness prepaid or repurchased, the declined amount shall promptly be applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof.
Section 2.12 Fees.
(a) Commitment Fees. The Parent Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the average daily unused amount of each Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Revolving Commitment terminates. Accrued commitment fees in respect of the Revolving Commitments shall be payable in arrears on the date which is three (3) Business Days following the last day of each March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). A Revolving Commitment of a Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender (and the Swingline Exposure of such Lender shall be disregarded for such purpose).
(b) Letter of Credit Fees. The Parent Borrower agrees to pay:
(i) Participation Fee. To the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Borrowings (or CDOR Rate Borrowings in the case of Letters of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars) on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure;
(ii) Standby Letter of Credit Fronting Fees. To the Issuing Bank a fronting fee with respect to standby Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.10% per
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annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) attributable to standby Letters of Credit during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure with respect to standby Letters of Credit;
(iii) Commercial Letters of Credit Fronting Fees. To the Issuing Bank a fronting fee with respect to each commercial Letter of Credit, which fee shall equal the product of 1.00% of the initial stated amount of such commercial Letter of Credit multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days included in the term of such commercial Letter of Credit and whose denominator is 360; and
(iv) Issuing Bank Standard Fees. The Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder.
Participation fees and standby Letter of Credit fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that: (A) all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate; (B) any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand; and (C) all fronting fees payable with respect to commercial Letters of Credit shall be payable on the date of the issuance thereof. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand. All participation fees and standby Letter of Credit fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(c) Agent Fees. The Parent Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(d) Payment of Fees. All fees payable hereunder shall be paid in dollars on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
(e) Ancillary Facility Fees. The amount and timing of payments of fees in respect of any Ancillary Facility will be agreed by the relevant Ancillary Lender and the Borrower under such Ancillary Facility.
Section 2.13 Interest.
(a) ABR Borrowings/Canadian Prime Rate Swingline. The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each applicable Swingline Loan denominated in dollars) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for ABR Borrowings. Each Swingline Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars shall bear interest at the Canadian Prime Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Canadian Prime Rate Borrowings. Each Swingline Loan denominated in Euro shall bear interest at the Euro Swingline Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Euro Swingline Rate Borrowings.
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(b) Eurodollar Borrowings/CDOR Rate Borrowings. The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Borrowings. The Loans comprising each CDOR Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the CDOR Loan Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such CDOR Rate Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c) Default Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee payable by the applicable Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 2.13 or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans (in the case of amounts owing in dollars), Canadian Prime Rate Borrowings (in the case of amounts owing in Canadian Dollars in respect of Swingline Loans), CDOR Rate Loans with an Interest Period of one month’s duration determined on the date such amounts were due and then on each monthly anniversary thereof (in the case of any other such amounts owing in Canadian Dollars) or Eurodollar Rate Loans with an Interest Period of one month’s duration determined on the date such amounts were due and then on each monthly anniversary thereof (in the case of any other such amounts owing in an Alternative Currency other than Canadian Dollars), in each case, as provided in paragraph (a), or if applicable, paragraph (b), of this Section 2.13.
(d) Payment of Interest. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan occurring after the Effective Date and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.13 shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Revolving Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan or CDOR Rate Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) Computation. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate or the Canadian Prime Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate or Canadian Prime Rate is based on the Prime Rate or other applicable “prime rate”, and the CDOR Loan Rate and interest with respect to Borrowings denominated in Sterling, in each case, shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or, except with respect to Sterling, 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate and CDOR Loan Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(f) Interest Act (Canada). For purposes of disclosure pursuant to the Interest Act (Canada) (R.S.C. 1985, c.I15, as amended), the annual rates of interest or fees to which the rates
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of interest or fees provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (and stated herein or therein, as applicable, to be computed on the basis of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year)) are equivalent are the rates so determined multiplied by the actual number of days in the applicable calendar year and divided by 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), respectively.
(g) The amount and timing of payments of interest in respect of any Ancillary Facility will be agreed by the relevant Ancillary Lender and the applicable Borrower under such Ancillary Facility.
Section 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest. If(a) Subject to clauses
(b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 2.14 with respect to the Revolving Facility, if prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing or CDOR Borrowing, as
applicable:
(ai) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means (including, without limitation,
by means of an Interpolated Rate) do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or CDOR Rate, as applicable, for (other than, with respect to the Revolving Facility, as a result of a
Benchmark Transition Event or any Early Opt-in Election) (including because the LIBO Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis), for the applicable Agreed Currency and such Interest Period; or
(bii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or CDOR Rate, as applicable, for
the applicable Agreed Currency and such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for
the applicable Agreed Currency and such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrowers and the Lenders by telephone, telecopy or email as promptly as
practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing
denominated in dollars to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective
and such Borrowing shall be converted to or continued as an ABR Borrowing, (ii) if any Borrowing
Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing in dollars, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR
Borrowing,
and (iii) any Interest Election Request or Borrowing
Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as or Borrowing of, a CDOR Rate Borrowing or in the case of a Borrowing denominated in another Alternative Currency, a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall be
ineffective and such Borrowing shall be maintained or made, as applicable, at a rate determined in a customary manner in good faith by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers.; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of
Borrowings shall be permitted. Furthermore, if any Eurodollar Loan in any Agreed Currency is outstanding on the date of the Borrowers’ receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 2.14(a) with respect to
a LIBO Rate applicable to such Eurodollar Loan, then (i) if such Eurodollar Loan is denominated in dollars, then on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business
Day), such Loan shall be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, an ABR Loan denominated in dollars on such day or (ii) if such Eurodollar Loan is denominated in any Alternative Currency, then such Loan shall, on the
last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), at the applicable Borrower’s election prior to such day: (A) be prepaid by the applicable Borrower on such day
or (B) be converted by
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the Administrative Agent to, and (subject to the remainder of this clause (B)) shall constitute, an ABR Loan denominated in dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Alternative Currency) on such day (it being understood and agreed that if the applicable Borrower does not so prepay such Loan on such day by 12:00 noon, Local Time, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Loan pursuant to clause (ii)(B) and the Administrative Agent is authorized to effect such conversion of such Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan denominated in dollars), and, in the case of such clause (ii)(B), upon the Borrowers’ receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent that the circumstances giving rise to the aforementioned notice no longer exist, such ABR Loan denominated in dollars shall then be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, a Eurodollar Loan denominated in such original Agreed Currency (in an amount equal to the Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Agreed Currency) on the day of such notice being given to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent.
(b) (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers may amend this Agreement to replace the LIBO Rate with a Benchmark Replacement, solely with respect to the Revolving Facility. Any such amendment will become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all Revolving Lenders and the Borrowers, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such proposed amendment from Lenders comprising the Required RC Lenders; provided that, with respect to any proposed amendment containing any SOFR-Based Rate in respect of any Loan denominated in dollars, the Revolving Lenders shall be entitled to object only to the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment contained therein. No replacement of any LIBO Rate with a Benchmark Replacement will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
(ii) In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
(iii) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrowers and the Revolving Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes and (iv) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.14(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, 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 hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.14(b).
(iv) Upon the Borrowers’ receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the
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conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective, (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing in dollars, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing and (iii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing in an Alternative Currency, then such request shall be ineffective. Furthermore, if any Eurodollar Revolving Loan in any Agreed Currency is outstanding on the date of the Borrowers’ receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to a LIBO Rate applicable to such Eurodollar Revolving Loan, then (i) if such Eurodollar Revolving Loan is denominated in dollars, then on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Revolving Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), such Revolving Loan shall be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, an ABR Revolving Loan denominated in dollars on such day or (ii) if such Eurodollar Revolving Loan is denominated in any Alternative Currency, then such Revolving Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Revolving Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), at the applicable Borrower’s election prior to such day: (A) be prepaid by the applicable Borrower on such day or (B) be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and (subject to the remainder of this clause (B)) shall constitute, an ABR Revolving Loan denominated in dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Alternative Currency) on such day (it being understood and agreed that if the applicable Borrower does not so prepay such Revolving Loan on such day by 12:00 noon, Local Time, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Loan pursuant to clause (B) and the Administrative Agent is authorized to effect such conversion of such Eurodollar Revolving Loan into an ABR Revolving Loan denominated in dollars), and, in the case of such clause (B), upon any subsequent implementation of a Benchmark Replacement in respect of such Agreed Currency pursuant to this Section 2.14, such ABR Revolving Loan denominated in dollars shall then be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, a Eurodollar Revolving Loan denominated in such original Agreed Currency (in an amount equal to the Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Agreed Currency) on the day of such implementation, giving effect to such Benchmark Replacement in respect of such Agreed Currency.
Section 2.15 Increased Costs.
(a) Change In Law. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate or CDOR Rate) or the Issuing Bank; or
(ii) subject any Lender or the Issuing Bank to any Taxes (other than Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes indemnifiable under Section 2.17 and Excluded Taxes) on its Loans, loan principal, Letters of Credit, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto
(iii) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement, Eurodollar Loans or CDOR Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
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and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan or CDOR Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrowers (it being understood the Foreign Borrowers shall only be liable hereunder for amounts to the extent related to the Foreign Obligations) will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Adequacy. If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy, insurance or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy, insurance or liquidity), then from time to time the Borrowers (it being understood the Foreign Borrowers shall only be liable hereunder for amounts to the extent related to the Foreign Obligations) will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) Delivery of Certificate. A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.15 shall be delivered to the Parent Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Limitation on Compensation. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 2.15 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Parent Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
Section 2.16 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan or CDOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan or CDOR Rate
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Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert to or from, continue as or prepay any Eurodollar Revolving Loan, Eurodollar Term Loan or CDOR Rate Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11(f) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) the reallocation of any Eurodollar Loan or CDOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the applicable Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19 or Section 2.20, then, in any such event, the applicable Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate or CDOR Loan Rate, as applicable, that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits of the applicable currency and of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market or the Canadian bankers’ acceptance market, respectively. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the applicable Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.
Section 2.17 Taxes.
(a) Gross Up. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of a Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the applicable Withholding Agent shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, and (ii) the applicable Withholding Agent shall make such deductions and pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes. In addition, each Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Tax Indemnification. Each Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Bank, within 30 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.17) 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 Parent Borrower by a Lender or the Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(d) Receipts. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by any Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of the relevant Lender, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Administrative Agent Indemnity. Each Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 30 days after demand therefor, for (i) the full amount of any Taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority that are attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that a Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrowers to do so) and (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.04(c)(ii) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register, in either case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent, together with all interest, penalties, reasonable costs and expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, as determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith, whether or not such 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 any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).
(f) Forms. Each Lender other than a Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement two properly completed and duly signed originals of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal withholding tax. Each Foreign Lender (including each Participant that acquired a participation from a Foreign Lender) shall deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) (i) two properly completed and duly signed originals of U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-8BEN, Form W-8BEN-E, Form W-8ECI or Form W-8IMY (together with any applicable underlying IRS forms), or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, (ii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit G and the applicable IRS Form W-8, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed and duly executed by such Foreign Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on payments under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or (iii) any other form prescribed by applicable requirements of U.S. federal income tax law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable requirements of law to permit the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made. Such forms shall be delivered by each Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the
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date such Participant purchases the related participation) and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent. In addition, each Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Lender. Each Lender shall promptly notify the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this Section that such Foreign Lender is not legally able to deliver.
If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (ii), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(g) Refund. If the Administrative Agent or a Lender or the Issuing Bank 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 Loan Party or with respect to which the Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it shall pay over such refund to such Loan Party (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Loan Party under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out–of–pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that such Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other Person.
(h) VAT. (i) All amounts expressed to be payable under a Loan Document by any party to a Lender which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any supply for VAT purposes are deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on that supply, and accordingly, subject to clause (ii) below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Lender to any party under a Loan Document and such Lender is required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT, that party must pay to such Lender (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT (and such Lender must promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to that party).
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(ii) If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Lender (the “Supplier”) to any other Lender (the “Recipient”) under a Loan Document, and any party other than the Recipient (the “Relevant Party”) is required by the terms of any Loan Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for that supply to the Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse or indemnify the Recipient in respect of that consideration):
(x) (where the Supplier is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must also pay to the Supplier (at the same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of the VAT. The Recipient must (where this paragraph (i) applies) promptly pay to the Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the Recipient receives from the relevant tax authority which the Recipient reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply; and
(i) (y) (where the Recipient is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must promptly, following demand from the Recipient, pay to the Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that supply but only to the extent that the Recipient reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT.
(iii) Where a Loan Document requires any party to reimburse or indemnify a Lender for any cost or expense, that party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Lender for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent that it should reasonably be determined that such Lender is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.
(iv)Any reference in this Section 2.17(h) to any party shall, at any time when such party is treated as a member of a group (including but not limited to any fiscal unities) for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the person who is treated as making the supply, or (as appropriate) receiving the supply under the grouping rules.
(v)In relation to any supply made by a Lender to any party under a Loan Document, if reasonably requested by such Lender, that party must promptly provide such Lender with details of that party’s VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Lender’s VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.
(vi)Each party shall provide the applicable Dutch Borrower and/or German Subsidiary Borrower with an appropriate VAT invoice in respect of any fees, costs or expenses payable
by the applicable Dutch Borrower and/or German Subsidiary Borrower
to such party pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with applicable legislation (to the
extent applicable to such party).
(i) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
(j) Terms. For purposes of this Section, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.
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(k) A payment shall not be increased under paragraph
(a) above by reason of a Tax Deduction on account of Tax if a German Borrower is required to deduct taxes under section 50a paragraph 7 of the German Income Tax Act (Einkommensteuergesetz) or a corresponding successor provision for account of a Lender with respect to earnings of such Lender
being subject to German limited income taxation.
Section 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-Offs; Proceeds of Collateral.
(a) Payments Generally. Unless otherwise specified herein, each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 1:00 p.m., Local Time), on the date when due, in immediately available funds. Subject to Section 2.17, all such payments shall be made without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent to the account designated to the applicable Borrower by the Administrative Agent, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 10.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. All payments under each Loan Document of (i) principal and interest in respect of any Loan and LC Disbursements and participation fees in respect of Letters of Credit shall be made in the currency in which such Loan or Letter of Credit, respectively, is denominated and (ii) any other amount shall be made in dollars.
(b) Pro Rata Application. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) Sharing of Set-offs. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans, Term Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans, Term Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans, Term Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest
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on their respective Revolving Loans, Term Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph (c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrowers pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant. Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law but subject to Section 10.08, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against each Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) Payments from Borrowers Assumed Made. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the applicable Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that the applicable Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the applicable Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the applicable Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate (or in the case of amounts not denominated in dollars, the Administrative Agent’s cost of funds) and (ii) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(e) Set-Off Against Amounts Owed Lenders. If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Sections 2.04(c), 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06(b), 2.18(c) or (d) or 10.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
(f) (f) Application of Proceeds of Collateral and Guaranty. Subject to the terms of any intercreditor agreement entered into by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 9.10(e), all amounts received under the Guaranty Agreement and all proceeds received by the Administrative Agent from the sale or other liquidation of the Collateral when an Event of Default exists shall first be applied as payment of the accrued and unpaid fees of the Administrative Agent hereunder and then to all other unpaid or unreimbursed Obligations (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses in accordance with Section 10.03) owing to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as Administrative Agent only, and then any remaining amount of such proceeds shall be distributed:
(i) first, to an account at the Administrative Agent over which the Administrative Agent shall have control in an amount equal to 102% of the LC Exposure then outstanding;
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(ii) second, to the Secured Parties, pro rata in accordance with the
respective unpaid amounts of Loan Obligations, Pari Passu Notes Obligations and Swap Obligations, until all
the Loan Obligations, Pari Passu Notes Obligations and Swap Obligations have been paid and satisfied
in full or cash collateralized;
(iii) third, to the Secured Parties, pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid amounts of the Deposit Obligations, until all Deposit Obligations have been paid and satisfied in full or cash collateralized;
(iv) fourth, to the Secured Parties, pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid amounts of the remaining
Obligations and Pari Passu Notes Obligations; and
(v) fifth, to the Person entitled thereto as directed by the Parent Borrower or as otherwise determined by applicable law or applicable court order.
For the avoidance of doubt, on and after the Foreign Collateral Reallocation, the guarantees provided by the Foreign Subsidiary Loan Parties and the Collateral granted by the Foreign Subsidiary Loan Parties will only guarantee or secure, as applicable, the Foreign Obligations and the proceeds of such guarantee or Collateral shall be applied as set forth above, but only to the extent the amounts above constitute Foreign Obligations.
(g) Noncash Proceeds. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent shall ever acquire any Collateral through foreclosure or by a conveyance in lieu of foreclosure or by retaining any of the Collateral in satisfaction of all or part of the Obligations or if any proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent to be distributed and shared pursuant to this Section 2.18 are in a form other than immediately available funds, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to remit any share thereof under the terms hereof and the Secured Parties shall only be entitled to their undivided interests in the Collateral or noncash proceeds as determined by paragraph (f) of this Section 2.18. The Secured Parties shall receive the applicable portions (in accordance with the foregoing paragraph (f)) of any immediately available funds consisting of proceeds from such Collateral or proceeds of such noncash proceeds so acquired only if and when received by the Administrative Agent in connection with the subsequent disposition thereof. While any Collateral or other property to be shared pursuant to this Section is held by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph (g), the Administrative Agent shall hold such Collateral or other property for the benefit of the Secured Parties and all matters relating to the management, operation, further disposition or any other aspect of such Collateral or other property shall be resolved by the agreement of the Required Lenders.
(h) Return of Proceeds. If at any time payment, in whole or in part, of any amount distributed by the Administrative Agent hereunder is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent as a preference, fraudulent conveyance, or otherwise under any bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar law, then each Person receiving any portion of such amount agrees, upon demand, to return the portion of such amount it has received to the Administrative Agent.
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Section 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Mitigation. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if a Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, 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 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. Each Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement. If (i) a Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, (ii) a
Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to a Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of a Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, (iii) a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, or (iv) a Lender shall become a Non-consenting Lender (as defined below), then the Parent Borrower may, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent,
(ix) terminate the applicable Commitments of such Lender and repay the outstanding principal of its Loans of the relevant Class or Classes, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts
payable to it hereunder as of such termination date or
(iiy
) at its sole expense and effort, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.04),
all its interests, rights and obligations in one or more Classes (as the Parent Borrower shall elect) under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment);
provided that
(iA) the Parent Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent to such assignee Lender to the extent required by Section 10.04, which consent shall not
unreasonably be withheld,
(iiB
) such assignor Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans of the relevant Class or Classes (and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline
Loans, to the extent applicable), accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any prepayment premium that would have been payable by the Borrower to such Non-consenting Lender under Section 2.11(a) if such assigning Lender had consented to any
Repricing Transaction, in any case, occurring prior to the six-month anniversary of the Vion Acquisition Closing Date and giving rise to its status as a Non-consenting
Lender (assuming that such Repricing Transaction has occurred on the date of the effectiveness of such assignment and assumption) payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of
such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts) and (iiiC) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such
assignment and delegation (and such termination and repayment shall not occur) if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrowers to require such assignment, delegation or termination
and repayment cease to apply (in the case of a termination and repayment, prior to the date fixed in the applicable notice to such lender for such termination and repayment). In the event that (i) the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent
have requested the Lenders to consent to a departure or waiver of any provisions of the Loan Documents or to agree to any other modification thereto, (ii) the consent, waiver or other modification in question requires the agreement of all
Lenders, all directly and adversely affected Lenders or any other Class or group of Lenders other than Required Lenders (or other applicable majority) in accordance with the terms of Section 10.02 and (iii) the
Required
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Lenders (or, in the case of any Class voting, the holders of a majority of the outstanding Loans and unused Commitments in respect of such Class) have agreed to such consent, waiver or other modification, then any Lender who does not agree to such consent, waiver or other modification shall be deemed a “Non-consenting Lender”.
Section 2.20 Incremental Facilities.
(a) The Parent Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent at any time, on one or more occasions, request to (i) add one or more new tranches of term facilities and/or increase the principal amount of the Term Loans, any Incremental Term Loans or any Specified Refinancing Term Loans by requesting new term loans commitments to be added to such Loans (any such new tranche or increase, an “Incremental Term Facility” and any loans made pursuant to an Incremental Term Facility, “Incremental Term Loans”) and/or (ii) add one or more new tranches of incremental revolving facilities and/or increase the principal amount of any such tranche of incremental revolving facilities (each, an “Incremental Revolving Facility” and, together with any Incremental Term Facility, “Incremental Facilities”; and the loans thereunder, “Incremental Revolving Loans” and, together with any Incremental Term Loans, “Incremental Loans”) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount. Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the Incremental Term Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Commitments being requested (which shall be (x) with respect to Incremental Term Loans denominated in dollars, in minimum increments of $15,000,000, and with respect to Incremental Term Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, in minimum increments of the Dollar Equivalent of $7,500,000, (y) with respect to Incremental Revolving Commitments denominated in dollars, in minimum increments of $10,000,000, and with respect to Incremental Revolving Commitments denominated in an Alternative Currency, in minimum increments of the Dollar Equivalent of $5,000,000 or (z) equal to the remaining Incremental Amount) and (ii) the date, which shall be a Business Day, on which such Incremental Term Loans are requested to be made and/or Incremental Revolving Commitments are requested to become effective (the “Increased Amount Date”) pursuant to an Incremental Facility Activation Notice.
(b) Incremental Loans may be provided by any existing Lender (it being understood each existing Lender shall have no obligation to participate in any Incremental Facility), or by any other lender (any such other lender being called an “Additional Lender”); provided that the Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank shall have consented (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) to such Additional Lender’s providing such Incremental Facilities if such consent would be required under Section 10.04(b) for an assignment of Loans to such Additional Lender.
(c) The creation or provision of any Incremental Facility or Incremental Loan shall not require the approval of any existing Lender other than any existing Lender providing all or part of any Incremental Facility or Incremental Loan.
(d) The applicable Borrower and each Lender or Additional Lender providing a portion of the Incremental Facilities shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Incremental Facilities of such Lender and/or Additional Lender. Each Incremental Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the Incremental Term Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Commitments to be made thereunder; provided that, (i) subject to exceptions for customary bridge financings (to the extent convertible on customary
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terms into a permanent instrument otherwise meeting the conditions in this
clause (i)), the final maturity date of any Incremental Term Loan (x) that is a “term loan A” shall be no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date
with respect to Term A Loans and (y) that is a “term loan B” shall be no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date with respect to Term B Loans, (ii) subject to exceptions for
customary bridge financings (to the extent convertible on customary terms into a permanent instrument otherwise meeting the conditions in this clause (ii)), the weighted average life to maturity of any Incremental Term Loan (x) that is a “term loan A” shall be no shorter than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the then-existing Term A Loans (it being
agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that when
calculating the weighted average life to maturity of any Indebtedness being amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified, the effects of any amortization or prepayments made on
such Indebtedness vis-α-vis the amortization schedule prior to the date of the
applicable amended, restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement, extension, renewal, replacement, refinancing or other modification shall be disregarded), and (y) that is a
“term loan B” shall be no shorter than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the then-existing Term B Loans, in each case calculated as of the date of making such Incremental Term Loan (it being agreed, for the avoidance of
doubt, that when calculating the weighted average life to maturity of any Indebtedness being amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified, the effects of any amortization or
prepayments made on such Indebtedness vis-α-vis the amortization schedule prior to the date of the applicable amended, restatement, amendment and restatement,
supplement, extension, renewal, replacement, refinancing or other modification shall be disregarded), (iii) such Incremental Facilities may be pari passu or subordinated in right of payment with respect to the Loans outstanding (or made on) the
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Amendment Date and/or pari passu or subordinated in right of security with respect to such Loans (and to the extent so subordinated, the holders of such indebtedness or a representative thereof will enter
into a customary intercreditor agreement with the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent evidencing such subordination) or may be unsecured, (iv) any prepayment (other than scheduled amortization payments and voluntary prepayments) of
Incremental Term Loans that are pari passu in right of payment and security with any then-existing Term Loans that require ratable prepayment shall be made on a pro rata basis with such then existing Term Loans (and all other then-existing
Incremental Term Loans and Specified Refinancing Term Loans requiring ratable prepayment), subject to the right of the Borrowers to direct the application of voluntary prepayments and except that the Borrower and the lenders in respect of such
Incremental Term Loans shall be permitted, in their sole discretion, to elect to prepay or receive, as applicable, any prepayments on a less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis), (v) subject to exceptions for customary
bridge financings (to the extent convertible on customary terms into a permanent instrument otherwise meeting the conditions in this clause (v)), the maturity date or commitment reduction date of any Incremental Revolving Loan shall be no
earlier than the Latest Maturity Date with respect to Revolving Commitments, (vi) if the Effective Yield in respect of any Incremental Term Loans that are “term B loans” that rank pari passu in right of payment and with respect to
security with any Term B Loans outstanding on the
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Amendment Date exceeds the Effective Yield for such Term B Loans by more than 0.50%, then the Applicable Rate for such relevant Term B Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the Effective
Yield for such Term B Loans is equal to the Effective Yield for such Incremental Term Loans that are “term B loans” minus 0.50% and, (vii) to the extent an Incremental Revolving Facility is
structured as an additional revolving facility under this agreement and not as an increase to the existing Revolving Commitment hereunder, (x) no more than three revolving facilities (including any revolving facility constituting Specified
Refinancing Debt), shall be
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outstanding hereunder at any one time and (y) the Administrative Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, take such actions as it deems advisable to allocate Letters of Credit and any
participations therein between any revolving facilities, (viii) shall not be guaranteed by any Person that is not
a Loan Party and (ix) to the extent secured, shall be secured only by the Collateral (or a portion thereof). All terms with respect to any Incremental Facility which are materially more
restrictive (taken as a whole) than those with respect to the Loans under the existing applicable Class of Credit Facility shall be (x) permitted by clauses (i) through (viiix
) of the preceding sentence, (y) applicable only after the Latest Maturity Date of the relevant Credit Facility outstanding on the FifthSixth Amendment Date (which may be achieved by an amendment solely among the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and the Required Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into such
amendment)), or (z) otherwise be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that documentation governing any Incremental Facility may include such materially more restrictive terms so long as the Administrative Agent
shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement is amended to include such term for the benefit of each Credit Facility of the same Class (which may be achieved by an amendment solely among the Parent Borrower and the
Administrative Agent (and the Required Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into such amendment)); provided that if any covenant is added for the benefit of the Term B Loans pursuant to the immediately preceding proviso,
such covenant shall be added to each Class to the extent such Class does not already have such covenant at least as restrictive. The Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement is amended to
include such covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility of the same Class. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Incremental Assumption Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees
that, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended as necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers to effect the provisions of or be consistent
with this Section 2.20. Any such deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent with the Borrowers’ consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) but without the consent of any other Lenders,
and furnished to the other parties hereto.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Term Loan may be made and no Incremental Revolving Commitment shall become effective under this Section 2.20 unless (i) on the date on which such Loan is made or of such effectiveness, (A) the conditions set forth in Section 4.04 shall be satisfied (it being understood that all references to “the occasion of any Borrowing” in Section 4.04 shall be deemed to refer to the Increased Amount Date) and (B) the Parent Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenants on a Pro Forma Basis and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Parent Borrower, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received legal opinions, board resolutions and other closing certificates and documentation as required by the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement and consistent with those delivered on the Effective Date under Section 4.01; provided that if the proceeds of an Incremental Facility are to be used to finance a Limited Condition Acquisition, any such conditions will be subject to Section 1.10(c) hereof.
Section 2.21 Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
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(a) Suspension of Commitment Fees. Commitment fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Revolving Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a);
(b) Suspension of Voting. The Revolving Commitment, Revolving Exposure of, and the outstanding Term Loans held by, such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 10.02); provided that any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender differently than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender;
(c) Participation Exposure. If any Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure exists at the time a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(i) Reallocation. All or any part of such Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (or in the case of Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure denominated in an Alternative Currency, their USD/Multicurrency Applicable Percentage) but only to the extent (w) the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Commitments, (x) the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ USD Only Revolving Exposures plus the allocable portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ USD Only Revolving Commitments, (y) the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ USD/Multicurrency Revolving Exposures plus the allocable portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitments and (z) no Event of Default then exists;
(ii) Payment and Cash Collateralization. If the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the applicable Borrower shall within two (2) Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y) second, cash collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding or cannot be reallocated pursuant to clause (i) (it being understood that such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05(j));
(iii) Suspension of Letter of Credit Fee. If the applicable Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to this Section 2.21(c), the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized;
(iv) Reallocation of Fees. If the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to this Section 2.21(c), then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.12(a) and Section 2.12(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable Percentages (or in the case of fees arising from Revolving Exposure denominated in an Alternative Currency, such Lenders’ USD/Multicurrency Applicable Percentages); and
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(v) Issuing Bank Entitled to Fees. If any Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither cash collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to Section 2.21(c), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Bank or any Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Bank until such LC Exposure is cash collateralized and/or reallocated;
(d) Suspension of Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless (i) it is satisfied that the related exposure will be 100% covered by the Revolving Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders, (ii) cash collateral will be provided by the applicable Borrower in accordance with Section 2.21(c), and/or (iii) participating interests in any such newly issued or increased Letter of Credit or newly made Swingline Loan shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.21(c)(i) (and Defaulting Lenders shall not participate therein); and
(e) Setoff Against Defaulting Lender. Any amount payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder (whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise and including any mandatory or voluntary prepayment and any amount that would otherwise be payable to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.18(c) but excluding Section 2.19(b)) shall, in lieu of being distributed to such Defaulting Lender, be retained by the Administrative Agent in a segregated account and, subject to any applicable requirements of law, be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent (i) first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder, (ii) second, pro rata, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder, (iii) third, to the funding of any Loan or the funding or cash collateralization of any participating interest in any Swingline Loan or Letter of Credit in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (iv) fourth, if so determined by the Parent Borrower, held in such account as cash collateral for future funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender under this Agreement, (v) fifth, pro rata, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrowers or the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Borrower or any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement and (vi) sixth, after termination of the Commitments to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if such payment is (x) a prepayment of the principal amount of any Loans or reimbursement obligations in respect of LC Disbursements for which a Defaulting Lender has not funded its participation obligations and (y) made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.04 are satisfied, such payment shall be applied solely to prepay the Loans of, and reimbursement obligations owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata prior to being applied to the prepayment of any Loans, or reimbursement obligations owed to, any Defaulting Lender, until such time as all Loans and LC Disbursements are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective interests under the relevant Credit Facility.
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In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender each agrees that a Defaulting Lender who is a Revolving Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Revolving Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage and/or USD/Multicurrency Applicable Percentage, as applicable.
Notwithstanding the above, the Borrowers’ right to replace a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Agreement shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, all other rights and remedies available to the Borrowers against such Defaulting Lender under this Agreement, at law, in equity or by statute.
Section 2.22 Specified Refinancing Debt.
(a) The Borrowers may from time to time, add one or more new term loan facilities and new revolving credit facilities to the
Credit Facilities (“Specified Refinancing Debt”) pursuant to procedures reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Parent Borrower, to refinance (i) all or any portion of any Class of
Term Loans then outstanding under this Agreement and (ii) all or any portion of any Class of Revolving Loans (and the unused Revolving Commitments with respect to such Class of Revolving Loans) then in effect under this Agreement, in
each case pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment (it being agreed that in no event shall more than three Classes of revolving commitments be outstanding at any time under this Agreement); provided that such Specified Refinancing Debt:
(i) will rank pari passu in right of payment as the other Loans and Commitments outstanding on the FifthSixth Amendment Date; (ii) will not be guaranteed by any Person
that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party (or which becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party simultaneously therewith) with respect in each case to the relevant Credit Facility; (iii) will be (x) unsecured or (y) secured only by the Collateral of the relevant Loan Parties (or Collateral of a
subset of the relevant Loan Parties) on a pari passu or junior basis with the Obligations (in each case pursuant to customary intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent); (iv) will have such pricing and optional
prepayment terms as may be agreed by the Parent Borrower and the applicable Lenders thereof; (v) (x) to the extent constituting revolving credit facilities, will not have a maturity date (or have mandatory commitment reductions or amortization)
that is prior to the Revolving Maturity Date of the Revolving Commitment being refinanced and (y) to the extent constituting term loan facilities, except in connection with customary bridge financings (to the extent convertible on customary
terms into a permanent instrument otherwise meeting the conditions in this clause (y)), will have a maturity date that is not prior to the date that is the scheduled maturity date of, and will have a weighted average life to maturity that is
not shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of, the Loans being refinanced (it being agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that when calculating the weighted average life to maturity of such Indebtedness being refinanced, the effects of any
amortization or prepayments made on such Indebtedness vis-α-vis the amortization schedule prior to the date of the applicable refinancing shall be disregarded);
(vi) any Specified Refinancing Term Loans shall share ratably in any prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11 (or otherwise provide for more favorable prepayment treatment for the then outstanding Classes of Term
Loans other than Specified Refinancing Term Loans); (vii) each Revolving Borrowing (including any deemed Revolving Borrowings made pursuant to Section 2.04 or 2.05) shall be allocated pro rata among the Classes of
Revolving Commitments (it being agreed that notwithstanding the foregoing, the
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Administrative Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, take such actions as it deems advisable to allocate Letters of Credit and participations therein between any revolving facilities); (viii) will have terms (other than pricing and optional prepayment and redemption terms) that are not materially more restrictive (taken as a whole) than those with respect to the Loans and Commitments being refinanced or replaced (as reasonably determined by the Parent Borrower in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), except terms (w) as permitted by clauses (i) through (vii) above, (x) applicable only after the maturity date of the then outstanding Loans and Commitments at the time of such replacement, (y) consistent with then-current market terms for the applicable type of Indebtedness (as reasonably determined by the Parent Borrower in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), provided that no financial maintenance covenant applicable to the Parent Borrower may be added to the Specified Refinancing Debt pursuant to this clause (y) without also being included in this Agreement (which may be achieved by an amendment solely among the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and the Required Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into such amendment)), and, for the avoidance of doubt, it being understood that if such financial covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant applicable only to revolving Indebtedness, such financial covenant shall be automatically included in this Agreement only for the benefit of each Revolving Facility and not for the benefit of any Credit Facility in respect of Term Loans hereunder; (z) otherwise be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided further that documentation governing any Specified Refinancing Debt may include such materially more restrictive terms so long as the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement is amended to include such covenant for the benefit of the relevant Credit Facility and Loans being refinanced (which such amendment shall only require the consent of the Parent Borrower and Administrative Agent (and the Required Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into such amendment)); and (ix) the Net Cash Proceeds of such Specified Refinancing Debt shall be applied, substantially concurrently with the incurrence thereof, to the pro rata prepayment of outstanding Loans being so refinanced, in each case pursuant to Section 2.08 and 2.11, as applicable; provided, however, that such Specified Refinancing Debt shall not have a principal or commitment amount (or accreted value) greater than the Loans being refinanced (excluding accrued interest, fees, discounts, premiums or expenses).
(b) The Parent Borrower shall make any request for Specified Refinancing Debt pursuant to a written notice to the Administrative Agent specifying in reasonable detail the proposed terms thereof. Any proposed Specified Refinancing Debt may be provided by existing Lenders or, subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and, with respect to revolving commitments, the Issuing Bank (in each case, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Eligible Assignees in such respective amounts as the Parent Borrower may elect.
(c) (The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in such Refinancing Amendment. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the relevant Borrower or Borrowers as may be necessary in order to establish any Specified Refinancing Debt and to make such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the relevant Borrower in connection with the establishment of such Specified Refinancing Debt, in each case on terms consistent with and/or to effect the provisions of this Section 2.22.
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(d) Each Class of Specified Refinancing Debt incurred under this Section 2.22 shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (i) (x) not less than $5,000,000 (or if applicable, $C5,000,000, €5,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent of $5,000,000 if denominated in another Alternative Currency) and (y) an integral multiple of $1,000,000 (or if applicable, $C1,000,000, €1,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent of $1,000,000 if denominated in another Alternative Currency) in excess thereof or (ii) the amount required to refinance all of the applicable Class of Loans and/or Commitments. Any Refinancing Amendment may provide for the making of Refinancing Revolving Loans to, or the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary, or the provision to the Borrowers of Swingline Loans, pursuant to any revolving credit facility established thereby, in each case on terms substantially equivalent to the terms applicable to Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under the Revolving Commitments.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Specified Refinancing Debt incurred pursuant thereto (including the addition of such Specified Refinancing Debt as separate facilities hereunder and treated in a manner consistent with the Credit Facilities being refinanced, including for purposes of prepayments and voting). Any Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any Person other than the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders providing such Specified Refinancing Debt, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to effect the provisions of or be consistent with this Section 2.22. In addition, if so provided in the relevant Refinancing Amendment and with the consent of each Issuing Bank, participation in Letters of Credit expiring on or after the scheduled maturity date in respect of a Class of revolving commitments shall be reallocated from Lenders holding such revolving commitments to Lenders holding refinancing revolving commitments in accordance with the terms of such Refinancing Amendment; provided, however, that such participation interests shall, upon receipt thereof by the relevant Lenders holding refinancing revolving commitments, be deemed to be participation interests in respect of such extended revolving commitments and the terms of such participation interests (including the commission applicable thereto) shall be adjusted accordingly.
Section 2.23 Ancillary Facilities.
(a) If any Borrower and any Ancillary Lender agree, subject to compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 2.23, such Ancillary Lender shall be permitted to provide an Ancillary Facility on a bilateral basis to such Borrower. To the extent any Ancillary Facility exists, the following shall apply:
(i) The applicable Revolving Commitment of the Ancillary Lender shall:
(A) be deemed to be utilized by its applicable Ancillary Commitment for purposes of (1) calculating the commitment fee payable to such Ancillary Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a) and (2) calculating the aggregate remaining amount of Revolving Exposure of all applicable Revolving Lenders available under the Revolving Facility (it being understood the commitment fee payable
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pursuant Section 2.12(a) to Lenders without an Ancillary Facility shall not be modified by the existence of any Ancillary Facility and for purposes of such calculation it shall be assumed that each such Lender’s Revolving Commitments have not been reduced as a result of such Ancillary Facility) (such remaining amount, the “Remaining Revolving Exposure”) and
(B) not be deemed to be utilized by the Ancillary Commitment of the applicable Ancillary Lender for purposes of determining whether the Dollar Equivalent of such Ancillary Lender’s Revolving Exposure exceeds its applicable Revolving Commitment (and therefor whether such Ancillary Lender is required to make or participate in a Loan or Letter of Credit under this Agreement).
(ii) Borrowings of the Remaining Revolving Exposure shall be made on a pro rata basis among the Revolving Lenders of the applicable Class (including the applicable Ancillary Lenders) pursuant to and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.01.
(b) To request the creation of an Ancillary Facility, any Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent not later than five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent) prior to the first date on which such Ancillary Facility is proposed to be made available:
(i) a notice in writing specifying:
(A) the Borrower or Borrowers to which extensions of credit will be made available thereunder;
(B) the first Business Day on which such Ancillary Facility shall be made and the expiration date of such Ancillary Facility (which shall be no later than the Revolving Maturity Date);
(C) the type of Ancillary Facility being provided;
(D) the identity of the Ancillary Lender(s); and
(E) the amount and currency of the Ancillary Commitment with respect to such Ancillary Facility (which shall be expressed in any currency to which such Ancillary Lenders may agree) and shall not exceed such Ancillary Lender’s Revolving Commitment;
(ii) a copy of the Ancillary Facility Documents with respect to such Ancillary Facility, together with a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower(s) certifying that the terms of such Ancillary Facility satisfy the requirements set forth in this Section 2.23 (including any applicable definitions used herein); and
(iii) such other information that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection with such Ancillary Facility.
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The Administrative Agent shall give notice to each Revolving Lender of such Ancillary Facility notice.
(c) (i) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, an Affiliate of any Revolving Lender (other than a Disqualified Institution) may become an Ancillary Lender, in which case such Revolving Lender and such Affiliate shall be treated as a single Revolving Lender whose Revolving Commitment is as set forth in Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Revolving Lender assumed its Revolving Commitment.
(ii) To the extent that this Agreement or any other Loan Document imposes any obligation on any Ancillary Lender and such Ancillary Lender is an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender and not a party thereto, the relevant Revolving Lender shall ensure that such obligation is performed by such Affiliate in compliance with the terms hereof or such other Loan Document.
(iii) Each Ancillary Lender, in its capacity as such, hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent for purposes of the Loan Documents and for the avoidance of doubt agrees the Administrative Agent may rely on the applicable protections and indemnities set forth herein (including those set forth in Article IX) with respect to its role as agent under the Loan Documents for such Ancillary Lender.
(d) The terms and conditions of any Ancillary Facility shall be as agreed by the applicable Ancillary Lenders and the applicable Borrower thereunder; provided that such terms shall at all times: (i) permit extensions of credit thereunder to be made only to the applicable Borrower; (ii) provide that the Ancillary Commitment of the applicable Ancillary Lenders under such Ancillary Facility shall not exceed such Ancillary Lender’s USD Only Revolving Commitment or USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitment, as applicable, and that, in the event and on such occasion that such Ancillary Commitment exceeds such USD Only Revolving Commitment or USD/Multicurrency Revolving Commitment, as applicable, such Ancillary Commitment shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess; (iii) provide that the Ancillary Facility Exposure shall not exceed the Ancillary Commitment with respect to such Ancillary Facility and (iv) provide that the Ancillary Commitment under such Ancillary Facility shall be canceled, and that all extensions of credit under such Ancillary Facility shall be repaid, not later than the Revolving Maturity Date unless cash collateralized or supported by the issuance of a “back to back” letter of credit in a manner meeting the requirements of clause (iv) of the definition of “Date of Full Satisfaction”.
(e) (i) Each Ancillary Facility shall terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date or such earlier date (A) as provided in the relevant Ancillary Facility Document or (B) on which its expiry date occurs or on which it is cancelled in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(ii) If an Ancillary Facility expires in accordance with its terms, the Ancillary Commitment of the Ancillary Lender shall be reduced to zero (and the Revolving Commitments of the Lenders and the Ancillary Lender shall no longer be deemed utilized to the extent set forth above in Section 2.23(a)).
(iii) No Ancillary Lender may demand repayment or prepayment of, or cash collateralization of, any Ancillary Facility Exposure prior to the expiry date of the relevant Ancillary Facility (except where the relevant Ancillary Facility is provided on a
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net limit basis to the extent required to reduce any gross outstandings to the net limit) unless any of the following events has occurred and in the case of clause (B)(ii), (C) and (D) below such Ancillary Lender has given the Parent Borrower and the relevant Borrower not less than three (3) Business Days’ notice thereof:
(A) the Revolving Maturity Date has occurred;
(B) (i) the Revolving Loans have been accelerated and the Revolving Commitments terminated and repayment has been demanded thereof, or the Indebtedness or other obligations thereunder or (ii) a Borrower has been required to provide cash collateral with respect to letters of credit under an Ancillary Facility on substantially the same terms as the provisions of Section 2.05(j);
(C) it has become unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for the Ancillary Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund, issue or maintain its participation in its Ancillary Facility; or
(D) the Ancillary Facility Exposure, if any, under such Ancillary Facility is refinanced by a Revolving Loan and the relevant Ancillary Lender provides sufficient notice to permit the refinancing of such Ancillary Facility Exposure with a Revolving Loan; provided that for the purposes of repaying any Ancillary Facility Exposure pursuant to paragraph (e)(iii)(E) of this Section 2.23, the applicable conditions precedent to borrowing such Revolving Loan shall be met and the relevant Ancillary Facility shall be cancelled.
(f) Each Borrower to which an Ancillary Facility has been made available and each Ancillary Lender shall, upon request by the Administrative Agent, promptly supply the Administrative Agent with any information relating to the operation of such Ancillary Facility (including the Ancillary Facility Exposure) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(g) The Borrowers acknowledge and consent that Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18(f), 2.19 and 10.12 of this Agreement shall apply to each Ancillary Facility (unless expressly agreed by the relevant Ancillary Lender and the relevant Borrower in their sole discretion) and, at the option of the Borrowers, Section 2.05(j) may apply to any Ancillary Facility.
(h) In the event of any conflict between the terms of an Ancillary Facility Document and any other Loan Document, the terms of such other Loan Document shall govern except for (i) Sections 2.12 and 2.13 for the purposes of calculating fees, interest or commission relating to the relevant Ancillary Facility, (ii) any Ancillary Facility comprising more than one account where the terms of the Ancillary Facility Documents shall prevail to the extent required to permit the netting of balances in respect of such accounts and (iii) where the relevant term of such Loan Document would be contrary to, or inconsistent with, the law governing the relevant Ancillary Facility Document, in which case the relevant term of such Loan Document shall be superseded by the terms of the such Ancillary Facility Document to the extent necessary to eliminate the subject conflict or inconsistency; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (x) no Ancillary Facility Document shall contain any representation or warranty, covenant or event of default that is not set forth in this Agreement (and any such representation or warranty, covenant or event of default not set forth in this Agreement shall be
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rendered null and void) and (y) all representations and warranties, covenants and events of default set forth in any Ancillary Facility Document shall contain standards, qualifications, thresholds and exceptions for materiality or otherwise consistent with those set forth in this Agreement (and, to the extent inconsistent therewith, the relevant Ancillary Documents shall be deemed to automatically incorporate the applicable standards, qualifications, thresholds and exceptions set forth herein without action by any Person).
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in any other Loan Document or in any Ancillary Facility Document, other than as set forth in Section 8.01(f), no breach of any representation, warranty, undertaking or other term of (or default or event of default under) any Ancillary Facility Document shall be deemed to constitute, or result in, a breach of any representation, warranty, undertaking or other term of, or Default or Event of Default under, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision hereunder to the contrary, no amendment or waiver of a term of any Ancillary Facility Document shall require the consent of any Lender other than the relevant Ancillary Lender.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
Each Borrower (other than, in respect of Sections 3.11 and 3.12, which are made only by the Parent Borrower) party hereto represents and warrants that:
Section 3.01 Organization; Powers. Each of the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries (a) is validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation, except, in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary, where the failure to so exist could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and (c) except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing (where relevant) in, its jurisdiction of organization or formation and every other jurisdiction where such qualification is required.
Section 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability. Each of the Parent Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrowers party hereto and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Borrower or such other Loan Party (as the case may be), enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, capital impairment, recognition of judgments, recognition of choice of law, enforcement of judgments or other similar laws or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
Section 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents: (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing
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with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents and (iii) immaterial consents, approvals, registrations, filing or other actions, (b) will not violate (i) any applicable law or regulation or any order of any Governmental Authority binding on such Person or (ii) in any material respect, the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of such Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any material indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (unless such payment is not restricted hereunder), and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except Liens created under and Liens permitted by the Loan Documents (if any), except to the extent such violation or default referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c) above could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
(a) Financial Statements. The Parent Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and
statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal quarter ended July 2, 2016June 27, 2020 and the fiscal year ended January 2December
28,
20162019
. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates
and for such periods in accordance with GAAP.
(b) No Material Adverse Change. Since July 2December
28,
20162019
, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, property, financial condition or results of operation, of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Section 3.05 Properties.
(a) Title. Each of such Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, except for defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes or where the failure to have such title or interest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Intellectual Property. Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of such Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, service names, domain names, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property necessary for its business and (ii) to the knowledge of such Borrower, the use of any such intellectual property by such Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person and the intellectual property owned by any Loan Party is not being infringed by any other Person.
Section 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters.
(a) Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending
against or, to the knowledge of such Borrower, threatened in writing against or affecting such Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that as
of the Fifth Amendment Date, involve any of the Loan Documents or the Transactions to be consummated on or about the Fifth Amendment Date.
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(b) Environmental Matters. Except as could not reasonably be expected to, either individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither such Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any applicable Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received written notice of any pending or threatened claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or has knowledge of any event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to give rise to such a claim, (iv) knows of any basis for, or that could reasonably be expected to give rise to, any Environmental Liability, or (v) has assumed or retained by contract or operation of law any obligations under Environmental Law or relating to Hazardous Materials.
Section 3.07 Compliance with Laws. Such Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.08 Investment Company Act Status. Neither such Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 3.09 Taxes. Such Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes not overdue by more than 30 days or, if more than 30 days overdue, that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.10 ERISA; Canadian Benefit Plans. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as could not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, the fair market value of the assets of each Pension Plan (as determined by the Parent Borrower in good faith) was not materially less than the present value of the accumulated benefit obligation under such Pension Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Accounting Standards Codification No. 715: Compensation-Retirement Benefits) as of the close of the most recent Plan year, as reported in the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts. If all of the Pension Plans were terminated (disregarding any Pension Plans with surpluses), the unfunded liabilities with respect to the Pension Plans, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
The Canadian Loan Parties do not, and have not ever, sponsored, administered, participated in or contributed to a Canadian Multi-Employer Plan, except as may be consented to by the Administrative Agent after the Effective Date (it being understood that at the Administrative Agent’s option it may also request the consent of the Required Lenders in connection with such determination). Except as could not
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reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) all Canadian Benefit Plans are or will be, and have been (where applicable), established, registered (where required), amended, funded, invested and administered in material compliance with the terms of such Canadian Benefit Plans, all applicable laws and any applicable collective agreement; (ii) there is no investigation by a Governmental Authority or claim (other than routine claims for payment of benefits) pending or, to the knowledge of the Canadian Loan Parties, threatened involving any Canadian Benefit Plan or its assets, and no facts exist which could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such investigation or claim (other than routine claims for payment of benefits); (iii) all employer and employee payments, contributions and premiums required to be remitted, paid to or paid in respect of each Canadian Benefit Plan have been paid or remitted in accordance with its terms and all applicable laws; (iv) any Canadian Pension Plans are or will be (within the time period permitted by applicable law) duly registered under all applicable Canadian federal or provincial pension benefits standards legislation; (v) all material obligations of any Canadian Loan Party required to be performed in connection with the Canadian Pension Plans or the funding agreements therefor have been performed in a timely fashion; (vi) all reports and disclosures relating to the Canadian Pension Plans required by any applicable laws have been or will be filed or distributed in a timely fashion; (vii) no amount is due and owing by any of the Canadian Pension Plans under the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any provincial taxation or pension benefits statute; and (viii) no Canadian Pension Termination Event has occurred.
Section 3.11 Disclosure. As of the
FifthSixth Amendment Date,
(a) none of the written reports, financial statements,
certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent (other than information of a general economic or industry specific nature, projected financial information or other forward looking
information) in connection with the negotiation of this
Agreementthe Sixth Amendment or any other Loan
Document that is entered into, amended or amended and restated in connection with the Sixth Amendment (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made), when taken as a whole, contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrowers represent
only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time made (it being understood that projections may vary from actual results and that such variances may be material).
and
(b) to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership
Certification provided on or prior to the Sixth Amendment Date to any Lender in connection with this Agreement is true and correct in all material respects.
Section 3.12 Subsidiaries. As of the Effective Date, the Parent Borrower has no Subsidiaries other than those listed on
Schedule 3.12 hereto. As of the Effective Date, Schedule 3.12 sets forth the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of each such Subsidiary, the percentage of Parent Borrower’s ownership of the outstanding Equity Interests
of each Subsidiary directly owned by Parent Borrower and the percentage of each Subsidiary’s ownership of the outstanding Equity Interests of each other Subsidiary.
As of the date required by Schedule 5.10, Schedule 3.12, as amended or supplemented, sets forth the authorized, issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Parent Borrower and each Subsidiary. All of the outstanding capital stock of Parent Borrower and each
Restricted Subsidiary has been, to the extent applicable, validly issued, is fully paid, and is nonassessable. As of the Effective Date, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, or rights (including preemptive rights) to
acquire, and no outstanding securities or instruments convertible into any Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary.
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Section 3.13 Labor Matters. As of the Effective Date, except as disclosed on Schedule 3.13, (a) there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower, threatened in writing, that would have a material impact on the operations of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters.
Section 3.14 Solvency. As of the
FifthSixth Amendment Date (a) the sum of the debt (including contingent liabilities) of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, does not exceed the present fair saleable value of the assets of
the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (b) the capital of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, is not unreasonably small in relation to the business of the Parent Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, contemplated as of the date hereof and (c) the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, do not intend to incur, or believe that they will incur, debts (including current obligations
and contingent liabilities) beyond their ability to pay such debts as they mature in the ordinary course of business. For the purposes hereof, (x) 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) and (y) the term “present fair saleable value” means the amount that may be realized if the applicable company’s aggregate assets are sold with reasonable promptness in an
arm’s length transaction under present conditions for the sale of a comparable business enterprises.
Section 3.15 Margin Securities. Neither the Parent Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and no part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock in violation of Regulation X or that would entail a violation of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (and if required by such regulations or requested by a Lender, the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, will provide any applicable Lender with a signed Form G-3 or U-1 or any successor form, as applicable, containing the information required to be provided on such form by such entity).
Section 3.16 Security Documents. TheOther than during a
Collateral Suspension Period, the Security Documents are effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent for its benefit and the ratable benefit of the Lenders a legal, valid, and
enforceable (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, capital impairment, recognition of judgments, recognition of choice of law, enforcement of judgments or other similar laws or other laws affecting creditors’
rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) perfected Lien (subject to Liens permitted by Section 6.02) on the Collateral as security for the
relevant Obligations (it being understood that subsequent filings and recordings may be necessary to perfect Liens on the Collateral pursuant to Section 5.10) of each grantor described therein.
Section 3.17 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Credit Facilities shall be used (a) to refinance certain existing indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (b) to pay fees and expenses related to the Transactions and related transactions (including any funding of original issue
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discount and upfront fees) and (c) for general corporate purposes (including, in the case of the Revolving Facility, the working capital needs, capital expenditures, acquisitions, other investments, the payment of transaction fees and expenses, Restricted Payments, payments of Indebtedness and any other purpose not prohibited under the Loan Documents) of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Letters of Credit will be issued to support transactions entered into by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and, to the extent permitted or not prohibited hereby, to support transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business.
Section 3.18 Patriot Act; OFAC; FCPA.
(a) Each of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with the Patriot Act.
(b) (i) Each of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material respects, with the Trading with the
Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto; (ii) none of
the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, any director, officer, agent or employee of any of the foregoing is (x) a person on the list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons” or (y) currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Borrowers (other than the German Subsidiary Borrower) will not directly or, to the knowledge of such Borrowers, indirectly
use the proceeds of the Loans, Letter of Credit or any Ancillary Facility or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person, for the purpose of financing
the activities of any Person subject at the time such proceeds are made available to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC, except to the extent licensed or otherwise approved by OFAC and with respect to the German Subsidiary Borrower, the Parent
Borrower shall ensure that such German Subsidiary Borrower will not directly or, to the Parent Borrower’s knowledge, indirectly use the proceeds of the Loans or any Ancillary Facility or
otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person, for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person subject at the time such proceeds are made available to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC, except to the extent licensed or
otherwise approved by OFAC; and (iii) no part of the proceeds of any Loan, Letter of Credit or Ancillary Facility will be used, directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or
employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation in any material
respect of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended or the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the representations in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 3.18 is given by any Subsidiary, or received by any Lender, in each case that is organized in a European Union member state, only if and to the extent that it would not result in a violation of (i) Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96, as amended, or any implementing law or regulation in any member state of the European Union or the United Kingdom; or (ii) section 7 of the German Foreign Trade Ordinance (Verordnung zur Durchführung des Außenwirtschaftsgesetzes (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung – AWV)) in connection with sections 4 and 19 para (3) no. 1 (a) of the German Foreign Trade Act, or any other comparable anti-boycott law, regulation or statute that is in force from time to time in Germany.
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ARTICLE IV
Conditions
Section 4.01 Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective and the obligations of the Lenders to make Revolving Loans and any agreement of the Issuing Bank to issue any Letters of Credit hereunder shall become effective on the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.02):
(a) Execution and Delivery of Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (i) a counterpart of (x) this Agreement signed by the Parent Borrower, the Dutch Parent Borrower and, to the extent the Rothsay Acquisition Closing Date has occurred, the Canadian Borrower and (y) the U.S. Security Agreement and the Guaranty Agreement, each signed on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto immediately prior to the Effective Date, or (ii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or email transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of such agreements.
(b) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received a written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of counsel (including, without limitation, local counsel) for the Loan Parties covering such matters relating to the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as of the Effective Date as are customary for financings of this type. The Parent Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions.
(c) Corporate Authorization Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of each Loan Party (other than the Dutch Parent Borrower), the authorization of the Transactions to be consummated in connection with the execution and delivery hereof and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties (other than the Dutch Parent Borrower), the Loan Documents or such Transactions as are customary for financings of this type, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d) Dutch Parent Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall have received:
(i) a copy of the articles of association (statuten) of the Dutch Parent Borrower, as well as an extract (uittreksel) from the Dutch Commercial Register (Handelsregister) of the Dutch Parent Borrower.
(ii) a copy of a resolution of the board of managing directors of the Dutch Parent Borrower:
(A) approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Loan Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(B) if applicable, authorizing a specified person or persons to execute the Loan Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and
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(C) if applicable, authorizing a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant, any Borrowing Request) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
(iii) if applicable, a copy of the resolution of the shareholder(s) of the Dutch Parent Borrower approving the resolutions of the board of managing directors referred to under clause (ii) above; and
(iv) a specimen of the signature of each member of the board of managing directors of the Dutch Parent Borrower and, if applicable, each person authorized by the resolutions referred to in clause (ii)(B) and/or (ii)(C) above in relation to the Loan Documents.
(e) Patriot Act. The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least 5 days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act, with respect to the Loan Parties as of the Effective Date that has been reasonably requested by the Commitment Parties at least 10 days prior to the Effective Date.
(f) Collateral Security. All actions necessary to establish that the Administrative Agent will have a perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral (subject to Liens permitted under this Agreement and it being understood that, to the extent any Collateral is not or cannot be provided on the Effective Date (other than the grant and perfection of security interests (i) that may be perfected solely by the filing of a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or PPSA or (ii) in capital stock owned by the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Effective Date with respect to which a Lien may be perfected by the delivery of a stock certificate) after the Parent Borrower’s use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so without undue burden or expense, then the provision of such Collateral shall not constitute a condition precedent to the Effective Date, but may instead be provided after the Effective Date pursuant to arrangements to be mutually agreed between the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent).
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Parent Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
Section 4.02 [Reserved].
Section 4.03 [Reserved].
Section 4.04 Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and any agreement of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to receipt of the request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, in each case, the representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan
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Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as if such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate specifically to another date; provided that the representation and warranty contained in Section 3.04(a) shall refer to the most recent financial statements delivered or deemed delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b), as applicable.
(b) No Default. At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by each Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 4.04.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Date of Full Satisfaction, the Parent Borrower (and each other Borrower to the extent applicable) covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
Section 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. The Parent Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent:
(a) Annual Audit. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Parent Borrower, its audited consolidated and unaudited consolidating balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (except for any such qualification pertaining to the maturity of any Indebtedness occurring within 12 months of the relevant audit or any breach or anticipated breach of any financial covenant) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
(b) Quarterly Unaudited Financial Statements. Within 55 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Parent Borrower, its unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
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(c) Compliance Certificate. Concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto of a Financial Officer of the Parent Borrower (i) certifying as to whether a Default, which has not previously been disclosed or which has not been cured, has occurred and, if such a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Article VII and (iii) other than with respect to the change in GAAP or the application thereof relating to Capital Lease Obligations described in clause (a) of the second paragraph of Section 1.04, stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the Parent Borrower’s audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 which has not already been disclosed and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;
(d) [Reserved];
(e) Budget. Within 45 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Parent Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget for the then current fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet and related statements of projected operations and cash flow as of the end of and for such fiscal year) and setting forth the material assumptions used for purposes of preparing such budget;
(f) Public Reports. Promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and othe