AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of February 24, 2021 (this “Amendment”), among OMAHA HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), GATES GLOBAL LLC (the “Borrower”), each of the Guarantors party hereto, CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity and including any permitted successor or assign, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below), the Lenders party hereto and CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as the Additional Initial B-3 Dollar Term Lender (in such capacity, the “Additional Initial B-3 Dollar Term Lender”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and certain other parties entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of July 3, 2014 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of April 7, 2017, as amended by Amendment No. 2 dated as of November 22, 2017, as further amended by Amendment No. 3 dated as of January 24, 2018 and as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, Holdings and the Borrower have requested an amendment to the Credit Agreement pursuant to which certain provisions of the Credit Agreement will be amended as set forth herein;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.16 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Term Loans of a given class be amended to extend the scheduled maturity date with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans;
WHEREAS, Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement permits the Credit Agreement to be amended with the written consent of (i) the Borrower and the Required Facility Lenders providing the relevant Extended Term Loans to give effect to the Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loan Extension (as defined below) and (ii) the Borrower and the Required Lenders to amend certain other terms of the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires to (i) incur Extended Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.16 of the Credit Agreement to extend up to the entire amount of the existing Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans (the “Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loan Extension”) and (ii) substantially concurrently with the transactions described in clause (i) above, make certain amendments to the Credit Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement with the consent of the Borrower and the Required Lenders, in each case on the terms set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Extended Term Loans shall consist of new Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans (as defined in Exhibit A) maturing on March 31, 2027 in an aggregate principal amount of $1,377,407,894.37;
WHEREAS, each Term Lender holding Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (as defined below) (a “Converting Term B-2 Lender”) that has provided an executed conversion election in the form set forth as Exhibit B hereto electing the “cashless settlement option” has agreed, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, to have the entire amount of its outstanding Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans replaced with an Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loan in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (or such lesser amount as notified to such Post-Closing Settlement Term B-2 Lender by the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers (as each such term is defined below));
WHEREAS, each Term Lender holding Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (a “Post-Closing Settlement Term B-2 Lender”) that has provided an executed conversion election in the form set forth as Exhibit B hereto electing the “post-closing settlement option” has agreed, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, to have the entire amount of its outstanding Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans (the “Post-Closing Settlement Term Loans”) assigned, at par, to the Additional B-3 Dollar Term Lender on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date and has agreed to purchase by assignment Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of such Post-Closing Settlement Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (or such lesser amount as notified to such Post-Closing Settlement Term B-2 Lender by the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers) promptly following the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date; provided that the assignment of such Post-Closing Settlement Term Loans to the Additional B-3 Dollar Term Lender shall be deemed to occur without any additional assignment documentation with respect thereto;
WHEREAS, the Additional B-3 Dollar Term Lender has agreed to purchase by assignment the Post-Closing Settlement Term Loans of the Post-Closing Settlement Term B-2 Lenders and has agreed to convert the entire amount of such Post-Closing Settlement Term Loans to Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans as if it were a Converting Term B-2 Lender;
WHEREAS, substantially concurrently with, but immediately following, the conversions and deemed assignments of Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans described above, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as the Additional B-3 Dollar Term Lender (in such capacity, the “Additional B-3 Dollar Term Lender”) has agreed to provide an Additional B-3 Dollar Term Loan Commitment (as defined in Exhibit A) in an aggregate principal amount, if any, equal to $272,077,056.06 (which amount represents the entire aggregate principal amount of the Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date minus the aggregate principal amount of Converted Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date) (including the Post-Closing Settlement Term Loans);
WHEREAS, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA are joint lead arrangers for this Amendment and the Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans (the “Amendment No. 4 Arrangers”) and Blackstone Securities Partners L.P. is a co-manager for this Amendment and the Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans (the “Amendment No. 4 Co-Manager”);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Amendments
Subject
to the occurrence of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective
Date, hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken
text) and to add the underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: underlined
text) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto.
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ARTICLE II
Extended Term Loans
Pursuant to Sections 10.01 and 2.16 of the Credit Agreement, on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Additional Initial B-3 Dollar Term Lender will make the Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loan to the Borrower as described in Section 2.01(a) of the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment). The Additional Initial B-3 Dollar Term Lender hereby agrees to purchase by deemed assignment all of the Post-Closing Settlement Term Loans and hereby consents to the conversion of such Post-Closing Settlement Term Loans to a like amount of Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans.
ARTICLE III
Conditions to Effectiveness
Section 3.1. This Amendment shall become effective on the date (the “Amendment No. 4 Effective Date”) on which:
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) the Additional Initial B-3 Dollar Term Lender, (iii) Lenders constituting the Required Facility Lenders and the Required Lenders as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date after giving effect to the exchange of the Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans for Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans and (iv) each Loan Party, (x) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party (including, for purposes of Converting Term B-2 Lenders and Post-Closing Settlement Term Lenders, conversion elections in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto) or (y) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a telecopy or other electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Amendment) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a customary written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date) of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, New York counsel for the Loan Parties. Each of the Borrower and Holdings hereby instruct such counsel to deliver such legal opinion.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such certificates of good standing (to the extent such concept exists) from the applicable secretary of state of the state of organization of each Loan Party, certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates, certificates of incorporation (or confirmation of no change since the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date) and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Amendment and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or is to be a party on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
(d) The Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent all fees and expenses due to the Administrative Agent, the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers and the Amendment No. 4 Co-Manager, as separately agreed in writing, on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. All out-of-pocket and documented reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent) of the Administrative Agent and Amendment No. 4 Arrangers in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been paid, to the extent invoiced.
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(e) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in Article V of the Credit Agreement and in each other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified) on and as of the date of this Amendment with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified) as of such earlier date.
(f) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default shall exist or would result from this Amendment or from the application of the proceeds therefrom.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (e) and (f) of this Section 3.1.
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Committed Loan Notice with respect to the Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans to be made on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date at the Administrative Agent’s Office at least three Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (or, in each case, such shorter notice as is approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), and such Committed Loan Notice shall otherwise meet the requirements set forth in Section 2.02 of the Credit Agreement.
(i) The Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent all accrued and unpaid interest on the Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans to, but not including, the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received, no later than 3 Business Days in advance of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, all documentation and other information about the Loan Parties as shall have been reasonably requested in writing at least seven (7) Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date by the Additional Initial B-3 Dollar Term Lender through the Administrative Agent that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the Patriot Act and, with respect to the Borrower, the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
(k) With respect to each Mortgaged Property, the Collateral Agent shall have received a completed “life-of-loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, and, to the extent any improved Mortgaged Property is located in an area determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be a special flood hazard area, shall have received (i) a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower and (ii) evidence of flood insurance as required by Section 6.07(c) of the Credit Agreement.
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ARTICLE IV
Post-Closing Matters
Within 90 days of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (unless waived or extended by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), the Collateral Agent shall have received with respect to each Mortgaged Property, in each case in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, either:
(a) written or e-mail confirmation from local counsel in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located substantially to the effect that: (i) the recording of the existing Mortgage is the only filing or recording necessary to give constructive notice to third parties of the Lien created by such mortgage as security for the Secured Obligations, including the Secured Obligations evidenced by this Amendment and the other documents executed in connection herewith, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and (ii) no other documents, instruments, filings, recordings, re-recordings, re-filings or other actions, including, without limitation, the payment of any mortgage recording taxes or similar taxes are necessary or appropriate under applicable law in order to maintain the continued enforceability, validity or priority of the Lien created by such mortgage as security for the Secured Obligations, including the Secured Obligations evidenced by this Amendment and the other documents executed in connection herewith, for the benefit of the Secured Parties; or
(b) (i) an amendment to the existing Mortgage (the “Mortgage Amendment”) to reflect the matters set forth in this Amendment, duly executed and acknowledged by the applicable Loan Party, and in form for recording in the recording office where such Mortgage was recorded, together with such certifications, affidavits, questionnaires or returns as shall be required in connection with the recording or filing thereof under applicable law;
(ii) a favorable opinion, addressed to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties covering, the enforceability of the applicable Mortgage as amended by the Mortgage Amendment;
(iii) a date down endorsement (or other title product where a date down endorsement is not available in the applicable jurisdiction) to the existing Mortgage Policy, which shall reasonably assure the Collateral Agent as of the date of such endorsement (or other title product) that the real property subject to the lien of such Mortgage is free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except for Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement or Liens otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent;
(iv) evidence of payment by the Borrower of all escrow charges and related charges, mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges and costs and expenses required for the recording of the Mortgage Amendment referred to above; and
(v) such affidavits, certificates, information and instruments of indemnification as shall be required to induce the title company to issue the endorsement (or other title product) contemplated above and evidence of payment of all applicable title insurance premiums, search and examination charges, and related charges required for the issuance of the endorsement.
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ARTICLE
V
Representations and Warranties.
Section 5.1. To induce the Additional Initial B-3 Dollar Term Lender, each Converting Term B-2 Lender and each Post-Closing Settlement Term B-2 Lender to enter into this Amendment, each Loan Party represents and warrants that:
(a) Organization; Power. Each Loan Party (i) is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and, to the extent such concept is applicable in the corresponding jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and (ii) has all requisite organizational or constitutional power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment, and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Authorization; Enforceability. This Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, shareholder or other organizational action by each Loan Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium 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.
(c) Loan Document Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, are true and correct in all material respects (except that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified) on and as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date and except that the representations and warranties which by their terms are made as of an earlier date are true and correct in all material respects (except that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified) only as of such specified date.
(d) No Default. At the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default has occurred and is continuing.
ARTICLE
VI
Miscellaneous
Section 6.1. Effect of Amendment.
(a) On and after the date hereof, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, mean and are a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified by this Amendment. This Amendment is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement and shall be construed, administered and applied in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof.
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(b) The Credit Agreement, as specifically amended by this Amendment, and each of the other Loan Documents are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Documents and all of the Collateral described therein do and shall continue to secure the payment of all of the respective Obligations of Holdings and the Borrower under the Loan Documents, in each case as the Credit Agreement is amended by this Amendment.
(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment does not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents. This Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement.
Section 6.2. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Amendment constitutes the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and to the other Loan Documents and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment. Any signature to this Amendment may be delivered by facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf) or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000 or the New York Electronic Signature and Records Act or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law
Section 6.3. Notices. The parties hereto hereby agree that this Amendment shall constitute the notice with respect to the establishment of the Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans required pursuant to Section 2.16(c) of the Credit Agreement.
Section 6.4. GOVERNING LAW, etc. THIS AMENDMENT shall be construed in ACCORDANCE with and governed by the law of the State of New York. The provisions of Sections 10.15(b) and 10.16 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein and apply to this Amendment mutatis mutandis.
Section 6.5. Headings. Article and Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and are not to affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment.
Section 6.6. Reaffirmation. Each Loan Party hereby expressly acknowledges the terms of this Amendment and reaffirms, as of the date hereof, (i) the covenants and agreements contained in each Loan Document to which it is a party, including, in each case, such covenants and agreements as in effect immediately after giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) its guarantee of the Obligations under each Guaranty, as applicable, and its grant of Liens on the Collateral to secure the applicable Obligations pursuant to the Collateral Documents.
[signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
GATES GLOBAL LLC, | |||
as Borrower | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: | Treasurer | ||
OMAHA HOLDINGS LLC, | |||
as Holdings | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: | Treasurer | ||
GATES GLOBAL CO. | |||
OMAHA ACQUISITION INC. | |||
GATES INVESTMENTS, LLC | |||
GATES ADMINISTRATION CORP. | |||
PHILIPS HOLDING CORPORATION | |||
XXXXXXX XX US HOLDING CORP. | |||
GATES E&S NORTH AMERICA, INC. | |||
GATES TPU, INC. | |||
GATES CORPORATION | |||
GATES INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LLC | |||
ATLAS HYDRAULICS INC. | |||
GATES HOLDINGS 1 LLC | |||
each as a Guarantor | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: | Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
Accepted and Acknowledged: | ||
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Administrative Agent | ||
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Additional Initial B-3 Dollar Term Lender | ||
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
EXHIBIT A
MARKED VERSION REFLECTING CHANGES
PURSUANT TO AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
ADDED TEXT SHOWN UNDERSCORED
DELETED
TEXT SHOWN STRIKETHROUGH
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 3, 2014,
As amended by Amendment No. 1 on April 7, 2017
As amended by Amendment No. 2 on November 22, 2017
As amended by Amendment No. 3 on January 24, 2018
As
amended by Amendment No. 4 on February 24, 2021
among
Omaha holdings llc,
as Holdings,
GATES GLOBAL LLC,
as the Borrower,
THE OTHER GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME,
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,
and
THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC,
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
XXXXXXX XXXXX LENDING PARTNERS LLC,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
DEUTSCHE
BANK SECURITIES INC.,
UBS SECURITIES LLC
and
MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS FINANCE CO. L.L.C.,
as Co-Manager
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | ||
Definitions and Accounting Terms | ||
SECTION 1.01 | Defined Terms | 1 |
SECTION 1.02 | Other Interpretive Provisions | |
SECTION 1.03 | Accounting Terms | |
SECTION 1.04 | Rounding | |
SECTION 1.05 | References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. | |
SECTION 1.06 | Times of Day | |
SECTION 1.07 | Timing of Payment or Performance | |
SECTION 1.08 | Cumulative Credit Transactions | |
SECTION 1.09 | Divisions. | 77 |
ARTICLE II | ||
The Commitments and Credit Extensions | ||
SECTION 2.01 | The Loans |
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SECTION 2.02 | Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans | |
SECTION 2.03 | Letters of Credit | |
SECTION 2.04 | Swing Line Loans |
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SECTION 2.05 | Prepayments | |
SECTION 2.06 | Termination or Reduction of Commitments | |
SECTION 2.07 | Repayment of Loans |
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SECTION 2.08 | Interest |
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SECTION 2.09 | Fees |
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SECTION 2.10 | Computation of Interest and Fees | |
SECTION 2.11 | Evidence of Indebtedness |
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SECTION 2.12 | Payments Generally |
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SECTION 2.13 | Sharing of Payments |
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SECTION 2.14 | Incremental Credit Extensions | |
SECTION 2.15 | Refinancing Amendments |
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SECTION 2.16 | Extension of Term Loans; Extension of Revolving Credit Loans | |
SECTION 2.17 | Defaulting Lenders |
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ARTICLE III | ||
Taxes, Increased Costs Protection and Illegality | ||
SECTION 3.01 | Taxes | |
SECTION 3.02 | Illegality | |
SECTION 3.03 | Inability to Determine Rates | |
SECTION 3.04 | Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans | |
SECTION 3.05 | Funding Losses | |
SECTION 3.06 | Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation | |
SECTION 3.07 | Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances | |
SECTION 3.08 | Survival |
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ARTICLE IV | ||
Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions | ||
SECTION 4.01 | Conditions to Initial Credit Extension | |
SECTION 4.02 | Conditions to All Credit Extensions | |
ARTICLE V | ||
Representations and Warranties | ||
SECTION 5.01 | Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws | |
SECTION 5.02 | Authorization; No Contravention | |
SECTION 5.03 | Governmental Authorization; Other Consents | |
SECTION 5.04 | Binding Effect | |
SECTION 5.05 | Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect | |
SECTION 5.06 | Litigation | |
SECTION 5.07 | [Reserved] | |
SECTION 5.08 | Ownership of Property; Liens; Real Property | |
SECTION 5.09 | Environmental Matters | |
SECTION 5.10 | Taxes | |
SECTION 5.11 | ERISA Compliance | |
SECTION 5.12 | Subsidiaries; Equity Interests | |
SECTION 5.13 | Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act | |
SECTION 5.14 | Disclosure | |
SECTION 5.15 | Labor Matters | |
SECTION 5.16 | [Reserved] | |
SECTION 5.17 | Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. | |
SECTION 5.18 | Solvency | |
SECTION 5.19 | Subordination of Junior Financing; First Lien Obligations | |
SECTION 5.20 | OFAC; USA PATRIOT Act; FCPA | |
SECTION 5.21 | Security Documents | |
ARTICLE VI | ||
Affirmative Covenants | ||
SECTION 6.01 | Financial Statements | |
SECTION 6.02 | Certificates; Other Information | |
SECTION 6.03 | Notices | |
SECTION 6.04 | Payment of Obligations | |
SECTION 6.05 | Preservation of Existence, Etc. | |
SECTION 6.06 | Maintenance of Properties | |
SECTION 6.07 | Maintenance of Insurance | |
SECTION 6.08 | Compliance with Laws | |
SECTION 6.09 | Books and Records | |
SECTION 6.10 | Inspection Rights | |
SECTION 6.11 | Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors | |
SECTION 6.12 | Compliance with Environmental Laws | |
SECTION 6.13 | Further Assurances | |
SECTION 6.14 | Designation of Subsidiaries | |
SECTION 6.15 | Maintenance of Ratings | |
SECTION 6.16 | Post-Closing Covenants |
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ARTICLE VII | ||
Negative Covenants | ||
SECTION 7.01 | Liens | |
SECTION 7.02 | Investments | |
SECTION 7.03 | Indebtedness | |
SECTION 7.04 | Fundamental Changes | |
SECTION 7.05 | Dispositions | |
SECTION 7.06 | Restricted Payments | |
SECTION 7.07 | Change in Nature of Business | |
SECTION 7.08 | Transactions with Affiliates | |
SECTION 7.09 | Burdensome Agreements | |
SECTION 7.10 | Use of Proceeds | |
SECTION 7.11 | Financial Covenant | |
SECTION 7.12 | Accounting Changes | |
SECTION 7.13 | Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness | |
SECTION 7.14 | Permitted Activities | |
ARTICLE VIII | ||
Events of Default and Remedies | ||
SECTION 8.01 | Events of Default | |
SECTION 8.02 | Remedies Upon Event of Default | |
SECTION 8.03 | Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries | |
SECTION 8.04 | Application of Funds | |
SECTION 8.05 | Borrower’s Right to Cure | |
ARTICLE IX | ||
Administrative Agent and Other Agents | ||
SECTION 9.01 | Appointment and Authorization of Agents | |
SECTION 9.02 | Delegation of Duties | |
SECTION 9.03 | Liability of Agents | |
SECTION 9.04 | Reliance by Agents | |
SECTION 9.05 | Notice of Default | |
SECTION 9.06 | Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents | |
SECTION 9.07 | Indemnification of Agents | |
SECTION 9.08 | Agents in Their Individual Capacities | |
SECTION 9.09 | Successor Agents | |
SECTION 9.10 | Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim | |
SECTION 9.11 | Collateral and Guaranty Matters | |
SECTION 9.12 | Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers | |
SECTION 9.13 | Withholding Tax Indemnity | |
SECTION 9.14 | Appointment of Supplemental Agents | |
ARTICLE X | ||
Miscellaneous | ||
SECTION 10.01 | Amendments, Etc. | |
SECTION 10.02 | Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies | |
SECTION 10.03 | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | |
SECTION 10.04 | Attorney Costs and Expenses | |
SECTION 10.05 | Indemnification by the Borrower | |
SECTION 10.06 | Payments Set Aside | |
SECTION 10.07 | Successors and Assigns | |
SECTION 10.08 | Confidentiality | |
SECTION 10.09 | Setoff | |
SECTION 10.10 | Interest Rate Limitation |
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SECTION 10.11 | Counterparts | |
SECTION 10.12 | Integration; Termination | |
SECTION 10.13 | Survival of Representations and Warranties | |
SECTION 10.14 | Severability | |
SECTION 10.15 | GOVERNING LAW | |
SECTION 10.16 | WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY | |
SECTION 10.17 | Binding Effect | |
SECTION 10.18 | USA XXXXXXX Xxx | |
SECTION 10.19 | No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility | |
SECTION 10.20 | Electronic Execution of Assignments | |
SECTION 10.21 | Effect of Certain Inaccuracies | |
SECTION 10.22 | Judgment Currency | |
SECTION 10.23 | Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions | |
SECTION 10.24 | Acknowledgement Regarding any Supported QFCs | 215 |
ARTICLE XI | ||
Guaranty | ||
SECTION 11.01 | The Guaranty | |
SECTION 11.02 | Obligations Unconditional | |
SECTION 11.03 | Reinstatement | |
SECTION 11.04 | Subrogation; Subordination | |
SECTION 11.05 | Remedies | |
SECTION 11.06 | Instrument for the Payment of Money | |
SECTION 11.07 | Continuing Guaranty | |
SECTION 11.08 | General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations | |
SECTION 11.09 | Information | |
SECTION 11.10 | Release of Guarantors | |
SECTION 11.11 | Right of Contribution | |
SECTION 11.12 | Cross-Guaranty |
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SCHEDULES | ||
1.01A | Commitments | |
1.01B | Collateral Documents | |
1.01C | Unrestricted Subsidiaries | |
5.05 | Certain Liabilities | |
5.06 | Litigation | |
5.08 | Ownership of Property | |
5.09(a) | Environmental Matters | |
5.10 | Taxes | |
5.11(a) | ERISA Compliance | |
5.12 | Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments | |
6.01 | Borrower’s Website | |
6.16 | Post-Closing Covenants | |
7.01(b) | Existing Liens | |
7.02(f) | Existing Investments | |
7.03(b) | Existing Indebtedness | |
7.05(f) | Dispositions | |
7.08 | Transactions with Affiliates | |
7.09 | Certain Contractual Obligations | |
10.02 | Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices | |
10.02(a) | Notice Information | |
EXHIBITS | ||
Form of | ||
A | Committed Loan Notice | |
B | Letter of Credit Issuance Request | |
C | Swing Line Loan Notice | |
D-1 | Term Note | |
D-2 | Revolving Credit Note | |
D-3 | Swing Line Note | |
E-1 | Compliance Certificate | |
E-2 | Solvency Certificate | |
F | Assignment and Assumption | |
G | Security Agreement | |
H | Perfection Certificate | |
I | Intercompany Note | |
J-1 | First Lien Intercreditor Agreement | |
J-2 | ABL Intercreditor Agreement | |
L | Administrative Questionnaire | |
M-1 | Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption | |
M-2 | Affiliated Lender Notice | |
M-3 | Acceptance and Prepayment Notice | |
M-4 | Discount Range Prepayment Notice | |
M-5 | Discount Range Prepayment Offer | |
M-6 | Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice | |
M-7 | Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer | |
M-8 | Specified Discount Prepayment Notice | |
M-9 | Specified Discount Prepayment Response | |
N | United States Tax Compliance Certificate |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This
CREDIT AGREEMENT (as the same may be amended, modified, refinanced and/or restated from time to time, this “Agreement”)
is entered into as of July 3, 2014, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on April 7, 2017, as amended by Amendment No. 2 on November
22, 2017 and, as amended by Amendment No. 3 on January 24, 2018, and as amended by Amendment No. 4 on February 24, 2021 among omaha holdings llc,
a Delaware limited liability company, Gates global llc, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party hereto from time to time, CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively,
the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
Pursuant
to Amendment No. 34,
and upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth therein, the Original Credit Agreement is being amended in the form of this
Agreement.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions and Accounting Terms
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“ABL Collateral Agent” means Citibank, N.A. and any successor, as agent under the ABL Credit Agreement, or if there is no ABL Credit Agreement, the “ABL Collateral Agent” designated pursuant to the terms of the ABL Debt.
“ABL Credit Agreement” means the loan and security agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date among the Borrower, Holdings I, certain other Subsidiaries of the Borrower, the ABL Collateral Agent and the other financial institutions party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“ABL Debt” means (1) any Indebtedness outstanding from time to time under the ABL Credit Agreement, (2) all obligations with respect to such Indebtedness and any Swap Contract incurred with any ABL Lender (or its Affiliates) and secured by the ABL Facility Collateral and (3) all Treasury Services Agreement incurred with any ABL Lender (or its Affiliates) and secured by the ABL Facility Collateral.
“ABL Facility Collateral” has the meaning given to such term in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 (which agreement in such form or with immaterial changes thereto the Collateral Agent is authorized to enter into) among Holdings I, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, the Collateral Agent, the ABL Collateral Agent and one or more collateral agents or representatives for the holders of Indebtedness that is permitted under Section 7.03 to be, and intended to be, secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Obligations.
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“ABL Lender” means any lender or holder or agent or arranger of Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement.
“ABL Priority Collateral” has the meaning given to such term in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Acceptable Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(2).
“Acceptable Prepayment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Acceptance and Prepayment Notice” means a notice of the Borrower’s acceptance of the Acceptable Discount in substantially the form of Exhibit M-3.
“Acceptance Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(2).
“Acquired EBITDA” means, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA were references to such Acquired Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries or to such Converted Restricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries), as applicable, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable.
“Acquired Entity or Business” has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Acquisition” means the acquisition by Omaha Acquisition Inc., directly or indirectly, of all of the outstanding class A and class B shares of the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“Additional B-3 Dollar Term Commitments” means, with respect to the Additional B-3 Dollar Term Lender, its commitment to make an Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loan on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date in an amount equal to $272,077,056.06 (which amount represents the entire aggregate principal amount of the Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date minus the aggregate principal amount of Converted Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date).
“Additional B-3 Dollar Term Lender” means the Person identified as such in Amendment No. 4.
“Additional Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c).
“Additional Notes” means the aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 of Dollar Senior Notes issued by the Borrower on March 30, 2017 pursuant to the Senior Notes Indenture.
“Additional Refinancing Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(a).
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“Administrative Agent” means Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit L or such other form as may be supplied from time to time by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. “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.
“Affiliated Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that is an Investor (including portfolio companies of the Investors notwithstanding the exclusion in the definition of “Investors”) (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and other than any Debt Fund Affiliate) or a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate of an Investor at such time.
“Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(l)(i).
“Affiliated Lender Cap” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(l)(iii).
“Agent-Related Persons” means the Agents, together with their respective Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, partners, agents, advisors, attorneys-in-fact and other representatives of such Persons and Affiliates.
“Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the Co-Manager and the Supplemental Agents (if any).
“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“All-In Yield” means, as to any Indebtedness, the yield thereof, whether in the form of interest rate, margin, OID, upfront fees or Eurocurrency Rate or Base Rate floor; provided that OID and upfront fees shall be equated to interest rate assuming a 4-year life to maturity (or, if less, the stated life to maturity at the time of its incurrence of the applicable Indebtedness); and provided, further, that “All-In Yield” shall not include arrangement fees, structuring fees, commitment fees, underwriting fees, consent fees paid to consenting lenders, ticking fees on undrawn commitments or other fees payable to any lead arranger (or its affiliates) in connection with the commitment or syndication of such Indebtedness.
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“Amendment No. 1” means Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement dated as of April 7, 2017.
“Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” means April 7, 2017.
“Amendment No. 2” means Amendment No. 2 to this Agreement dated as of November 22, 2017.
“Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” means November 22, 2017.
“Amendment No. 3” means Amendment No. 3 to this Agreement dated as of January 24, 2018.
“Amendment No. 3 Effective Date” means January 29, 2018.
“Amendment No. 4” means Amendment No. 4 to this Agreement dated as of February 24, 2021.
“Amendment No. 4 Arrangers” has the meaning set forth in Amendment No. 4.
“Amendment No. 4 Effective Date” means February 24, 2021.
“Applicable Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(2).
“Applicable ECF Percentage” means, for any fiscal year, (a) 50.0% if the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is greater than 4.25 to 1.00, (b) 25.0% if the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than or equal to 4.25 to 1.00 and greater than 3.75 to 1.00 and (c) 0.0% if the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than or equal to 3.75 to 1.00.
“Applicable Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.21.
“Applicable Rate” means:
(a) with respect to the Initial Term Loans, a percentage per annum equal to:
(iii) with respect to Initial B-2 DollarEuro Term Loans:
(A)
initially, a percentage per annum equal to (A) for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, 3.00% and (B)
for Base Rate Loans, 2.003.25%;
(B) upon
the occurrence of a Specified IPO, a percentage per annum equal to (A)
for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, 2.75% and (B) for Base Rate Loans, 1.753.00%;
(ii) with
respect to Initial B-2 Euro-3
Dollar Term Loans:
(A) initiallyuntil
delivery of financial statements for the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date pursuant
to Section 6.01, a percentage per annum equal to 3.25(1)
for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, 2.75% and (2)
for Base Rate Loans, 1.75%; and
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(B) thereafter, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a):
Applicable Rate | |||
Consolidated |
Eurocurrency |
Base Rate for | |
Pricing |
Total Net |
Rate for Initial B-3 |
Initial B-3 Dollar |
Level |
Leverage Ratio |
Dollar Term Loans |
Term Loans |
|
|
|
|
1 | > 3.75:1.00 | 2.75% | 1.75% |
2 | ≤ 3.75:1.00 | 2.50% | 1.50% |
(B)
upon the occurrence of a Specified IPO, a percentage per annum equal to 3.00%;
(b) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, until delivery of financial statements for the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.01, a percentage per annum equal to: (A) for Eurocurrency Rate Loans and Letter of Credit fees, 2.75%, (B) for Base Rate Loans, 1.75% and (C) for facility fees on the Revolving Credit Commitments, 0.50%; and
(c) thereafter, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a):
Applicable Rate | ||||
Pricing |
Consolidated |
Eurocurrency |
Base
Rate for |
Facility |
1 | > 4.00:1.00 | 2.75% | 1.75% | 0.50% |
2 | ≤ 4.00:1.00 and > 3.00:1.00 |
2.50% |
1.50% |
0.375% |
3 | ≤ 3.00:1.00 | 2.25% | 1.25% | 0.375% |
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio or Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a); provided that at the option of the Administrative Agent or the applicable Required Class Lenders, the highest pricing level (i.e., Pricing Level 1) shall apply (x) as of the first Business Day after the date on which a Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered but was not delivered, and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which such Compliance Certificate is so delivered (and thereafter the pricing level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply) and (y) as of the first Business Day after an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) shall have occurred and be continuing, and shall continue to so apply to but excluding the date on which such Event of Default is cured or waived (and thereafter the pricing level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).
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“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Loans of any Class, the Lenders of such Class, (b) with respect to Letters of Credit, (i) the relevant L/C Issuer and (ii) the Revolving Credit Lenders and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Facility, (i) the Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Approved Counterparty” means any Agent, Lender or any Affiliate of an Agent or Lender at the time it entered into a Secured Hedge Agreement or a Treasury Services Agreement, as applicable, in its capacity as a party thereto, in each case notwithstanding whether such Approved Counterparty may cease to be an Agent, Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent or Lender after entering into such Secured Hedge Agreement or Treasury Services Agreement, as applicable.
“Approved Currency” means each of (i) Dollars, (ii) euros, (iii) Sterling and (iv) Yen.
“Approved Foreign Currency” means any Approved Currency other than Dollars.
“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Fund that is administered, advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
“Asian JV” means Gates Unitta Asia Company (organized under the laws of Japan), Gates Korea Company Limited (organized under the laws of Korea), Gates Unitta Asia Trading Company PTE LTD (organized under the laws of Singapore), Gates Unitta India Company Private Limited (organized under the laws of India), Gates Unitta Korea Co. Ltd. (organized under the laws of Korea), Gates Nitta Belt Company, L.L.C. (organized under the laws of Delaware) and Gates Unitta (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (organized under the laws of Thailand), or wholly owned subsidiaries thereof and any successor entities of the foregoing.
“Assignees” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(b).
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
“Assignment Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).
“Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
“Auction Agent” means (a) the Administrative Agent or (b) any other financial institution or advisor employed by the Borrower (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v); provided that the Borrower shall not designate the Administrative Agent as the Auction Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Agent); provided, further, that neither the Borrower nor any of its Affiliates may act as the Auction Agent.
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“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of each of December 31, 2013 and 2012 and the audited consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, cash flows and equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Available Incremental Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(d)(v).
“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,
rule, 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).
“Base
Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day
plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the Prime Rate in effect for such day and (c) the Eurocurrency Rate for deposits in Dollars for a one-month
Interest Period plus 1.00%; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, the Eurocurrency Rate for any day shall be LIBOR,
at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day for deposits in Dollars with a term of one month commencing on such day;
it being understood that, for the avoidance of doubt, solely with respect to the Initial B-2-3 Dollar Term Loans, the Base Rate shall be deemed to be not less than 2.001.75% per annum. If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that
it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent
to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof, the Base Rate shall be determined without
regard to clause (a) of the preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any
change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate shall be effective
on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate, as the case may be.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan denominated in Dollars that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Benchmark Discontinuation Event” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate.”
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“Blackstone Funds” means, individually or collectively, any investment fund, co-investment vehicles and/or other similar vehicles or accounts, in each case managed by an Affiliate of The Blackstone Group L.P., or any of their respective successors.
“Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.
“Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment” means the offer by any Company Party to make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a Specified Discount to par pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(B).
“Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers” means the solicitation by any Company Party of offers for, and the corresponding acceptance by a Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a specified range of discounts to par pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(C).
“Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers” means the solicitation by any Company Party of offers for, and the subsequent acceptance, if any, by a Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a discount to par pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(D).
“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing or a Term Borrowing of a particular Class, as the context may require.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state of New York where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a day (a) on which dealings in deposits in the applicable Approved Currency are conducted by and between banks in the applicable London interbank market, (b) if such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is denominated in euros, on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System is open and (c) if such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is denominated in Yen, on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in Tokyo, Japan.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capitalized Leases) by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as capital expenditures on the consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease; provided that any obligations of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries either existing on the Closing Date or created prior to any recharacterization described below (i) that were not included on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as capital lease obligations and (ii) that are subsequently recharacterized as capital lease obligations or indebtedness due to a change in accounting treatment or otherwise, shall for all purposes under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the calculation of Consolidated Net Income and Consolidated EBITDA) not be treated as capital lease obligations, Capitalized Lease Obligations or Indebtedness.
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“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases; provided that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP; provided, further, that for purposes of calculations made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, GAAP will be deemed to treat leases in a manner consistent with its current treatment under generally accepted accounting principles as of the Closing Date, notwithstanding any modifications or interpretive changes thereto that may occur thereafter.
“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Cash Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Collateral Account” means a blocked account at a commercial bank specified by the Administrative Agent in the name of the Administrative Agent and under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, and otherwise established in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary:
(1) Dollars;
(2) (a) Canadian dollars, Sterling, Yen, euros or any national currency of any Participating Member State of the EMU; or
(b) in such local currencies held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(3) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition, demand deposits, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $250.0 million in the case of U.S. banks and $100.0 million (or the Dollar Equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;
(5) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3), (4), (7) and (8) entered into with any financial institution or recognized securities dealer meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;
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(6) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes rated at least P-2 by Xxxxx’x or at least A-2 by S&P (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof;
(7) marketable short-term money market and similar funds having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Xxxxx’x or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical Rating Agency);
(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an investment grade rating from either Xxxxx’x or S&P (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(9) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an investment grade rating from either Xxxxx’x or S&P (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(10) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Xxxxx’x (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical Rating Agency);
(11) securities with maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any financial institution or recognized securities dealer meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;
(12) Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Xxxxx’x with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition; and
(13) investment funds investing at least 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (12) above.
In the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall also include (a) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (1) through (8) and clauses (10), (11), (12) and (13) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (b) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (1) through (13) and in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (1) and (2) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
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For the avoidance of doubt, any items identified as Cash Equivalents under this definition will be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for all purposes regardless of the treatment of such items under GAAP.
“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property.
“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as subsequently amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Change of Control” shall be deemed to occur if:
(a) at any time prior to a Qualified IPO, any combination of Permitted Holders shall fail to own beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate Equity Interests representing at least a majority of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings;
(b) at any time after a Qualified IPO, any person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), other than any combination of the Investors or any “group” including any Permitted Holders, shall have acquired beneficial ownership of 35% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting interest in Holdings I’s Equity Interests and the Permitted Holders shall own, directly or indirectly, less than such person or “group” on a fully diluted basis of the voting interest in Holdings’ Equity Interests;
(c) a “change of control” (or similar event) shall occur under the ABL Credit Agreement, the Senior Notes or any other Indebtedness for borrowed money permitted under Section 7.03 with an aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing with an aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or
(d) Holdings shall cease to own directly 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower.
“Class” (a) when used with respect to any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment with respect to a particular Class of Loans or Commitments, (b) when used with respect to Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are New Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Extension Series, Revolving Commitment Increases, Other Revolving Credit Commitments, Initial B-2 Dollar Term Commitments, Initial B-2 Euro Term Commitments, Initial B-3 Dollar Term Commitments, Incremental Term Commitments or Refinancing Term Commitments of a given Refinancing Series and (c) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are New Revolving Credit Loans, Revolving Credit Loans under Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Extension Series, Revolving Credit Loans under Other Revolving Credit Commitments, Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans, Initial B-2 Euro Term Loans, Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans of a given Refinancing Series or Extended Term Loans of a given Extension Series. New Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Commitments, Initial B-2 Dollar Term Commitments, Initial B-2 Euro Term Commitments, Initial B-3 Dollar Term Commitments, Incremental Term Commitments or Refinancing Term Commitments (and in each case, the Loans made pursuant to such Commitments) that have different terms and conditions shall be construed to be in different Classes. Commitments (and, in each case, the Loans made pursuant to such Commitments) that have the same terms and conditions shall be construed to be in the same Class. There shall be no more than an aggregate of three Classes of revolving credit facilities and five Classes of term loan facilities under this Agreement.
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“Closing Date” means July 3, 2014, the first date on which all conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 4.01.
“Closing Fees” means those fees required to be paid on the Closing Date pursuant to the Fee Letter.
“Co-Manager” means Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. L.L.C.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“COLI Loans” means those certain loans borrowed from time to time by The Gates Corporation against group life insurance policies from Mass Mutual (or any successor thereto) and the associated group life insurance policies.
“Collateral” means (i) the “Collateral” as defined in the Security Agreement, (ii) all the “Collateral” or “Pledged Assets” (or similar term) as defined in any other Collateral Document, (iii) Mortgaged Property and (iv) any other assets pledged or in which a Lien is granted, in each case, pursuant to any Collateral Document.
“Collateral Agent” means Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, in its capacity as collateral agent or pledgee in its own name under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor collateral agent.
“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, the requirement that:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received each Collateral Document required to be delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or from time to time pursuant to Section 6.11, Section 6.13 or Section 6.16, subject to the limitations and exceptions of this Agreement, duly executed by each Loan Party party thereto;
(b) the Obligations shall have been guaranteed by Holdings and each Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) pursuant to the Guaranty;
(c) the Obligations and the Guaranty shall have been secured pursuant to the Security Agreement by a first-priority perfected security interest in (i) all the Equity Interests of the Borrower and (ii) all Equity Interests of each Restricted Subsidiary (that is not an Excluded Subsidiary (other than any Restricted Subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary solely pursuant to clause (f) of the definition thereof)) directly owned by any Loan Party, subject to exceptions and limitations otherwise set forth in this Agreement and the Collateral Documents (to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction) (and the Administrative Agent shall have received certificates or other instruments representing all such Equity Interests (if any), together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank);
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(d) all Pledged Debt owing to any Loan Party that is evidenced by a promissory note shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement and the Administrative Agent shall have received all such promissory notes, together with undated instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(e) the Obligations and the Guaranty shall have been secured by a perfected security interest in, and Mortgages on, substantially all now owned or, in the case of real property, fee owned, or at any time hereafter acquired tangible and intangible assets of each Loan Party (including Equity Interests, intercompany debt, accounts, inventory, equipment, investment property, contract rights, intellectual property, other general intangibles, Material Real Property and proceeds of the foregoing), in each case, subject to exceptions and limitations otherwise set forth in this Agreement and the Collateral Documents (to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction), in each case with the priority required by the Collateral Documents;
(f) subject to limitations and exceptions of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, to the extent a security interest in and Mortgages on any Material Real Property are required pursuant to clause (c) above or under Sections 6.11, 6.13 or 6.16 (each, a “Mortgaged Property”), the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of a Mortgage with respect to such Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such property, together with evidence such Mortgage has been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each party thereto, in form suitable for filing or recording in all filing or recording offices that the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to create a valid and subsisting perfected Lien (subject only to Liens described in clause (ii) below) on the property and/or rights described therein in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and evidence that all filing and recording taxes and fees have been paid or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that if a mortgage tax will be owed on the entire amount of the indebtedness evidenced hereby, then the amount secured by the Mortgage shall be limited to 100% of the fair market value of the property at the time the Mortgage is entered into if such limitation results in such mortgage tax being calculated based upon such fair market value), (ii) fully paid American Land Title Association Lender’s policies of title insurance (or marked-up title insurance commitments having the effect of policies of title insurance) on the Mortgaged Property naming the Collateral Agent as the insured for its benefit and that of the Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns (the “Mortgage Policies”) issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent in form and substance and in an amount reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent (not to exceed 100% of the fair market value of the real properties covered thereby), insuring the Mortgages to be valid subsisting first priority Liens on the property described therein, free and clear of all Liens other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 or Liens otherwise consented to by the Collateral Agent, each of which shall (A) to the extent reasonably necessary, include such coinsurance and reinsurance arrangements (with provisions for direct access, if reasonably necessary) as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (B) contain a “tie-in” or “cluster” endorsement, if available under applicable law (i.e., policies which insure against losses regardless of location or allocated value of the insured property up to a stated maximum coverage amount), and (C) have been supplemented by such endorsements as shall be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, to the extent such endorsements are available in the applicable jurisdiction at commercially reasonable rates, (iii) opinions from local counsel in each jurisdiction (A) where a Mortgaged Property is located regarding the enforceability of the Mortgage and (B) where the applicable Loan Party granting the Mortgage on said Mortgaged Property is organized, regarding the due authorization, execution and delivery of such Mortgage, and in each case, such other matters as may be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (iv) a completed “life of the loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance), duly executed and acknowledged by the appropriate Loan Parties, together with evidence of flood insurance, to the extent required under Section 6.07(c) hereof and (v) a new ALTA or such existing surveys together with no change affidavits sufficient for the title company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the Mortgage Policies and issue the endorsements required in clause (ii) above;
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(g) except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or any Collateral Document, all certificates, agreements, documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office, required by the Collateral Documents, applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, delivered, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Collateral Documents and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Collateral Documents and the other provisions of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement,” shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Administrative Agent for filing, registration or recording; and
(h) after the Closing Date, each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not then a Guarantor and not an Excluded Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor and signatory to this Agreement pursuant to a joinder agreement in accordance with Sections 6.11 or 6.13 and a party to the Collateral Documents in accordance with Section 6.11; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any Subsidiary of the Borrower that Guarantees (other than Guarantees by a Foreign Subsidiary of Indebtedness of another Foreign Subsidiary) the Senior Notes, the ABL Credit Agreement (other than Canadian Subsidiaries which guarantee Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement) or any Junior Financing with a principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount or any Permitted Refinancing of any of the foregoing shall be a Guarantor hereunder for so long as it Guarantees such Indebtedness.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition or anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary:
(A) the foregoing definition shall not require, unless otherwise stated in this clause (A), the creation or perfection of pledges of, security interests in, Mortgages on, or the obtaining of title insurance or taking other actions with respect to the following (collectively, “Excluded Assets”): (i) any property or assets owned by any Foreign Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (ii) any lease, license, contract, agreement or other general intangible or any property subject to a purchase money security interest, Capitalized Lease Obligation or similar arrangement, in each case permitted under this Agreement, to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license, contract, agreement or other general intangible, Capitalized Lease Obligations or purchase money arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than a Loan Party) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Law notwithstanding such prohibition, (iii) any interest in fee-owned real property (other than Material Real Properties), (iv) any interest in leased real property (including any requirement to deliver landlord waivers, estoppels and collateral access letters), (v) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title except to the extent perfection of a security interest therein may be accomplished by filing of financing statements in appropriate form in the applicable jurisdiction under the Uniform Commercial Code, (vi) Margin Stock and Equity Interests of any Person other than wholly-owned Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries (that is not an Excluded Subsidiary (other than any Restricted Subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary solely pursuant to clause (f) of the definition thereof)), (vii) any trademark application filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the basis of the Borrower’s or any Guarantor’s “intent to use” such xxxx and for which a form evidencing use of the xxxx has not yet been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, to the extent that granting a security interest in such trademark application prior to such filing would impair the enforceability or validity of such trademark application or any registration that issues therefrom under applicable federal Law, (viii) the creation or perfection of pledges of, or security interests in, any property or assets that would result in material adverse tax consequences to Holdings, the Borrower, or any of its Subsidiaries, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, (ix) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent a security in any such license, franchise, charter or authorization is prohibited or restricted thereby after giving effect to the anti-assignment provision of the Uniform Commercial Code and other applicable Law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Law notwithstanding such prohibition or restriction, (x) pledges and security interests prohibited or restricted by applicable Law (including any requirement to obtain the consent of any governmental authority or third party (other than a Loan Party)), (xi) all commercial tort claims in an amount less than $10.0 million, (xii) [reserved], (xiii) letter of credit rights, except to the extent constituting a supporting obligation for other Collateral as to which perfection of the security interest in such other Collateral is accomplished by the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights, other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement), (xiv) cash and Cash Equivalents (other than cash and Cash Equivalents representing proceeds of Collateral, it being understood that all proceeds of Collateral shall be Collateral), (xv) any particular assets if the burden, cost or consequence of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets is excessive in relation to the benefits to be obtained therefrom by the Lenders under the Loan Documents as mutually agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and communicated in writing delivered to the Collateral Agent and (xvi) proceeds from any and all of the foregoing assets described in clauses (i) through (xv) above to the extent such proceeds would otherwise be excluded pursuant to clauses (i) through (xv) above;
(B) (i) the foregoing definition shall not require control agreements with respect to any cash, deposit accounts or securities accounts or any other assets requiring perfection through control agreements; (ii) no actions in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or required by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction shall be required in order to create any security interests in assets located or titled outside of the U.S., including any intellectual property registered in any non-U.S. jurisdiction, or to perfect such security interests (it being understood that there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction) and (iii) except to the extent that perfection and priority may be achieved by the filing of a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code with respect to the Borrower or a Guarantor, the Loan Documents shall not contain any requirements as to perfection or priority with respect to any assets or property described in clauses (i) or (ii) of this clause (B);
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(C) the Administrative Agent in its discretion may grant extensions of time for the creation or perfection of security interests in, and Mortgages on, or obtaining of title insurance or taking other actions with respect to, particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower and communicated in writing delivered to the Collateral Agent, that the creation or perfection of security interests and Mortgages on, or obtaining of title insurance or taking other actions, or any other compliance with the requirements of this definition cannot be accomplished without undue delay, burden or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the Collateral Documents; provided that the Collateral Agent shall have received on or prior to the Closing Date (i) Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in appropriate form for filing under the Uniform Commercial Code in the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of each Loan Party, (ii) filings with the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office and (iii) any certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Equity Interests of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) accompanied by instruments of transfer and stock powers undated and endorsed in blank (or confirmation in lieu thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or its counsel that such certificates, powers and instruments have been sent for overnight delivery to the Collateral Agent or its counsel); provided further that the Collateral Agent shall have received the items set forth on Schedule 6.16 on or prior to the date(s) set forth therein; and
(D) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall be subject to exceptions and limitations (if any) set forth in this Agreement and the Collateral Documents.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, each of the Mortgages, collateral assignments, security agreements, pledge agreements, intellectual property security agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 4.01, Section 6.11, Section 6.13 or Section 6.16 and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Commitment”
means a New Revolving Credit Commitment, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment, Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of a given
Extension Series, Other Revolving Credit Commitment of a given Refinancing Series, Initial B-2-3 Dollar Term Commitment, Initial B-2 Euro Term Commitment, Incremental Term Commitment or Refinancing Term Commitment
of a given Refinancing Series as the context may require.
“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
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“Company” means Pinafore Holdings B.V.
“Company Parties” means the collective reference to Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Borrower, and “Company Party” means any one of them.
“Compensation Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(c)(ii).
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(1) increased (without duplication) by the following, in each case (other than with respect to clauses (h) and (k)) to the extent deducted (and not added back) in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(a) (x) provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital gains of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, federal, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including any future taxes or other levies which replace or are intended to be in lieu of such taxes and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations), (y) if the Borrower is treated as a disregarded entity or partnership for U.S. federal, state and/or local income tax purposes for such period or any portion thereof, the amount of distributions actually made to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower in respect of such period in accordance with Section 7.06(i) and (z) the net tax expense associated with any adjustments made pursuant to clauses (1) through (16) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”; plus
(b) Fixed Charges for such period (including (x) net losses on Swap Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, (y) bank fees and other financing fees and (z) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, plus amounts excluded from Consolidated Interest Expense as set forth in clauses (1)(r) through (z) in the definition thereof); plus
(c) with respect to the Borrower for such period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expenses and capitalized fees related to any Capitalized Software Expenditures of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; plus
(d) the amount of any restructuring charges or reserves, equity-based or non-cash compensation charges or expenses including any such charges or expenses arising from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights, retention charges (including charges or expenses in respect of incentive plans), start-up or initial costs for any project or new production line, division or new line of business or other business optimization expenses or reserves including, without limitation, costs or reserves associated with improvements to IT and accounting functions, integration and facilities opening costs or any one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions and investments and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities; plus
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(e) any other non-cash charges, including any write-offs or write-downs reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, (A) the Borrower may elect not to add back such non-cash charge in the current period and (B) to the extent the Borrower elects to add back such non-cash charge, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); plus
(f) the amount of any non-controlling interest or minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly owned Subsidiary; plus
(g) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, advisory fees and other fees (including termination fees) and indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period under the Investor Management Agreement (and related agreements or arrangements) or otherwise to the Investors to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 7.08; plus
(h) the amount of (x) “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to the Transactions that are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable and projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) within 36 months after the Closing Date, net the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions, and (y) “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to mergers and other business combinations, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other similar initiatives consummated after the Closing Date that are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable and projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) within 24 months after a merger or other business combination, acquisition, divestiture, restructuring, cost savings initiative or other initiative is consummated, net the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions, in each case, calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period for which Consolidated EBITDA is being determined and as if such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies were realized during the entirety of such period; plus
(i) [reserved]; plus
(j) any costs or expense incurred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Equity Interest) solely to the extent that such cash proceeds or net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation of Cumulative Credit; plus
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(k) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (2) below for any previous period and not added back; plus
(l) any net loss from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations;
(2) decreased (without duplication) by the following, in each case to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(a) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period and any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period so long as such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period; plus
(b) any net income from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations.
There shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (A) the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired), to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”) and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) and (B) for the purposes of the definition of the term “Permitted Acquisition,” compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 7.11 and the calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio, an adjustment in respect of each Acquired Entity or Business equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) as specified in a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer and delivered to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent. There shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of or, closed or classified as discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold or disposed of, a “Sold Entity or Business”) and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”), based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposition).
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of determining Consolidated EBITDA under this Agreement for any period that includes any of the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2013, September 30, 2013, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014, Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarters shall be $158.8 million, $149.2 million, $142.1 million and $149.5 million, respectively, in each case, as may be subject to any adjustment set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph for the applicable Test Period with respect to any acquisitions, dispositions or conversions occurring after the Closing Date.
“Consolidated First Lien Net Debt” means Consolidated Total Net Debt minus the sum of (i) the portion of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary included in Consolidated Total Net Debt that is not secured by any Lien on property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the portion of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary included in Consolidated Total Net Debt that is secured by Liens on property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, which Liens are expressly subordinated or junior to the Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, ABL Debt will be deemed to be Consolidated First Lien Net Debt.
“Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Net Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) consolidated interest expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (c) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the xxxx to market valuation of Swap Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (d) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and (e) net payments, if any made (less net payments, if any, received), pursuant to interest rate Swap Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (r) any additional interest with respect to failure to comply with any registration rights agreement owing with respect to the Senior Notes or other securities, (s) costs associated with obtaining Swap Obligations, (t) any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition, (u) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (v) any “additional interest” or “liquidated damages” with respect to other securities for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (w) amortization or expensing of deferred financing fees, amendment and consent fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and discounted liabilities, (x) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and any other fees related to the Transactions or any acquisitions after the Closing Date, (y) any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities and any prepayment premium or penalty and (z) the interest component associated with COLI Loans); plus
(2) consolidated capitalized interest of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less
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(3) interest income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, without duplication,
(1) any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), charges or expenses (including relating to any multi-year strategic initiatives), Transaction Expenses, restructuring and duplicative running costs, relocation costs, integration costs, facility consolidation and closing costs, severance costs and expenses, one-time compensation charges, costs relating to pre-opening and opening costs for facilities, signing, retention and completion bonuses, costs incurred in connection with any strategic initiatives, transition costs, costs incurred in connection with acquisitions and non-recurring product and intellectual property development, other business optimization expenses (including costs and expenses relating to business optimization programs and new systems design, retention charges, system establishment costs and implementation costs) and operating expenses attributable to the implementation of cost-savings initiatives, and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans shall be excluded;
(2) the cumulative after-tax effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period shall be excluded;
(3) any net after-tax effect of gains or losses on disposal, abandonment or discontinuance of disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations, as applicable, shall be excluded;
(4) any net after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees, expenses and charges relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, bulk subscriber contract sales) or abandonments or the sale or other disposition of any Equity Interests of any Person other than in the ordinary course of business shall be excluded;
(5) the net income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments (other than Excluded Contributions) that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;
(6) solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the Cumulative Credit and Excess Cash Flow, the net income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its net income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders (other than restrictions in this Agreement), unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in Cash Equivalents (or to the extent converted into Cash Equivalents) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein;
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(7) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP (including in the inventory (including any impact of changes to inventory valuation policy methods, including changes in capitalization of variances), property and equipment, software, goodwill, intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue and debt line items thereof) resulting from the application of recapitalization accounting or purchase accounting, as the case may be, in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition or joint venture investment or the amortization or write-off or write-down of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;
(8) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment or conversion of (i) Indebtedness, (ii) Swap Obligations or (iii) other derivative instruments shall be excluded;
(9) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities and investments recorded using the equity method or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;
(10) any equity-based or non-cash compensation charge or expense including any such charge or expense arising from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, profits interests or other rights or equity or equity-based incentive programs (“equity incentives”), any one-time cash charges associated with the equity incentives or other long-term incentive compensation plans (including under the Borrower’s deferred compensation arrangements), roll-over, acceleration, or payout of Equity Interests by management, other employees or business partners of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companies, shall be excluded;
(11) any fees, expenses or charges incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, recapitalization, investment, disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering and issuance of the Senior Notes and other securities and the syndication and incurrence of the ABL Credit Agreement and any Facility), issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of the Senior Notes and other securities and the ABL Credit Agreement and any Facility) and including, in each case, any such transaction consummated on or prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful or consummated (including, for the avoidance of doubt the effects of expensing all transaction related expenses in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 805), shall be excluded;
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(12) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within twelve months after the Closing Date that are so required to be established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions (or within twelve months after the closing of any acquisition that are so required to be established as a result of such acquisition) in accordance with GAAP or changes as a result of modifications of accounting policies shall be excluded;
(13) any expenses, charges or losses to the extent covered by insurance or indemnity and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer or indemnifying party and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of the insurable or indemnifiable event (net of any amount so added back in any prior period to the extent not so reimbursed within the applicable 365-day period), shall be excluded;
(14) any non-cash compensation expense resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, shall be excluded;
(15) the following items shall be excluded:
(a) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from Swap Obligations and the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 815, Derivatives and Hedging,
(b) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from currency translation gains or losses including those related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net loss or gain resulting from Swap Obligations for currency exchange risk) and any other foreign currency translation gains and losses, to the extent such gain or losses are non-cash items,
(c) any adjustments resulting for the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 460, Guarantees, or any comparable regulation,
(d) effects of adjustments to accruals and reserves during a prior period relating to any change in the methodology of calculating reserves for returns, rebates and other chargebacks, and
(e) earn-out and contingent consideration obligations (including to the extent accounted for as bonuses or otherwise) and adjustments thereof and purchase price adjustments; and
(16) if such Person is treated as a disregarded entity or partnership for U.S. federal, state and/or local income tax purposes for such period or any portion thereof, the amount of distributions actually made to any direct or indirect parent company of such Person in respect of such period in accordance with Section 7.06(i)(iii) shall be included in calculating Consolidated Net Income as though such amounts had been paid as taxes directly by such Person for such period.
In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of proceeds received from business interruption insurance and reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any acquisition, investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement.
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“Consolidated Secured Net Debt” means Consolidated Total Net Debt minus the portion of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary included in Consolidated Total Net Debt that is not secured by any Lien on property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Net Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period.
“Consolidated Total Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, in an amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any Permitted Acquisition), consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, Attributable Indebtedness, and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus the aggregate amount of all cash and Cash Equivalents on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; provided that Consolidated Total Net Debt shall not include Indebtedness (i) in respect of letters of credit, except to the extent of unreimbursed amounts thereunder; provided that any unreimbursed amount under commercial letters of credit shall not be counted as Consolidated Total Net Debt until three Business Days after such amount is drawn and (ii) of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that obligations under Swap Contracts do not constitute Consolidated Total Net Debt.
“Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Net Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period.
“Consolidated Working Capital” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, Current Assets at such date of determination minus Current Liabilities at such date of determination; provided that increases or decreases in Consolidated Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to any changes in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (a) any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (b) the effects of purchase accounting.
“Contract Consideration” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow.”
“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” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Affiliate.”
“Converting Initial B-2 Dollar Term Lender” means each Person that was an Initial B-2 Dollar Term Lender immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date and provided the Administrative Agent with a counterpart to Amendment No. 4 executed by such Lender within the time period specified in Amendment No. 4; provided that the Additional B-3 Dollar Term Lender will be deemed to be a Converting Initial B-2 Dollar Term Lender with respect to its Post-Closing Settlement Term Loans (as defined in Amendment No. 4).
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“Converted Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loan” means each Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loan held by a Converting Initial B-2 Dollar Term Lender on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 4 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Post-Closing Settlement Term Loans held by the Additional B-3 Dollar Term Lender); provided that the amount of such Converting Initial B-2 Dollar Term Lender’s Converted Additional B-3 Dollar Term Loan may be such lesser amount as provided in Amendment No. 4.
“Converted Restricted Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Covered Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.24(a).
“Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means (a) Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt, (b) Permitted Junior Lien Refinancing Debt, (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt or (d) other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, in each case, issued, incurred or otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace, repurchase, retire or refinance, in whole or part, existing Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans (or Revolving Credit Commitments), or any then-existing Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (“Refinanced Debt”); provided that (i) such Indebtedness has a maturity no earlier, and, in the case of Refinancing Term Loans, a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater, than the Refinanced Debt, (ii) such Indebtedness shall not have a greater principal amount than the principal amount of the Refinanced Debt plus accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties thereon and reasonable fees and expenses associated with the refinancing, (iii) the terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (except as otherwise provided in clause (ii) above and with respect to pricing, premiums, fees, rate floors and optional prepayment or redemption terms) are substantially identical to, or (taken as a whole) are no more favorable (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness, than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt being refinanced (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness and it being understood that to the extent any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, no consent shall be required from the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders to the extent that such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding existing Facility at the time of such refinancing) (provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of this clause (iii) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five (5) Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees)), and (iv) such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, repurchased, retired, defeased or satisfied and discharged, all accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties in connection therewith shall be paid, and all commitments thereunder terminated, on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained.
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“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Cumulative Credit” means, at any date, an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a cumulative basis equal to, without duplication:
(a) the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 1.50% of Total Assets; provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from any action taken pursuant to this clause (a), plus
(b) 50% of Consolidated Net Income for the period from the first day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower during which the Closing Date occurred to and including the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower or, in the case Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit; provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from any action taken pursuant to this clause (b), plus
(c) the cumulative amount of the cash and Cash Equivalent proceeds (other than Excluded Contributions) from (i) the sale of Equity Interests (other than any Disqualified Equity Interests and other than any Designated Equity Contribution or the Equity Contribution) of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower after the Closing Date and on or prior to such time (including upon exercise of warrants or options) which proceeds have been contributed as common equity to the capital of the Borrower or (ii) the common Equity Interests of the Borrower (or Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings) (other than Disqualified Equity Interests of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower) and other than any Designated Equity Contribution or the Equity Contribution) issued upon conversion of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Obligations) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower owed to a Person other than a Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary of a Loan Party, in each case, not previously applied for a purpose other than use in the Cumulative Credit (including, for the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of Section 7.03(m)(y)); plus
(d) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the common capital (other than from a Restricted Subsidiary and other than any Designated Equity Contribution or the Equity Contribution) of the Borrower received in (x) cash and Cash Equivalents or (y) in the case of a Specified IPO, 100% of the Equity Interests of a subsidiary holding the net proceeds of such Specified IPO in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents, in each case after the Closing Date (other than Excluded Contributions or the Equity Contribution), excluding any such amount that has been applied in accordance with Section 7.03(m)(y); plus
(e) 100% of the aggregate amount received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in cash and Cash Equivalents from:
(A) the sale (other than to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any minority investments, or
(B) any dividend or other distribution by an Unrestricted Subsidiary or received in respect of any minority investment (except to the extent increasing Consolidated Net Income and excluding Excluded Contributions or the Equity Contribution), or
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(C) any interest, returns of principal payments and similar payments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary or received in respect of any minority investments (except to the extent increasing Consolidated Net Income), plus
(f) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, the fair market value of the Investments of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable) so long as such Investments were originally made pursuant to Section 7.02(n)(y), plus
(g) to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, an amount equal to 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 Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Investments made pursuant to Section 7.02(n)(y), plus
(h) 100% of the aggregate amount of any Declined Proceeds, minus
(i) any amount of the Cumulative Credit used to make Investments pursuant to Section 7.02(n)(y) after the Closing Date and prior to such time, minus
(j) any amount of the Cumulative Credit used to pay dividends or make distributions pursuant to Section 7.06(h)(y) after the Closing Date and prior to such time, minus
(k) any amount of the Cumulative Credit used to make payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings pursuant to Section 7.13(a)(iv)(y) after the Closing Date and prior to such time.
“Current Assets” means, with respect to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all assets (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as current assets at such date of determination, other than amounts related to current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits (but excluding assets held for sale, loans (permitted) to third parties, pension assets, deferred bank fees and derivative financial instruments).
“Current Liabilities” means, with respect to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as current liabilities at such date of determination, other than (a) the current portion of any Indebtedness, (b) accruals of Consolidated Interest Expense (excluding Consolidated Interest Expense that is past due and unpaid), (c) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, (d) accruals of any costs or expenses related to restructuring reserves, and (e) any Revolving Credit Exposure.
“Debt Fund Affiliate” means (i) any fund managed by, or under common management with GSO Capital Partners LP and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund L.P., (ii) any fund managed by GSO Debt Funds Management LLC, Blackstone Debt Advisors L.P., Blackstone Distressed Securities Advisors L.P., Blackstone Mezzanine Advisors L.P. or Blackstone Mezzanine Advisors II L.P., and (iii) any other Affiliate of the Investors or Holdings that is a bona fide debt fund or an investment vehicle that is engaged in the making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.
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“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Declined Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(x).
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Revolving Credit Loans that are Base Rate Loans plus (c) 2.0% per annum; provided that with respect to the overdue principal or interest in respect of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan, plus 2.0% per annum, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender whose acts or failure to act, whether directly or indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of “Lender Default.”
“Delaware Divided LLC” means any Delaware LLC which has been formed upon the consummation of a Delaware LLC Division.
“Delaware LLC” means any limited liability company organized or formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.
“Delaware LLC Division” means the statutory division of any Delaware LLC into two or more Delaware LLCs pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
“Designated Equity Contribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.05(a).
“Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(2).
“Discount Range” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Discount Range Prepayment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Discount Range Prepayment Notice” means a written notice of a Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(C) substantially in the form of Exhibit M-4.
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“Discount Range Prepayment Offer” means the irrevocable written offer by a Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit M-5, submitted in response to an invitation to submit offers following the Auction Agent’s receipt of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice.
“Discount Range Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Discount Range Proration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(3).
“Discounted Prepayment Determination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Discounted Prepayment Effective Date” means in the case of a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment, Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offer or Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offer, five (5) Business Days following the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date, the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date or the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, as applicable, in accordance with Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1), Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1) or Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1), respectively, unless a shorter period is agreed to between the Borrower and the Auction Agent.
“Discounted Term Loan Prepayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(A).
“Disposed EBITDA” means, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA (and in the component definitions used therein) were references to such Sold Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries) or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any sale or issuance of Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith; provided that “Disposition” and “Dispose” shall not be deemed to include any issuance by Holdings of any of its Equity Interests to another Person.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments and the termination or expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized, backstopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer or deemed reissued under another agreement reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer)), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests and other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments and the expiration or termination of all outstanding Letters of Credit (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized, backstopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer or deemed reissued under another agreement reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer)), in whole or in part, (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 Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of issuance of such Equity Interests; provided that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
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“Disqualified Lenders” means (i) those persons identified by the Borrower (or one of its Affiliates) or the Sponsor to the Administrative Agent in writing on or prior to Xxxxx 0, 0000, (xx) competitors of the Borrower identified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in writing from time to time before or after the Closing Date and (iii) any Affiliate of any Person described in clause (i) or (ii) that is reasonably identifiable by name as an Affiliate of such Person, other than bona fide debt fund Affiliates of such Person. The list of Disqualified Lenders shall be made available to any Lender upon request to the Administrative Agent.
“Distressed Person” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Lender-Related Distress Event.”
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Dollar Denominated Loan” means any Loan incurred in Dollars.
“Dollar Denominated Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit incurred in Dollars.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, with respect to an amount of an Approved 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 (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date or other relevant date of determination) for the purchase of Dollars with such Approved Currency.
“Dollar Senior Notes” means collectively the Dollar-denominated unsecured notes of the Borrower and Gates Global Co. due 2022 in an aggregate principal amount of $1,040,000,000 issued on June 26, 2014 pursuant to the Senior Notes Indenture and the Additional Notes.
“Dollar Senior Notes Documents” means the Senior Notes Indenture and the other transaction documents referred to therein (including the related guarantee, the notes and the notes purchase agreement).
“Dollar Term Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has an Initial B-2 Dollar Term Commitment, an Initial B-3 Dollar Term Commitment or a Dollar Term Loan.
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“Dollar Term Loan” means any Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loan, any Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loan or any Incremental Term Loan, Refinancing Term Loan or Extended Term Loan designated as a “Dollar Term Loan,” as the context may require.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent;
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Yield” means, as to any Loans of any Class, the effective yield on such Loans, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate floors or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or OID (amortized over the shorter of (x) the original stated life of such Loans and (y) the four years following the date of incurrence thereof) payable generally to Lenders making such Loans, but excluding arrangement fees, structuring fees, commitment fees, underwriting fees or other fees payable to any lead arranger (or its affiliates) in connection with the commitment or syndication of such Indebtedness.
“Eligible Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(a).
“Environment” means indoor air, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface, subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
“Environmental Laws” means any applicable Law relating to pollution, protection of the Environment and natural resources, pollutants, contaminants, or chemicals or any toxic or otherwise hazardous substances, wastes or materials, or the protection of human health and safety as it relates to any of the foregoing, including any applicable provisions of CERCLA.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of investigation and remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of or relating to the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of, or liability under or relating to any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.
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“Equity Contribution” means the direct or indirect contribution by the Investors and certain other Persons (including the Management Stockholders) to the Borrower of an aggregate amount of cash and rollover equity in Holdings (or another direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) (which, to the extent in respect of any equity of Holdings other than common stock, shall be on terms reasonably acceptable to the Lead Arrangers and which, to the extent in respect of any equity of the Borrower, shall be in the form of common stock) that represents not less than 22.5% of the sum of (1) the aggregate gross proceeds received from the Initial Dollar Term Loans and Initial Euro Term Loans, (2) the aggregate gross proceeds received from Revolving Credit Loans, if any, and loans under the ABL Credit Agreement, if any, made on the Closing Date, excluding any loans to fund working capital needs on the Closing Date, (3) the aggregate gross proceeds received from the Senior Notes issued on the Closing Date, excluding any increase in funded debt to fund original issue discount or upfront fees added to the Senior Notes on the Closing Date, (4) the aggregate principal amount of any other Indebtedness for borrowed money incurred to fund any portion of (or assumed in connection with) the Transactions and (5) the amount of such cash contribution by the Investors and such other Persons and the fair market value of the equity of management and existing shareholders of the Company rolled over or invested, in each case on the Closing Date.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares, interests, rights, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests or units in) such Person and all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase, acquisition or exchange from such Person of any of the foregoing (including through convertible securities).
“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 a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by a Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by a Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or a notification or determination that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing by the PBGC of a notice of intent to terminate any Pension Plan, the treatment of a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, respectively, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) appointment of a trustee to administer any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) with respect to a Pension Plan, the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302, 303 or 304 of ERISA, whether or not waived; (g) any Foreign Benefit Event; or (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon a Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate.
“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.
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“EURIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euro for any Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the European Money Markets Institute EURIBO Rate (“BFEA EURIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or another commercially available source providing quotations of BFEA EURIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two TARGET Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in Euro (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that to the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the “EURIBO Rate” shall be the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average of the rates per annum at which deposits in Euro are offered for such relevant Interest Period to major banks in the European interbank market by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is two TARGET Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period; provided that solely with respect to the Initial Term Loans, the EURIBO Rate shall be deemed to not be less than 0.00% per annum in all cases.
“euro” means the single currency of Participating Member States of the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.
“Euros Outstanding” means the Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, in each case, to the extent denominated in euros.
“Euro Senior Notes” means the euro-denominated unsecured notes of the Borrower and Gates Global Co. due 2022 in an aggregate principal amount of €235,000,000 issued on June 26, 2014 pursuant to the Senior Notes Indenture.
“Euro Senior Notes Documents” means the Senior Notes Indenture and the other transaction documents referred to therein (including the related guarantee, the notes and the notes purchase agreement).
“Euro Term Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has an Initial B-2 Euro Term Commitment or a Euro Term Loan.
“Euro Term Loan” means any Initial B-2 Euro Term Loan or any Incremental Term Loan, Refinancing Term Loan or Extended Term Loan designated as a “Euro Term Loan,” as the context may require.
“Euro Sublimit” means the Dollar Equivalent of euros equal to $25,000,000.
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“Eurocurrency
Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in any Approved Currency other than Euros, for any
Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date
that is two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period by reference to the ICE Benchmark Administration
London Interbank Offered Rate for deposits in such Approved Currency (as set forth by any service selected by the Administrative
Agent that has been nominated by the British Bankers’ Association (or the successor thereto if the ICE Benchmark Administration
is no longer making a LIBOR rate available) as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates) for
a period equal to such Interest Period (the
“LIBO Screen Rate”); provided that, with
respect to any Loan (other than the Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans) or fee in respect of any Letter of Credit, to the
extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the “Eurocurrency
Rate” shall be the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average of the rates per annum
at which deposits in such Approved Currency are offered for such relevant Interest Period to major banks in the London interbank
market in London, England by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is two (2) Business
Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period; provided thatfurther
that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding proviso or this Agreement, solely with respect
to the Initial B-2-3
Dollar Term Loans, if (i) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent reasonably determine in good faith that an interest rate is
not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition and the inability to ascertain such rate is unlikely
to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in the preceding clause (i) have not arisen but the supervisor for the administrator
of the LIBO Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement
identifying a specific date after which the LIBO Screen Rate shall no longer be made available or used for determining interest
rates for loans, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Initial B-3 Dollar Term Lenders in writing (the occurrence of either
of the foregoing conditions, a “Benchmark Discontinuation Event”) and the “Eurocurrency Rate” shall
be an alternate benchmark floating term rate of interest established by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that is generally
accepted as the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for similar syndicated loans in the United
States at such time and shall include (A) the spread or method for determining a spread or other adjustment or modification that
is generally accepted as the then prevailing market convention for determining such spread, method, adjustment or modification
and (B) other adjustments to such alternate term rate and this Agreement (x) to not increase or decrease pricing in effect for
the Interest Period on the Business Day immediately preceding the Business Day on which such alternate rate is selected pursuant
to this provision (but for the avoidance of doubt which would not reduce the Applicable Rate) and (y) other changes necessary
to reflect the available interest periods for such alternate rate) for similar syndicated leveraged loans of this type in the
United States at such time (any such rate, the “Successor Benchmark Rate”), and the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related
changes to this Agreement as may be applicable and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 10.01, such amendment
shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided, further
that if a Successor Benchmark Rate has not been established pursuant to the immediately preceding proviso after the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent have reached such a determination, the Borrower and the Required Facility Lenders for the Initial
B-3 Dollar Term Loans may select a different alternate rate as long as it is reasonably practicable for the Administrative Agent
to administer such different rate and, upon not less than 15 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent,
such Required Facility Lenders and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate
of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in Section 10.01, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely with respect to the Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans, the Eurocurrency Rate shall
be deemed to not be less than 1.000.75%
per annum in all cases..
For the avoidance of doubt, if a Benchmark Discontinuation Event occurs, the Applicable Rate for any Loan shall be determined
in accordance with Section 3.06(c) until the date a Successor Benchmark Rate or other alternate term rate determined pursuant
to the proviso above has been established in accordance with the requirements of this definition.
“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on either the Eurocurrency Rate or the EURIBO Rate, as applicable.
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.
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“Excess Cash Flow” means, for any period, an amount equal to (a) the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such period, (ii) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital and long-term accounts receivable of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (other than any such decreases arising from acquisitions or dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting), and (iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than sales in the ordinary course of business) or any cash gain, in each case to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash charges included in clauses (1) through (17) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income,” (ii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property to the extent not expensed and Capitalized Software Expenditures accrued or made in cash or accrued during such period, to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions were financed with internally generated cash or borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and were not made by utilizing clause (b) of the definition of the Cumulative Credit, (iii) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Leases, (B) the amount of any scheduled repayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.07, and (C) any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii) to the extent required due to a Disposition that resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (X) all other voluntary and mandatory prepayments of Term Loans and all prepayments and repayments of Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans and (Y) all prepayments in respect of any other revolving credit facility, except in the case of clause (Y) to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder), to the extent financed with internally generated cash, (iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (v) increases in Consolidated Working Capital and long-term accounts receivable of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (other than any such increases arising from acquisitions or dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period or the application of purchase accounting), (vi) cash payments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, (vii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Investments and acquisitions made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period and paid in cash pursuant to Section 7.02 (other than Section 7.02(a), (c) or (x)) to the extent that such Investments and acquisitions were financed with internally generated cash or the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans and were not made by utilizing clause (b) of the definition of the Cumulative Credit, (viii) the amount of Restricted Payments paid during such period pursuant to Section 7.06(i) (clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) only) or Section 7.06(g) to the extent such Restricted Payments were financed with internally generated cash or the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans, (ix) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period and were financed using internally generated cash, (x) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are required to be made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness, (xi) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period relating to acquisitions that constitute Investments permitted under this Agreement or Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property to the extent not expected to be consummated or made, plus any restructuring cash expenses, pension payments or tax contingency payments that have been added to Excess Cash Flow pursuant to clause (a)(ii) above required to be made, in each case during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period; provided that to the extent the aggregate amount of internally generated cash not utilizing clause (b) of the definition of the Cumulative Credit actually utilized to finance such Investment, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, (xii) the amount of 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, (xiii) cash expenditures in respect of Swap Contracts during such fiscal year to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and (xiv) any payment of cash to be amortized or expensed over a future period and recorded as a long-term asset. Notwithstanding anything in the definition of any term used in the definition of Excess Cash Flow to the contrary, all components of Excess Cash Flow shall be computed for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
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“Excess Cash Flow Period” means each fiscal year of the Borrower commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Assets” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.”
“Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds received by the Borrower from:
(1) contributions to its common equity capital;
(2) dividends, distributions, fees and other payments (A) from Unrestricted Subsidiaries and any of their Subsidiaries, (B) received in respect of any minority investments and (C) from any joint ventures that are not Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(3) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Borrower) of Equity Interest (other than Disqualified Equity Interests, the Equity Contribution and preferred stock) of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to the extent contributed as common Equity Interests by the Borrower);
in each case to the extent designated as Excluded Contributions by the Borrower within 180 days of the date such capital contributions are made, such dividends, distributions, fees or other payments are paid, or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Guarantor, (b) any Subsidiary of a Guarantor that does not have total assets in excess of 1.0% of Total Assets, individually or in the aggregate with all other Subsidiaries excluded via this clause (b), (c) [reserved], (d) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable Law or Contractual Obligations existing on the Closing Date (or, in the case of any newly acquired Subsidiary, in existence at the time of acquisition but not entered into in contemplation thereof) from guaranteeing the Obligations or if guaranteeing the Obligation would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been obtained), (e) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, the burden or cost or other consequences (including any material adverse tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (f) any direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower, (g) any Subsidiary with respect to which the provision of a guarantee by it would result in material adverse tax consequences to Holdings, the Borrower, or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, (h) any not-for-profit Subsidiaries, (i) any Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (j) any captive insurance subsidiaries.
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“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, (a) any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) (i) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure to constitute an “eligible contract participant,” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder (determined after giving effect to Section 11.12 and any other applicable agreement for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all applicable guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties), at the time the guarantee of (or grant of such security interest by, as applicable) such Guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (ii) in the case of a Swap Obligation that is subject to a clearing requirement pursuant to section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act, because such Guarantor is a “financial entity,” as defined in section 2(h)(7)(C) of the Commodity Exchange Act, at the time the guarantee of (or grant of such security interest by, as applicable) such Guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (b) any other Swap Obligation designated as an “Excluded Swap Obligation” of such Guarantor as specified in any agreement between the relevant Loan Parties and the Approved Counterparty applicable to such Swap Obligations. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one Swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to the Swap for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.
“Existing Revolver Tranche” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(b).
“Existing Term Loan Tranche” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a).
“Expiring Credit Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(g).
“Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(b). The New Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed Extended Revolving Credit Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement.
“Extended Revolving Credit Loans” means one or more Classes of Revolving Credit Loans that result from an Extension Amendment. The New Revolving Credit Loans shall be deemed Extended Revolving Credit Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.
“Extended Term Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a).
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“Extending Revolving Credit Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(c). The New Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed Extending Revolving Credit Lenders for all purposes of this Agreement.
“Extending Term Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(c).
“Extension” means the establishment of an Extension Series by amending a Loan pursuant to Section 2.16 and the applicable Extension Amendment.
“Extension Amendment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(d). Amendment No. 3 shall be deemed an Extension Amendment with respect to the New Revolving Credit Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement. Amendment No. 4 shall be deemed an Extension Amendment with respect to the Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.
“Extension Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(c).
“Extension Request” means any Term Loan Extension Request or a Revolver Extension Request, as the case may be.
“Extension Series” means any Term Loan Extension Series or a Revolver Extension Series, as the case may be.
“Facility” means the Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans, the Initial B-2 Euro Term Loans, the Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans, a given Class of Incremental Term Loans, a given Refinancing Series of Refinancing Term Loans, a given Extension Series of Extended Term Loans, the New Revolving Credit Facility, a given Class of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, a given Refinancing Series of Other Revolving Credit Commitments or a given Extension Series of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as the context may require.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code), as of the Closing Date (and any amended or successor version thereof that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future Treasury Regulations or other official administrative guidance promulgated thereunder and any intergovernmental agreements entered into in connection with the implementation thereof.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Fee Letter” means that certain Amended and Restated Fee Letter, dated April 25, 2014, among Omaha Acquisition Inc., Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., UBS AG, Stamford Branch, UBS Securities LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., MIHI LLC and Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. L.L.C., as amended, supplemented, modified or further restated from time to time.
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“Financial Covenant Event of Default” has the meaning provided in Section 8.01(b).
“FIRREA” means the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended.
“First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 (which agreement in such form or with immaterial changes thereto the Collateral Agent is authorized to enter into) among Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, the Collateral Agent and one or more collateral agents or representatives for the holders of Indebtedness that is permitted under Section 7.03 to be, and intended to be, secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Obligations.
“Fixed Asset Collateral” means the “Cash Flow Collateral” as such term is defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, the sum of, without duplication:
(1) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period;
(2) all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock during such period; and
(3) all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Equity Interests during such period.
“Flood Insurance Laws” means, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statue thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (v) the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
“Foreign Benefit Event” means, with respect to any Foreign Pension Plan, (a) the existence of unfunded liabilities in excess of the amount permitted under any applicable Law or in excess of the amount that would be permitted absent a waiver from applicable Governmental Authority or (b) the failure to make the required contributions or payments, under any applicable Law, on or before the due date for such contributions or payments.
“Foreign Currency Denominated Loan” means any Loan incurred in any Approved Foreign Currency.
“Foreign Currency Denominated Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit denominated in an Approved Foreign Currency, other than, with respect to each L/C Issuer, those Approved Foreign Currencies not authorized to be issued by such L/C Issuer as notified to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower from time to time.
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“Foreign Disposition” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(xi).
“Foreign Pension Plan” means any benefit plan that under applicable Law is required to be funded through a trust or other funding vehicle other than a trust or funding vehicle maintained exclusively by a Governmental Authority.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Foreign Subsidiary Total Assets” means the total assets of the Foreign Subsidiaries, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP in good faith by a Responsible Officer.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Free and Clear Incremental Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(d)(v).
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that (i) if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the 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 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, (ii) GAAP shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under FASB ASC Topic 825 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at “fair value,” as defined therein, and Indebtedness shall be measured at the aggregate principal amount thereof, and (iii) the accounting for operating leases and capital leases under GAAP as in effect on the date hereof (including, without limitation, Accounting Standards Codification 840) shall apply for the purposes of determining compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, including the definition of Capitalized Leases and obligations in respect thereof.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government including any applicable supranational bodies (such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
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“Granting Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(i).
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, without duplication, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01.
“Guarantors” means, collectively, (i) Holdings, (ii) the wholly owned Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than any Excluded Subsidiary), (iii) those wholly owned Domestic Subsidiaries that issue a Guaranty of the Obligations after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.11 or otherwise, at the option of the Borrower, issues a Guaranty of the Obligations after the Closing Date and (iv) solely in respect of any Secured Hedge Agreement or Treasury Services Agreement to which the Borrower is not a party, the Borrower, in each case, until the Guaranty thereof is released in accordance with this Agreement.
“Guaranty” means, collectively, the guaranty of the Obligations by the Guarantors pursuant to this Agreement.
“Hazardous Materials” means all materials, pollutants, contaminants, chemicals, compounds, constituents, substances or wastes, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead, radon gas, pesticides, fungicides, fertilizers, or toxic mold that are regulated pursuant to, or which could give rise to liability under, applicable Environmental Law.
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“Holdings” means Holdings I, or, after giving effect to the occurrence of a Holdings II Event and unless the context requires otherwise, Holdings I and Holdings II, collectively, in which case Holdings I and Holdings II shall together own 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower.
“Holdings I” means Omaha Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, if it is the direct parent of the Borrower, or, if not, any Domestic Subsidiary of Omaha Holdings LLC that (other than in the case of a Holdings II Event) directly owns 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower and issues a Guarantee of the Obligations and agrees to assume the obligations of “Holdings” pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents pursuant to one or more instruments in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Holdings II” means, a direct Subsidiary of Holdings I, 100% owned by Holdings I and any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings I, organized under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, which is designated in writing to the Administrative Agent by Holdings I or the Borrower as “Holdings II” and issues a Guarantee of the Obligations and agrees to separately, and jointly and severally, incur the obligations of “Holdings” pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents pursuant to one or more instruments in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case in accordance with the last sentence of Section 7.14 (the occurrence thereof, a “Holdings II Event”).
“Honor Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Identified Participating Lenders” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(3).
“Identified Qualifying Lenders” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Immaterial Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.03.
“Incremental Amendment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(f).
“Incremental Base Amount” means the greater of (x) $590,000,000 and (y) an amount equal to 100% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended prior to the date of determination for which financial statements are internally available, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Incremental Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Equivalent Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.03(u).
“Incremental Equivalent First Lien Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.03(q).
“Incremental Equivalent Junior Lien Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.03(q).
“Incremental
CommitmentsEquivalent
Unsecured Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.147.03(au).
“Incremental Facility Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(d).
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“Incremental Lenders” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c).
“Incremental Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b).
“Incremental Loan Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b).
“Incremental Term Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Term Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c).
“Incremental Term Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b).
“Incurrence-Based Incremental Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(d)(v).
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) the maximum amount (after giving effect to any prior drawings or reductions which may have been reimbursed) of all outstanding letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;
(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) trade accounts and accrued expenses payable in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (iii) accruals for payroll and other liabilities accrued in the ordinary course);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) all Attributable Indebtedness;
(g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests;
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if and to the extent that the foregoing would constitute indebtedness or a liability in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower appearing on the balance sheet of the Borrower solely by reason of push-down accounting under GAAP shall be excluded; and
(h) to the extent not otherwise included above, all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For
all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall (A) include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other
than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a
joint venturer, except to the extent such Person’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise expressly limited and only
to the extent such Indebtedness would be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Net Debt, (B) in the case of the Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries, exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any
roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business, (C) exclude obligations under or in respect of
operating leases or sale lease-back transactions (except any resulting Capitalized Lease Obligations) and, (D) exclude COLI Loans and (E)
exclude receivables or payables financing or factoring facilities. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap
Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any
Person for purposes of clause (e) shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness
and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. Notwithstanding
anything in this definition to the contrary, Indebtedness shall be calculated without giving effect to the effects of Financial
Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 815 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would
otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose hereunder as a result of accounting for any embedded
derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness.
“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05.
“Indemnified Taxes” means, with respect to any Agent or any Lender, all Taxes other than (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by its net income, however denominated, and franchise (and similar) Taxes imposed in lieu of net income Taxes by a jurisdiction (A) as a result of such recipient being organized in or having its principal office (or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable Lending Office) in such jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof), or (B) as a result of any other connection between such Lender or Agent and such jurisdiction other than any connections arising from executing, delivering, being a party to, engaging in any transactions pursuant to, performing its obligations under, receiving payments under, or enforcing, any Loan Document, (ii) Taxes attributable to the failure by any Agent or Lender to deliver the documentation required to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(d), (iii) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States or any similar Tax, imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause (i) above, (iv) in the case of any Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 3.07), any U.S. federal withholding Tax that is imposed pursuant to a law in effect on the date such Lender acquires an interest in a Loan or Commitment, or designates a new Lending Office, except to the extent such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled immediately prior to the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment) to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 3.01 and (v) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Lender” for purposes of this definition shall include each L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender.
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“Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05.
“Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.08.
“Initial B-1 Dollar Term Commitment” means the Term Commitments of the Dollar Term Lenders as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
“Initial B-1 Dollar Term Loans” means the Dollar-denominated term loans made by the Lenders on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii).
“Initial B-1 Euro Term Commitment” means the Term Commitments of the Euro Term Lenders as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
“Initial B-1 Euro Term Loans” means the euro-denominated term loans made by the Lenders on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(ii).
“Initial
B-2 Dollar Term Commitment” means, as to each the
Term Commitments of the Dollar Term Lender, its obligation to make an Initial B-2
Dollar Term Loan in Dollars to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(iii) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount set
forth opposite such Dollar Term Lender’s name in Schedule 1.01A under the caption “Initial B-2 Dollar Term Commitment”
or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Dollar Term Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount
may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (including Section 2.14). The initial aggregate amount
of the Initial B-2 Dollar Term Commitments onLenders
as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date is $1,733,754,929.53.
“Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans” means the Dollar-denominated term loans made by the Lenders on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(iii).
“Initial B-2 Euro Term Commitment” means, as to each Euro Term Lender, its obligations to make an Initial B-2 Euro Term Loan in euros to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(iii) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Euro Term Lender’s name in Schedule 1.01A under the caption “Initial B-2 Euro Term Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Euro Term Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (including Section 2.14). The initial aggregate amount of the Initial B-2 Euro Term Commitments on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date is €655,194,710.89.
“Initial B-2 Euro Term Loans” means the euro-denominated term loans made by the Lenders on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(iii).
“Initial B-3 Dollar Term Commitment” means the Additional B-3 Dollar Term Commitment.
“Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans” means the Dollar-denominated term loans made by the Lenders on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(iv). The initial aggregate principal amount of the Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date is $1,377,407,894.37.
“Initial B-3 Dollar Term Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has an Additional B-3 Dollar Term Commitment or Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loan at such time.
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“Initial Dollar Term Commitment” means the Term Commitments of the Dollar Term Lenders as of the Closing Date.
“Initial Dollar Term Loans” means the Dollar-denominated term loans made by the Lenders on the Closing Date to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i).
“Initial Euro Term Commitment” means the Term Commitments of the Euro Term Lenders as of the Closing Date.
“Initial Euro Term Loans” means the euro-denominated term loans made by the Lenders on the Closing Date to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(i).
“Initial Revolving Borrowing” means one or more borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans on the Closing Date; provided that, without limitation, Letters of Credit may be issued on the Closing Date to backstop or replace letters of credit, guarantees and performance or similar bonds outstanding on the Closing Date (including deemed issuances of Letters of Credit under this Agreement resulting from existing issuers of letters of credit outstanding on the Closing Date agreeing to become L/C Issuers under this Agreement).
“Initial
Term Commitments” means, collectively, the Initial B-2-3
Dollar Term Commitments and the Initial B-2 Euro Term Commitments.
“Initial Term Loans” means, collectively, the Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans, the Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans and the Initial B-2 Euro Term Loans.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
“Intercompany Note” means a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit I.
“Intercreditor Agreements” means the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, collectively, in each case to the extent in effect.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.
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“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter or, to the extent agreed by each Lender of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, twelve months or, to the extent agreed by the Administrative Agent, less than one month thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:
(i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall, subject to clause (iii) below, be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period (other than an Interest Period having a duration of less than one month) that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person excluding, in the case of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment at any time shall be the amount actually invested (measured at the time made), without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“Investor Management Agreement” means an agreement among the Borrower and/or Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent entity of Holdings) and Affiliates of (or management entities associated with) one or more of the Investors, as in effect from time to time and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in a manner not materially adverse to the Lenders; provided that any management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees payable by the Borrower and/or Holdings and its Subsidiaries for any fiscal year shall not exceed an amount equal to 2.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year.
“Investors” means any of the Blackstone Funds and any of their Affiliates (other than any portfolio operating companies).
“IP Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.17.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Junior Financing” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.13(a).
“Junior Financing Documentation” means any documentation governing any Junior Financing.
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“Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, between the Collateral Agent and one or more collateral agents or representatives for the holders of Indebtedness issued or incurred pursuant to Sections 7.03(g)(y)(i), (q)(y) or (s) that are intended to be secured on a basis junior to the Liens securing the Obligations. Wherever in this Agreement, an Other Debt Representative is required to become party to the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if the related Indebtedness is the initial Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to be secured by a Lien on a basis junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, then the Borrower, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and the Other Debt Representative for such Indebtedness shall execute and deliver the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity date of any Refinancing Term Loan, any Refinancing Term Commitment, any Extended Term Loan, any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, any Incremental Term Loans, any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or any Other Revolving Credit Commitments, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents, orders, decrees, injunctions or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement. All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the applicable Honor Date or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing. All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Disbursement” means any payment made by an L/C Issuer pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“L/C Issuer” means Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, including through any of its Affiliates or branches (in each case, with respect to standby letters of credit only), and any other Lender that becomes an L/C Issuer in accordance with Sections 2.03(k) or 10.07(k), in each case, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. If there is more than one L/C Issuer at any given time, the term L/C Issuer shall refer to the relevant L/C Issuer(s).
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“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 2.03(l). For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“LCA Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.02(h).
“LCA Test Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.02(h).
“Lead Arrangers” means Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Lending Partners LLC, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., in their respective capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners under this Agreement. With respect to Amendment No. 1, the Lead Arrangers shall be Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Xxxxxxx Sachs Bank USA, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, Siemens Financial Services, Inc. and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. With respect to Amendment No. 2, the Lead Arrangers shall be Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. With respect to Amendment No. 4, the Lead Arrangers shall be the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers.
“Lender” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and, as the context requires, includes an L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a “Lender”.
“Lender Default” means (i) the refusal (which may be given verbally or in writing and has not been retracted) or failure of any Lender to make available its portion of any incurrence of revolving loans or reimbursement obligations required to be made by it, which refusal or failure is not cured within two Business Days after the date of such refusal or failure; (ii) the failure of any Lender to pay over to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due, unless subject to a good faith dispute; (iii) a Lender has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations, or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations, under the Revolving Credit Facility or under other agreements generally in which it commits to extend credit; (iv) a Lender has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with its funding obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility; (v) a Lender has admitted in writing that it is insolvent or such Lender becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event; or (vi) a Lender has become the subject of a Bail-in Action. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender Default has occurred under any one or more of clauses (i) through (vi) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and the applicable Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.17(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each L/C Issuer, each Swing Line Lender and each Lender.
“Lender-Related Distress Event” means, with respect to any Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender (each, a “Distressed Person”), as the case may be, a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any Debtor Relief Law, or a custodian, conservator, receiver or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets, or such Distressed Person or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Distressed Person is subject to a forced liquidation, or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person or its assets to be, insolvent or bankrupt; provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interests in any Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof, 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.
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“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit and may be issued in any Approved Currency.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is five (5) Business Days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date then in effect for the New Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Issuance Request” means a letter of credit request substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $20,000,000 and (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.
“LIBOR
Screen Rate”
has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate.”
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to Real Property, and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Limited Condition Acquisition” means any acquisition, including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation, by one or more of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of any assets, business or Person permitted by this Agreement whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party acquisition financing and which is designated as a Limited Condition Acquisition by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in writing to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date the definitive agreements for such acquisition are entered into.
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of a Term Loan, a Revolving Credit Loan or a Swing Line Loan (including any Incremental Term Loan and any extensions of credit under any Revolving Commitment Increase).
“Loan
Documents” means, collectively, (i) this Agreement, (ii) Amendment Xx. 0, (xxx) Xxxxxxxxx Xx. 0, (xx) Amendment No.
3, (v) Amendment No. 4, (vi) the
Notes, (vii) the Collateral Documents,
(viii) each Intercreditor Agreement
to the extent then in effect, (viiiix)
each Letter of Credit Issuance Request and (ixx)
any Refinancing Amendment, Incremental Amendment or Extension Amendment.
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“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Management Stockholders” means the members of management of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries who are investors in Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof.
“Margin Stock” has the meaning set forth in Regulation U issued by the FRB.
“Market Capitalization” means an amount equal to (i) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common Equity Interests of a Qualified IPO Entity on the date of the declaration of a Restricted Payment multiplied by (ii) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common Equity Interests on the principal securities exchange on which such common Equity Interests are traded for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such Restricted Payment.
“Master Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Swap Contract.”
“Material Adverse Effect” means a (a) material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) material adverse effect on the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to fully and timely perform any of their payment obligations under any Loan Document to which the Borrower or any of the Loan Parties is a party; or (c) material adverse effect on the rights and remedies available to the Lenders or any Agent under any Loan Document.
“Material Real Property” means any fee owned real property located in the United States that is owned by any Loan Party with a fair market value in excess of $7,500,000 (at the Closing Date or, with respect to real property acquired after the Closing Date, at the time of acquisition, in each case, as reasonably estimated by the Borrower in good faith).
“Maturity Date” means (i) with respect to the Initial B-2 Euro Term Loans, the date that is the earlier of (x) March 31, 2024 and (y) if greater than $500 million in aggregate principal amount of Dollar Senior Notes are outstanding on April 15, 2022, Xxxxx 00, 0000, (xx) with respect to the Initial X-0 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00, 0000, (xxx) with respect to the New Revolving Facility, the date that is the earlier of (x) January 29, 2023 and (y) if greater than $500 million in aggregate principal amount of the initial Dollar Senior Notes are outstanding on April 15, 2022, April 15, 2022, (iv) with respect to any tranche of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the final maturity date applicable thereto as specified in the applicable Extension Request accepted by the respective Lender or Lenders, (v) with respect to any Refinancing Term Loans or Other Revolving Credit Commitments, the final maturity date applicable thereto as specified in the applicable Refinancing Amendment and (vi) with respect to any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, the final maturity date applicable thereto as specified in the applicable Incremental Amendment; provided, in each case, that if such date is not a Business Day, then the applicable Maturity Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.10.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
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“Mortgage Policies” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.”
“Mortgaged Property” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.”
“Mortgages” means collectively, the deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, hypothecs and mortgages made by the Loan Parties in favor or for the benefit of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties creating and evidencing a Lien on a Mortgaged Property in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent with such terms and provisions as may be required by the applicable Laws of the relevant jurisdiction, and any other mortgages executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11, 6.13 or 6.16, in each case, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Sections 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding six years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Net Proceeds” means:
(a) 100% of the cash proceeds actually received by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise and including casualty insurance settlements and condemnation awards, but in each case only as and when received) from any Disposition or Casualty Event, net of (i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith, (ii) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien (other than a Lien that ranks pari passu with or subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations) on the asset subject to such Disposition or Casualty Event and that is required to be repaid (and is timely repaid) in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), including, for the avoidance of doubt, ABL Debt in respect of any ABL Priority Collateral or Non-U.S. ABL Facility Collateral subject to such Disposition or Casualty Event, (iii) in the case of any Disposition or Casualty Event by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (iii)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof, (iv) taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof, and (v) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any adjustment to the sale price or any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (i) above) (x) related to any of the applicable assets and (y) retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations (however, the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds of such Disposition or Casualty Event occurring on the date of such reduction); provided that if no Default exists, the Borrower may reinvest any portion of such proceeds in assets useful for its business (which shall include any Investment permitted by this Agreement) within 12 months of such receipt and such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not, within 12 months of such receipt, so reinvested or contractually committed to be so reinvested (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such 12-month period but within such 12-month period are contractually committed to be used, then upon the termination of such contract or if such Net Proceeds are not so used within 18 months of initial receipt, such remaining portion shall constitute Net Proceeds as of the date of such termination or expiry without giving effect to this proviso; it being further understood that such proceeds shall constitute Net Proceeds notwithstanding any investment notice if there is a Specified Default at the time of a proposed reinvestment unless such proposed reinvestment is made pursuant to a binding commitment entered into at a time when no Specified Default was continuing); provided, further, that no proceeds realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Proceeds unless (x) such proceeds shall exceed $40,000,000 and (y) the aggregate net proceeds excluded under clause (x) exceeds $100,000,000 in any fiscal year (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Proceeds under this clause (a)), and
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(b) 100% of the cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness, net of all taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof and fees (including investment banking fees and discounts), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such incurrence, issuance or sale.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Net Proceeds, fees, commissions and other costs and expenses payable to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be disregarded.
“New Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous New Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type, in the same Approved Currency, and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the New Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(c).
“New Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each New Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to (a) make New Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c), (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate Principal Amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Annex A to Amendment No. 1 under the caption “New Revolving Credit Commitments” or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (including Section 2.14). The aggregate New Revolving Credit Commitments of all New Revolving Credit Lenders shall be $185,000,000 on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“New Revolving Credit Exposure” means as to each New Revolving Credit Lender, the sum of the amount of the outstanding Principal Amount of such New Revolving Credit Lender’s New Revolving Credit Loans and its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the amount of the L/C Obligations and the Swing Line Obligations at such time.
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“New Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the New Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“New Revolving Credit Lender” means (a) as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, each Revolving Credit Lender with respect to any Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender that has been extended pursuant to Amendment No. 3 and whose name and the aggregate principal amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment so extended are set forth on Annex A to Amendment No. 3 under the caption “New Revolving Credit Commitment” and (b) after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, each Lender that holds a New Revolving Credit Commitment.
“New Revolving Credit Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.01(c).
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07(d).
“Non-Debt Fund Affiliate” means any Affiliate of the Investors other than (a) Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings, (b) any Debt Fund Affiliates and (c) any natural person.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.
“Non-Expiring Credit Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(g).
“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Non-U.S. ABL Facility Collateral” has the meaning given to such term in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Not Otherwise Applied” means, with reference to any amount of proceeds of any transaction or event, that such amount (a) was not required to be applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b), (b) was not previously (and is not concurrently being) applied in determining the permissibility of a transaction under the Loan Documents where such permissibility was or is (or may have been) contingent on receipt of such amount or utilization of such amount for a specified purpose, (c) was not utilized pursuant to Section 8.05, (d) was not applied to incur Indebtedness pursuant to Section 7.03(m)(y), (e) was not utilized to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 7.06 (other than pursuant to Section 7.06(h)(y)), (f) was not utilized to make Investments pursuant to Sections 7.02(n), (p), (v), (w) or (z), (g) was not utilized to make prepayments of any Junior Financing pursuant to Section 7.13 (other than 7.13(a)(iv)(y)) or (h) was not utilized to increase availability under clause (c) of the definition of Cumulative Credit. The Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any application of such amount as contemplated by (b) above.
“Note” means a Term Note, a Revolving Credit Note or a Swing Line Note, as the context may require.
“Obligations” means all (x) advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding and (y) obligations of any Loan Party arising under any Secured Hedge Agreement or any Treasury Services Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents (and of their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Loan Documents) include (a) the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit fees, reimbursement obligations, charges, expenses, fees, Attorney Costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) the obligation of any Loan Party to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under any Secured Hedge Agreement or any Treasury Services Agreement shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Collateral Documents and the Guaranty only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Obligations of any Guarantor shall in no event include any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor.
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“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
“Offered Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
“Offered Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
“OID” means original issue discount.
“Organization Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Original
Credit Agreement” means this Credit Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the Amendment No. 34
Effective Date.
“Other Applicable Indebtedness” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(ii).
“Other Debt Representative” means, with respect to any series of Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt or Permitted Junior Lien Refinancing Debt, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under the indenture or agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or otherwise obtained, as the case may be, and each of their successors in such capacities.
“Other Revolving Credit Commitments” means one or more Classes of revolving credit commitments hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Other Revolving Credit Loans” means one or more Classes of Revolving Credit Loans that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Other Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).
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“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to the Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding Principal Amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans (including any refinancing of outstanding unpaid drawings under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the aggregate outstanding Principal Amount thereof on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes thereto as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit (including any refinancing of outstanding unpaid drawings under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the Federal Funds Rate and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Approved Foreign Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in such currency, 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 applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(f).
“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(f).
“Participating Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(2).
“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.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate or to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding six years.
“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit H hereto or any other form reasonably approved by the Collateral Agent, as the same shall be supplemented from time to time.
“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(i).
“Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt” means any Permitted First Priority Refinancing Notes and any Permitted First Priority Refinancing Loans.
“Permitted First Priority Refinancing Loans” means any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in the form of secured loans incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more tranches of loans under this Agreement; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with the Liens securing the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors or (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature on or prior to the date that is the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred or issued or have a shorter weighted average life to maturity than the Initial Term Loans.
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“Permitted First Priority Refinancing Notes” means any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in the form of secured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with the Liens securing the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature or have scheduled amortization or payments of principal (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and a customary acceleration right after an event of default) on or prior to the date that is the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred or issued, (iv) the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as or more favorable to the Loan Parties than the Collateral Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (v) an Other Debt Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to each Intercreditor Agreement. Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
“Permitted Holders” means each of (x) the Investors and (y) the Management Stockholders (provided that if the Management Stockholders own beneficially or of record more than fifteen percent (15%) of the outstanding voting stock of Holdings I in the aggregate, they shall be treated as Permitted Holders of only fifteen percent (15%) of the outstanding voting stock of Holdings I at such time).
“Permitted Intercompany Activities” means any transactions between or among the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower are necessary or advisable in connection with the ownership or operation of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, (i) payroll, cash management, purchasing, insurance and hedging arrangements and (ii) management, technology and licensing arrangements.
“Permitted Junior Lien Refinancing Debt” means Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness constituting secured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of junior lien secured notes or junior lien secured loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a junior priority basis to the Liens securing the Obligations and the obligations in respect of any Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness may be secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and the obligations in respect of any Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness,” (iii) an Other Debt Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as a “Junior Lien Representative” thereunder and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, and (iv) such Indebtedness meets the Permitted Other Debt Conditions. Permitted Junior Lien Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
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“Permitted Other Debt Conditions” means that such applicable Indebtedness (i) does not mature or have scheduled amortization payments of principal or payments of principal and is not subject to mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment or sinking fund obligations (except customary asset sale or change of control provisions that provide for the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations), in each case on or prior to the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, (ii) is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors, and (iii) to the extent secured, the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as or more favorable to the Loan Parties than the Collateral Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).
“Permitted Ratio Debt” means Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary so long as immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto and to the use of the proceeds thereof (but without netting the proceeds thereof) (i) no Event of Default shall be continuing or result therefrom and (ii) (x) if such Indebtedness is secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Obligations, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio is no greater than 4.75 to 1.00 determined on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements are internally available and (y) if such Indebtedness is secured on a junior basis to the Liens securing the Obligations, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio is no greater than 6.00 to 1.00 determined on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements are internally available; provided that, such Indebtedness shall (A) in the case of clause (x) above, have a maturity date that is after the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, and in the case of clause (y) above, have a maturity date that is at least ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, (B) in the case of clause (x) above, have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity not shorter than the longest remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Facilities and, in the case of clause (y) above, shall not be subject to scheduled amortization prior to maturity, (C) if such Indebtedness is incurred or guaranteed on a secured basis by a Loan Party on a junior basis to the Liens securing the Obligations, be subject to the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and, if the Indebtedness is secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Obligations, be (x) in the form of debt securities and (y) subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (D) have terms and conditions (other than pricing, rate floors, discounts, fees, premiums and optional prepayment or redemption provisions) that in the good faith determination of the Borrower are not materially less favorable (when taken as a whole) to the Borrower than the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents (when taken as a whole) (provided that a certificate of the Borrower as to the satisfaction of the conditions described in this clause (D) delivered at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirements of this clause (D), shall be conclusive unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five (5) Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees)); provided, further, that any such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (x) or (y) above by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, together with any Indebtedness incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party pursuant to Sections 7.03(g), 7.03(q), 7.03(u) or 7.03(w), does not exceed in the aggregate at any time outstanding the greater of (i) $165,000,000 and (ii) 2.25% of Total Assets, in each case determined at the time of incurrence.
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“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, (b) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(e), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended, (c) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(e), at the time thereof, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (d) if such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended is Junior Financing, (i) to the extent such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension is 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 modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended, (ii) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension is incurred by the Person who is the obligor of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended and (iii) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended was subject to an Intercreditor Agreement, the holders of such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended Indebtedness (if such Indebtedness is secured) or their representative on their behalf shall become party to such Intercreditor Agreement.
“Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt” means Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in the form of unsecured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior unsecured notes or loans; provided that such Indebtedness (i) constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and (ii) meets the Permitted Other Debt Conditions.
“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 such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.
“Platform” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.
“Pledged Debt” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
“Pledged Equity” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
“Post-Acquisition Period” means, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition or the conversion of any Unrestricted Subsidiary into a Restricted Subsidiary, the period beginning on the date such Permitted Acquisition or conversion is consummated and ending on the first anniversary of the date on which such Permitted Acquisition or conversion is consummated.
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“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum determined from time to time by Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City and notified to the Borrower.
“Principal Amount” means (i) the stated or principal amount of each Dollar Denominated Loan or Dollar Denominated Letter of Credit or L/C Obligation with respect thereto, as applicable, and (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of the stated or principal amount of each Foreign Currency Denominated Loan and Foreign Currency Denominated Letter of Credit or L/C Obligation with respect thereto, as the context may require.
“Pro Forma Adjustment” means, for any Test Period that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, the pro forma increase or decrease in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of (a) actions taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings or (b) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in each case in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (i) at the election of the Borrower, such Pro Forma Adjustment shall not be required to be determined for any Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with such acquisition was less than $25,000,000, and (ii) so long as such actions are taken during such Post-Acquisition Period or such costs are incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, as applicable, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, it may be assumed that such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period; provided, further, that any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, for such Test Period.
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“Pro
Forma Basis,” “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” mean,
with respect to compliance with any test hereunder, that (A) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have
been made and (B) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to
have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test: (a) income statement items
(whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case
of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product
line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of
a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction,” shall be
included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an
implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is
or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination; provided that, (I) without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to (A) above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments
may be applied to any such test solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated
EBITDA and give effect to events (including operating expense reductions) that are (as determined by the Borrower in good
faith) (i) (x) directly attributable to such transaction, (y) expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries and (z) factually supportable or (ii) otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma
Adjustment; provided, further,(II)
that when calculating the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for purposes of (i) the definition
of “Applicable Rate,” (ii) the Applicable ECF Percentage and (iii) determining actual compliance (and not Pro
Forma Compliance or compliance on a Pro Forma Basis) with Section 7.11, the events that occurred subsequent to the end of
the applicable Test Period shall not be given pro forma effect.; and (III) in determining Pro Forma Compliance with the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated
Secured Net Leverage Ratio,
the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio,
or any other incurrence test (other than in respect of Section 7.11), in connection with the incurrence (including
by assumption or guarantee) of any Indebtedness included in the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the
Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio,
the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio or
such other incurrence test calculation immediately prior to, or simultaneously with, the event for which the Pro
Forma Compliance determination of such ratio or other test is being made shall be disregarded; provided, further,
that with respect to any incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by the provisions of this Agreement in reliance on the
pro forma calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio,
the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio or such other incurrence test calculation, any Indebtedness being incurred (or
expected to be incurred) substantially simultaneously or contemporaneously with the incurrence of any such Indebtedness or
any applicable transaction or action in reliance on any “basket” set
forth in this Agreement (including
the Incremental Base Amount and any “baskets” measured as a percentage of Total Assets or Consolidated
EBITDA) shall be disregarded. In the event any fixed “baskets” are intended to be utilized together with
any incurrence-based “baskets” within the same covenant in a single transaction or series of related
transactions (including utilization of the Free and Clear Incremental Amount and the Incurrence-Based Incremental Amount),
(i) compliance with or satisfaction of any applicable financial ratios or tests for the portion of Indebtedness or any other
applicable transaction or action to be incurred under any incurrence-based “baskets” shall first be calculated
without giving effect to amounts being utilized pursuant to any fixed “baskets”, but giving full pro forma effect
to all applicable and related transactions (including, subject to the foregoing with respect to fixed “baskets”,
any incurrence and repayments of Indebtedness) and all other permitted Pro Forma Adjustments (except that the incurrence of
any Indebtedness prior to or in connection therewith shall be disregarded), and (ii) thereafter, incurrence of the portion
of such Indebtedness or other applicable transaction or action to be incurred under any fixed “baskets” shall
be calculated.
“Pro Forma Financial Statements” means a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and related pro forma consolidated statement of income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of and for the twelve-month period ending on the last day of the most recently completed four-fiscal quarter period covered by the Audited Financial Statements and the Unaudited Financial Statements, prepared in good faith after giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such other financial statements).
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender, at any time a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitments and, if applicable and without duplication, Term Loans of such Lender under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments under the applicable Facility or Facilities and, if applicable and without duplication, Term Loans under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time; provided that, in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, if such Commitments have been terminated, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.
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“Projections”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(c).
“Public Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.
“Purchase Agreement” mean that certain Share Purchase Agreement, dated April 4, 2014 (together with all exhibits and schedules thereto).
“Purchase Agreement Representations” means the representations and warranties made by the Company in the Purchase Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Borrower (or the Borrower’s applicable Affiliates) have the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate the Borrower’s (or such Affiliates’) obligations under the Purchase Agreement, or to decline to consummate the Acquisition (in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof), as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties.
“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.24.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Guarantor that, at the time the relevant Guaranty (or grant of the relevant security interest, as applicable) becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation, has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or otherwise constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and which may cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” with respect to such Swap Obligation at such time by entering into an agreement pursuant to the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Qualified IPO” means the issuance by Holdings I or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings (such entity a “Qualified IPO Entity”) of its common Equity Interests in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering).
“Qualified IPO Entity” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Qualified IPO”.
“Qualified Proceeds” means the fair market value of assets that are used or useful in, or Equity Interests of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business.
“Qualifying Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Rating Agencies” means Xxxxx’x and S&P.
“Real Property” means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold, mineral or other estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned or leased by any Person, whether by lease, license or other means, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general intangibles and contract rights and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.
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“Refinanced Debt” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.
“Refinancing” means the repayment in full of all third party Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries existing prior to the consummation of the Transactions (other than existing ordinary course working capital facilities and ordinary course capital leases, purchase money debt and equipment financings and any Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 7.03(b)) with the proceeds of the Initial Dollar Term Loans, Initial Euro Term Loans, a portion of the Revolving Credit Facility, a portion of the loans available under the ABL Credit Agreement, the Senior Notes and the termination and release of all commitments, security interests and guarantees in connection therewith.
“Refinancing Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement executed by each of (a) the Borrower, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) each Additional Refinancing Lender and (d) each Lender that agrees to provide any portion of Refinancing Term Loans, Other Revolving Credit Commitments or Other Revolving Credit Loans incurred pursuant thereto, in accordance with Section 2.15.
“Refinancing Series” means all Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Term Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Commitments or Other Revolving Credit Loans that are established pursuant to the same Refinancing Amendment (or any subsequent Refinancing Amendment to the extent such Refinancing Amendment expressly provides that the Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Term Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Commitments or Other Revolving Credit Loans provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Refinancing Series) and that provide for the same Effective Yield and, in the case of Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Term Commitments, amortization schedule.
“Refinancing Term Commitments” means one or more Classes of Term Commitments hereunder that are established to fund Refinancing Term Loans of the applicable Refinancing Series hereunder pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment.
“Refinancing Term Loans” means one or more Classes of Term Loans hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(d).
“Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in an offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, substantially identical notes (having the same guarantees) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
“Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing or migrating in into, onto or through the Environment.
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“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.
“Repricing Transaction” means the prepayment,
refinancing, substitution or replacement of all or a portion of the Initial B-2-3
Dollar Term Loans or the Initial B-2 Euro Term Loans with the incurrence by the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any syndicated term loan financing in
the same currency having an effective interest cost or weighted average yield (with the comparative determinations to
be made by the Administrative Agent consistent with generally accepted financial practices, after giving effect to, among other
factors, margin, interest rate floors, upfront or similar fees or original issue discount, but excluding the effect of any arrangement,
structuring, syndication or other fees payable to any lead arranger (or its affiliates) in connection with the commitment or syndication
of such syndicated term loan financing, and without taking into account any fluctuations in the Eurocurrency Rate) that is less
than the effective interest cost or weighted average yield (as determined by the Administrative Agent on the same basis) of such
Initial B-2-3
Dollar Term Loans or Initial B-2 Euro Term Loans so repaid, refinanced, substituted
or replaced, 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 Initial
B-3 Dollar Term Loans or the incurrence of any Replacement Term Loans, in each case the primary purpose of which was
to reduce such effective interest cost or weighted average yield and other than in connection with a Change of Control, Qualified
IPO or Transformative Acquisition.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, continuation or conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Issuance Request, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“Required Class Lenders” means, with respect to any Class on any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of (i) the outstanding Loans under such Class and (ii) the aggregate unused Commitments under such Facility; provided that the unused Commitments of, and the portion of the outstanding Loans under such Class held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of the Required Class Lenders; provided, further, that, to the same extent set forth in Section 10.07(n) with respect to determination of Required Lenders, the Loans of any Affiliated Lender shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Class Lenders.
“Required Facility Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Facility, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of (a) the Total Outstandings under such Facility (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, as applicable, under such Facility being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) the aggregate unused Commitments under such Facility; provided that the unused Commitments of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings under such Facility held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of the Required Facility Lenders; provided, further, that, to the same extent set forth in Section 10.07(n) with respect to determination of Required Lenders, the Loans of any Affiliated Lender shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Facility Lenders.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition), (b) aggregate unused Term Commitments and (c) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the unused Term Commitment and unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders; provided, further, that, to the same extent set forth in Section 10.07(n) with respect to determination of Required Lenders, the Loans of any Affiliated Lender shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
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“Required Revolving Credit Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Credit Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Credit Lenders.
“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, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer or other similar officer of a Loan Party and, as to any document delivered on the Closing Date, any secretary or assistant secretary of such Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of the 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, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Borrower’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof).
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Revaluation Date” means (a) with respect to any Loan denominated in an Approved Currency, each of the following: (i) each date of a Borrowing of such Loan, (ii) each date of a continuation of such Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (iii) the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (iv) in the case of a Revolving Credit Loan, the date of any voluntary reduction of a Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 2.06(a); (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit denominated in an Approved Currency, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of such Letter of Credit, (ii) each date of any amendment of such Letter of Credit that would have the effect of increasing the face amount thereof and (iii) the last day of each fiscal quarter; (c) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the respective L/C Issuer shall determine, or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall require, at any time when (i) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) to the extent that, and for so long as, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Revolving Credit Lenders (for such purpose, using the Dollar Equivalent in effect for the most recent Revaluation Date) exceeds 90% of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments; and (d) the last day of each fiscal quarter.
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“Revolver Extension Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(b).
“Revolver Extension Series” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(b).
“Revolving Commitment Increase” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a New Revolving Credit Borrowing.
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means (a) prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, with respect to each Lender, the “Revolving Credit Commitment” as defined under this Agreement as in effect at any time prior to such date, (b) on and after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, with respect to each Lender, the Lender’s New Revolving Credit Commitments and (c) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, the amount specified in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (including Section 2.14). The aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be $185,000,000, on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means the New Revolving Credit Exposure.
“Revolving Credit Facility” means the New Revolving Credit Facility.
“Revolving Credit Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment at such time or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated, Revolving Credit Exposure.
“Revolving Credit Loans” means any New Revolving Credit Loan, Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, Other Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Loans, as the context may require.
“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Revolving Credit Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Revolving Credit Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender to the Borrower.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill-Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Same Day Funds” means immediately available funds.
“Sanction(s)” means any international economic sanction administered or enforced by the United States government (including without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury.
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“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Contract permitted under Article VII that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Approved Counterparty and designated as a “Secured Hedge Agreement” under this Agreement; provided that such Swap Contract is not secured by the ABL Facility Collateral.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, any Approved Counterparty party to a Secured Hedge Agreement or Treasury Services Agreement, the Supplemental Agents and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.02.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G, dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdings, the Borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.
“Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
“Senior Notes” means the Dollar Senior Notes and the Euro Senior Notes.
“Senior Notes Documents” means the Dollar Senior Notes Documents and the Euro Senior Notes Documents.
“Senior Notes Indenture” means the Indenture for the Dollar Senior Notes and the Euro Senior Notes, dated as of June 26, 2014, among the Borrower and Gates Global Co., as co-issuers, the guarantors listed therein, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, escrow agent, dollar transfer agent, dollar registrar and dollar paying agent, Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch, as euro paying agent and euro transfer agent and Elavon Financial Services Limited, as euro registrar, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Similar Business” means (1) any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, and any reasonable extension thereof, or (2) any business or other activities that are reasonably similar, ancillary, incidental, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged or propose to be engaged on the Closing Date.
“Sold Entity or Business” has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Solicited Discount Proration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
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“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice” means a written notice of the Borrower of Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(D) substantially in the form of Exhibit M-6.
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer” means the irrevocable written offer by each Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit M-7, submitted following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice.
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, exceeds, on a consolidated basis, their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability, on a consolidated basis, of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (c) such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such liabilities become absolute and matured and (d) such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are not engaged in, and are not about to engage in, business for which they have unreasonably small capital. The amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that would reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability.
“SPC” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(i).
“Specified Default” means a Default under Section 8.01(a), (f) or (g).
“Specified Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1).
“Specified Discount Prepayment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1).
“Specified Discount Prepayment Notice” means a written notice of the Borrower of a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(B) substantially in the form of Exhibit M-8.
“Specified Discount Prepayment Response” means the irrevocable written response by each Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit M-9, to a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice.
“Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1).
“Specified Discount Proration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(3).
“Specified Equity Contribution” means any cash contribution to the common equity of Holdings and/or any purchase or investment in an Equity Interest of Holdings other than Disqualified Equity Interests.
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“Specified Guarantor” means any Guarantor that is not an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect to Section 11.12).
“Specified IPO” means a Qualified IPO generating aggregate gross proceeds of at least $450.0 million, the net proceeds (including, but not limited to, net of investment banking fees, underwriting discounts and commissions, and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and other customary expenses (including attorney’s fees and other customary fees, issuance costs, discounts and other costs and expenses)) of which are contributed, directly or indirectly, to the Borrower in the form of cash, Cash Equivalents or 100% of the Equity Interests in a subsidiary holding such net proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and, in each case, promptly applied by the Borrower to repay, redeem or otherwise defease outstanding Indebtedness.
“Specified Representations” means those representations and warranties made by the Borrower in Sections 5.01(a), 5.01(b)(ii), 5.02(a), 5.02(b)(i), 5.04, 5.13, 5.18, 5.20(a), 5.20(c) and 5.21.
“Specified Transaction” means any Investment, Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, Incremental Term Loan or Revolving Commitment Increase in respect of which the terms of this Agreement require any test to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis” or after giving “Pro Forma Effect”; provided that a Revolving Commitment Increase, for purposes of this “Specified Transaction” definition, shall be deemed to be fully drawn.
“Spot Rate” means, for any currency, on any Revaluation Date or other relevant date of determination, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Administrative Agent as the spot rate for the purchase by the Administrative Agent of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on such date; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.
“Sterling” and “£” mean freely transferable lawful money of the United Kingdom (expressed in pounds sterling).
“Sterling Outstanding” means the Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, in each case, to the extent denominated in Sterling.
“Sterling Sublimit” means the Dollar Equivalent of Sterling equal to $25,000,000.
“Submitted Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Submitted Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which (i) a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, (ii) more than half of the issued share capital is at the time beneficially owned or (iii) the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, any entity that is owned at a 50.0% or less level (as described above) shall not be a “Subsidiary” for any purpose under this Agreement, regardless of whether such entity is consolidated on Holdings’ or any Restricted Subsidiary’s financial statements.
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“Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Guarantor other than Holdings.
“Successor Benchmark Rate” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate.”
“Successor Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(d).
“Supplemental Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.14(a) and “Supplemental Agents” shall have the corresponding meaning.
“Supported QFC” has the meaning set forth Section 10.24.
“Swap” means, any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Swing Line Facility” means the swing line loan facility made available by the Swing Line Lenders pursuant to Section 2.04.
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“Swing Line Lender” means Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a).
“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Swing Line Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the Swing Line Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit D-3 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to the Swing Line Lender resulting from the Swing Line Loans.
“Swing Line Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding.
“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $10,000,000 and (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Commitments.
“TARGET Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system, which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007, is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
“Tax Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.06(iii).
“Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).
“Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same Class and Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.
“Term Commitment” means, as to each Term Lender, its obligation to make a Term Loan to the Borrower hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Term Loan to be made by such Term Lender under this Agreement, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to (i) assignments by or to such Term Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, (ii) an Incremental Amendment, (iii) a Refinancing Amendment or (iv) an Extension.
“Term Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has an Initial B-2 Dollar Term Commitment, Initial B-3 Dollar Term Commitment, Initial B-2 Euro Term Commitment, a Term Commitment or a Term Loan at such time.
“Term Loans” means any Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loan, Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loan, Initial B-2 Euro Term Loan or any Incremental Term Loan, Refinancing Term Loan or Extended Term Loan designated as a “Term Loan,” as the context may require.
“Term Loan Extension Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a).
“Term Loan Extension Series” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a).
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“Term Loan Increase” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
“Term Loan Standstill Period” has the meaning provided in Section 8.01(b).
“Term Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Term Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit D-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Term Lender resulting from the Term Loans of each Class made by such Term Lender.
“Term Priority Collateral” has the meaning provided for in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Term Priority Collateral Account” means a deposit account or securities account under the sole dominion and control of the Collateral Agent, and otherwise established in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, which deposit account or securities account holds exclusively identifiable proceeds of Term Priority Collateral.
“Test Period” means, for any date of determination under this Agreement, the latest four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date and/or for which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, as applicable.
“Threshold Amount” means $100,000,000.
“Total Assets” means the total assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) or (b).
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Transaction Expenses” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Investors, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its (or their) Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions (including expenses in connection with hedging transactions related to the Facilities or the ABL Credit Agreement and any original issue discount or upfront fees), the Investor Management Agreement (to the extent accrued on or prior to the Closing Date), this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the funding of the Initial Dollar Term Loans, the Initial Euro Term Loan and any Initial Revolving Borrowing on the Closing Date and the execution and delivery of Loan Documents entered into on the Closing Date, (b) the Refinancing, (c) the issuance of the Senior Notes, (d) the entrance into of the ABL Credit Agreement and the initial funding of a portion of the loans thereunder, (e) the making of the Equity Contribution and (f) the payment of Transaction Expenses.
“Transferred Guarantor” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.10.
“Transformative Acquisition” means any acquisition or Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is either (a) not permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or Investment or (b) if permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or Investment, would not provide the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under this Agreement for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such consummation, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith.
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“Treasury Services Agreement” means any agreement between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Approved Counterparty relating to treasury, depository, credit card, debit card, stored value cards, purchasing or procurement cards and cash management services or automated clearinghouse transfer of funds or any similar services; provided that such agreement is not secured by the ABL Facility Collateral.
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
“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 subject to 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.
“Unaudited Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2014 and related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, cash flows and equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the year to date period ended March 31, 2014.
“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) as of the Closing Date, each Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Schedule 1.01C, (ii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the board of managers of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14 subsequent to the Closing Date and (iii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“USA PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 10756, as amended or modified from time to time.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.24.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
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“wholly owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than (x) director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“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.
“Yen” and “¥” mean lawful money of Japan.
“Yen Outstanding” means the Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, in each case, to the extent denominated in Yen.
“Yen Sublimit” means the Dollar Equivalent of Yen equal to $10,000,000.
“Yield Differential” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(e)(iii).
SECTION 1.02Other Interpretive Provisions.
With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(c) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.
(d) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(e) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
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(f) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(g) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(h) In connection with any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, for purposes of:
(x) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio; or
(y) testing availability under baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Total Assets, if any);
in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition, an “LCA Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into (the “LCA Test Date”), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the LCA Test Date for which consolidated financial statements of the Borrower are available, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCA Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCA Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Total Assets of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Acquisition, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of Restricted Payments, mergers, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of Indebtedness, or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated or the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Acquisition is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such ratio or basket shall be tested by calculating the availability under such ratio or basket on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith have been consummated (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof.
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In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, for purposes of determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires that no Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, has occurred, is continuing or would result from any such action, as applicable, such condition shall, at the option of the Borrower, be deemed satisfied, so long as no Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, exists on the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has exercised its option under this clause (h), and any Default or Event of Default occurs following the date the definitive agreements for the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition were entered into and prior to the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to not have occurred or be continuing for purposes of determining whether any action being taken in connection with such Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted hereunder.
(i) For purposes of Section 2.14 and the definition of “Available Incremental Amount”, (i) to the extent of availability under the ratio based prong under the Available Incremental Amount, unless the Borrower elects otherwise, such availability will be deemed to be used, in connection with any incurrence or establishment of any Incremental Facility or any Incremental Equivalent Debt, prior to the usage of the Free and Clear Incremental Amount, (ii) in the case of incurrence or establishment of any Incremental Facility or any Incremental Equivalent Debt in reliance in part on the Incurrence-Based Incremental Amount and in part on the Free and Clear Incremental Amount prong, (A) the portion incurred in reliance on the Free and Clear Incremental Amount shall be disregarded for purposes of testing under the Incurrence-Based Incremental Amount, but giving full pro forma effect to any increase in the amount of Consolidated EBITDA resulting from the application of the entire amount of such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt and the related transactions and (B) the permissibility of the portion of such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt to be incurred or implemented under the Free and Clear Incremental Amount shall be calculated thereafter and (iii) any portion of any Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt that is incurred or implemented under the Free and Clear Incremental Amount will be automatically reclassified as having been incurred under the Incurrence-Based Incremental Amount if, at any time after the incurrence or implementation thereof, such portion of such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt would, using the figures reflected in the financial statements internally available for the most recently ended Test Period, be permitted under the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio test set forth as part of the Incurrence-Based Incremental Amount; it being understood and agreed that once such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt is reclassified in accordance with this clause (iii), it shall not further be reclassified as having been incurred under the provision of the definition of “Available Incremental Amount” in reliance on which such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt was originally incurred. For purposes of Article VII, (x) to the extent of availability under any applicable ratio based basket set forth therein, such availability will be deemed to be used prior to the usage of any applicable fixed amount set forth therein and (y) in the case of any incurrence test in reliance on any ratio based basket set forth therein, for purposes of calculating whether such ratio has been satisfied in connection with such incurrence any other Indebtedness or Lien that is substantially concurrently incurred in reliance on any provision thereof that does not require compliance with any financial ratio or test shall be disregarded in the calculation of such ratio, even if such other Indebtedness or Lien is of the same tranche or series (or, in the case of Liens, secures Indebtedness of the same tranche or series) as such Indebtedness being incurred in reliance on a basket that requires compliance with such ratio.
SECTION 1.03 Accounting Terms.
(a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction occurs, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio shall be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
SECTION 1.04 Rounding.
Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding up if there is no nearest number).
SECTION 1.05 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc.
Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by the Loan Documents; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.
SECTION 1.06 Times of Day.
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
SECTION 1.07 Timing of Payment or Performance.
When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 1.08 Cumulative Credit Transactions.
If more than one action occurs on any given date the permissibility of the taking of which is determined hereunder by reference to the amount of the Cumulative Credit immediately prior to the taking of such action, the permissibility of the taking of each such action shall be determined independently and in no event may any two or more such actions be treated as occurring simultaneously.
SECTION 1.09 Divisions.
For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any Delaware LLC Division: (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
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ARTICLE
II
The Commitments and Credit Extensions
SECTION 2.01 The Loans.
(a) The Dollar Term Borrowings.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender severally agrees (i) to make to the Borrower on the
Closing Date loans denominated in Dollars in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Term Lender’s Initial
Dollar Term Commitment, (ii) to make to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date loans denominated in Dollars in an
aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Term Lender’s Initial B-1 Dollar Term Commitment and,
(iii) to make to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date loans denominated in Dollars in an aggregate amount not
to exceed the amount of such Term Lender’s Initial B-2 Dollar Term Commitment and
(iv) (x) to make to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date loans denominated in Dollars in
an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of
such Term Lender’s Initial B-3 Dollar Term Commitment and (y) all of the Converted Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans of
each Converting Initial B-2 Dollar Term Lender shall be converted into an Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loans of such Lender
effective as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date in a like principal amount. For the avoidance of doubt, such conversion
shall not constitute a novation of any interest owing to any Converting Initial B-2 Term Lender and each Converting Initial
B-2 Dollar Term Lender shall receive all
accrued and unpaid interest owing
to it from the Borrower through but not including the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date with respect to its Converted Initial
B-3 Dollar Term Loan (which, in the case of accrued interest, shall be payable on the Amendment No. 4 Effective
Date). Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Dollar Term Loans
may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein. The Borrower
shall pay all accrued and unpaid interest; provided
that each Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loan shall on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date initially be Eurocurrency Rate Loans with
an Interest Period equal to the remaining Interest Period on the Initial B-1-2
Dollar Term Loans to the Term Lenders to, but not including, the Amendment No. 2 Effective
Date on such Amendment No. 2 Effective Date. Thefrom
which it was converted, immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 4 and with an initial Eurocurrency Rate equal
to the Eurocurrency Rate for the Initial B-2 Dollar Term Loans shall have the
same term, rights and obligations as the Initial B-1 Dollar Term Loans as set
forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, except as modified
byfrom
which it was converted, immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 24.
(b) The Euro Term Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender severally agrees (i) to make to the Borrower on the Closing Date loans denominated in euros in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Term Lender’s Initial Euro Term Commitment, (ii) to make to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date loans denominated in euros in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Term Lender’s Initial B-1 Euro Term Commitment and (iii) to make to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date loans denominated in euros in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Term Lender’s Initial B-2 Euro Term Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(b) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Euro Term Loans will be Eurocurrency Rate Loans. The Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the Initial B-1 Euro Term Loans to the Term Lenders to, but not including, the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date on such Amendment No. 2 Effective Date. The Initial B-2 Euro Term Loans shall have the same term, rights and obligations as the Initial B-1 Euro Term Loans as set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, except as modified by Amendment No. 2.
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(c) The Revolving Credit Borrowings. On the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, in accordance with, and upon the terms and conditions set forth in, Amendment No. 3 the entire amount of the existing Revolving Credit Commitments of each New Revolving Credit Lender outstanding on such date shall continue hereunder and be reclassified as New Revolving Credit Commitments on such date in an amount as set forth on Annex A of Amendment No. 3 under the caption “New Revolving Credit Commitments”. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein each New Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans denominated in an Approved Currency to the Borrower from its applicable Lending Office (each such loan, a “New Revolving Credit Loan”) from time to time as elected by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.02, on any Business Day during the period from the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date until the Maturity Date with respect to such New Revolving Credit Lender’s applicable New Revolving Credit Commitment, in an aggregate Principal Amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s New Revolving Credit Commitment at such time; provided that after giving effect to any New Revolving Credit Borrowing, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the New Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s New Revolving Credit Commitment; provided further that (i) the Euros Outstanding shall not exceed the Euro Sublimit, (ii) the Sterling Outstanding shall not exceed the Sterling Sublimit and (iii) the Yen Outstanding shall not exceed the Yen Sublimit . Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(c), prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(c). Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein. Any existing Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date shall be continued as Revolving Credit Loans hereunder; provided that the existing Revolving Credit Loans of each New Revolving Credit Lender will be reclassified as New Revolving Credit Loans hereunder.
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SECTION 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a) Each Term Borrowing, each
Revolving Credit Borrowing, each conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and each
continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative
Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
(i) 1:00 p.m. New York City time three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans or any conversion of Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, in each case other than Eurocurrency
Rate Loans denominated in Yen, (ii) 1:00 p.m. New York City time five Business Days prior to the requested date of any
Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Yen or any conversion of Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency
Rate Loans denominated in Yen and (iii) 12:00 noon New York City time on the requested date of any Borrowing of
Base Rate Loans; provided that the notice referred to in subclause (i) above may be delivered (x) no
later than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date in the case of initial Credit Extensions denominated in
Dollars. and
(y) such shorter period of time as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in the case of the Borrowing of Initial B-3
Dollar Term Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this
Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice,
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Except as provided in Section 2.14(a), each
Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of (A) if such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan is denominated in Dollars, $2,000,000, or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (B) if
such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is denominated in Sterling, £1,000,000, or a whole multiple of £500,000 in excess
thereof, (C) if such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is denominated in euros, €2,000,000, or a whole multiple of €1,000,000
in excess thereof and (D) if such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is denominated in Yen, ¥2,000,000,000, or a whole multiple of
¥1,000,000,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c), 2.04(c), 2.14(a) or the last sentence of this
paragraph, each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether
the Borrower is requesting a Term Borrowing of a particular Class, a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a conversion of Term
Loans of any Class or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (ii)
the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii)
the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which
existing Term Loans of a Class or Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, (v) in the case of a Revolving Credit
Borrowing, the relevant Approved Currency in which such Revolving Credit Borrowing is to be denominated and (vi) if
applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify an Approved Currency
of a Loan in a Committed Loan Notice, such Loan shall be made in Dollars. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in
a Committed Loan Notice or fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Term
Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be made as or converted to (x) in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, Base
Rate Loans or (y) in the case of any Loan denominated in an Approved Foreign Currency, Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the
Approved Currency having an Interest Period of one month, as applicable. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or
one-month Eurocurrency Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the
applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency
Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an
Interest Period of one (1) month. No Loan may be converted into or continued as a Loan denominated in another
Approved Currency, but instead must be prepaid in the original Approved Currency or reborrowed in another Approved
Currency.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount (and Approved Currency) of its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the applicable Class of Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion or continuation described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of each Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than (i) 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice for any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, (ii) 8:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice for any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Approved Foreign Currency and (iii) 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice for any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. The Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent by wire transfer of such funds in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan unless the Borrower pays the amount due, if any, under Section 3.05 in connection therewith. During the existence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may require that no Loans in any Approved Currency may be converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Approved Foreign Currency be prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto.
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(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Eurocurrency Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in the Prime Rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Term Borrowings, all Revolving Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than fifteen (15) Interest Periods in effect.
(f) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.
SECTION 2.03Letters of Credit.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date to issue Letters of Credit at sight denominated in any Approved Currency for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Section 2.03; provided that, subject to clause (p) below, no L/C Issuer shall be obligated to make any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Lender shall be obligated to participate in any Letter of Credit if as of the date of such L/C Credit Extension, (x) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender would exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment or (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit; provided further that (i) the Euros Outstanding shall not exceed the Euro Sublimit, (ii) the Sterling Outstanding shall not exceed the Sterling Sublimit and (iii) the Yen Outstanding shall not exceed the Yen Sublimit. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.
(ii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or direct that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder);
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(B) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii) and Section 2.03(a)(ii)(C), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last renewal, unless (1) each Appropriate Lender has approved of such expiration date or (2) the L/C Issuer thereof has approved of such expiration date and the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations in respect of such requested Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer;
(C) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such expiry date;
(D) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate any Laws binding upon such L/C Issuer;
(E) the L/C Issuer does not as of the issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of Credit in the requested currency; or
(F) any Revolving Credit Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which such L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.
(iii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(iv) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and any Letter of Credit Issuance Request (and any other document, agreement or instrument entered into by such L/C Issuer and the Borrower or in favor of such L/C Issuer) pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article IX included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to each L/C Issuer.
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(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to an L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Issuance Request, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or his/her delegate or designee. Such Letter of Credit Issuance Request must be received by the relevant L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least two Business Days prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be; or, in each case, such other date and time as the relevant L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Issuance Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer: (a) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (b) the amount thereof; (c) the relevant Approved Currency in which such Letter of Credit is to be denominated; (d) the expiry date thereof; (e) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (f) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (g) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (h) such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Issuance Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Issuance Request, the relevant L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Issuance Request from the Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Upon receipt by the relevant L/C Issuer of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that the requested issuance or amendment is permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the relevant L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Issuance Request, the relevant L/C Issuer shall agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the relevant L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a number of days (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) prior to the last day of such twelve month period to be agreed upon by the relevant L/C Issuer and the Borrower at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the relevant L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the relevant L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the applicable Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the relevant L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided that the relevant L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the relevant L/C Issuer has determined that it would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its extended form under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.03(a)(ii) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five (5) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied.
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(iv) Promptly after issuance of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall notify promptly the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Approved Foreign Currency, the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer in such Approved Currency, unless the L/C Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Approved Foreign Currency, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Company of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time), in the case of a drawing in Dollars, or 2:00 p.m. (London time) (or, if earlier, 9:00 a.m. New York city time), in the case of a drawing in an Approved Foreign Currency, on (1) the next Business Day immediately following the date of any honoring of a drawing by an L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit that the Borrower receives notice thereof (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing in the relevant Approved Currency; provided that the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment be financed with a Revolving Credit Borrowing under the Revolving Credit Facility or a Swing Line Borrowing under the Swing Line Facility in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Revolving Credit Borrowing or Swing Line Borrowing, as applicable. In the event that (x) a drawing denominated in an Approved Foreign Currency is to be reimbursed in Dollars pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2.03(c)(i) and (y) the Dollar amount paid by the Borrower, whether on or after the Honor Date, shall not be adequate on the date of that payment to purchase in accordance with normal banking procedures a sum denominated in the applicable Approved Foreign Currency equal to the drawing, the Borrower agrees, as a separate and independent obligation, to indemnify the L/C Issuer for the loss resulting from its inability on that date to purchase the Approved Currency in the full amount of the drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Appropriate Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as applicable, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Appropriate Lenders and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by an L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
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(ii) Each Appropriate Lender (including any Lender acting as an L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer in Dollars at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Appropriate Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Revolving Credit Loan that is a Base Rate Loan or Eurocurrency Rate Loan, as applicable, to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall promptly remit the funds so received to the relevant L/C Issuer in Dollars.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as applicable, because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the relevant L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest (which begins to accrue upon funding by the L/C Issuer) at the Default Rate for Revolving Credit Loans. In such event, each Appropriate Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.
(iv) Until each Appropriate Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of such amount shall be solely for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse an L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the relevant L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect, plus any reasonable administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. A certificate of the relevant L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) If, at any time after an L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement hereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Appropriate Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate, plus any reasonable administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit issued by it and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that any Loan Party may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the relevant L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
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(iv) any payment by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;
(v) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the Guaranty or any other guarantee, for all or any of the Obligations of any Loan Party in respect of such Letter of Credit;
(vi) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Approved Foreign Currency to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally; and
(vii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party;
provided that the foregoing shall not excuse any L/C Issuer from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable Law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such L/C Issuer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof.
(f) Role of L/C Issuers. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuers, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Lenders holding a majority of the Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Issuance Request. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 2.03(e); provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misc