CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of February 26, 2026 among ContextLogic Holdings, LLC as, until the consummation of the Closing Date Assignment, the Initial Borrower, US Salt Holdings, LLC, as, from and after the consummation of the Closing Date Assignment,...
Exhibit 10.26
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 26, 2026
among
ContextLogic Holdings, LLC
as, until the consummation of the Closing Date Assignment, the Initial Borrower,
US Salt Holdings, LLC,
as, from and after the consummation of the Closing Date Assignment, Holdings,
US Salt Investors, LLC,
as, from and after the consummation of the Closing Date Assignment, the Borrower,
THE OTHER GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME,
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME
and
BLACKSTONE ALTERNATIVE CREDIT ADVISORS, LP,
BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS FINANCE CO. L.L.C.
BENEFIT STREET PARTNERS LLC
And
MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC.
as Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
2 |
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Section 1.01 |
Defined Terms |
2 |
Section 1.02 |
Other Interpretive Provisions |
88 |
Section 1.03 |
Accounting Terms |
89 |
Section 1.04 |
Rounding |
90 |
Section 1.05 |
References to Agreements, Laws, Etc |
90 |
Section 1.06 |
Times of Day |
90 |
Section 1.07 |
Timing of Payment or Performance |
90 |
Section 1.08 |
Limited Condition Transactions |
91 |
Section 1.09 |
Pro Forma Calculations |
92 |
Section 1.10 |
Letters of Credit |
94 |
Section 1.11 |
Certifications |
95 |
Section 1.12 |
Certain Determinations |
95 |
Section 1.13 |
Benchmark Replacement Setting |
95 |
Section 1.14 |
Term SOFR Conforming Changes |
97 |
Section 1.15 |
Cured Defaults |
97 |
ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
98 |
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Section 2.01 |
The Loans |
98 |
Section 2.02 |
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans |
98 |
Section 2.03 |
Letters of Credit |
101 |
Section 2.04 |
Swing Line Loans |
110 |
Section 2.05 |
Prepayments |
114 |
Section 2.06 |
Termination or Reduction of Commitments |
127 |
Section 2.07 |
Repayment of Loans |
127 |
Section 2.08 |
Interest |
128 |
Section 2.09 |
Fees |
129 |
Section 2.10 |
Computation of Interest and Fees |
129 |
Section 2.11 |
Evidence of Indebtedness |
130 |
Section 2.12 |
Payments Generally |
130 |
Section 2.13 |
Sharing of Payments |
132 |
Section 2.14 |
Incremental Credit Extensions |
133 |
Section 2.15 |
Refinancing Amendments |
141 |
Section 2.16 |
Extension of Term Loans; Extension of Revolving Credit Loans |
143 |
Section 2.17 |
Defaulting Lenders |
147 |
ARTICLE III TAXES, INCREASED COSTS PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY |
149 |
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Section 3.01 |
Taxes |
149 |
Section 3.02 |
Illegality |
154 |
Section 3.03 |
[Reserved] |
154 |
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Section 3.04 |
Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; SOFR Loan |
154 |
Section 3.05 |
Funding Losses |
155 |
Section 3.06 |
Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation |
156 |
Section 3.07 |
Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances |
157 |
Section 3.08 |
Survival |
158 |
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
159 |
|
Section 4.01 |
Conditions to Initial Credit Extension |
159 |
Section 4.02 |
Conditions to All Credit Extensions after the Closing Date |
162 |
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
163 |
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Section 5.01 |
Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws |
163 |
Section 5.02 |
Authorization; No Contravention |
163 |
Section 5.03 |
Governmental Authorization |
163 |
Section 5.04 |
Binding Effect |
164 |
Section 5.05 |
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect |
164 |
Section 5.06 |
Litigation |
164 |
Section 5.07 |
Ownership of Property; Liens |
164 |
Section 5.08 |
Environmental Matters |
165 |
Section 5.09 |
Taxes |
165 |
Section 5.10 |
ERISA Compliance |
166 |
Section 5.11 |
Use of Proceeds |
166 |
Section 5.12 |
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act |
167 |
Section 5.13 |
Disclosure |
167 |
Section 5.14 |
Labor Matters |
167 |
Section 5.15 |
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc |
168 |
Section 5.16 |
Solvency |
168 |
Section 5.17 |
USA PATRIOT Act; OFAC; FCPA |
168 |
Section 5.18 |
Security Documents |
169 |
Section 5.19 |
[Reserved] |
169 |
Section 5.20 |
Subsidiaries |
169 |
ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
169 |
|
Section 6.01 |
Financial Statements |
170 |
Section 6.02 |
Certificates; Other Information |
172 |
Section 6.03 |
Notices |
173 |
Section 6.04 |
Payment of Taxes |
174 |
Section 6.05 |
Preservation of Existence, Etc |
174 |
Section 6.06 |
Maintenance of Properties; Intellectual Property |
174 |
Section 6.07 |
Maintenance of Insurance |
175 |
Section 6.08 |
Compliance with Laws |
175 |
Section 6.09 |
Books and Records |
175 |
Section 6.10 |
Inspection Rights |
175 |
Section 6.11 |
Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors |
176 |
Section 6.12 |
[Reserved] |
178 |
Section 6.13 |
Further Assurances; Post-Closing Obligations |
178 |
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Section 6.14 |
Designation of Subsidiaries |
178 |
Section 6.15 |
[Reserved] |
179 |
Section 6.16 |
Use of Proceeds |
179 |
ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
179 |
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Section 7.01 |
Liens |
179 |
Section 7.02 |
Investments |
185 |
Section 7.03 |
Indebtedness |
190 |
Section 7.04 |
Fundamental Changes |
196 |
Section 7.05 |
Dispositions |
198 |
Section 7.06 |
Restricted Payments |
200 |
Section 7.07 |
Change in Nature of Business |
206 |
Section 7.08 |
[Reserved] |
206 |
Section 7.09 |
Burdensome Agreements |
206 |
Section 7.10 |
[Reserved] |
208 |
Section 7.11 |
Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio |
208 |
Section 7.12 |
Fiscal Year |
208 |
Section 7.13 |
Prepayments, Etc. of Subordinated Indebtedness |
208 |
Section 7.14 |
Permitted Activities |
210 |
Section 7.15 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
211 |
ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
213 |
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Section 8.01 |
Events of Default |
213 |
Section 8.02 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default |
216 |
Section 8.03 |
Application of Funds |
217 |
Section 8.04 |
Borrower Right to Cure |
218 |
ARTICLE IX ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER AGENTS |
219 |
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Section 9.01 |
Appointment and Authority |
219 |
Section 9.02 |
Rights as a Lender |
221 |
Section 9.03 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
221 |
Section 9.04 |
Reliance by Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent |
223 |
Section 9.05 |
Delegation of Duties |
224 |
Section 9.06 |
Resignation of Administrative Agent |
224 |
Section 9.07 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Lenders |
225 |
Section 9.08 |
No Other Duties, Etc |
225 |
Section 9.09 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
225 |
Section 9.10 |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
226 |
Section 9.11 |
Cash Management Obligations, Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Substitute L/C Obligations |
227 |
Section 9.12 |
Withholding Tax Indemnity |
228 |
Section 9.13 |
Certain ERISA Matters |
228 |
Section 9.14 |
Erroneous Payments |
230 |
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS |
232 |
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Section 10.01 |
Amendments, Etc |
232 |
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Section 10.02 |
Notices and Other Communications |
237 |
Section 10.03 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
239 |
Section 10.04 |
Attorney Costs and Expenses |
239 |
Section 10.05 |
Indemnification by the Borrower |
240 |
Section 10.06 |
Payments Set Aside |
244 |
Section 10.07 |
Successors and Assigns |
244 |
Section 10.08 |
Confidentiality |
254 |
Section 10.09 |
Setoff |
256 |
Section 10.10 |
Interest Rate Limitation |
256 |
Section 10.11 |
Counterparts |
257 |
Section 10.12 |
Integration |
257 |
Section 10.13 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties |
257 |
Section 10.14 |
Severability |
258 |
Section 10.15 |
GOVERNING LAW |
258 |
Section 10.16 |
WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY |
259 |
Section 10.17 |
Binding Effect |
259 |
Section 10.18 |
USA Patriot Act |
259 |
Section 10.19 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
260 |
Section 10.20 |
Intercreditor Agreements |
260 |
Section 10.21 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions |
260 |
Section 10.22 |
Acknowledgment regarding Supported QFCs |
261 |
ARTICLE XI GUARANTEE |
262 |
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Section 11.01 |
The Guarantee |
262 |
Section 11.02 |
Obligations Unconditional |
262 |
Section 11.03 |
Reinstatement |
264 |
Section 11.04 |
Subrogation; Subordination |
264 |
Section 11.05 |
Remedies |
264 |
Section 11.06 |
[Reserved] |
264 |
Section 11.07 |
Continuing Guarantee |
264 |
Section 11.08 |
General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations |
264 |
Section 11.09 |
Release of Guarantors |
265 |
Section 11.10 |
Right of Contribution |
265 |
Section 11.11 |
Keepwell |
266 |
ARTICLE XII ACQUISITION MATTERS |
266 |
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Section 12.01 |
Borrower Assumption; Release of Initial Borrower; Holdings Assumption |
266 |
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SCHEDULES
I.01(A) Subsidiary Guarantors
I.01(B) [Reserved]
1.01 Commitments
5.08 Environmental Matters
5.20 Subsidiaries
6.13(b) Post-Closing Matters
7.01(b) Existing Liens
7.02(f) Existing Investments
7.03(b) Existing Indebtedness
7.09 Burdensome Agreements
7.15 Affiliate Transactions
10.02 Certain Addresses for Notices
EXHIBITS
Form of
A-1 Committed Loan Notice
A-2 Swing Line Loan Notice
B Compliance Certificate
C-1 Term Note
C-2 Revolving Credit Note
C-3 Swing Line Note
D Solvency Certificate
E-1 Acceptance and Prepayment Notice
E-2 Discount Range Prepayment Notice
E-3 Discount Range Prepayment Offer
E-4 Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice
E-5 Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer
E-6 Specified Discount Prepayment Notice
E-7 Specified Discount Prepayment Response
F Intercompany Note
G-1 to G-4 Tax Certificates
H-1 Assignment and Assumption
H-2 Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption
H-3 Affiliated Lender Notice
I Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement
J Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement
K Secured Party Designation Notice
L Secured Substitute L/C Issuer Designation Notice
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This CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of February 26, 2026 (this “Agreement”), by and among ContextLogic Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ContextLogic” or, prior to the consummation of the Closing Date Assignment, the “Initial Borrower”), US Salt Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Salt Borrower” and, from and after the consummation of the Closing Date Assignment, the “Borrower”), the other Guarantors party hereto from time to time (including US Salt Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company as “Holdings” immediately after the Closing Date Assignment), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and, individually, a “Lender”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
The Initial Borrower has requested that the Lenders extend credit to the Initial Borrower in the form of (i) Initial Term Loans (as this and other capitalized terms used in these preliminary statements are defined below) on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $215,000,000.00 and (ii) Revolving Credit Commitments in an initial aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000.00 (which Revolving Credit Commitments shall include sub-limits as set forth herein with respect to Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans). The Revolving Credit Commitments permit the issuance of one or more Letters of Credit from time to time and the making of one or more Revolving Credit Loans from time to time.
The proceeds of all or a portion of the Initial Term Loans funded on the Closing Date, collectively with the proceeds of all or a portion of any Revolving Credit Borrowing made on the Closing Date and the proceeds of the Equity Contribution, will be used on the Closing Date to finance all or a portion of the Transactions including to fund (a) (i) the payment of consideration pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement and the other payments contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (including purchase price adjustments, working capital adjustments and/or to pay for acquired cash) (collectively, the “Acquisition Consideration”), (b) repayment in full of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Salt Borrower and its Subsidiaries under the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined below) and the release of all guarantees, liens, security interests or other obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted or any such other obligations that survive pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement) with respect thereto (the “Closing Date Refinancing”); (c) the payment of Transaction Costs (as defined below), (d) the cash collateralization, backstop or replacement of letters of credit of the Target and its subsidiaries outstanding on the Closing Date, and (e) working capital and general corporate purposes.
Immediately following the payment of the Acquisition Consideration and the closing of the Transactions, the Closing Date Assignment will occur.
The applicable Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend and each L/C Issuer has indicated its willingness to issue Letters of Credit on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
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 (including in the introductory paragraph and preliminary statements hereto), the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“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 E-1.
“Acceptance Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(2).
“Acquisition Consideration” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Additional Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c).
“Additional Refinancing Lender” means, at any time, any bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor (other than any such bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor that is a Lender at such time) that agrees to provide any portion of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with Section 2.15; provided that each Additional Refinancing Lender shall be subject to the approval of (i) the Administrative Agent, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, to the extent that each such Additional Refinancing Lender is not an Affiliate of a then-existing Lender or an Approved Fund, (ii) the Borrower and (iii) in the case of a Refinancing Amendment in respect of the Revolving Credit Loans, each L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender.
“Administrative Agent” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Account” means such account of the Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (i) any EEA Financial Institution or (ii) any UK Financial Institution.
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“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 the Parent and any of its Affiliates (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries and other than any Debt Fund Affiliate) or a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate.
“Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(k)(i).
“Affiliated Lender Cap” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(k)(iv).
“Agent-Related Persons” means the Agents and their respective Affiliates and the respective officers, directors, employees, partners, agents, advisors and other representatives of each of the foregoing.
“Agent Fee Letter” means that certain Fee Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Initial Borrower, Borrower and the Agents.
“Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Alternative Calculation” means an alternative calculation of Tax Liability for the relevant taxable period, (1) assuming BCP received tax distributions equal to the product of taxable income over taxable losses (including any loss carryovers beginning after the Closing Date to the extent that such loss carryovers are usable to offset taxable income realized after the Closing Date to the extent not previously taken into account as a reduction to taxable income in determining tax distributions) and deductions of BCP with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are classified as partnerships or disregarded entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes for such taxable year (or portion thereof) and the Tax Rate (such tax distribution, the “BCP Reference Amount”), and the partners other than BCP received the same amount of distribution on a pro rata basis, based on their ownership percentage, such that a pro rata distribution is made to all partners of ContextLogic with the amount distributed to BCP being equal to the BCP Reference Amount, or, if higher, (2) assuming Pubco received tax distributions equal to the actual taxes estimated to be due by Pubco (such tax distribution, the “Pubco Reference Amount”), and the partners other than Pubco received the same amount of distribution on a pro rata basis, based on their ownership percentage, such that a pro rata distribution is made to all partners of ContextLogic with the amount distributed to Pubco being equal to the Pubco Reference Amount.
“Applicable Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(2).
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“Applicable ECF Percentage” means, for any Fiscal Year, (a) 50%, if the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year is greater than 3.00:1.00, (b) 25%, if the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year is less than or equal to 3.00:1.00 and greater than 2.50:1.00 and (c) 0%, if the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year is less than or equal to 2.50:1.00.
“Applicable L/C Sublimit” means $10,000,000.
“Applicable Rate” means:
(a) with respect to the Initial Term Loans (i) initially, until the first Business Day following delivery of the financial statements and the corresponding Compliance Certificate (pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b), as applicable, and Section 6.02(a)) for the first full Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower ending after the Closing Date, (A) for SOFR Loans, 4.25% and (B) for Base Rate Loans, 3.25%, and (ii) thereafter, the applicable percentage specified in the table below based on the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate; and
(b) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans, undrawn commitment fees for the Revolving Credit Commitments and Letter of Credit fees, (i) for Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and Letter of Credit fees, (A) initially, until the first Business Day following delivery of the financial statements and the corresponding Compliance Certificate (pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b), as applicable, and Section 6.02(a)) for the first full Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower ending after the Closing Date (x) for SOFR Loans and Letter of Credit fees, 4.25% and (y) for Base Rate Loans, 3.25% and (B) thereafter, the applicable percentage specified in the table below based on the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate, and (ii) in the case of the undrawn commitment fees for the Revolving Credit Commitments, (A) initially, until the first Business Day following delivery of the financial statements and the corresponding Compliance Certificate (pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b), as applicable, and Section 6.02(a)) for the first full Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower ending after the Closing Date, 0.50% and (B) thereafter, the applicable percentage specified in the table below based on the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate;
Category |
Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio |
Initial Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans |
|
SOFR Loans |
Base Rate Loans |
||
I |
Greater than 4.00:1.00 |
4.50% |
3.50% |
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II |
Greater than 3.00:1.00 but less than or equal to 4.00:1.00 |
4.25% |
3.25% |
III |
Less than or equal to 3.00:1.00 |
4.00% |
3.00% |
Category |
Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio |
Undrawn Commitment Fee |
I |
Greater than 3.00:1.00 |
0.50% |
II |
Less than or equal to 3.00:1.00 |
0.375%
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To the extent that the Applicable Rate is determined pursuant to the table above, it shall be determined using the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio reported in the Compliance Certificate for the most recently ended Test Period of the Borrower, and each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall be effective on the date that is the first Business Day following delivery to the Administrative Agent of such Compliance Certificate indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided that if the financial statements and the corresponding Compliance Certificate are not delivered when required pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b), as applicable, and Section 6.02(a) then the Applicable Rate shall be the percentage set forth above in Category I until the first Business Day following delivery of such financial statements and Compliance Certificate.
In the event that any financial statements and the corresponding Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b), as applicable, and Section 6.02(a) is inaccurate, and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the imposition of a different Applicable Rate for any period than the Applicable Rate applied for that period, then (i) the Borrower shall, as soon as practicable after receiving knowledge of such inaccuracy, deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected financial statement and a corrected Compliance Certificate for that period (the date of such delivery, the “Corrected Financials Date”), (ii) the Applicable Rate shall be determined based on the corrected Compliance Certificate for that period, and (iii) (x) if the corrected Compliance Certificate for that period would have resulted in the application of a higher rate, the Borrower shall within three (3) Business Days of the Corrected Financials Date, pay to the Administrative Agent (for the account of the Lenders that hold the Commitments and Loans at the time such payment is received, regardless of whether those Lenders held the Commitments and Loans during the relevant period) the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable Rate for that period and (y) if the corrected Compliance Certificate for that period would have resulted in the application of a lower rate, the Borrower shall
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receive a credit in the amount of such overpayment with respect to the immediately succeeding interest payment; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, during such three (3) Business Day period and thereafter, if the preceding sentence is complied with, (w) the failure to previously pay such shortfall in interest and fees, (x) the delivery of such inaccurate Compliance Certificate, (y) any failure to notify the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of the events described in clauses (w) or (x) above that would otherwise have constituted a Default or Event of Default, or (z) any incorrect representations, warranties, certifications or statements of fact in respect of the items in clause (w), (x) or (y) above made in any notice or certificate (including such Compliance Certificate) delivered to the Administrative Agent by any Loan Party, in each case of clauses (w), (x), (y) and (z) shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default, and no amounts shall be payable at the Default Rate in respect of any such interest or fees; provided that, (x) the rights and obligations of the Administrative Agent and Lenders under this paragraph shall terminate upon the repayment in full of the Obligations (other than Secured Substitute L/C Obligations, Cash Management Obligations, Obligations not yet due and payable in respect of Secured Hedge Agreements, contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and Cash Collateralized or backstopped Letters of Credit), together with accrued interest and fees with respect to such Obligations, and termination of this Agreement and (y) the rights and obligations of the Borrower under this paragraph to receive a credit against the Borrower’s succeeding interest payments shall terminate upon the repayment in full of the applicable Loans and Unreimbursed Amounts (together with accrued interest and fees with respect to such Loans or Unreimbursed Amounts).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (v) the Applicable Rate in respect of any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or any Extended Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment, (w) the Applicable Rate in respect of any Class of Incremental Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Incremental Amendment, (x) the Applicable Rate in respect of any Class of Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments, any Class of Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans or any Class of Refinancing Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the applicable Refinancing Amendment, (y) the Applicable Rate in respect of any Class of Replacement Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant agreement and (z) in the case of the Initial Term Loans, the Applicable Rate shall be increased as, and to the extent, necessary to comply with the provisions of Section 2.14.
“Applicable Requirements” means, in respect of any Indebtedness, that such Indebtedness satisfies the following requirements:
(a) (i) in respect of any Indebtedness that is not revolving in nature, such Indebtedness shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans outstanding at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness (except in the case of Extendable Bridge Loans); provided that if such Indebtedness is unsecured or secured on a junior lien basis to the Obligations, such Indebtedness shall not mature earlier than the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans outstanding at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness and (ii) in respect of any Indebtedness that is revolving in nature, such Indebtedness shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness (except in the case of Extendable Bridge Loans); provided that if such Indebtedness is unsecured or secured on a junior lien basis to the Obligations, such Indebtedness shall not mature earlier than the date
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that is 91 days after the Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans outstanding at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(b) in respect of any Indebtedness that is revolving in nature, such Indebtedness shall not have amortization or scheduled mandatory commitment reductions (other than at maturity);
(c) in respect of any Indebtedness that is not revolving in nature, such Indebtedness, except for Extendable Bridge Loans, shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity not shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Initial Term Loans outstanding at the date of the applicable determination;
(d) if such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Collateral, (x) on a pari passu basis with the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations (without regard to control of remedies), a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to an Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement (or any then outstanding Intercreditor Agreement shall have been amended or replaced, in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Required Lenders, which results in such Senior Representative having rights to share in the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations) or (y) on a junior basis with the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations, a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (or any then outstanding Intercreditor Agreement shall have been amended or replaced, in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Required Lenders, which results in such Senior Representative having rights to share in the Collateral on a junior basis to the Obligations);
(e) [reserved];
(f) to the extent such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Collateral, it is not secured by a Lien on any assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor other than by a Lien on the Collateral (it being agreed that such Indebtedness (x) shall not be required to be secured by a Lien on all of the Collateral and (y) shall not be secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a senior basis to the Obligations);
(g) such Indebtedness shall not be guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary other than a Restricted Subsidiary that is or will become a Loan Party (it being agreed that such Indebtedness shall not be required to be guaranteed by all Loan Parties);
(h) other terms and conditions of such Indebtedness shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the lenders providing such Indebtedness; provided that, if the terms of such Indebtedness (other than pricing, fees, rate floors and optional prepayment or redemption terms) are not consistent with the terms of the Initial Term Loans or the Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Closing Date, as applicable, such terms shall either, at the option of the Borrower, (i) not be materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) than the terms of the Initial Term Loans or the Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Closing Date, as applicable unless (A) in consultation with the Lender Representative, if favorable to the existing Lenders under the Initial Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, such Lenders also receive the benefit of
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such more restrictive terms (in which case, no consent shall be required from the Lender Representative or any Lender) or (B) any such provisions apply after the Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans or the Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Closing Date, as applicable, (ii) be on current market terms, when taken as a whole, as determined by the Borrower in good faith at the time or issuance or incurrence or (iii) be reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative; and
(i) any Indebtedness subject to the Applicable Requirements (including any such Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations or secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a junior lien basis or that is unsecured) (A) if secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis in right of security with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Initial Term Loans may participate in any mandatory prepayment of Initial Term Loans hereunder on a pro rata basis or on a less than pro rata basis and (B) otherwise may participate in mandatory prepayments solely with respect to prepayment amounts declined by any Lender under this Agreement and/or any lender(s) in respect of any other Indebtedness secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis in right of security with the Lien on the Collateral securing the Initial Term Loans (but may participate on a greater than pro rata basis in any mandatory prepayment with proceeds of any refinancing permitted hereunder with regard to such Indebtedness);
provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide such certificate to the Lenders) 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 requirements of this definition, shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirements of this definition unless the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) or the Required Lenders notify the Borrower within such five (5) Business Day period that the Lender Representative or the Required Lenders, as applicable, disagree with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it or they disagree).
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Loans of any Class, the Lenders of such Class and (b) with respect to Letters of Credit, (i) the relevant L/C Issuers and (ii) the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Approved Bank” has the meaning set forth in clause (c) of the definition of “Cash Equivalents.”
“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Fund that is administered, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
“Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(b).
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 hereto or otherwise (including electronic documentation generated by MarkitClear or other electronic platform) in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
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“Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket 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 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Non-Finance Lease Obligation).
“Auction Agent” means (a) the Administrative Agent or (b) any other financial institution or advisor designated by a Discounted Purchaser (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 Administrative Agent shall not be designated 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).
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Available Excluded Contribution Amount” means the cash or Cash Equivalents received by the Borrower after the Closing Date from:
(i) contributions in respect of Qualified Equity Interests, and
(ii) the sale (other than to any Subsidiary of the Borrower or pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan) of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower,
in each case, designated as Available Excluded Contribution Amounts pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower on or promptly after the date such capital contributions are made or proceeds are received, as the case may be, and which are Not Otherwise Applied.
“Available Incremental Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(d)(iv).
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 1.13(d).
“Backup Security Interest” means a security interest in any Receivables Assets, Securitization Assets or accounts receivable and related assets that are purported to be sold or disposed under a bona fide “true sale” arrangement in connection with any factoring, Securitization Facility or similar arrangements permitted under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the
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applicable “true sale” is not legally recognized as such by a court of competent jurisdiction or regulator.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day (which if less than 0.00% shall be deemed to be 0.00%) plus 0.50%, (c) Term SOFR for a one-month tenor in effect on such day plus 1.00% and (d) 1.75%. 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 or Term SOFR for any reason, the Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) or (c) above, as applicable, 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 Term SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Term SOFR, respectively.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.
“BCP” means, individually or collectively, BCP Special Opportunities Fund III Originations LP and any fund, partnership, co-investment vehicles and/or similar vehicles or accounts, in each case, that directly or indirectly own interests in ContextLogic and are managed or advised by BC Partners Advisors, L.P. or its Affiliates, or any of their respective successors and assigns.
“BCP Reference Amount” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Alternative Calculation”.
“Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 1.13(a).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, for any Available Tenor, the sum of (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected and
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mutually agreed upon by the Lender Representative and the Borrower (written notification of which shall be provided to the Administrative Agent by the Lender Representative and the Borrower) giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time; and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that (x) such Benchmark Replacement shall be administratively feasible as determined by the Administrative Agent and (y) if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor (including any related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment), such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for each applicable Interest Period, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected and mutually agreed upon by the Lender Representative and the Borrower (written notification of which shall be provided to the Administrative Agent by the Lender Representative and the Borrower) giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time; provided, that any such Benchmark Replacement shall be administratively feasible as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date; or
(c) in the case of an Early Opt-In Election, the date jointly elected by the Lender Representative and the Borrower and specified by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) by notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.
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For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, (a) in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (x) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (y) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day (or such other date selected by the Lender Representative and the Borrower) prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or such other date selected by the Lender Representative and the Borrower) (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication) and (b) in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, the date jointly elected by the Lender Representative and the Borrower and specified by the Administrative Agent by notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.
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“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 1.13 and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 1.13.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding individual beneficial ownership solely to the extent expressly required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation substantially similar in form and substance to the form of Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners of Legal Entity Customers published jointly, in May 2018, by the Loan Syndications and Trading Association and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. §1010.230, as amended.
“Blackstone Credit” means Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP.
“Blackstone Finance” means Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. L.L.C.
“Blackstone Entity” means Blackstone Credit, Blackstone Finance, any of their affiliates, and shall include, without limitation, certain funds, accounts and clients managed, advised, or sub-advised or administered by Blackstone Credit, Blackstone Finance or any of their respective affiliates, as the context may require, and any warehouse entity.
“Bona Fide Debt Fund” means any bona fide debt fund, investment vehicle, regulated banking entity or non-regulated lending entity that is primarily engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business which is managed, sponsored or advised by any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with (a) any competitor of the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) any Affiliate of such competitor, but with respect to which no personnel involved with any investment by such competitor or Affiliate (i) makes, has the right to make or participates with others in making any investment decisions with respect to such Person or (ii) has access to any information (other than information that is publicly available) relating to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or any entity that forms a part of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.
“Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment” means the offer by any Discounted Purchaser 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 Discounted Purchaser 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).
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“Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers” means the solicitation by any Discounted Purchaser 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, as Swing Line Borrowing or a Term Borrowing, 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, and, if such day relates to any SOFR Loan, means any such day that is also a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (including with respect to internally developed software) (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.
“Capitalization Amount” means an amount that represents 65% of the sum of (i) the aggregate gross proceeds received from the Loans borrowed under the Facilities on the Closing Date (but without giving effect to the gross proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loans borrowed on the Closing Date to fund working capital or any working capital or purchase price adjustment pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Transaction Costs, the replacement, backstop or cash collateralization of any existing letters of credit and any OID or upfront fees) and (ii) the amount of the Equity Contribution on the Closing Date.
“Capitalized Leases” means, at any time of determination, all leases required at such time to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared, in accordance with GAAP (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Non-Finance Lease Obligation), and the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of any obligations under any Non-Finance Lease Obligation).
“Cash Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Collateral Account” means a blocked account at a commercial bank selected by the Lender Representative, in the name of the relevant Borrower and under the sole dominion and “control” (within the meaning of the UCC) of the Collateral Agent, and otherwise established in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative.
“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:
(a) Dollars;
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(b) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed (or unconditionally guaranteed) or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States having average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof;
(c) time deposits or eurodollar time deposits with, insured certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances or overnight bank deposits of, or letters of credit issued by, any commercial bank that (i) is a Lender or (ii) (A) is organized under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any member nation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or is the principal banking Subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any member nation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, and (B) has combined capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000 or $100,000,000 in the case of any non-U.S. bank (any such bank in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities not exceeding 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(d) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by an Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable or fixed rate note issued by, or guaranteed by, a corporation (other than structured investment vehicles and other than corporations used in structured financing transactions) and in each case rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in each case with average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(e) marketable short-term money market and similar funds having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by Holdings);
(f) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (b), (d) and (e) above entered into with any Approved Bank;
(g) securities with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government having an investment grade rating from either S&P or Moody’s (or the equivalent thereof);
(h) Investments (other than in structured investment vehicles and structured financing transactions) 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 ▇▇▇▇▇’▇;
(i) securities with maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Approved Bank;
(j) (i) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above denominated in Euros, pounds sterling, or Canadian dollars or any other foreign currency
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comparable in credit quality and tenor to the foregoing and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Restricted Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction and (ii) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, such local currencies in those countries in which such Foreign Subsidiary transacts business from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(k) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as Current Assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in money market investment programs which are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or which are administered by financial institutions having capital of at least $250,000,000, and, in either case, the portfolios of which are limited such that substantially all of such Investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a) through (i) above; and
(l) investment funds investing at least 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (k) above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (a) and (j) above; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clause (a) or (j) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
“Cash Management Obligations” means obligations owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Hedge Bank in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, credit card, debit card and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds, in each case, pursuant to a Treasury Services Agreement, in each case, to the extent designated by the Borrower and such Hedge Bank as “Cash Management Obligations” in a Secured Party Designation Notice delivered to the Administrative Agent. The designation of any Cash Management Obligations shall not create in favor of such Hedge Bank any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Guarantor under the Loan Documents.
“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.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
“Change of Control” shall be deemed to occur if:
(a) (i) any “person” or “group” within the meaning of Rules 13d-3, 13d-5 and Section 14(d) under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date (excluding (x) any employee benefit plan of such person and its Subsidiaries and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan and (y) the Permitted Holders) shall have, directly or indirectly, become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5) of Equity Interests representing 35% or more of the aggregate voting power represented
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by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower and (ii) such “person” or “group” shall beneficially own a greater percentage of the aggregate voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower than the percentage of the aggregate voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders, unless the Permitted Holders have the right, directly or indirectly, by voting power, contract or otherwise, to elect or designate for election at least a majority of the board of managers (or similar governing body) of the Borrower; or
(b) Holdings shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower.
Notwithstanding the preceding or any provision of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision), (i) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own securities subject to an equity or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement, (ii) a person or group will be deemed not to beneficially own the Equity Interests of another Person as a result of its ownership of Equity Interests or other securities of such other Person’s parent (or related contractual rights) unless it owns 50% or more of the voting Equity Interests of such Person’s parent (provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply to any Permitted Holder) and (iii) if any group includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests of the Borrower beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Permitted Holder that are part of such group shall not be treated as being beneficially owned by any other member of such group for purposes of determining whether a Change of Control has occurred.
For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Borrower” as used in this definition includes any Successor Company that assumes the obligations of the Borrower pursuant to Section 7.04(d).
“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 Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Extension Series, Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Refinancing Series, Initial Term Commitments, Incremental Term Commitments, Refinancing Term Commitments of a given Refinancing Series or Commitments in respect of Replacement Term Loans and (c) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans, Revolving Credit Loans under Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Extension Series, Incremental Revolving Loans, Revolving Credit Loans under Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Refinancing Series, Initial Term Loans, Extended Term Loans under an Extended Term Loan tranche of a given Extension Series, Incremental Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans of a given Refinancing Series or Replacement Term Loans. 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.
“Closing Date” means February 26, 2026.
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“Closing Date Acquisition” means the acquisition of certain of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Target, together with its subsidiaries and any assets of the Target and its subsidiaries by ContextLogic, as buyer on the Closing Date pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; provided that, on the Closing Date immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, ContextLogic shall own at least a majority of the voting equity interests of the Target.
“Closing Date Assignment” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.01.
“Closing Date Refinancing” has the meaning set forth in the preliminary statements to this Agreement.
“Closing Date Revolver Cap” means a limit of (a) $10,000,000.00 on the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans that are available to be borrowed on the Closing Date in accordance with the requirements of Section 5.11(b)(i) or (b) such greater amount as the Initial Lenders shall agree in their sole discretion (written notification of which shall be provided by the Initial Lenders to the Administrative Agent), in either case, which amount shall not include the face amount of any Letters of Credit issued on the Closing Date.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (unless specifically provided otherwise).
“Collateral” means the “Collateral” as defined in the Security Agreement and all the “Collateral” or “Pledged Assets” as defined in any other Collateral Document and any other assets pledged pursuant to any Collateral Document (but in any event excluding the Excluded Assets).
“Collateral Agent” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent 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 (i) on the Closing Date, pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iv) and (v) and (ii) at such time as may be designated therein, pursuant to the Collateral Documents, the proviso to Section 4.01(a) or Section 6.11 or 6.13, subject, in each case, to the limitations and exceptions of this Agreement, duly executed by each Loan Party thereto;
(b) all Secured Obligations of the Borrower shall have been unconditionally guaranteed by each Guarantor;
(c) the Secured Obligations and the Guaranty shall have been secured by a first- priority security interest (subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.01) in (i) all of the Equity Interests of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) all of the Equity Interests of each wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary that is a Material Domestic Subsidiary (other than a Domestic Subsidiary described in the following clause (iii)) directly owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and (iii) 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests (and 100% of the non-voting Equity Interests) of each wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary that is a CFC or a FSHCO, in each case other than any Excluded Assets;
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(d) except to the extent otherwise provided hereunder, including subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.01, or under any Collateral Document, the Secured Obligations and the Guaranty shall have been secured by a perfected first-priority security interest (to the extent such security interest may be perfected by delivering certificated securities, instruments or promissory notes, filing financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code or making any necessary filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office or to the extent required in the Security Agreement) in the Collateral of the Borrower and each Guarantor, in each case, (i) with the priority required by the Collateral Documents and (ii) subject to exceptions and limitations otherwise set forth in this Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, including the limitations and exceptions set forth in Section 4.01) and the Collateral Documents; and
(e) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of a Mortgage with respect to each Material Real Property required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.11 (the “Mortgaged Properties”) duly executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Party, (ii) a title insurance policy for any Mortgaged Property available in each applicable jurisdiction, which may be in the form of a markup of a pro forma (the “Mortgage Policies”) insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a valid first-priority Lien on the property described therein, free of any other Liens except as permitted by Section 7.01, together with such customary endorsements as the Lender Representative may reasonably require to the extent available in the applicable jurisdiction at commercially reasonable rates without payment of a special risk premium, in an amount not to exceed the fair market value of such Mortgaged Property as reasonably determined by the Borrower, (iii) a completed Life-of-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 by the Borrower and each other Loan Party relating thereto, (iv) (x) ALTA surveys with respect to any Mortgaged Property sufficient for the title company issuing the applicable Mortgage Policy to remove all standard survey exceptions from the Mortgage Policies and issue the endorsements required in clause (ii) above or (y) such existing surveys, maps, or plats together with any necessary no-change affidavits sufficient for the title company issuing the applicable Mortgage Policy to remove all standard survey exceptions from the Mortgage Policies and issue the endorsements required in clause (ii) above and (v) customary opinions of local counsel for such Loan Party in the state in which such Material Real Property is located, with respect to the enforceability of the Mortgage and any related fixture filings, and in the state where the applicable Loan Party granting the Mortgage on said Mortgaged Properties is organized, an opinion regarding the due authorization, execution and delivery of such Mortgage;
provided, however, that (i) the foregoing definition shall not require, and the Loan Documents shall not contain any requirements as to, (A) the creation or perfection of pledges of, security interests in, Mortgages on, or the obtaining of title insurance, surveys, abstracts, evidence of flood insurance or the availability thereof, or appraisals or taking other actions with respect to any Excluded Assets (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Excluded Assets shall, for all intents and purposes, be excluded from the definitions of Collateral, Material Real Property and Mortgaged Properties), (B) the perfection of pledges of or security interests in motor vehicles, airplanes and other assets subject to certificates of title to the extent a Lien thereon cannot be perfected by the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement (or the equivalent) or (C) the obtaining of any leasehold mortgages, landlord waivers,
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estoppels or collateral access letters, and (ii) the Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in this Agreement and the Collateral Documents.
The Lender Representative may grant extensions of time for the perfection of security interests in, or the delivery of the Mortgages and the obtaining of title insurance and surveys with respect to, particular assets and the delivery of assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date) or any other compliance with the requirements of this definition where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection or compliance cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement, the Collateral Documents or any other Loan Documents.
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. 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).
Each Mortgage shall secure only such portion of the Secured Obligations and in such maximum principal amount as the Lender Representative and Borrower may reasonably agree, which in no event shall exceed the fair market value of the applicable Mortgaged Property as reasonably determined by Borrower in good faith. The Borrower agrees to cooperate with the Lender Representative to structure, document and record the Mortgages and related instruments (including the use of one or more separate Mortgage instruments, allocation of debt, and stated maximum principal amounts) in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Lender Representative in order to minimize, to the extent permitted by applicable Law and consistent with maintaining adequate security for the Secured Obligations, any mortgage recording or similar taxes. For the avoidance of doubt, no Mortgage shall be required to secure, and no Mortgage will secure, Obligations in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility if doing so would reasonably be expected to result in additional mortgage recording tax upon any re‑advance or re‑borrowing under the Revolving Credit Facility.
The foregoing definition shall not require control agreements, perfection by “control” (including control agreements) pursuant to the UCC or perfection by possession or delivery pursuant to the UCC with respect to any Collateral other than, to the extent required by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative), (x) certificated Equity Interests of the Borrower and, to the extent constituting Collateral, its Restricted Subsidiaries and (y) the Intercompany Note and other instruments described in Section 2.02(b) of the Security Agreement.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, each Intercreditor Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the Mortgages, collateral assignments, Security Agreement Supplements, security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iv), 6.11 or 6.13 and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
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“Commitment” means a Revolving Credit Commitment, Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of a given Extension Series, Term Commitment under an Extended Term Loan tranche of a given Extension Series, Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment, Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitment of a given Refinancing Series, Initial Term Commitment, Incremental Term Commitment, Refinancing Term Commitment of a given Refinancing Series or a Commitment in respect of Replacement Term Loans, as the context may require.
“Committed Loan Notice” means a written notice of (a) a Borrowing (other than a Swing Line Borrowing), (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other or (c) a continuation of SOFR Loans pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto or such other form as approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Compensation Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(c)(ii).
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 3.05 and other technical, administrative or operational matters, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any changes to economic terms) that the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) decides (with the consent of the Borrower) may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Borrower) that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) determines (with the consent the Borrower) that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) decides (with the consent of the Borrower) is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and is administratively feasible as determined by the Administrative Agent).
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus:
(a) without duplication and, except with respect to clauses (vii), (xii), (xxiv) and (xxv) below, to the extent deducted (and not added back or excluded) in arriving at such
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Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries:
(i) total interest expense determined in accordance with GAAP (including, to the extent deducted and not added back in computing Consolidated Net Income, (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, (D) the interest component of Capitalized Leases, (E) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest Swap Contracts with respect to Indebtedness, (F) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions and fees, (G) the interest component of any pension or other post-employment benefit expense, (H) undrawn commitment fees and (I) to the extent not reflected in such total interest expense, any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains on such hedging obligations, and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities (whether amortized or immediately expensed));
(ii) without duplication, provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital gains of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including federal, state, local, franchise (including any franchise taxes accrued, paid or payable in respect of the jurisdiction of formation of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and similar taxes and foreign withholding, franchise and like income taxes paid or accrued during such period including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations;
(iii) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of (A) intangible assets, deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, bridge, commitment and other financing fees, discounts and yield and (B) unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions and other post-employment benefits) and depletion (including cost-depletion and percentage-depletion, in each case, related to mineral reserves, including salt mines) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(iv) expenses, charges, costs, accruals, reserves and losses constituting extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items or related to any single or one-time event (including, without limitation, any one time expense, charge, cost, accrual, reserve or loss (i) relating to marketing or rebranding, compliance with accounting standards, enhanced accounting function or other transaction costs or operational changes or improvements or associated with becoming a standalone entity or public company, in each case, whether or not consummated, and (ii) arising out of any litigation (including derivative suits), inquiries, requests for information and other proceedings, including legal fees and costs incurred in connection therewith and any penalties or settlement payments in respect of any thereof);
(v) at the election of the Borrower in its sole discretion, non-cash charges, expenses or losses, including any non-cash expense relating to the vesting of warrants deducted (or included) in the determination of Consolidated Net Income; provided that, to the extent the Borrower makes such election, if any such non-cash charges, expenses or losses represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period may (at the election of the Borrower in its sole discretion) be
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subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period);
(vi) any expenses, charges, costs, accruals, reserves and losses (including duplicative running costs and any charge relating to tax restructuring) related to operating expense reductions, and other cost synergies, recapitalizations, restructurings, integration, transition, insourcing initiatives, operating improvements, cost savings initiatives, cost rationalization programs and other business optimizations, initiatives, actions and events (including, without limitation, those related to the start-up, pre-opening, opening, curtailment closure, and/or consolidation of distribution centers, operations, offices and facilities (including future lease commitments, lease breakage or other terminations, vacant facilities and establishing backup capacity), training for related personnel and relocation and reallocation of employees, equipment and other assets and resources; new product or system design, system establishment, development and introductions (including intellectual property development); strategic initiatives; consulting and other professional fees; project start-up costs; establishing or expanding into new markets; expansion or initiation of new lines of business or market sectors; sales-force build-out; balance sheet adjustments and adjustments to existing reserves; curtailments or modifications to pension and post-employment employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities); exiting, closing, winding down or termination of lines of business, locations or offices; settlement costs; costs related to customer disputes, distribution networks or sales channels; and contract termination, retention, recruiting, completion, stay, severance, relocation, signing, consulting and transition services arrangements and any tax restructuring); provided, that the aggregate amount added back to Consolidated Net Income in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (vi), together with any cash item pursuant to clause (vii) below (other than related to the Transactions, any Pro Forma Events occurring prior to the Closing Date or the run rate effect of owners’ compensation adjustments with respect to any target at the time of, or in connection with, the acquisitions thereof) shall not to exceed 35% of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated after giving effect to all addbacks and adjustments to Consolidated EBITDA);
(vii) pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operational changes, operational initiatives, operating expense reductions, operating improvements, contracted rate synergies and other cost synergies (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, revenue synergies) related to (x) the Transactions and (y) mergers and other business combinations, acquisitions and other investments (including any of the foregoing consummated prior to the Closing Date), de novos, divestitures, dispositions, the integration, consolidation or discontinuance of activities or operations, the lease of new facilities, the consolidation or closing of locations, restructurings, integration (including financial and management information systems and other IT upgrades), transition, insourcing initiatives, operating improvements, headcount reductions, new or revised compensation arrangements, cost savings initiatives, and other business optimization initiatives or new service roll out, actions or events, including new contracts, contractual changes, increased pricing or volume and any other revenue enhancements in each case that are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, resulting from actions taken by the Loan Parties (collectively, “Pro Forma Events”), in each case, to the extent projected to result from actions taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken within eight (8) full Fiscal Quarters following the consummation or commencement as applicable, thereof, so long as such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and other cost synergies are
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reasonably identifiable and factually supportable; provided, further, that the aggregate amount added back to Consolidated Net Income in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (vii) (other than related to the Transactions, any Pro Forma Events occurring prior to the Closing Date or the run rate effect of owners’ compensation adjustments with respect to any target at the time of, or in connection with, the acquisitions thereof) and any cash item pursuant to clause (vi) above, shall not exceed 35% of Consolidated EBITDA in any four-quarter period (calculated after giving effect to all add-backs and adjustments to Consolidated EBITDA);
(viii) any director’s fees and related expenses payable to any independent director of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower) in cash during such period;
(ix) (x) other accruals, payments and expenses (including rationalization, legal, tax, structuring, arrangement fees, underwriting fees and other costs and expenses and non-operating or non-recurring professional fees, costs and expenses related thereto), or any amortization thereof, related to (a) the Transactions (including all Transaction Costs) and (b) any acquisitions, Investments, Restricted Payments, Dispositions, issuances or offerings of Equity Interests (including any initial public offering or the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company) and issuances, amendments, modifications, refinancings, recapitalizations, repayments or similar transactions of Indebtedness or the documentation relating thereto (in each case, including any such transaction consummated on or prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and (y) the amount of any charge that is paid or reimbursed by any third-party pursuant to indemnification, expense reimbursement and/or similar provisions or agreements and/or insurance, in each case, in connection with any event described in the forgoing clause (ix)(x);
(x) fees, charges, costs and expenses incurred in connection with establishment, integration, implementation, replacement, transition, development or upgrade of software, operational, financial, reporting and information technology systems and technology initiative;
(xi) earn-out obligation expense incurred in connection with the Closing Date Acquisition and/or any other acquisition and/or other investment (including any acquisition and/or other investment consummated prior to the Closing Date) which is paid or accrued during the applicable period;
(xii) proceeds of business interruption and cyber insurance and other charges, losses or expenses to the extent indemnified, insured, reimbursed or reimbursable or otherwise covered by a third party, in each case, to the extent received in cash, or, in any other case, to the extent reasonably expected to be received by Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries within 24 months of the end of the latest applicable period of insured loss (or periods of insured loss; it being agreed that (x) such periods will be deemed to end at the end of each relevant fiscal quarter, except with respect to the final period of insured loss, which will end on the last day of the insured loss and (y) there shall be a deduction to Consolidated EBITDA in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent such proceeds are not received within such 24 month period), and, in any event, which claim has not been denied;
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(xiii) any non-cash gain and/or charge, expense or loss, including the excess or shortfall of rent expense over actual cash rent paid during the relevant period due to the use of straight line rent for GAAP purposes and any non-cash compensation charges, translation losses or non-cash expenses relating to the vesting of warrants (provided that to the extent any non-cash charge represents an accrual of or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, (A) the Borrower may determine not to add back such non-cash charge in the current period or (B) to the extent the Borrower decides to add back such non-cash charge, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period);
(xiv) any non-cash effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries) (A) resulting from the revaluation of inventory (including any impact of changes to inventory valuation policy methods including changes in capitalization of variances) or other inventory adjustments (including any non-cash increase in expenses as a result of last-in first-out and/or first-in first-out methods of accounting), or (B) due to purchase accounting, recapitalization accounting or the acquisition method of accounting (including in the inventory, property and equipment, leases, rights fee arrangements, software, goodwill, intangible assets, in process research and development, deferred revenue, advanced ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and debt line items) resulting from the application of recapitalization accounting or the acquisition method of accounting, as the case may be, in relation to any acquisition constituting an Investment permitted under this Agreement consummated prior to or after the Closing Date (including the Closing Date Acquisition) or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof (including the effects of adjustments pushed down to Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries);
(xv) the amount of any expense or deduction consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority interests or non-controlling interests of third parties in any non- wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary to the extent deducted (and not added back) in calculating Consolidated Net Income;
(xvi) (A)(i) all management, consulting, monitoring, transaction, investment banking and advisory fees and reimbursement of related expenses and indemnities paid or accrued to any sponsor, equityholders or an affiliate (including operating partners), to the extent permitted (including rationalization, legal, tax, corporate, structuring and other costs and expenses), (ii) (1) all fees and expenses relating to the board of directors and (2) premiums for key-man life insurance and directors and officers insurance and (iii) fees and expenses paid to any financial or accounting advisors in connection with executing any GAAP conversion, (B) payments permitted hereunder by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any sponsor made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures which payments are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower in good faith and (C) expenses relating to payments made to option holders of the Borrower or any parent company in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted under this Agreement;
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(xvii) any Equity Funded Employee Plan Costs;
(xviii) any net loss or charge from sold, disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations or product lines or assets outside the ordinary course of business (including asset retirement costs);
(xix) any expenses or charges related to any equity offering (including any Qualified IPO), Investment, acquisition, restricted payment, disposition, Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by or in connection with this Agreement, including a prepayment and/or refinancing thereof (in each case, whether or not successful), recapitalization and/or other similar transaction (in each case, whether or not consummated) and any amendment or modification to the terms of any such transactions;
(xx) expenses paid or accrued during such period in connection with earn-outs and other deferred payments in connection with any acquisition or other Investment permitted under this Agreement (or in connection with any acquisition of any Person or assets made on or prior to the Closing Date, including the Closing Date Acquisition);
(xxi) any expenses for such period that are reimbursed during such period (or, without duplication of amounts added back in other periods, are reasonably expected to be reimbursed within 180 days of the end of such period to the extent not accrued) by third parties pursuant to indemnification, expense reimbursement and/or similar provisions or agreements and/or insurance; provided that, if any such expenses are both (x) added back to Consolidated EBITDA and (y) not so reimbursed within such 180 day period, then such expenses shall be subtracted in the subsequent calculation period;
(xxii) charges associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and charges relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (and any comparable law in any other applicable jurisdiction), as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, and, to the extent associated with, or incurred in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, directors’ or managers’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, disbursement, charges relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees and listing fees;
(xxiii) other add-backs, exclusions and adjustments (A) contained in any quality of earnings report made available to the Lender Representative in connection with an acquisition or other similar permitted Investment conducted by a “Big- Four” accounting firm or any other accounting firm of regionally or nationally recognized standing or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Lender Representative or (B) consistent with Regulation S-X of the SEC (as in effect prior to January 1, 2021);
(xxiv) the amount of incremental contract value of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that Borrower projects would have been realized or achieved as EBITDA
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contribution from the entry into (and performance under) New Contracts during the relevant period had such New Contracts been effective and had performance thereunder commenced as of the beginning of the relevant period (which incremental contract value shall be subject only to certification by a responsible officer of Borrower and shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though the full run rate effect, with respect to the applicable period, of such incremental contract value had been realized as EBITDA contribution on the first day of such period), including, without limitation, such incremental contract value attributable to New Contracts that are in excess of (but without duplication of) contract value attributable to New Contracts that has been actually realized as EBITDA contribution during such period in an amount not to exceed 15% of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated after giving effect to all add-backs and adjustments to Consolidated EBITDA);
(xxv) at the option of the Borrower (i) add-backs identified or contained in the financial model delivered to the Lead Arranger on October 21, 2025 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the pro forma adjustments contained therein) (together with any updates or modifications reasonably agreed between the Borrower and the Lead Arrangers, the “Financial Model”) and (ii) addbacks and adjustments (including pro forma adjustments) reflected in the Quality of Earnings report delivered to the Lead Arranger on November 3, 2025 (the “Quality of Earnings Report”);
(xxvi) 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 paragraph (b) below for any previous period and not added back;
(xxvii) other expenses, addbacks, adjustments, costs, and losses reasonably approved by the Required Lenders (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); minus
(b) without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (i) non-cash gains (excluding any non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period) including non- cash gains as a result of last-in first -out and/or first-in first-out methods of accounting, (ii) any net gain from sold, disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations or product lines or assets outside the ordinary course of business (including asset retirement costs) and (iii) any unusual or non-recurring gains; provided that:
(A) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA (x) unrealized net currency translation or transaction gains and/or losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including currency re- measurements of Indebtedness and any unrealized net gains or losses from Swap Contracts for currency exchange risk associated with the above or any other currency-related risk) and (y) all other foreign currency translation or transaction gains and/or losses to the extent such gains or losses are non-cash items;
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(B) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period any adjustments resulting from the application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 815 and International Accounting Standard No. 39 and their respective related pronouncements and interpretations;
(C) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period any income or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges related thereto) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment or modification of (i) Indebtedness, (ii) obligations under any Swap Contracts or (iii) other derivative instruments.
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 (or portions thereof) listed below, Consolidated EBITDA for such Fiscal Quarters (or portions thereof) shall be as set forth below, in each case as may be subject to add-backs and adjustments (without duplication) pursuant to the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” and sections relating to pro forma adjustments for the applicable Test Period. For the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated, including pro forma adjustments, in accordance with Section 1.09.
Fiscal Quarter (or Portion Thereof) Ending: |
Consolidated EBITDA |
December 31, 2024 |
$14,730,856 |
March 31, 2025 |
$15,184,003 |
June 30, 2025 |
$16,058,321 |
September 30, 2025 |
$16,510,659 |
“Consolidated First Lien Debt” means, as of any date of determination, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, Consolidated Total Debt as of such date under the Facilities and other Consolidated Total Debt as of such date that is secured in whole or in part by (x) a Lien on any of the Collateral on an equal priority basis with (but without regard to control of remedies) or senior priority basis to Liens on any of the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations or (y) any assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral.
“Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a)(i) Consolidated First Lien Debt as of the last day of such Test Period minus (ii) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) TTM EBITDA.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, without duplication:
(a) [reserved],
(b) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles (effected either through cumulative effect adjustment, a retroactive application or otherwise, in each case, in
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accordance with GAAP) during such period to the extent included in net income (loss) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be excluded,
(c) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within 12 months after the closing of any acquisition constituting an Investment that are so required to be established or adjusted as a result of such acquisition in accordance with GAAP or changes as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded,
(d) any net after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees, expenses and charges relating thereto) attributable to dispositions or abandonments of assets and/or discontinued operations or assets or the sale or other disposition of any Equity Interests of any Person, in each case other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, shall be excluded (including asset retirement costs),
(e) the net income (loss) 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 that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or to the extent subsequently converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,
(f) 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 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,
(g) any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge or expense arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights or equity incentive programs or any other equity-based compensation shall be excluded, and any cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Equity Interests by management of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parents in connection with the Transactions or a Qualified IPO, shall be excluded,
(h) any expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with the Transactions, any Investment, Permitted Acquisition, or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount (i) is not denied by the applicable carrier or indemnitor in writing within 180 days of the occurrence of such event and (ii) is in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365-day period), shall be excluded,
(i) for all purposes other than the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, to the extent covered by insurance 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
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the insurer and only to the extent that such amount (i) is not denied by the applicable carrier or indemnitor in writing within 180 days of the occurrence of such event and (ii) is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded,
(j) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or such Person’s assets are acquired by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be excluded (except to the extent required for any calculation of TTM EBITDA or Consolidated EBITDA),
(k) solely for the purpose of determining the Cumulative Credit pursuant to clause (a)(ii) of the definition thereof, the income of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Guarantor to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of such income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary (which has not been waived) shall be excluded, except (solely to the extent permitted to be paid) to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Guarantors by such Person during such period in accordance with such documents and regulations,
(l) the purchase accounting effects of adjustments in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP (including in the inventory, receivables, property and equipment, leases, software, goodwill, intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, advance ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, and debt line items thereof) and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of the Transactions or any acquisition constituting an Investment permitted under this Agreement consummated prior to or after the Closing Date, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof shall be excluded,
(m) for all purposes other than the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, changes to accrual of revenue so long as consistent with past practices of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (regardless of treatment under GAAP) shall be excluded,
(n) (i) any charge incurred as a result of, in connection with or pursuant to any management equity plan, profits interest or stock option plan or other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any pension plan (including any post-employment benefit scheme which has been agreed to with the relevant pension trustee), any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, any employee benefit trust, any employment benefit scheme, any long-term incentive plan or any similar equity plan or agreement (including any deferred compensation arrangement), including pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial costs, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, and (ii) any charge in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of equity interests held by management, in each case under clauses (n)(i) and (ii), to the extent any
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such charge is non-cash or is a cash charge that is funded with net cash proceeds contributed to Holdings or the Borrower as a capital contribution or as a result of the sale or issuance of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or Holdings) and (iii) non-cash income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, in each case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, shall be excluded, and
(o) any amounts paid that are used to fund payments to any equity holder to pay taxes related to such equity holder’s ownership of the Borrower and that, if paid by the Borrower would have reduced Consolidated Net Income, shall be included to reduce Consolidated Net Income.
For the avoidance of doubt, (other than for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow) Consolidated Net Income shall be calculated, including pro forma adjustments, in accordance with Section 1.09.
“Consolidated Secured Debt” means, as of any date of determination, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt secured by a Lien on any 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 Debt as of the last day of such Test Period minus (ii) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) TTM EBITDA.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as of any date of determination, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, consisting only of third-party Indebtedness for borrowed money, all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, capital lease obligations and purchase money Indebtedness, earnouts and other deferred purchase price obligations and amounts drawn under standby letters of credit solely to the extent not reimbursed within three (3) Business Days. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that (i) [reserved], (ii) undrawn amounts under revolving credit facilities, (iii) [reserved], (iv) earn-out obligations, (v) deferred purchase price obligations (in the case of clauses (iv) and (v), until such obligations have become due and payable and are unpaid for a period of thirty (30) days and listed as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP), (vi) seller note obligations (unless such obligations have become due and payable) and (vii) Swap Obligations, in each case, do not constitute Consolidated Total Debt.
“Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of the last day of such Test Period minus (ii) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) TTM EBITDA.
“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 (a) calculated without regard to any changes
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in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (i) any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent, (ii) the effects of purchase accounting, (iii) the effect of fluctuations in the amount of accrued or contingent obligations, assets or liabilities under Swap Contracts or (iv) any impact of foreign exchange translations and (b) adjusted to eliminate any distortion resulting from mergers, acquisitions and dispositions occurring during the applicable period.
“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.”
“Covered Entity” means any of the following: (a) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (b) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (c) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Covered Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.22.
“Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means (a) Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt, (b) Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt, (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt, or (d) other Indebtedness of any Loan Party, 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 or existing Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments), or any then-existing Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (the “Refinanced Debt”); provided that (i) (A) such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that constitutes Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt or other Indebtedness secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Initial Term Loans (other than any Extendable Bridge Loan) shall not mature (or require commitment reductions or, in the case of Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments, amortization) prior to the maturity date of the Refinanced Debt, and, in the case of any refinancing of Term Loans, such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (other than any Extendable Bridge Loan) shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than that of the Refinanced Debt and (B) such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that constitutes term loans or notes which are Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt or Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt or other Indebtedness that is secured by the Collateral on a junior basis to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Initial Term Loans or is unsecured (other than any Extendable Bridge Loan) shall not mature or have any scheduled amortization prior to the date that is 91 days after the maturity date of the Refinanced Debt, (ii) such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall not have an aggregate principal amount (including any unutilized commitments) greater than the aggregate principal amount (including any unutilized commitments) of the Refinanced Debt plus accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties thereon and fees and expenses associated with the refinancing and utilization of any other available
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baskets or incurrence based amounts as permitted under this Agreement, (iii) any payments and borrowings may be made on a pro rata basis, or on a less than pro rata basis as between the Revolving Credit Facility and any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in the form of revolving loans or revolving commitments in accordance with the aggregate principal amounts thereof, respectively; provided that the permanent repayment of outstanding Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans in connection with the termination of Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments may be on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (or greater than pro rata basis (A) with respect to (1) repayments required on the maturity date of any Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments under such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and (2) repayments made in connection with any refinancing of Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments or (B) as compared to any other Revolving Credit Commitments with a later maturity date than such Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments (it being understood and agreed that this clause (B) shall not permit the prepayment of any such Indebtedness on a greater than pro rata basis as compared to the Revolving Credit Commitments without the agreement of each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment (including pursuant to an Extension Amendment) or to the extent this provision is amended pursuant to Section 10.01)), (iv) the terms and conditions of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (except as otherwise provided in this definition) shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the financing sources providing such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (provided that, if the terms of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness are not substantially consistent with the terms of the corresponding Class of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, (other than pricing (as to which no “most favored nations” provision shall apply), fees, rate floors and optional prepayment or redemption terms which, subject to the restrictions set forth herein, shall be determined by the Borrower), such terms shall, at the option of the Borrower, (A) not be materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) than the terms of the corresponding Class of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable unless (I) in consultation with the Lender Representative, the Lenders under the corresponding Class of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, under the Facilities also receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms (in which case, no consent shall be required from the Lender Representative or any Lenders) or (II) any such more restrictive terms apply only after the maturity date (as of the date of funding of the applicable Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) of such Class being refinanced) or (B) be on current market terms, when taken as a whole, as determined by the Borrower in good faith at the time of issuance or incurrence or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, (v) [reserved], (vi) such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, repurchased, retired, defeased or satisfied and discharged, and all accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties in connection therewith shall be paid, on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained, (vii) such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be guaranteed by any Person other than a Restricted Subsidiary that is or will become a Loan Party under the then outstanding Facilities, (viii) to the extent such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is secured, it is not secured by a Lien on any assets other than a Lien on the Collateral (it being agreed that such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be required to be secured by a Lien on all of the Collateral), (ix) if such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Collateral and is not incurred under the Agreement, a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall have become party to an Intercreditor Agreement (or any Intercreditor Agreement shall have been amended or replaced in
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a manner reasonably acceptable to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, which results in such Senior Representative having rights to share in the Collateral on a pari passu basis (without regard to control of remedies) or a junior lien basis to the Secured Obligations, as applicable), (x) if the Refinanced Debt is subordinated in right of payment to, or to the Liens securing, the Obligations, then any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to, or to the Liens securing, the Obligations, as applicable, pursuant to a customary subordination agreement or provisions reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative and the Required Lenders, (xi) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be pari passu or junior in right of payment and, if secured, secured on a pari passu (without regard to control of remedies) or junior basis with Lien on the Collateral securing the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Facility, (xii) if the Refinanced Debt is (A) secured by a Lien that is junior to the Liens securing the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Facility, then any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof shall be either Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt or Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt and (B) unsecured, then any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof shall be Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt and (xiii) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness secured on a pari passu basis with Initial Term Loans may participate (x) on a pro rata basis, on a less than pro rata basis or on a greater than pro rata basis, in any voluntary prepayments hereunder or (y) on a pro rata basis or less than a pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis and if subordinated in right of payment or security, on a junior basis to) in any mandatory prepayments hereunder; provided, further, that in determining if the foregoing conditions in this proviso are met, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide such certificate to the Lenders) at least five Business Days prior to such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such resulting Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement, shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Lender Representative or the Required Lenders notify the Borrower within such five Business Day period that the Lender Representative or the Required Lenders, as applicable, disagree with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it or they disagree).
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Cumulative Credit” means, at any date of determination, an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a cumulative basis equal to, without duplication:
(a) the sum of (i) the greater of $22,000,000 and 35% of TTM EBITDA, plus (ii) the amount of Excess Cash Flow, determined on a cumulative basis, for all Fiscal Years of the Borrower ending after the Closing Date (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2027) that is not required to be applied in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(i) (which amount shall not be less than zero for any Fiscal Year), plus
(b) in each case to the extent Not Otherwise Applied, the cumulative amount of cash and Cash Equivalent proceeds from (i) the sale of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower after the Closing Date and on
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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 and (ii) the Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower (or Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower) issued upon the exchange or 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 together with the fair market value of any property received upon such exchange or conversion, plus
(c) in each case to the extent Not Otherwise Applied, 100% of the fair market value of contributions to the common capital of the Borrower or the net proceeds of the issuance of Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent) contributed to the Borrower, received in cash and Cash Equivalents and the fair market value of marketable securities or other property received after the Closing Date, including the principal amount of any Initial Term Loans acquired by any Parent Entity and contributed to the Borrower for cancellation (in an amount equal to the principal amount of such Initial Term Loans), plus
(d) 100% of the aggregate amount received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in cash and Cash Equivalents (or the fair market value of proceeds that are not cash or Cash Equivalents) from:
(i) the sale, transfer or other disposition (other than to the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary) of the Equity Interests or any assets of any minority Investments or other joint venture (that is not a Restricted Subsidiary), or
(ii) any dividend or other distribution received in respect of minority Investments or other joint venture (that is not a Restricted Subsidiary), or
(iii) any Returns received in respect of any minority Investments;
in each case, solely to the extent such Investments described in clause (i) through (iii) in this clause (d) were originally made using the Cumulative Credit and solely to the extent of such original Investments; plus
(e) [reserved], plus
(f) an amount equal to any Returns in cash and Cash Equivalents actually received by the Borrower (up to the amount of the original Investment) or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Investments made pursuant to Section 7.02(v)(i) (without duplication of any Returns that reduce the amount of such Investment pursuant to the last sentence of the definition thereof), plus
(g) the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds actually received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition of any assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary since the Closing Date, plus
(h) without duplication of any amounts above, any returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received on account of an Investment made in reliance upon the Cumulative Credit (up to the amount of the original Investment); plus
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(i) an amount equal to Declined Proceeds, minus
(j) any amount of the Cumulative Credit used to make Investments pursuant to Section 7.02(v)(i) after the Closing Date and prior to such time, minus
(k) any amount of the Cumulative Credit used to pay dividends or make distributions or other Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 7.06(l)(A) after the Closing Date and prior to such time, minus
(l) any amount of the Cumulative Credit used to make payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings pursuant to Section 7.13(a)(vii)(2) after the Closing Date and prior to such time.
“Cure Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.04(a).
“Cure Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.04(a).
“Current Assets” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all assets (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) 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, deferred revenue and derivative financial instruments).
“Current Liabilities” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all liabilities 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 for Capital Expenditures, (c) accruals for Restricted Payments (other than Restricted Payments under Section 7.06(h)), (d) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, (e) accruals of any costs or expenses related to restructuring reserves, (f) any Revolving Credit Exposure or Revolving Credit Loans, (g) any earn-out obligations or deferred purchase price obligations, (h) the current portion of pension liabilities, (i) deferred rent and (j) deferred revenue.
“Debt Fund Affiliate” means any Affiliate of Parent (other than Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries) or any Affiliate of a Material Investor (other than Parent or Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries), in each case, that is a bona fide debt fund or an investment vehicle that is engaged in the making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in, acquiring or trading commercial loans, bonds or similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and whose managers have fiduciary duties to the investors in such fund independent of, or in addition to, their duties to any Investor or the Parent.
“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
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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)(viii).
“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, without cure or waiver hereunder, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means (a) with respect to overdue principal, an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan, plus 2.00% per annum and (b) at the option of the Required Lenders with written notice to the Administrative Agent (or automatically upon an Event of Default under Section 8.01(f)), with respect to any other overdue amount (including overdue interest), an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate, plus (ii) the Applicable Rate applicable to Base Rate Loans, plus (iii) 2.00% per annum, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.17(b), any Lender that (a) has, directly or indirectly, refused or failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable Default, shall be specifically identified in such writing including, if applicable, by reference to a specific default) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit (unless such writing or public statement relates to such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable Default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations, (d) has failed, within two Business Days after the date when due, to pay any amounts owing to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender, unless the subject of a good faith dispute or (e) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, after the Closing Date, (i) become the subject of a Lender-Related Distress Event, (ii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action or (iii) admitted in writing that it is insolvent; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (e) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such 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 and each Lender.
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“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 E-2.
“Discount Range Prepayment Offer” means the irrevocable written offer by a Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-3, 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 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), 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1) or 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1), respectively, unless a shorter period is agreed to between the applicable Discounted Purchaser and the Auction Agent.
“Discounted Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v).
“Discounted Term Loan Prepayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(A).
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale-leaseback transaction and any sale or issuance of Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares or other shares required by applicable Law) 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.
“Disqualified Equity Interest” 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 and cash in lieu of fractional shares), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control, asset
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sale or similar event so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, asset sale or similar 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 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 (i) solely for Qualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares or (ii) as a result of a change of control, asset sale or similar event so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, asset sale or similar 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 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 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of issuance of such Equity Interests; provided that if such Equity Interests are issued (x) pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of Holdings or the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or (y) by any such plan to any such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
“Disqualified Lender” means, collectively, (a) those banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders, in each case separately identified by name in writing by the Borrower to the Lender Representative prior to December 7, 2025, (b) competitors (and any of their financial sponsors for so long as such sponsors own equity interests in such competitors) that directly or indirectly are engaged in the same or similar line of business as the Borrower, the Target or their Subsidiaries’ business and identified by name in writing by the Borrower or any Investor to the Administrative Agent from time to time (which list of competitors may be supplemented by the Borrower by means of a written notice to the Administrative Agent but which supplementation shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any Person that has previously acquired an assignment or participation hereunder), (c) any Person that invests primarily in distressed debt or “special situations” opportunities, (d) in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), any of their Affiliates that are either (i) clearly identified by name in writing by the Borrower from time to time to the Administrative Agent; provided that the inclusion of such persons as Disqualified Lenders shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any persons that have previously acquired an assignment or participation hereunder, or (ii) readily identifiable on the basis of such affiliate’s name (other than (x) any Bona Fide Debt Funds that are affiliates of the Persons referenced in clauses (b) and (c) above and (y) an Affiliate to the extent expressly excluded as a Disqualified Lender in such list referred to in clause (a) above) or (e) any Excluded Affiliates; provided, that in no event shall any fund or account operating as part of the credit and insurance division of Blackstone Inc. constitute a Disqualified ▇▇▇▇▇▇.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
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“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Early Opt-in Election” means the occurrence of: (a) a notification by the Lender Representative (in consultation with the Borrower) to the Administrative Agent that the Lender Representative has determined that U.S. dollar- denominated syndicated credit facilities are being executed or amended, as applicable, at such time, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace Term SOFR Reference Rate, and (b) the joint election by the Lender Representative and the Borrower to declare that an Early Opt-in Election has occurred and the provision, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) of written notice of such election to the Borrower and the Lenders.
“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 Indebtedness as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) the higher of (A) Term SOFR on such date for a deposit in dollars with a maturity of one month and (B) the Floor, if any, with respect thereto as of such date, (ii) the interest rate margin as of such date (with such interest rate margin to be determined by reference to Term SOFR) and (iii) the amount of OID and upfront fees (which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of OID) or similar fees, in each case paid or payable by the Borrower to the lenders with respect to such Indebtedness (with OID and upfront or similar fees being equated to interest rate based on the earlier of an assumed four-year average life to maturity or, if the remaining life to maturity in respect of such Indebtedness is less than four years, such remaining life to maturity on a straight-line basis and without any present value discount) (it being understood that “Effective Yield” shall not include (x) arrangement fees, structuring fees, commitment fees, underwriting fees and any similar fees, in each case, not shared by all lenders providing such Indebtedness or (y) if applicable, bona fide consent fees, amendment fees, ticking fees and similar fees paid generally in connection with an amendment to consenting and participating lenders). For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to determine the Effective Yield of any Indebtedness.
“Eligible Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(a)(i).
“Enforcement Qualifications” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04.
“Enterprise Transformative Event” means any acquisition, merger, consolidation, disposition, liquidation or Investment by the Borrower, Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary that
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is either (a) not permitted by the terms of any Loan Document immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction, (b) if permitted by the terms of the Loan Documents (prior to giving effect to any amendments in connection with such transaction) immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction, would not provide the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under the Loan Documents for the continuation and/or expansion of the Borrower’s business, to make improvements to operational efficiency or otherwise facilitate growth or profitability, as reasonably determined by the Borrower acting in good faith or (c) is for consideration greater than $150,000,000.
“Environment” means indoor air, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface, subsurface strata or sediment, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna or as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.
“Environmental Laws” means any applicable Law relating to the prevention of pollution, or the protection of the Environment, and the protection of worker health and safety as it relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials, including any applicable provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 5101 et seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. as it related to Hazardous Materials, and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., and all analogous state or local statutes, and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of investigation and remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) an actual or alleged noncompliance with any Environmental Law including any failure to obtain, maintain or comply with any Environmental Permit, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage or treatment of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract or agreement to the extent 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.
“Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement” means, to the extent executed in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03 which is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is intended to rank pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies), an intercreditor agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit J among the Collateral Agent and the Senior Representative for such Indebtedness.
“Equity Contribution” means the direct or indirect cash equity contributions (which, in the case of any equity other than common equity, shall be on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative (provided that the terms of the class A convertible preferred units of the Initial Borrower outstanding as of the Closing Date shall be deemed reasonably satisfactory to the
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Lender Representative)) to the Initial Borrower by its Investors and the rollover by the Rollover Investors of a direct or an indirect interest in the Target.
“Equity Funded Employee Plan Costs” means cash costs or expenses, incurred 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 funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, which cash proceeds have been contributed as common equity to the capital of the Borrower, in each case to the extent Not Otherwise Applied.
“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); provided that any instrument evidencing Indebtedness convertible or exchangeable for Equity Interests shall not be deemed to be Equity Interests unless and until such instrument is so converted or exchanged.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary or is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 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 notification that a Multiemployer Plan is insolvent (within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA) or in “endangered”, “critical” or “critical and declining” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA); (d) a determination that any Pension Plan is in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for, and that could reasonably be expected to result in, the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) with respect to a Pension Plan, the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard of Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or Sections 302 or 303 of ERISA, whether or not waived, or the filing, pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA, of an application for the waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (h) a failure by a Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate to make a required
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contribution to a Multiemployer Plan which could reasonably be expected to result in material liability to a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary; (i) the occurrence of a nonexempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) which could reasonably be expected to result in material liability to a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary; (j) 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; or (k) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or pursuant to Section 303(k) of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.14.
“Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.14.
“Escrow” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Indebtedness.”
“Escrowed Proceeds” means the proceeds from the offering of any debt securities or other Indebtedness deposited into an escrow account with an independent escrow agent on the date of the applicable offering or incurrence pursuant to escrow arrangements that only permit the release of amounts on deposit in such escrow account upon satisfaction of certain conditions or the occurrence of certain events and such amounts in escrow are not otherwise available to the Person who made the deposit. The term “Escrowed Proceeds” shall include any interest earned on the amounts held in escrow. It being understood that in any event, any such Escrowed Proceeds shall be deemed to constitute “restricted” cash and Cash Equivalents for purposes of this Agreement.
“Euros” means lawful currency of the European Union.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, for any Fiscal Year, 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 (including depreciation and amortization) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period,
(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) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
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(v) expenses deducted from Consolidated Net Income during such period in respect of expenditures made during any prior period for which a deduction from Excess Cash Flow was made in such period pursuant to clause (b)(xi) or (xv) below, 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 excluded by virtue of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income,”
(ii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior Fiscal Years, at the option of the Borrower, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property to the extent not expensed or accrued during such period, to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions were financed with Internally Generated Cash,
(iii) to the extent financed with Internally Generated Cash, the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Leases and (B) the amount of any scheduled repayment of Initial Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.07, Extended Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans or Replacement Term Loans and 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 prepayments of Term Loans and (Y) all prepayments or repayments in respect of any Swing Line Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and Incremental Revolving Loans and (Z) all prepayments or repayments in respect of any revolving credit facility),
(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 for such period,
(vi) cash payments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities or long-term assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness to the extent such payments are not expensed during such period or are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income and to the extent financed with Internally Generated Cash,
(vii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior Fiscal Years, the amount of Investments (excluding intercompany Investments amongst the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents) and acquisitions made in cash during such period to the extent that such Investments and acquisitions were financed with Internally Generated Cash,
(viii) at the option of the Borrower, the amount of Restricted Payments permitted hereunder (excluding Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(l)(A) using
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clause (a)(ii) of the Cumulative Credit) to the extent such Restricted Payments were financed with Internally Generated Cash,
(ix) at the option of the Borrower, to the extent such payments are not expensed during such period or are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income and to the extent financed with Internally Generated Cash, cash payments made in respect of earn- outs and deferred purchase price obligations;
(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, in each case to the extent financed with Internally Generated Cash,
(xi) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, and at the option of the Borrower, the aggregate consideration required, planned or budgeted to be paid in cash by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts or executed letters of intent (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period relating to acquisitions, Investments or Capital Expenditures to be consummated or made no later than the following Fiscal Year, plus any restructuring cash expenses, pension payments or tax contingency payments then due and payable that have been added to Excess Cash Flow pursuant to clause (a)(ii) above required to be made, in each case during the 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 actually utilized to finance such acquisitions, Investments or Capital Expenditures during such period is less than the Contract Consideration, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow for the next Fiscal Year,
(xii) the amount of cash taxes (including penalties and interest or tax reserves) 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 period to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(xiv) any payment of cash to be amortized or expensed over a future period and recorded as a long-term asset,
(xv) reimbursable or insured expenses incurred during such Fiscal Year to the extent that such reimbursement has not yet been received and to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(xvi) cash expenditures for costs and expenses in connection with acquisitions or Investments, dispositions and the issuance of equity interests or Indebtedness, refinancing transactions or amendment or modification of any debt instrument to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
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(xvii) without duplication of clauses (i) through (xvi) above, the aggregate amount of cash expenditures actually made in cash to the extent not expensed or deducted in arriving at Consolidated Net Income.
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.
“Excess Cash Flow Period” means each Fiscal Year of the Borrower commencing with and including the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2027.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Affiliate” means members of the Initial Lenders’, or any of their respective Affiliates’, deal teams that are engaged as principals primarily in private equity or venture capital or are engaged in the sale of the Target and its subsidiaries, including through the provision of advisory services; provided that no Blackstone Entity nor any of its affiliates shall be an Excluded Affiliate (it being understood that to the extent any information is shared amongst any Blackstone Entity or any affiliate thereof, any such information shall be subject in all respects to the internal policies and procedures of Blackstone Entity implemented to protect its relationships, clients and accounts from dissemination or use of such information, including any such internal dissemination, in effect as of December 8, 2025).
“Excluded Assets” means
(a) (i) any fee owned real property (other than Material Real Properties) and any fee owned real property that is located outside the United States, (ii) any fee-owned Real Property (whether already subject to a Mortgage, or required or intended to be subject to a Mortgage, at any time of determination) located in a flood hazard area or such property or Mortgage thereon would be subject to any flood insurance due diligence (other than in respect of initial flood determinations as to whether any property is located in a special flood hazard area or as otherwise permitted under this clause (ii) with respect to flood insurance), flood insurance requirements or compliance with any Flood Insurance Laws (it being agreed that (x) if it is subsequently determined that any property subject to, or otherwise required or intended to be subject to, a Mortgage is or might be located in a flood hazard area, such property shall be excluded from the Collateral until a determination is made that such property is not located in a flood hazard area and does not require flood insurance and (y) if there is an existing Mortgage on such property, such Mortgage shall be released if located in a special flood hazard area and would require flood insurance or if it cannot be determined whether such fee owned real property is located in a special flood hazard area or would require flood insurance and the time or information necessary to make such determination would (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) delay or impair the intended date of funding any Loan or effectiveness of any amendment or supplement to the Loan Documents) and (iii) any leasehold rights and interest in Real Property (it being understood that there shall be no requirement for any Loan Party to obtain any landlord waivers, estoppels or collateral access letters),
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(b) motor vehicles, airplanes and other assets subject to certificates of title to the extent perfection of the security interest in such assets cannot be accomplished by the filing of a UCC financing statement,
(c) any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject to a purchase money security interest, Capitalized Lease obligation or similar arrangement, in each case to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents, to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement, purchase money arrangement, capital lease or a similar arrangement, in each case, permitted under this Agreement, or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) after giving effect to the applicable anti- assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable Law, but excluding the proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC or other applicable Law notwithstanding such prohibition,
(d) any assets to the extent a pledge thereof or security interest therein (i) is prohibited or restricted by applicable Law (including restrictions in respect of margin stock and financial assistance, fraudulent conveyance, preference, thin capitalization or other similar laws or regulations) or requires any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations to the extent security interests in such licenses, franchises, charters or authorizations are prohibited or restricted thereby or would require the consent of any governmental entity or third party (it being understood that no Loan Party shall have the obligation to procure any such license, franchise, charter, authorization or consent), or (ii) requires governmental, regulatory or third party (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) consents or approvals that have not been obtained (it being understood that no Loan Party shall have the obligation to procure any such consent), in each case after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable Law notwithstanding such prohibition, but excluding the proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under applicable Law notwithstanding such prohibition,
(e) margin stock and to the extent and for so long as not permitted by the terms of such Person’s organizational or joint venture documents after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable Law, Equity Interests in any joint venture or Person other than wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower, to the extent such restriction existed on the Closing Date or on the date of acquisition of the relevant entity and such restriction was not entered into in contemplation of granting a security interest in such equity interests, but excluding the proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under applicable Law notwithstanding such prohibition,
(f) any assets to the extent that the creation or perfection of pledges of, or security interests in, such assets would result in material adverse tax consequences or material regulatory or cost consequences, in each case, to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), as determined in good faith by the Borrower in consultation with the Lender Representative,
(g) any property subject to a Lien permitted by Section 7.01(u), (w) or (aa) (to the extent relating to a Lien originally incurred pursuant to Section 7.01(u) or (w)) to the extent that the granting of a security interest in such property would be prohibited under the terms of the
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Indebtedness secured thereby after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC, other than the proceeds and receivables thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC notwithstanding such prohibition or restriction,
(h) (A) letter of credit rights (other than, in the case of letters of credit, to the extent consisting of supporting obligations that can be perfected solely by the filing of a UCC financing statement) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in such letter of credit rights, other than the filing of a UCC financing statement) and (B) commercial tort claims with an individual value, as determined by the Borrower in good faith, of less than the greater of (x) $6,250,000 and (y) 10% of TTM EBITDA or for which no complaint or counterclaim has been filed in a court of competent jurisdiction,
(i) any intent-to-use (or similar) trademark application prior to the filing and acceptance of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” or similar filing with respect thereto, to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of, or void, such intent-to-use trademark application, or any registration that may issue therefrom, under applicable federal law,
(j) particular assets if and for so long as, the cost, burden, difficulty or consequence of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets or obtaining title insurance, surveys, abstracts or appraisals in respect of such assets exceeds the practical benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Lender Representative;
(k) Equity Interests and assets of captive insurance subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries,
(l) assets owned by Excluded Subsidiaries,
(m) Equity Interests in excess of 65% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) (and 100% of the non-voting Equity Interests) of each Restricted Subsidiary that is (A) a CFC or (B) a FSHCO, in each case, that is directly or indirectly owned by the Borrower or by any Subsidiary Guarantor, and any assets of a FSHCO or CFC or of a direct or indirect Subsidiary of any CFC or FSHCO,
(n) Equity Interests of Immaterial Subsidiaries, not-for-profit Subsidiaries, special purpose securitization vehicles (and similar entities, including any Receivables Subsidiary and any Securitization Subsidiary) (so long as such special purpose securitization vehicle is not created in contemplation of circumventing the guaranty obligation under this Agreement),
(o) to the extent used exclusively to hold funds in trust for the benefit of third parties, (A) payroll, healthcare and other employee wage and benefit accounts, (B) tax accounts, including sales tax accounts, (C) escrow, defeasance and redemption accounts used in connection with a Permitted Lien and (D) fiduciary or trust accounts and, in the case of clauses (A) through (D), the funds or other property held in or maintained in any such account, and
(p) any assets located in or governed by any non-U.S. jurisdiction (other than equity certificates and intercompany debt of non-U.S. subsidiaries otherwise required to be
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pledged and assets that can be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement), including any intellectual property located in a non-U.S. jurisdiction;
(q) any assets that are subject to a Backup Security Interest; and
(r) any cash collateral that is subject to a Lien pursuant to Section 7.01(ll) to the extent securing Indebtedness (other than Secured Substitute L/C Obligations) incurred under Section 7.03(aa), which cash collateral is in an aggregate amount not to exceed 103% of the face amount of such Indebtedness secured thereby.
provided that Excluded Assets shall not include any Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Assets referred to in clauses (a) through (p) (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would independently constitute Excluded Assets referred to in clauses (a) through (p)).
“Excluded Indebtedness” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Indebtedness.”
“Excluded Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(F).
“Excluded Subsidiary” means
(a) (i) any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary and (ii) any Subsidiary that is prohibited or restricted by applicable Law (including financial assistance, fraudulent conveyance, preference, capitalization or other similar laws and regulations) or by 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 Obligations would require governmental, regulatory or third-party (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) consent, approval, license or authorization, unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received (it being understood that no Loan Party shall have the obligation to procure any such consent), which efforts may be requested by the Lender Representative, or for which the provision of a Guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences or material regulatory or cost consequences, in each case, to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Lender Representative,
(b) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable determination of the Borrower in consultation with the Lender Representative, the burden or cost of providing a Guarantee exceeds the practical benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom,
(c) any not-for-profit Subsidiaries or captive insurance Subsidiaries,
(d) any Unrestricted Subsidiaries,
(e) any special purpose securitization vehicle (or similar entity, including any Receivables Subsidiary and any Securitization Subsidiary) (so long as such special purpose securitization vehicle is not created in contemplation of circumventing the guaranty obligations under this Agreement),
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(f) a CFC or a FSHCO,
(g) any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of a direct or indirect FSHCO or Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower that is a CFC,
(h) any Immaterial Subsidiary, and
(i) any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment not prohibited by the Loan Documents that has assumed secured Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(g)(i) and not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment and any Restricted Subsidiary thereof that guarantees such Indebtedness, in each case to the extent such secured Indebtedness prohibits such Subsidiary from becoming a Guarantor (so long as such prohibition is not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment or would result in material adverse tax consequences as determined in good faith by the Borrower in consultation with the Lender Representative).
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act (a “Swap Obligation”), if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal or unlawful under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest would otherwise have become effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation but for such Guarantor’s failure to constitute an “eligible contract participant” at such time. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal or unlawful 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).
“Excluded Taxes” with respect to any Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of a Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document, any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to payments under the Loan Documents: (i) any Taxes imposed on or measured by its net income, however denominated, franchise (and similar) Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case imposed by a jurisdiction as a result of such recipient being organized in or having its principal office or applicable lending office in such jurisdiction, or that are Other Connection Taxes, (ii) any Taxes attributable to the failure of such Agent or Lender to deliver the documentation required to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(d), (iii) in the case of a Lender, any U.S. federal withholding Tax that is in effect and would apply to amounts payable hereunder under the law applicable at such time the Lender becomes a party to this Agreement or acquires an applicable interest in the Loan (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 3.07(a)), or designates a new Lending Office, except to the extent such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was
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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, (iv) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, (v) U.S. backup withholding Taxes and (vi) penalties, interest and additions to Tax relating to any of the foregoing.
“Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2021, by an among US Salt Investors, LLC, as borrower, the guarantors party thereto from time to time, Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent and the other lenders party thereto from time to time.
“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).
“Extendable Bridge Loans” means any customary interim loan and bridge facilities, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such interim or bridge facility is to be converted satisfies the requirements set forth in the provision of this Agreement in which the definition of “Extendable Bridge Loan” is used.
“Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(b).
“Extending Revolving Credit Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(c).
“Extended Revolving Credit Loans” means one or more Classes of Revolving Credit Loans that result from an Extension Amendment.
“Extended Term Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a).
“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 the terms of Section 2.16 and the applicable Extension Amendment.
“Extension Amendment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(d).
“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 each of the Revolving Credit Facility, a given Extension Series of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, a given Refinancing Series of Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans, any Term Facility, a given Extension Series of Extended Term Loans, a given Class of Incremental Term Loans, a given Class of Replacement Term Loans or a given Class of
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Incremental Term Loans or a given Refinancing Series of Refinancing Term Loans, as the context may require.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable), any current or future Treasury regulations thereunder or other official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version described above), any agreements or arrangements between the United States or the United States Treasury Department and a foreign government or one or more agencies thereof to implement the foregoing and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or official practices adopted pursuant to such published intergovernmental agreement.
“FCPA” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.17(d).
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions (as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate; provided that (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 on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average of the quotations (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) received by the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions from three commercial banks of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent; provided, further that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Fee Letter” means the Fee Letter, dated as of December 8, 2025, by and among the Initial Borrower and the Lead Arrangers.
“Financial Covenant Cross Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(b).
“Financial Covenant Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(b).
“Financial Model” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Financial Statements” means collectively (i) the Financial Statements (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), and (ii) the Interim Financial Statements.
“FIRREA” means the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended.
“Fiscal Quarter” means, with respect to the first three fiscal quarters in any Fiscal Year, the last calendar day of each of March, June and September and, with respect to the last fiscal quarter in any Fiscal Year, December 31.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31.
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“Fixed Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.12.
“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 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
“Floor” means a rate of interest equal to 0.75% per annum.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the L/C Issuers, 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 in accordance with the terms hereof.
“FSHCO” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary that is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes that is directly or indirectly owned by the Borrower that does not have any material assets other than the equity capital stock and/or equity capital stock and indebtedness (including, for this purpose, any debt or other instrument treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of one or more direct or indirect Subsidiaries that are Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs or other FSHCOs.
“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.
“Funding Direction Letter” means that certain Funding Direction Letter, dated the Closing Date, by the Borrower directing the Administrative Agent to distribute the proceeds of the Loans made on the Closing Date in accordance with the funds flow memorandum attached thereto.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that, subject to Section 1.03, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that it 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
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applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
“General Debt Basket” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.03(m).
“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 supra-national body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Granting Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(h).
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, without duplication, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness 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, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness, (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 (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part). 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 Holdings, the Borrower (except as to its own primary obligations) and each existing and subsequently acquired or organized Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) that shall have become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 6.11. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower in its sole discretion may cause any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to Guarantee the Obligations by causing such Restricted Subsidiary to execute a joinder to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative, and any such Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor, Loan Party and Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder for all purposes and shall be deemed not to constitute an “Excluded Subsidiary”.
“Guaranty” means, collectively, the guaranty of the Obligations by the Guarantors pursuant to this Agreement.
“Hazardous Materials” means (a) any chemical, substance, material or waste listed, designated, classified or regulated as a hazardous waste, hazardous substance, hazardous material,
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a pollutant, a contaminant, a toxic substance, or words of similar import and regulatory effect, under any Environmental Law, (b) petroleum and petroleum products any byproducts or constituents thereof, radon, radioactive materials or wastes, asbestos in any form, lead or lead-containing materials, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and (c) any other substance for which liability may be imposed under applicable Environmental Law because of its deleterious effects.
“Hedge Bank” means any Person that is a Lender or an Agent, or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing (or any other Person designated by the Borrower), at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge Agreement or a Treasury Services Agreement (notwithstanding that such Hedge Bank may cease to be a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing after entering into a Secured Hedge Agreement or a Treasury Services Agreement), as applicable, in its capacity as a party thereto and that has been specifically designated a “Hedge Bank” with respect to such Secured Hedge Agreement or Treasury Services Agreement, as applicable, in a Secured Party Designation Notice from the Borrower and such Person to the Administrative Agent; provided that in order to constitute a Hedge Bank, the applicable Person and the Borrower shall have executed and delivered a Secured Party Designation Notice to the Administrative Agent.
“Holdings” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“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” means, at any date of determination, any Subsidiary of Holdings that is not a Material Subsidiary.
“Incremental Amendment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(f).
“Incremental Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Equivalent Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.03(z).
“Incremental Facility Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(d).
“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 Request” 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 Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b).
“Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
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“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 Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.12.
“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;
(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 if and to the extent that the foregoing would constitute indebtedness or a liability in accordance with GAAP; and
(h) to the extent not otherwise included above, all Guarantees of such Person in respect of Indebtedness described in clauses (a) through (g) 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, except to the extent such Person’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and (B) in the case of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business (other than, with respect to Indebtedness of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany Indebtedness owing by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Unrestricted Subsidiary) and (C) exclude (i) trade accounts and accrued expenses payable in the ordinary course of business,
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(ii) any earn-out obligation, deferred purchase price obligations, contingent post-closing purchase price adjustments or indemnification payments in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or permitted Investment, any acquisition or Investment consummated prior to the Closing Date or any permitted Disposition, unless such obligation is not paid after becoming due and payable for a period of thirty (30) days, (iii) accruals for payroll and other liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business, (iv) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller and (v) Non-Finance Lease Obligations. 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 (x) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (y) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. Except for calculations in connection with an LCT Test Date or any calculation for a subsequent Limited Condition Transaction, Indebtedness will not be deemed to include obligations incurred in advance of, and the proceeds of which are to be applied in connection with, the consummation of a transaction solely to the extent the proceeds thereof are and continue to be held in an escrow, trust, collateral or similar account or arrangement (collectively, an “Escrow”) and are not otherwise made available to such person (such indebtedness, “Excluded Indebtedness”). From and after the date on which any Escrow is established and prior to the date on which the proceeds under the Escrow have been fully released to the Borrower or otherwise, for the purposes of determining whether any Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, such determination shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis (i) assuming the release of proceeds under the Escrow, the use of proceeds thereof (and the consummation of the associated transactions) and the inclusion of the Excluded Indebtedness and (ii) assuming the Escrow has not been released and the associated transactions have not been consummated (it being understood that the Escrow shall be deemed to constitute “restricted” cash and Cash Equivalents for purposes of this Agreement).
“Indemnified Taxes” means, (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document, and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05.
“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged and that is independent of the Borrower and its Affiliates.
“Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.08.
“Initial Lenders” means the Lenders with Commitments listed on Schedule 1.01 on the Closing Date.
“Initial Revolving Credit Facility” means the Revolving Credit Facility made available by the Revolving Credit Lenders as of the Closing Date.
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“Initial Term Commitment” means, as to each Term Lender, its obligation to make an Initial Term Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01 under the caption “Initial Term Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such 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 aggregate amount of the Initial Term Commitments is $215,000,000.
“Initial Term Loans” means the term loans made by the Lenders on the Closing Date to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a), as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
“Intercompany Note” means a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means any (a) Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, (b) Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (c) any other intercreditor agreement executed in connection with any transaction requiring such agreement to be executed pursuant to the terms hereof, among the Collateral Agent, the Borrower, the Guarantors and one or more Senior Representatives of Indebtedness incurred under Section 2.14 or Section 7.03 or any other party, as the case may be, on such terms that are reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative, in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (or replaced in connection with a Refinancing Amendment or any incurrence of Indebtedness under Section 7.03) from time to time with the consent of the Lender Representative (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any SOFR 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 SOFR 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.
“Interest Period” means, as to each SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date such SOFR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a SOFR Loan and ending on the date one, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall 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;
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end
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of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the applicable Maturity Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Initial Borrower may elect in the applicable Committed Loan Notice to have the initial Interest Period applicable to the Loans made on the Closing Date end on June 30, 2026 (with Term SOFR for such initial Interest Period being determined for a three month tenor as of the Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day applicable to such Interest Period).
“Interim Financial Statements” has the meaning defined to it in the Purchase Agreement.
“Internally Generated Cash” means, with respect to any Person, funds of such Person and its Subsidiaries not constituting (x) proceeds of the issuance of (or contributions in respect of) Equity Interests or (y) proceeds of the incurrence of Indebtedness by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries (other than under any revolving credit facility or line of credit).
“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 Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness (in each case owing to Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll over or extension of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business) or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of (i) all or substantially all of the assets of any Person or any business unit, line of business or division thereof or (ii) all or substantially all of the customer lists of any Person or any business unit, line of business or division thereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, “tuck in” acquisitions). 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 less any Returns of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment; provided that the aggregate amount of such Returns shall not exceed the original amount of such Investment.
“Investor” means, individually or collectively, any fund, partnership, co-investment vehicles and/or similar vehicles or accounts, in each case managed or advised by any of BC Partners Advisors. L.P., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Capital Management, L.P. or their Affiliates, or any of their respective successors.
“IP Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15.
“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).
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“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of such L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Junior Financing” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.13(a).
“Junior Financing Documentation” means any documentation governing any Junior Financing.
“Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means, to the extent executed in connection with incurrence of Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral which are intended to rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations under this Agreement, an intercreditor agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit I among the Collateral Agent and the Senior Representative for such Indebtedness.
“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.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing.
“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 Issuer” means any Lender and any other Person that becomes an L/C Issuer in accordance with Section 2.03(k) or 10.07(j), in each case, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. Any L/C Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by a bank or other legally authorized Person (which Person may be an Affiliate of such L/C Issuer) reasonably acceptable to the Borrower, in which case the term “L/C Issuer” shall include any such bank or other legally authorized Person with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such bank or other legally authorized Person (it being agreed that such L/C Issuer shall, or shall cause such bank or other legally authorized Person to, comply with the requirements of Section 2.03 with respect to such Letters of Credit). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall any Initial Lender or any of their respective Affiliates be a “L/C Issuer”; provided, that, no Blackstone Entity nor Macquarie shall be an L/C Issuer hereunder.
“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 1.10. 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.
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“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 Initial Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments, Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans, Replacement Term Loans and Refinancing Term 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, legally binding guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the legally binding interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, legally binding requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
“LCT Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.08.
“LCT Test Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.08.
“Lead Arranger” means each of Blackstone Credit, Blackstone Finance, Benefit Street Partners LLC and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.
“Lender” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and, as the context requires, includes the Swing Line Lender and any L/C Issuer, and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a “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”), (a) that such Distressed Person is or becomes subject to a voluntary or involuntary case under any Debtor Relief Law, (b) a custodian, conservator, receiver, or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets or (c) such Distressed Person is subject to a forced liquidation, 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 direct or indirect parent company of a Lender by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof.
“Lender Representative” means Blackstone Credit (or any other Blackstone Entity designated in writing to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent from time to time by the previous Lender Representative as successor or assign in such role); provided that, if no Lender under this Agreement is a Blackstone Entity, then “Lender Representative” shall mean a Lender appointed by the Required Lenders and notified to the Administrative Agent to fulfill the role as the Lender Representative with the consent of the Borrower or, in the absence of any such appointment, shall mean the Required Lenders.
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“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, such office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the relevant L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is five Business Days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date then in effect for the applicable Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $10,000,000 (less the amount of any outstanding Substitute L/C) 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.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, security deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest 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). For the avoidance of doubt, “Lien” shall not be deemed to include any license or other contractual obligation relating to any IP Rights to the extent permitted under Section 7.01.
“Limited Condition Transaction” means any (i) permitted acquisition or permitted Investment, the consummation of which is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing or (ii) Restricted Payment or redemption or repayment of Indebtedness requiring irrevocable notice (which may be conditional) in advance of such redemption or prepayment.
“Loan” means an extension of credit under Article II by a Lender to the Borrower in the form of a Term Loan or a Revolving Credit Loan or a Swing Line Loan (including any Initial Term Loans, any Incremental Term Loans and any extensions of credit under any Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment, any Extended Term Loans and any extensions of credit under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, any Refinancing Term Loans and any extensions of credit under any Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitment and any Replacement Term Loans).
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, (i) this Agreement (including the schedules hereto), (ii) the Notes, (iii) the Collateral Documents, (iv) any Refinancing Amendment, Incremental Amendment or Extension Amendment, (v) each Letter of Credit Application, (vi) the Fee Letter, (vii) the Agent Fee Letter, (viii) the Funding Direction Letter and (ix) any amendment or joinder to this Agreement.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Macquarie” means, Macquarie PF Inc. and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.
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“Management Stockholders” means the members of management of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries who are, directly or indirectly, investors of Holdings or any director or indirect parent thereof.
“Margin Stock” has the meaning set forth in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, or any successor thereto.
“Market Capitalization” means an amount equal to (i) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower on the date of declaration of the relevant dividend multiplied by (ii) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such capital stock on the New York Stock Exchange (or, if the primary listing of such capital stock is on another exchange, on such other exchange) for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such dividend.
“Master Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Swap Contract.”
“Material Acquisition” means any Permitted Acquisition with aggregate consideration in excess of the greater of $31,250,000 and 50.0% of TTM EBITDA.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) on the Closing Date, a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and (b) after the Closing Date, a circumstance or condition that would or could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (i) the business, financial condition or operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their payment obligations under the Loan Documents or (iii) the material rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Loan Documents, taken as a whole, including the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of the Loan Documents.
“Material Domestic Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each of the Borrower’s Domestic Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries (i) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of Total Assets (excluding assets of Excluded Subsidiaries) at such date or (ii) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (excluding revenues of Excluded Subsidiaries), in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that if, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, Domestic Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors solely because they do not meet the thresholds set forth in clauses (i) or (ii) comprise in the aggregate (together with all other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors) more than 5% of Total Assets (excluding assets of Excluded Subsidiaries) as of the end of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 or more than (together with all other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors) 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period (excluding revenue of Excluded Subsidiaries), then the Borrower shall, not later than 45 days after the date by which financial statements for such quarter are required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement (or such longer period as the Lender Representative may agree in its reasonable discretion), (A) designate in writing to the Administrative Agent one or more of such Domestic Subsidiaries as “Material Domestic Subsidiaries” to the extent required
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such that the foregoing condition ceases to be true and (B) comply with the provisions of Section 6.11 applicable to such Subsidiary. As of the Closing Date, all Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower are Material Domestic Subsidiaries.
“Material Foreign Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each of the Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries (a) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of Total Assets (excluding assets of Excluded Subsidiaries) at such date or (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (excluding revenues of Excluded Subsidiaries), in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that if, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, Foreign Subsidiaries not meeting the thresholds set forth in clauses (a) or (b) comprise in the aggregate (together with all other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors) more than 5% of Total Assets (excluding assets of Excluded Subsidiaries) as of the end of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 or more than (together with all other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors) 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period (excluding revenues of Excluded Subsidiaries), then the Borrower shall, not later than 45 days after the date by which financial statements for such quarter are required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement (or such longer period as the Lender Representative may agree in its reasonable discretion), (i) designate in writing to the Administrative Agent one or more of such Foreign Subsidiaries as “Material Foreign Subsidiaries” to the extent required such that the foregoing condition ceases to be true and (ii) comply with the provisions of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” applicable to such Subsidiary.
“Material Intellectual Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.14.
“Material Investor” means, at any time, any Investor that, taken together with each of its Affiliates and any fund, partnership, co-investment vehicles and/or similar vehicles or accounts under common management or Control with such Investor or any of its Affiliates, beneficially owns at least 15% of the voting Equity Interests of the Borrower.
“Material Non-Public Information” means information which is (a) not publicly available and (b) material with respect to Holdings and its Subsidiaries or their respective securities for purposes of United States federal and state securities laws.
“Material Real Property” means any fee simple-owned Real Property located in the United States that is owned by any Loan Party and that has a fair market value in excess of the greater of $9,500,000 and 15% of TTM EBITDA (at the Closing Date or, with respect to fee-owned Real Property acquired after the Closing Date, at the time of acquisition, in each case, as reasonably estimated by Borrower in good faith).
“Material Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, any Material Domestic Subsidiary or any Material Foreign Subsidiary.
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“Maturity Date” means (i) with respect to the Initial Term Loans, the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date, (iii) with respect to any tranche of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the final maturity date as specified in the applicable Extension Amendment, (iv) with respect to any Incremental Term Loans, the final maturity date as specified in the applicable Incremental Amendment, (v) with respect to any Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments, the final maturity date as specified in the applicable Refinancing Amendment and (vi) with respect to any Replacement Term Loans, the final maturity date as specified in the applicable agreement; provided that, in each case, if such day is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the Business Day immediately succeeding such day.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.10.
“MFN Adjustment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(e)(iii).
“MFN Conditions” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(e)(iii).
“▇▇▇▇▇’▇” means ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Mortgage Policies” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.”
“Mortgaged Properties” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.”
“Mortgages” means collectively, the deeds of trust, trust deeds, 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 Lender Representative and the Borrower, and any other mortgages executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11, 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 Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which a Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions or has any other liability, or during the immediately preceding six plan 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 its 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 and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith, (ii) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien (other
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than a Lien subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations) on the asset subject to such Disposition or Casualty Event and that is required to be repaid in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), together with any applicable premium, penalty, interest and breakage costs, (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) distributions permitted by Section 7.06(h)(iii) and Taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable or, without duplication, permitted to be paid, in each case, as a result thereof, (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 its Restricted Subsidiaries including 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) and (vi) any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such sale or disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such sale or disposition (provided that to the extent that any amounts are released from such escrow to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, such amounts net of any related expenses shall constitute Net Proceeds); provided that, if the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries use any portion of such proceeds to (i) acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries or to make Permitted Acquisitions, (ii) purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) (x) Equity Interests of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary, (y) all or substantially all the assets of a Person or any business unit, division or line of business thereof or (z) all or substantially all of the customer lists of any Person or any business unit, division or line of business thereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, “tuck in” acquisitions) or (iii) make any subsequent Investment in a Person, business unit, division, line of business (or assets constituting all or substantially all of the assets or customer lists of any Person or any business unit, division or line of business thereof) previously acquired by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case within 18 months of such receipt, such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not, within 18 months of such receipt, so used or contractually committed to be so used (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such 18-month period but within such 18-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 180 days from the end of such 18-month period, such remaining portion shall constitute Net Proceeds as of the date of such termination or expiry without giving effect to this proviso); provided, further, that no proceeds realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Proceeds unless the aggregate amount of such net proceeds shall exceed the greater of $9,500,000 and 15% of TTM EBITDA and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Proceeds under this clause (a), and
(b) 100% of the cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by the Borrower or any of its 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
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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 Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries shall be disregarded.
“New Contract” means any or all binding and effective new agreements with new customers or, if generating incremental contract value, new agreements (or amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications to existing agreements) with existing customers (including for price increases and new service introductions).
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07(e).
“Non-Debt Fund Affiliate” means any Affiliate of Holdings, any Material Investor or any Affiliate of a Material Investor, but excluding (a) Holdings and its Subsidiaries, (b) any Debt Fund Affiliate and (c) any natural person.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.
“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Non-Finance Lease Obligation” means a lease obligation that is not required to be accounted for as a finance or capital lease on both the balance sheet and the income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. For the avoidance of doubt, an operating lease (including any lease that would not have been a capital lease under GAAP as of December 31, 2017) shall be considered a Non- Finance Lease Obligation.
“Non-Recourse Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that is non-recourse to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such Indebtedness).
“Not Otherwise Applied” means, with respect to the Available Excluded Contribution Amount, the Cumulative Credit, the Cure Amount, Equity Funded Employee Plan Costs and Sections 7.02(q), 7.03(y), 7.06(f)(y) and 7.13(a)(ii), that the cash, Cash Equivalents or other proceeds of Equity Interests or contributions to be relied upon thereunder have not been, or will not concurrently be, relied upon under any other such definition or section.
“Note” means a Term Note, a Revolving Credit Note or a Swing Line Note, as the context may require.
“Notice of Intent to Cure” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.04(a).
“NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“Obligations” means all 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, Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter
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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. 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, premiums, 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 may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.
“OFAC” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Sanctioned Person.”
“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 or limited liability company 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.
“Other Applicable Indebtedness” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b).
“Other Connection Taxes” mean Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between the recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document), or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document.
“Other Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).
“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to the Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans and 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 outstanding
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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 stated amount of Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
“Parent” means ContextLogic Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Parent Entity” means any Person of which the Borrower is a Subsidiary.
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(e).
“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(e).
“Participating Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(2).
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.14.
“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, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate or to which any Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute or any other liability, or in the case of a plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.
“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit II to the Security Agreement or any other form reasonably approved by the Lender Representative, as the same shall be supplemented from time to time.
“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(i).
“Permitted Acquisition Non-Loan Party Basket” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(i).
“Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt” means any secured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor) incurred by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes or loans; provided (i) such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations under this Agreement (without regard to control of remedies) and (ii) that such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.
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“Permitted Holder” means (i) any Investor, (ii) any of Parent, its Subsidiaries and any of the respective successors of any of the foregoing, (iii) any Management Stockholder or (iv) any group (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of which the Persons described in clauses (i) - (iii) above are members; provided that, without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, the Persons described in clauses (i) - (iii) above, collectively, beneficially own (as defined in Rules 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) Equity Interests representing at least a majority of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interest of Holdings (or any successor to Holdings, if applicable) then held by such group, and (iv) any Parent Entity, for so long as a majority of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such Parent Entity is beneficially owned (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, by one or more Permitted Holders described in clauses (i), (ii) and/or (iii) of the definition thereof.
“Permitted IPO Reorganization” means any transactions or actions taken in connection with and reasonably related to consummating an initial public offering of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof, so long as, after giving effect thereto, (i) any security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents shall remain in full force and effect and perfected (to at least the same extent in the aggregate as in effect immediately prior to each such transaction or action) and (ii) each such transaction and action shall not materially impair the perfection, priority or scope of the Collateral Agent’s security interests in any Collateral (as reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith).
“Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt” means secured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor) incurred by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in the form of one or more series of secured notes or loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a junior priority basis to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and the obligations in respect of any Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt and (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.
“Permitted Liens” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01.
“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, restructuring, 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, and including utilization of any other available baskets or incurrence based amounts as permitted under this Agreement) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, restructured, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest, fees and premium thereon plus (i) other amounts owing or paid related to such Indebtedness, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, restructuring, replacement or extension and (ii) an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, (b) other than with respect to Extendable Bridge Loans and 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,
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and, unless revolving in nature, 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) if 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 (i) not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) than those applicable to the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended (unless such terms are applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date of the applicable Indebtedness that is in effect immediately prior to such Permitted Refinancing), and such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension is incurred by one or more Persons who is an obligor of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended or (ii) otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Lender Representative, (d) if such Indebtedness being refinanced is secured on a junior basis on the Collateral, such refinancing shall either be unsecured or secured by Liens on a junior basis on the Collateral and (e) if such Indebtedness being refinanced is unsecured, such refinancing shall be unsecured.
“Permitted Reorganization” means reorganizations and other activities related to tax planning and reorganization, so long as, after giving effect thereto, (i) any security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents shall remain in full force and effect and perfected (to at least the same extent in the aggregate as in effect immediately prior to each such reorganization or activity), and (ii) each such reorganization or activity shall not materially impair the perfection, priority or scope of the Collateral Agent’s security interests in any Collateral (as reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith).
“Permitted Repricing Amendment” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.
“Permitted Tax Distributions” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.06(h)(iii).
“Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt” means unsecured Indebtedness (including any unsecured Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor) incurred by the Borrower or any Loan Party in the form of one or more series of senior unsecured notes or loans; provided that such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any (a) “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code, or (c) Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Platform” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.
“Pledged Debt” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
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“Pledged Equity” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
“Prepay Incremental Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(d)(iv).
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent).
“Pro Forma Basis” and “Pro Forma Effect” means, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant or calculation of any ratio hereunder, the determination or calculation of such test, covenant or ratio (including in connection with Pro Forma Events) in accordance with Section 1.09.
“Pro Forma Compliance” means, with respect to the covenant in Section 7.11, compliance therewith on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Pro Forma Events” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“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, 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, 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.
“Proceeding” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05.
“Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
“Pubco” means, individually or collectively, Parent and any entity through which Parent directly or indirectly owns interests in ContextLogic, or any of their respective successors and assigns.
“Pubco Reference Amount” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Alternative Calculation”.
“Public Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.
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“Purchase Agreement” means that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2025, by and among, inter alios, ContextLogic, as buyer thereunder and US Salt Parent Holding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as may be amended, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.22.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligations, each Loan Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Qualified IPO” means (a) the issuance by Holdings, the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent or managing member of Holdings (other than Parent or ContextLogic) 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) or (b) the acquisition of Holdings, the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof (other than Parent or ContextLogic) by, or merger, combination or consolidation of Holdings, the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof (other than Parent or ContextLogic) with, any publicly traded acquisition company or targeted acquisition company or entity similar to the foregoing that results in the Equity Interests of Holdings, the Borrower or such direct or indirect parent thereof (other than Parent or ContextLogic) (or any successor to the foregoing by merger, combination or consolidation) being traded on, or Holdings, the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof (other than Parent or ContextLogic) being wholly-owned by another entity whose Equity Interests are traded on, a national securities exchange.
“Qualifying Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Qualified Securitization Financing” means any Securitization Facility (and any guarantee of such Securitization Facility), as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated, or refunded from time to time, that meets the following conditions: (i) the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such Securitization Facility (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; (ii) all sales of Securitization Assets and related assets by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Securitization Subsidiary or any other Person are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower);
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(iii) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be on market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings; and (iv) the obligations under such Securitization Facility are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary).
“Quality of Earnings Report” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Ratio Incremental Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(d)(iv).
“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 Loan Party, 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.
“Receivables Assets” means (a) any accounts receivable owed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary subject to a Receivables Facility and the proceeds thereof and (b) all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights, guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, all records with respect to such accounts receivable and any other assets customarily transferred together with accounts receivable in connection with a non-recourse accounts receivable factoring arrangement and which are sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise transferred or pledged in connection with a Receivables Facility.
“Receivables Facility” means any of one or more factoring or receivables financing facilities (and any guarantee of such financing facility), as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated, or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants, and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sells, directly or indirectly, grants a security interest in or otherwise transfers its Receivables Assets to either (i) a Person that is not the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by purporting to sell its accounts receivable to a Person that is not the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person.
“Receivables Fee” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.
“Receivables Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of facilitating or entering into one or more Receivables Facilities that engages only in activities reasonably related or incidental thereto or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Receivables
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Facility in which any Subsidiary makes an Investment and to which any Subsidiary transfers accounts receivables and related assets.
“Refinanced Debt” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.”
“Refinanced Term Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.
“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 the Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments or Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans incurred pursuant thereto, in accordance with Section 2.15.
“Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments” means one or more Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans” means one or more Classes of Revolving Credit Loans that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Refinancing Series” means all Refinancing Term Loans and Refinancing Term Commitments or Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans and Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments 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 and Refinancing Term Commitments or Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans and Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Refinancing Series) and that provide for the same Effective Yield (other than, for this purpose, any original issue discount or upfront fees), if applicable and amortization schedule.
“Refinancing Term Commitments” means one or more term loan commitments hereunder that 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 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, substantially identical notes (having the same guarantees) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
“Rejection Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(viii).
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“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Related Transaction” means, with respect to any Limited Condition Transaction, (i) any incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens and (ii) any making of Restricted Payments, Dispositions, Permitted Acquisitions, other Investments or prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances or other satisfactions of any Indebtedness, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), undertaken in connection with such Limited Condition Transaction.
“Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, migrating or disposing of Hazardous Materials into, onto, under or through the Environment or any facility or property.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.
“Replacement Term Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.
“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 otherwise applicable notice period has been waived by regulation or otherwise by the PBGC.
“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 Application and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“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 being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition), (b) aggregate unused Term Commitments and (c) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments and, without duplication, unused Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the unused Term Commitments, Revolving Credit Commitments and Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments 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(m) with respect to the 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; provided, further, that to the extent there are two or more Lenders that are not Affiliates at such time, Required Lenders must include two Lenders that are not Affiliates of each other.
“Required Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Credit Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of (a) the Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments and, without duplication,
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unused Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the Revolving Credit Commitments and Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments 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 Revolving Lenders; provided, further, that to the extent there are two or more Revolving Credit Lenders that are not Affiliates of each other at such time, Required Revolving Lenders must include two Revolving Credit Lenders that are not Affiliates of each other.
“Resolution Authority” shall mean 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, chief administrative officer, secretary or assistant secretary, treasurer or assistant treasurer, controller or other similar officer of a 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, 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 a Restricted Subsidiary’s equity holders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof).
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary (including the Borrower) of Holdings other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Returns” means, with respect to any Investment, any dividends, distributions, interest, fees, premium, return of capital, repayment of principal, income, profits (from a Disposition or otherwise) and other amounts received or realized in respect of such Investment.
“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 Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Class and Type and, in the case of SOFR Loans, having the same Interest Period, made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower, (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 ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s name on Schedule 1.01 under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as
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applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (including Sections 2.14 and 10.07(b)). The aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be $25,000,000 on the Closing Date, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, the sum of the amount of the Outstanding Amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s 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 Swing Line Obligations at such time.
“Revolving Credit Facility” means the Revolving Credit Commitments, including any Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment, each Extension Series of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, each Refinancing Series of Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments and the Credit Extensions made thereunder.
“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” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).
“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 C-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.
“ROFO Condition” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c).
“Rollover Investors” means certain direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests of the Target prior to the Closing Date Acquisition who will retain or obtain an indirect interest in the Target following the Closing Date Acquisition.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country or territory that is itself the target of comprehensive Sanctions (as of the date of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, and non-government controlled areas of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine).
“Sanctioned Person” means any Person that is the target of Sanctions, including (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any Member State of the European Union, or the United Kingdom (irrespective of its status vis-à-vis the European Union); (b) any Person operating, organized, or resident in a Sanctioned Country; (c) the government of a Sanctioned Country or the Government of Venezuela; or (d) any Person 50% or more owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons or acting for or on behalf of such Person or Persons.
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“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.
“Same Day Funds” means immediately available funds.
“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 Hedge Bank, to the extent designated by the Borrower and such Hedge Bank as a “Secured Hedge Agreement” in a Secured Party Designation Notice executed by the Borrower and such Hedge Bank and delivered to the Administrative Agent. The designation of any Secured Hedge Agreement shall not create in favor of such Hedge Bank any rights in connection with the management or release of Collateral or of the obligations of any Guarantor under the Loan Documents.
“Secured Obligations” means, collectively, the Obligations, the Cash Management Obligations, the Secured Substitute L/C Obligations and all obligations owing to the Secured Parties by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under any Secured Hedge Agreement (but excluding in any event Excluded Swap Obligations).
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders (including in their capacities as Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer), the Secured Substitute L/C Issuers, the Hedge Banks and each co- agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.05.
“Secured Party Designation Notice” means a notice from the Borrower and a Hedge Bank substantially in the form of Exhibit K.
“Secured Substitute L/C Issuer” means (a) any Person that is, on the Closing Date or at the time that it enters into any Secured Substitute L/C, an Agent, a Lender or an L/C Issuer, whether or not such Person subsequently ceases to be an Agent, a Lender or an L/C Issuer, or an Affiliate of any Person described above or (b) any other Person designated in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time in a Secured Substitute L/C Issuer Designation Notice; provided that in order to constitute a Secured Substitute L/C Issuer, the applicable Person and the Borrower shall have executed and delivered a Secured Substitute L/C Issuer Notice to the Administrative Agent.
“Secured Substitute L/C Issuer Designation Notice” means a notice from the Borrower and a Secured Substitute L/C Issuer substantially in the form of Exhibit L.
“Secured Substitute L/C” means any Substitute L/C that is issued by any Secured Substitute L/C Issuer and designated in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as a “Secured Substitute L/C”.
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“Secured Substitute L/C Obligations” means obligations (including reimbursement obligations) owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Secured Substitute L/C Issuer in connection with reimbursement obligations under any Secured Substitute L/C.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securitization Asset” means (a) any accounts receivable or related assets and the proceeds thereof, in each case, subject to a Securitization Facility and (b) all collateral securing such receivable or asset, all contracts and contract rights, guaranties or other obligations in respect of such receivable or asset, lockbox accounts and records with respect to such account or asset and any other assets customarily transferred (or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted), together with accounts or assets in a securitization financing and which in the case of clauses (a) and (b) above are sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise transferred or pledged in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Securitization Facility” means any transaction or series of securitization financings that may be entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or may grant a security interest in, Securitization Assets to either (a) a Person that is not the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Securitization Subsidiary that in turn sells such Securitization Assets to a Person that is not the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, or may grant a security interest in, any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Holdings.
“Securitization Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any Securitization Asset or participation interest therein issued or sold in connection with, and other fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel) paid to a Person that is not the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Securitization Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller (or any guaranty of such obligation) of (i) Receivables Assets under a Receivables Facility to repurchase Receivables Assets or (ii) Securitization Assets in a Qualified Securitization Financing to repurchase Securitization Assets, in either case, arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, offset or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.
“Securitization Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Holdings in each case formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages in, one or more Qualified Securitization Financings and other activities reasonably related thereto or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Securitization Financing in which Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary transfers Securitization Assets and related assets.
“Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Collateral Agent and the Loan Parties.
“Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
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“Senior Representative” means, with respect to any Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt or Permitted Junior Priority 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.
“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the SOFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.
“SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Term SOFR, other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”.
“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).
“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 E-4.
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer” means the irrevocable written offer by each Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-5, 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, at any time of determination, that at such time (a) the fair value (measured on a going concern basis) of the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, exceeds, on a consolidated basis, their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, (b) the present fair saleable value (measured on a going concern basis) of the property of the Borrower and its Restricted 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 in accordance with their terms in the ordinary course, (c) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such liabilities become absolute and matured in accordance with their terms in the ordinary course and (d) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are not engaged in, and are not about to engage in, business for which they have unreasonably small capital.
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“SPC” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(h).
“Specified Acquisition Agreement Representations” means the representations made by, or with respect to, the Target and its Subsidiaries in the Purchase Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Initial Borrower or its Affiliates has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (and/or their) obligations under the Purchase Agreement or to decline to consummate the Closing Date Acquisition in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement as a result of a breach of such representations in the Purchase Agreement.
“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 a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(B) substantially in the form of Exhibit E-6.
“Specified Discount Prepayment Response” means the irrevocable written response by each Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-7, 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 Representations” means the representations and warranties with respect to the Borrower and the Guarantors set forth in Sections 5.01(a), 5.01(b) (solely as to the execution, delivery, borrowing under and performance of the Loan Documents), 5.02(a), 5.02(b)(i) (solely as to the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents, incurrence of indebtedness thereunder and the granting of the guarantees and the security interests granted in respect thereof), 5.04, 5.12, 5.16, 5.17 (as such representations and warranties pertain to OFAC and FCPA, solely with respect to the use of the proceeds of the Loans funded on the Closing Date not violating OFAC and FCPA) and 5.18.
“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary which the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary in a Securitization Facility, including those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Securitization Subsidiary, it being understood that any Securitization Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.
“Starter Basket” means the greater of $62,500,000 and 100% of TTM EBITDA, plus amounts reallocated from the General Debt Basket, minus any amounts previously utilized in reliance on the Starter Basket pursuant to Section 2.14(d)(iv)(A) and the amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred in reliance on the Starter Basket.
“Submitted Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
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“Submitted Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Subsequent Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.08.
“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 that has not yet happened) 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 Holdings.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Guarantor other than Holdings.
“Substitute L/Cs” means Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(aa) in connection with the issuance of letters of credit by a letter of credit issuer.
“Successor Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(d).
“Supported QFC” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.22.
“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” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Excluded Swap Obligation.”
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other
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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 consisting of Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line Lender.
“Swing Line Lender” means any swing line lender or successor swing line hereunder; provided that any swing line lender must be appointed with the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall any Initial Lender or any of their respective Affiliates be a “Swing Line Lender”.
“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a).
“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a written notice of Swing Line Borrowing, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, or such other form as approved by the Lender Representative and the Borrower (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Lender Representative and the Borrower), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“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 C-3 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to the Swing Line Lender resulting from the Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line Lender to the Borrower.
“Swing Line Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding.
“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $0.00 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 Facility.
“Target” means US Salt Parent Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments or withholdings (including backup withholdings, fees or other charges) imposed by any Governmental Authority including interest, penalties and additions to tax.
“Tax Liability” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.06(h)(iii).
“Tax Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.06(h)(iii).
“Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Term Loans of the same Class and Type and, in the case of SOFR Loans, having the same Interest Period, made by each of the Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a), or under any Incremental Amendment, Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment.
“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
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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, (iv) an Extension Amendment or (v) the incurrence of Replacement Term Loans. The initial amount of each Term Lender’s Term Commitment is set forth on Schedule 1.01 under the captions “Initial Term Commitment” or, otherwise, in the Assignment and Assumption, Incremental Amendment or Extension Amendment pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term Commitment, as the case may be.
“Term Facility” means (a) prior to the Closing Date, the Initial Term Commitments and (b) thereafter, each Class of Term Loans and/or Term Commitments.
“Term Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has (a) an Initial Term Commitment, Incremental Term Commitment or Refinancing Term Commitment (b) a Term Loan at such time.
“Term Loan” means any Initial Term Loan, Extended Term Loan, Incremental Term Loan, Refinancing Term Loan or Replacement 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).
“Term Loan Increase” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
“Term Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Term Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Term Lender resulting from the Term Loans made by such Term Lender.
“Term SOFR” means,
(a) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and
(b) for any calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “Base Rate Term SOFR
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Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day;
provided, further, that if Term SOFR determined as provided above (including pursuant to the proviso under clause (a) or clause (b) above) shall ever be less than the Floor, then Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Test Period” means, for any date of determination under this Agreement, the most recently ended period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters for which financial statements are internally available and have been provided to the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of calculating (i) actual compliance with Section 7.11 and (ii) Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for purposes of (x) the definition of “Applicable Rate” and (y) the definition of “Applicable ECF Percentage”, in each case, the most recently completed four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements have been (or are required to be) delivered pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) or (b), as applicable and ended on or prior to such date); provided that compliance with Section 7.11 shall not be tested in connection with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.01(b) for the last fiscal quarter of any fiscal year.
“Threshold Amount” means the greater of $15,750,000 and 25% of TTM EBITDA.
“Total Assets” means the total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b).
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Transaction Costs” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.11.
“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the funding of the Initial Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans (if any) on the Closing Date, (b) the Closing Date Refinancing, (c) the Equity Contribution, (d) the Closing Date Acquisition and (e) the payment of the Transaction Costs.
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“Transferred Guarantor” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.09.
“Treasury Services Agreement” means any agreement between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank relating to treasury, depository, credit card, debit card and cash management services or automated clearinghouse transfer of funds or any similar services.
“TTM EBITDA” means Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a SOFR Loan.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.22.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” shall mean the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unfunded Participations” means, with respect to an L/C Issuer, the aggregate amount, if any, of participations in respect of any outstanding L/C Borrowing that shall not have been funded by the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with Section 2.03(c).
“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means (i) the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or (ii) the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it applies to any item or items of Collateral. References in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to specific sections of the Uniform Commercial Code are based on the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof. In the event such Uniform Commercial Code is amended or another Uniform Commercial Code described in clause (ii) is applicable, such section reference shall be deemed to be references to the comparable section in such amended or other Uniform Commercial Code.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“United States Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d)(ii)(C).
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“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Unrestricted Cash” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (determined in accordance with GAAP).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the board of directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14 subsequent to the Closing Date.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary Investment Basket” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(z).
“USA Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
“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; provided that, for purposes of determining the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Indebtedness (the “Applicable Indebtedness”), the effects of any prepayments or amortization made on such Applicable Indebtedness prior to the date of the applicable determination shall be disregarded.
“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 UK Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Section 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
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(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 word “or” is not exclusive.
(f) 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.
(g) 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.”
(h) 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.
(i) All references to “knowledge” of any Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary means the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer.
(j) The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed as having the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(k) All references to any Person shall be constructed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restriction on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all of the functions thereof.
(l) “Fair market value” shall be determined by the Borrower in good faith.
(m) For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (i) 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 (ii) 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. For the avoidance of doubt, any division of a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust shall constitute a separate Person hereunder.
Section 1.03 Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial
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ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, (a)(i) any lease that is treated as an operating lease for purposes of GAAP as of December 31, 2017 shall not be treated as Indebtedness (including as a result of the implementation of ASC 842), Attributable Indebtedness or as a Capitalized Lease and shall continue to be treated as an operating lease (and any future lease, if it were in effect on December 31, 2017, that would be treated as an operating lease for purposes of GAAP as of December 31, 2017 shall be treated as an operating lease), in each case for purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any actual or proposed change in GAAP after December 31, 2017; provided that any financial statements required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.01 may, at the Borrower’s option, be prepared after giving effect to ASC 842 (as in effect at the time of such delivery) and (ii) all real estate leases in effect at any time shall be treated as operating leases for all purposes of this Agreement and (b) all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to (i) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 141R or ASC 805 (or any other financial accounting standard having a similar result or effect), (ii) any election under Financial Accounting Standards Codification No. 825— Financial Instruments, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein or (iii) any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under ASC 470-20 (or any other financial accounting standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.
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, refinancings, restatements, renewals, restructurings, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, refinancings, restatements, renewals, restructurings, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited 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. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, 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
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to the immediately succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of SOFR Loans to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
Section 1.08 Limited Condition Transactions. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, when (a) testing availability under any basket set forth in this Agreement (including measurements of Total Assets, Consolidated EBITDA or TTM EBITDA), (b) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement (other than actual compliance pursuant to Section 7.11) that requires the calculation of any financial ratio or test (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio and the financial ratios set forth in Sections 2.14(d), 7.03(g) and 7.03(v)), (c) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement that requires that no Default or Event of Default (or any type of Default or Event of Default) has occurred, is continuing or would result therefrom or (d) making or determining the accuracy of any representations and warranties, in each case, in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction or any Related Transactions with respect thereto, the date of determination shall, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”, which LCT Election may be in respect of one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above (other than in connection with the conditions precedent pursuant to Section 4.02 for any Revolving Credit Borrowing), be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into or the date that irrevocable notice is given, as applicable (the “LCT Test Date”), and if, immediately after giving effect to such Limited Condition Transaction and any Related Transactions with respect thereto, on a Pro Forma Basis as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Test Period ending prior to the LCT Test Date (for income statement purposes) or at the end of such most recent Test Period (for balance sheet purposes), the Borrower would have been permitted to consummate such Limited Condition Transaction and such Related Transactions with respect thereto on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test, basket or default provision, then, so long as no Event of Default under Sections 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) has occurred and is continuing on the date such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated, such ratio, test, basket, default provision, representation or warranty shall be deemed to have been complied with; provided that, at the Borrower’s option, the relevant ratio, test, basket, default provision, representation or warranty may be recalculated at the time of consummation of the Limited Condition Transaction; provided, further, that if financial statements and certificates required by Section 6.01(a) or (b) for one or more subsequent fiscal quarters shall have become available, the Borrower may elect, in its sole discretion, to re-determine availability for purposes of clauses (a) and (b) above, as applicable, under the applicable basket or financial ratio or test on the basis of such financial statements, in which case, such date of re-determination shall be deemed to be the applicable LCT Test Date for purposes thereof (provided, however, that if the Borrower so elects to re-determine availability under the applicable basket, to the extent otherwise required under the applicable basket, no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or (f) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such re-determination). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios, tests, baskets or default provisions for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are not satisfied as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test or basket or otherwise, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA or Total Assets of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited
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Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets, tests or ratios will not be deemed to have not been satisfied as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any calculation of any ratio, test, basket availability, default provision, representation or warranty with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, the making of Restricted Payments, Dispositions, Permitted Acquisitions, other Investments, mergers or prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances or other satisfactions of any Indebtedness, any merger, dissolution, liquidation or consolidation or any designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary (each of the foregoing, a “Subsequent Transaction”) following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement or irrevocable notice for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of determining whether such Subsequent Transaction is permitted under this Agreement, any such ratio, test, basket, default provision, representation or warranty shall be required to be satisfied on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and any Related Transactions with respect thereto have been consummated; provided that with respect to any such Subsequent Transaction that is a Restricted Payment, any such ratio, test, basket, default provision, representation or warranty shall also be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and any Related Transactions with respect thereto have not been consummated. The Borrower may, at its option (x) update the LCT Test Date, solely for purposes of testing availability under any basket or the calculation of any financial ratio or test hereunder, to the last date of a later Test Period and/or (y) terminate an LCT Election.
Section 1.09 Pro Forma Calculations.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, financial ratios and tests (including measurements of Total Assets, Consolidated EBITDA or TTM EBITDA), including the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio shall be calculated in the manner prescribed by this Section 1.09. Whenever a financial ratio or test is to be calculated on a pro forma basis, the reference to the “Test Period” (i) for purposes of calculating such financial ratio or test shall be deemed to be a reference to, and shall be based on, the most recently ended Test Period and (ii) prior to the initial date upon which the financial statements and certificates required by Section 6.01(a) or (b), as the case may be, and Section 6.02(a) are required to be delivered, compliance shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as of the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending September 30, 2025.
(b) For purposes of calculating any financial ratio or test or compliance with any covenant determined by reference to Consolidated EBITDA, TTM EBITDA or Total Assets, Pro Forma Events (with any incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness in connection therewith to be subject to clause (f) below) that have been made (i) during the applicable Test Period or (ii) subsequent to such Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio or test, or any such calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, TTM EBITDA or Total Assets, is made shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Pro Forma Events (and any increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA or TTM EBITDA and the component financial definitions used therein attributable to the Pro Forma Event) had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period (or, in the case of the determination of Total Assets
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or Unrestricted Cash, as applicable, the last day). If since the beginning of any applicable Test Period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such Test Period shall have undertaken any Pro Forma Events that would have required adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.09, then such financial ratio or test (or the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, TTM EBITDA or Total Assets) shall be calculated to give pro forma effect thereto in accordance with this Section 1.09; provided that with respect to any pro forma calculations to be made in connection with any acquisition or Investment in respect of which financial statements for the relevant target are not available for the same Test Period for which financial statements of the Borrower are available, the Borrower shall determine such pro forma calculations on the basis of the available financial statements (even if for differing periods) or such other basis as determined on a commercially reasonable basis by the Borrower.
(c) Whenever pro forma effect or a determination of Pro Forma Compliance is to be given to a Pro Forma Event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower and include, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of (x) “run-rate” cost savings, operational changes, operational initiatives, operating expense reductions, operating improvements, contracted rate synergies and other cost synergies related to Pro Forma Events consummated prior to the Closing Date projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be 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 eight (8) full Fiscal Quarters after the Closing Date, so long as such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and other cost synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, (y) “run rate” cost savings, operational changes, operational initiatives, operating expense reductions, operating improvements, contracted rate synergies and other cost synergies related to the Transactions projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions either 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 eight (8) full Fiscal Quarters after the Closing Date and (z) “run rate” cost savings, operational changes, operational initiatives, operating expense reductions, operating improvements, contracted rate synergies and other cost synergies related to Pro Forma Events, on or after the Closing Date, projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be 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 eight (8) full Fiscal Quarters after such Pro Forma Event, in each case of clauses (x), (y) and (z), calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements, contracted rate synergies and other cost synergies had been realized on the first day of such period and as if such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements, contracted rate synergies and other cost synergies were realized during the entirety of such period, and “run-rate” means the full recurring benefit for a period that is associated with any action taken, for which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (including any savings expected to result from the elimination of a public target’s compliance costs with public company requirements), whether prior to or following the Closing Date, net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions, and any such adjustments shall be included in the initial pro forma calculations of such financial ratios or tests and during any subsequent Test Period in which the effects thereof are expected to be realized relating to such Pro Forma Event; provided that (A) such amounts are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, (B) no amounts shall be added pursuant to this
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Section 1.09(c) to the extent duplicative of any amounts that are otherwise added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, with respect to such period and (C) any amount added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this Section 1.09(c) shall be subject to the caps set forth in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA to the extent applicable to such type of amount added back, and subject to any exclusions set for therein;
(d) Any provision requiring Pro Forma Compliance with Section 7.11 shall be made assuming that compliance with the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio pursuant to such Section is required with respect to the most recent Test Period prior to such time.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.09, when calculating the (i) Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for purposes of the definition of “Applicable Rate” and (ii) the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio for purposes of actual (and not pro forma) compliance with Section 7.11, the events described in this Section 1.09 that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period shall not be given pro forma effect.
(f) In the event that (w) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs (including by assumption or guarantees) or repays (including by repurchase, redemption, repayment, retirement, discharge, defeasance or extinguishment) any Indebtedness (in each case, other than Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility or line of credit in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes) or (x) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary issues, repurchases or redeems Disqualified Equity Interests, (i) during the applicable Test Period or (ii) subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any financial ratio or test is made, then such financial ratio or test shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repurchase, redemption, repayment, retirement, discharge, defeasance or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case to the extent required, as if the same had occurred on the last day of the applicable Test Period.
(g) Interest on a Capitalized Lease shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease in accordance with GAAP.
Section 1.10 Letters of Credit. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the undrawn face amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
Section 1.11 Certifications. All certifications to be made hereunder by an officer or representative of a Loan Party shall be made by such person in his or her capacity solely as an officer or a representative of such Loan Party, on such Loan Party’s behalf and not in such Person’s individual capacity.
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Section 1.12 Certain Determinations.
(a) With respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio and/or Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio) (any such amounts, the “Fixed Amounts”) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provisions of this Agreement that requires compliance with a financial ratio or test (any such amounts, the “Incurrence-Based Amounts”), (x) the Fixed Amounts shall be disregarded in the initial calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence-Based Amounts and (y) thereafter, the incurrence of the portion of such amount under the Fixed Amount shall be included in the calculation of Incurrence-Based Amounts; provided that if any applicable financial ratio or test would be satisfied in any subsequent Fiscal Quarter following the utilization of any Fixed Amounts or other Incurrence-Based Amounts, such reclassification shall be deemed to have automatically occurred, unless otherwise elected by the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of any Lien, Indebtedness, Disposition, Investment, Restricted Payment, Affiliate transaction or other transaction, action, judgment or amount that shall be allocated to each such basket shall be determined by the Borrower at the time of such division, classification, re-division or re-classification, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Indebtedness incurred under this Agreement (including on the Closing Date) will, at all times, be classified as being incurred under Section 7.03(a) and may not be re-classified.
(b) For the avoidance of doubt, if the applicable date for meeting any requirement hereunder or under any other Loan Document falls on a day that is not a Business Day, compliance with such requirement shall not be required until noon on the first Business Day following such applicable date.
Section 1.13 Benchmark Replacement Setting.
(a) Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative), the Lender Representative and the Borrower, if mutually agreed, may amend this Agreement to replace the then-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all affected Lenders and the Borrower so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. No replacement of a Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 2.20(a)(i) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
(b) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time in consultation with the Borrower and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing
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such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(c) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower (if applicable) and the Lenders of (i) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement or Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and (ii) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement. The Administrative Agent will notify the Borrower of (x) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 1.13(d) and (y) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 1.13, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non- occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 1.13.
(d) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Lender Representative in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify (by providing notice thereof (which may be via email) to the Borrower and the Lenders) the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify (by providing notice thereof (which may be via email) to the Borrower and the Lenders) the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(e) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a SOFR Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, (i) the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans and (ii) any outstanding affected SOFR Borrowing will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. During a Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not
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an Available Tenor, the component of Base Rate based upon the then- current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of Base Rate.
Section 1.14 Term SOFR Conforming Changes. In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time with the consent of the Borrower and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR.
Section 1.15 Cured Defaults.
(a) In the case of any cure or waiver, the Borrower, the applicable Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default cured or waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing, it being understood that, except as provided in the immediately following sentence, no such cure or waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. If (i) any Default or Event of Default (a “Subject Default”) occurs as a result of a breach or failure to comply with any affirmative covenant under Section 6 hereof (other than Section 6.03(a) hereof) (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, obligations under Article VII, or Events of Default under Section 8.01(a), 8.01(f), 8.01(j) and 8.01(k)), (ii) the Borrower has delivered any notice required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent upon obtaining actual knowledge that such Subject Default exists, (iii) (A) the event, condition or inaction giving rise to such Subject Default no longer exists or is continuing, including by virtue of Holdings, the Borrower or applicable Restricted Subsidiary having taken the required action giving rise to such Subject Default or (B) such Subject Default shall otherwise have been cured or waived, (iv) there has been no material impairment of the remedies available to the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents as a result of the continuance of such Subject Default (or any other Default or Event of Default that arose from the existence or continuance of such Subject Default) that have not been cured by the action, waiver or cure referred to in immediately preceding clause (iii) and (v) there has not been any acceleration of Loans or Obligations following such Subject Default, then such Subject Default and each other Default or Event of Default that may have resulted from the making or deemed making of any representation or warranty as to, or the taking of any action or consummation of any transaction conditioned upon, the absence of any existing or continuing Default or Event of Default, in each case, related to the Subject Default, shall automatically be deemed to have been cured and no longer continuing.
(b) Each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that Holdings (or any parent) and its subsidiaries may be required to restate historical financial statements as the result of the implementation of changes in GAAP, or the respective interpretation thereof, and that such restatements will not result in a Default or an Event of Default under the Loan Documents.
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ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
Section 2.01 The Loans.
(a) Term Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions expressly set forth herein, each Term Lender with an Initial Term Commitment severally agrees to make term loans denominated in Dollars to the Initial Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Term Lender’s Initial Term Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be re-borrowed. Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or SOFR Loans, as further provided herein.
(b) Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions expressly set forth herein, on the Closing Date (subject to the Closing Date Revolver Cap) and thereafter each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars to the Initial Borrower (and, following the Closing Date Assignment, to the Borrower, for avoidance of doubt) pursuant to Section 2.02 (each such loan, together with any loans made pursuant to an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, Incremental Revolving Loans and Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) from time to time, on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the 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 in the case of each Lender (other than the Swing Line Lender (acting in its capacity as such)) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Obligations, shall not exceed such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Revolving Credit Commitment. Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(b), prepay under Section 2.05, and re-borrow under this Section 2.01(b) in each case without premium or penalty (subject to Section 3.05). Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or SOFR Loans, as further provided herein.
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 SOFR Loans shall be made upon the Initial Borrower or the Borrower’s written notice to the Administrative Agent, in the form of a Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Initial Borrower or the Borrower , which may be delivered by email. Each such written notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than (1) 12:00 p.m. Eastern time three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of SOFR Loans, any continuation of SOFR Loans or any conversion of Base Rate Loans to SOFR Loans and (2) 12:00 p.m. Eastern time one Business Day prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or any conversion of SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a written Committed Loan Notice shall be required to be
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delivered no later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern time three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date with respect to any Borrowing to occur on the Closing Date (or such later date reasonably agreed to by the Initial Lenders and the Administrative Agent). Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.14, each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $500,000, or a whole multiple of $100,000, in excess thereof. Except as provided herein, each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple of $50,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Term Borrowing, a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other or a continuation of SOFR 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 or Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto and (vi) in the case of a Borrowing, wire instructions of the account(s) of the Initial Borrower or the Borrower to which funds are to be disbursed (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that the amount to be disbursed to any particular account may be less than the minimum or multiple limitations set forth above so long as the aggregate amount to be disbursed to all such accounts pursuant to such Borrowing meets such minimums and multiples). If the Initial Borrower or 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, continued as, or converted to, SOFR Loans with an Interest Period of one month. If the Initial Borrower or the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of SOFR Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, the Borrower shall be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender of the amount 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 to SOFR Loans (with an Interest Period of one month) 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 Account not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. 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 to the account of the Borrower specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice; provided that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are Swing Line Loans or L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowing and second, to the payment in full of any such Swing Line Loans, and third, to the Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a SOFR Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such SOFR Loan unless the Borrower pays the amount due, if any, under Section 3.05 in connection therewith. During the occurrence and
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continuation of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may request that no Loans may be converted to or continued as SOFR Loans.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Appropriate Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for SOFR Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of Term SOFR by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(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 10 Interest Periods in effect (or such greater amount as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent).
(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.
(g) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement) of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement) available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.02(b) above, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If the Administrative Agent shall have so made funds available, then, to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such portion available to the Administrative Agent, each of such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to repay to the Administrative Agent promptly after written demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the Overnight Rate plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the foregoing. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.02(g) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
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(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (x) any Committed Loan Notice in respect of a borrowing may state that it is conditioned upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event specified therein (including the effectiveness of other credit facilities), in which case such notice may be revoked or delayed by the Borrowers (by written notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied or delayed and (y) such notice may be amended to change the date of such Borrowing to a later date or reduce the amount to be borrowed at any time prior to the requested date of such Borrowing.
Section 2.03 Letters of Credit.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions expressly 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 Dollars for the account of the Borrower (provided that any Letter of Credit may be for the benefit of any 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 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 ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Revolving Credit Commitment or (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no L/C Issuer shall have any obligation to issue trade or commercial letters of credit. 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, terminated or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.
(ii) The Borrower may, at its sole discretion, request Letters of Credit from any L/C Issuer up to the Applicable L/C Sublimit of such L/C Issuer.
(iii) 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 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 material 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 material unreimbursed
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loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder);
(B) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than 12 months after the date of issuance or last renewal unless (1) each Appropriate Lender has approved of such expiration date or (2) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations in respect of such requested Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to 103% of the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto or backstopped in a manner 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 such Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to 103% of the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto or backstopped in a manner reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer; and
(D) 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.
(iv) 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.
(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 Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the relevant L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., at least five Business Days prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be; or, in each case, such later 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 Application 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 expiry date thereof; (d) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (e) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (f) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (g) 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
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Application 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 Application, the relevant L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. So long as such L/C Issuer has not received written notice from the Administrative Agent and Revolving Credit Lenders or the Borrower that the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 with respect to the issuance of such Letter of Credit have not been satisfied, 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 its applicable Subsidiary) 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 ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement) times the stated amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application with respect to any Letter of Credit, 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 12-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit and in no event extending beyond the Letter of Credit Expiration Date unless Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to 103% of the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto or backstopped in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such 12-month period to be mutually agreed upon 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 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)(iii) or otherwise), or (B) it has received written notice on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non- Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied or waived.
(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.
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(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. Not later than 1:00 p.m., on the first Business Day immediately following receipt by the Borrower of written notice form an L/C Issuer of any payment by such L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (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 Dollars; provided that if such reimbursement is not made on the date of drawing, the Borrower shall pay interest to the relevant L/C Issuer on such amount at the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans (without duplication of interest payable on L/C Borrowings). The applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower in writing of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination or revaluation thereof. If the Borrower fails to 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 (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 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) shall be in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(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 to the Administrative Agent’s Account for 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 1:00 p.m. 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 Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the relevant L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans 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 written demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. 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
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drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’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 ▇▇▇▇▇▇’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 applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. 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.
(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) thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding).
(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 from time to time in effect.
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(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;
(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; or
(vi) 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 (other than payment in cash or performance in full);
provided that the foregoing in clauses (i) through (vi) 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 (or its Related Parties’) gross negligence, bad faith, fraud or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(f) Role of L/C Issuers. Each Lender and the Borrower agrees 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
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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 Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith (other than in the case of the Agent-Related Persons), fraud (other than in the case of the Agent-Related Persons) 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 Application. 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 they 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 (vi) 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 that are determined in a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by such L/C Issuer’s (or its Related Parties’) willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s (or its Related Parties’) willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit, in each case as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and no L/C Issuer shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g) Cash Collateral. (i) If, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any Letter of Credit may for any reason remain outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn, (ii) if any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable, require the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to Section 8.02 or (iii) if an Event of Default set forth under Section 8.01(f) occurs and is continuing, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize all of its L/C Obligations in an amount equal to 103% of the Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations determined as of such date, and shall do so not later than 2:00 p.m. on (x) in the case of the immediately preceding clauses (i) through (ii), the next Business Day following the Business Day that the Borrower receives written notice thereof, and (y) in the case of the immediately preceding clause (iii), the Business Day on which an Event of Default set forth under Section 8.01(f) occurs or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately succeeding such day. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, promptly upon the written request of the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an
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amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (solely after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender). For purposes hereof, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the relevant L/C Issuer and the Appropriate Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash, Cash Equivalents (if reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer) or deposit account balances (in each case, “Cash Collateral”) pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative and the relevant L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Appropriate Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuers and the Revolving Credit Lenders of the applicable Facility, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in a blocked interest bearing account, if the accounts that are set up and maintained by the loan agency group of the Administrative Agent are interest bearing, and otherwise in a blocked non-interest bearing trust account at the Administrative Agent. If at any time the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are expressly subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) or nonconsensual liens permitted under Section 7.01 or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, the Borrower will, promptly following written demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited and held in the deposit accounts at the Administrative Agent as aforesaid, an amount equal to the excess of (a) such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (b) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Lender Representative reasonably determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under applicable Law, to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer. To the extent the amount of any Cash Collateral exceeds the then Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the excess shall be refunded to the Borrower. To the extent any Event of Default giving rise to the requirement to Cash Collateralize any Letter of Credit pursuant to this Section 2.03(g) is cured or otherwise waived by the Required Lenders, then so long as no other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all Cash Collateral pledged to Cash Collateralize such Letter of Credit shall be promptly refunded to the applicable depositor of Cash Collateral. If at any time the Lender Representative reasonably determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent as herein provided or Liens described above, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, the Borrower or the relevant Defaulting Lender will, promptly following written demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. In addition, the Administrative Agent may request at any time and from time to time after the initial deposit of Cash Collateral that additional Cash Collateral be provided by the Borrower in order to protect against the results of exchange rate fluctuations with respect to Letters of Credit denominated in currencies other than Dollars.
(h) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender for the applicable Revolving Credit Facility in accordance with its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement)
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a Letter of Credit fee for each Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement equal to the Applicable Rate applicable to SOFR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans times the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit); provided that (x) if any portion of a Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Letter of Credit is Cash Collateralized by the Borrower or reallocated to the other Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.17(a)(iv), then the Borrower shall not be required to pay a Letter of Credit fee to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share so long as it is Cash Collateralized by the Borrower or reallocated to the other Revolving Credit Lenders, but to the extent such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share is reallocated to the other Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.17(a)(iv) such Letter of Credit fee shall instead be payable to such other Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Share of such reallocated amount, and (y) if any portion of a Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share is not Cash Collateralized or reallocated pursuant to Section 2.17(a)(iv), then the Letter of Credit fee with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share shall be payable to the applicable L/C Issuer until such Pro Rata Share is Cash Collateralized or reallocated or such Lender ceases to be a Defaulting Lender. Such Letter of Credit fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such Letter of Credit fees shall be due and payable in Dollars on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the earlier to occur of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and the Maturity Date then in effect for the applicable Revolving Credit Facility or the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitment of all Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein.
(i) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuers. The Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by it to any Loan Party equal to such percentage per annum as may be mutually agreed by the Borrower and the applicable L/C Issuer of the maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit) or such lesser fee as may be agreed with such L/C Issuer. Such fronting fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fees shall be due and payable in Dollars on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit and on the earlier to occur of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitment of all Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account with respect to each Letter of Credit issued to the Loan Parties the customary and reasonable issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within 30 days of demand and are nonrefundable.
(j) Conflict with Letter of Credit Application. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application, in the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.
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(k) Addition of an L/C Issuer. A Revolving Credit Lender reasonably acceptable to the Borrower may become an additional L/C Issuer hereunder pursuant to a written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Revolving Credit Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of any such additional L/C Issuer. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Blackstone Entities, Macquarie or any of their respective Affiliates shall be a “L/C Issuer”.
(l) Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments. If the Letter of Credit Expiration Date in respect of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments occurs prior to the expiry date of any Letter of Credit, then (i) if one or more other tranches of Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of which the Letter of Credit Expiration Date shall not have so occurred are then in effect, such Letters of Credit shall, to the extent such Letters of Credit could have been issued under such other tranches, automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Credit Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to Sections 2.03(c) and (d)) under (and ratably participated in by Lenders pursuant to) the Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of such non-terminating tranches up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of the unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (i), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 2.03(g).
(m) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
Section 2.04 Swing Line Loans.
(a) Swing Line Facility. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender, if any, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, may in its sole discretion, make loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the first Business Day following the Closing Date until the Maturity Date of the Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit; provided that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the 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 and Swing Line Obligations, shall not exceed such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that, with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender acting as Swing Line 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 and Swing Line Obligations
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may exceed the amount of such Swing Line Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided; further, that the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05 and re-borrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Credit Commitments times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Borrowing of Swing Line Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which shall be given by a Swing Line Loan Notice. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum principal amount of $100,000 and integral multiple of $50,000 in excess thereof and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to 4:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing of Swing Line Loans (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a) or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied or waived, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 5:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available directly to the Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.04 or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Swing Line Lender shall not be obligated to make any Swing Line Loan at a time when a Revolving Credit Lender is a Defaulting Lender unless the Swing Line Lender has entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to it and the Borrower to eliminate the Swing Line Lender’s Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender’s or Defaulting Lenders’ participation in Swing Line Loans, including by Cash Collateralization, or obtaining a backstop letter of credit from an issuer reasonably satisfactory to the Swing Line Lender to support, such Defaulting Lender’s or Defaulting Lenders’ Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Swing Line Loans. Promptly upon each funding of a Swing Line Loan to the Borrower, the Swing Line Lender shall provide the Administrative Agent with a written notice (which may be via email) confirming that it has funded such Swing Line Loan and the amount thereof (and the parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that (i) the Administrative Agent may conclusively rely on such written notice for all purposes of the Loan Documents (including updating the Register to include such Swing Line Loan) and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or obligation to inquire into or confirm whether the proceeds of such Swing Line Loan were actually received by the Borrower).
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably requests and authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its
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behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Swing Line Loan Notice for purposes hereof) by not later than 1:00 p.m. at least one (1) Business Day in advance and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Swing Line Loan Notice); provided that, after giving effect to such Borrowing, the amount outstanding of all Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Swing Line Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, whereupon (subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii)) each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i) (including as a result of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by such Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
(iii) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender 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 the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Swing Line Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, 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 2.04(c) (but not to purchase
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risk participation in Swing Line Loans) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No such purchase or funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay the applicable Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(v) At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower will prepay Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to the Swing Line Lender’s Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)).
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swing Line Lender, its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Interest for the Account of Swing Line Lender. The Administrative Agent shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loans that are Base Rate Loans or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Swing Line Lender.
(g) Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments. If the Maturity Date shall have occurred in respect of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments (the “Expiring Credit Commitment”) at a time when another Class or Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments is or are in effect with a later Maturity Date (each a “Non-Expiring Credit Commitment” and collectively, the “Non- Expiring Credit Commitments”), then with respect to each outstanding Swing Line Loan, if consented to by the applicable Swing Line Lender, on the earliest occurring Maturity Date such Swing Line Loan shall be deemed reallocated to the Class
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or Classes of the Non-Expiring Credit Commitments on a pro rata basis; provided that (a) to the extent that the amount of such reallocation would cause the aggregate credit exposure to exceed the aggregate amount of such Non-Expiring Credit Commitments, immediately prior to such reallocation (after giving effect to any repayments of Revolving Credit Loans and any reallocation of Letter of Credit participations as contemplated in Section 2.03(l)) the amount of Swing Line Loans to be reallocated equal to such excess shall be repaid or Cash Collateralized and (b) notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower shall still be obligated to pay Swing Line Loans allocated to the Revolving Credit Lenders holding the Expiring Credit Commitments at the Maturity Date of the Expiring Credit Commitment or if the Loans have been accelerated prior to the Maturity Date of the Expiring Credit Commitment.
Section 2.05 Prepayments.
(a) Optional. (i) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (or with respect to Swing Line Loans, the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent)), at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay any Class or Classes of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans of any Class or Classes in whole or in part without premium or penalty (except as expressly set forth in this Section 2.05); provided that (1) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent (and the Swing Line Lender, if applicable) not later than 1:00 p.m. (A) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of SOFR Loans and (B) one (1) Business Day prior to any date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans (including any Swing Line Loans); (2) any prepayment of SOFR Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $500,000, or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof; and (3) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple of $50,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Class(es) and Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid, if SOFR Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans, and the premium (if any) payable in connection therewith. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, unless rescinded pursuant to clause (iii) below, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to clause (ii) below and Section 3.05. In the case of each prepayment of the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a), the Borrower may in its sole discretion select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid, and such payment shall be paid to the Appropriate Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares (or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement).
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, at the time of the consummation or occurrence of any refinancing of the Term Facility, any voluntary prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(a), any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii) (or, for the avoidance of doubt, upon acceleration of the Obligations pursuant to Article VIII or before or after acceleration of the Obligations upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(f)) or any replacement
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of a Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to Section 3.07(a)(iii) (each of the forgoing, a “Prepayment Premium Trigger”), in each case, that occurs prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each applicable Lender, a fee equal to 1.00% of the principal amount of the Initial Term Loans subject to such Prepayment Premium Trigger (or in the case of any amendment, the principal amount of the relevant Initial Term Loans outstanding on such date that any Lender withholds its consent and is required to assign its Initial Term Loan pursuant to Section 3.07 in connection therewith); provided that no such fee shall be payable pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(ii), (A) in respect of any prepayments made in connection with a Change of Control, a Qualified IPO or an Enterprise Transformative Event, or made with Internally Generated Cash and (B) for the avoidance of doubt, on or after the first anniversary of the Closing Date. Such fee shall be due and payable upon the date on which such prepayment or replacement, as applicable, occurs.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrower may rescind any notice of prepayment under Section 2.05(a)(i) by notice to the Administrative Agent no later than 2:00 p.m. (and promptly confirmed in writing) on the date of prepayment if such prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of all or any portion of the applicable Class or occurrence of another event, which refinancing or event shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed (subject to payment of amounts due under Section 3.05).
(iv) Voluntary prepayments of any Class of Term Loans permitted hereunder shall be applied to the remaining scheduled installments of principal thereof pursuant to Section 2.07(a) in a manner determined at the discretion of the Borrower and specified in the notice of prepayment (and absent such direction, in direct order of maturity) and shall be applied to any Class of Term Loans as determined by the Borrower.
(v) Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary, in addition to the terms set forth in Sections 2.05(a)(i) and 10.07, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any Loan Party (in such capacity, a “Discounted Purchaser”) may prepay the outstanding Term Loans (which shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be automatically and permanently cancelled immediately upon such prepayment) (or Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries may purchase such outstanding Loans and immediately cancel them) without premium or penalty on the following basis (and so long as no proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans are used for such purpose):
(A) Any Discounted Purchaser shall have the right to make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a discount to par pursuant to a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment, Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers or Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers (any such prepayment, the “Discounted Term Loan Prepayment”), in each case made in accordance with this Section 2.05(a)(v) and without premium or penalty.
(B) (1) Any Discounted Purchaser may from time to time offer to make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment by providing the Auction Agent with five Business Days’ notice in the form of a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice (or such shorter period as agreed by the Auction Agent); provided that (I) any such offer shall be
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made available, at the sole discretion of the Discounted Purchaser, to (x) each Term Lender and/or (y) each Term Lender with respect to any Class of Term Loans on an individual tranche basis, (II) any such offer shall specify the aggregate principal amount offered to be prepaid (the “Specified Discount Prepayment Amount”) with respect to each applicable tranche, the tranche or tranches of Term Loans subject to such offer and the specific percentage discount to par (the “Specified Discount”) of such Term Loans to be prepaid (it being understood that different Specified Discounts and/or Specified Discount Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different tranches of Term Loans and, in such event, each such offer will be treated as a separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)), (III) the Specified Discount Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $1,000,000 and whole increments of $500,000 in excess thereof and (IV) unless rescinded pursuant to clause (iii) above, each such offer shall remain outstanding through the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each Appropriate Lender with a copy of such Specified Discount Prepayment Notice and a form of the Specified Discount Prepayment Response to be completed and returned by each such Term Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to such Lenders (or such later date specified therein) (the “Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date”).
(2) Each Term Lender receiving such offer shall notify the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date whether or not it agrees to accept a prepayment of any of its applicable then outstanding Term Loans at the Specified Discount and, if so (such accepting Lender, a “Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender”), the amount and the tranches of such Lender’s Term Loans to be prepaid at such Specified Discount. Each acceptance of a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment by a Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender shall be irrevocable. Any Term Lender whose Specified Discount Prepayment Response is not received by the Auction Agent by the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment.
(3) If there is at least one Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender, the relevant Discounted Purchaser will make a prepayment of outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v)(B) to each Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender in accordance with the respective outstanding amount and tranches of Term Loans specified in such Lender’s Specified Discount Prepayment Response given pursuant to clause (2) above; provided that, if the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans accepted for prepayment by all Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders exceeds the Specified Discount Prepayment Amount, such prepayment shall be made pro rata among the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders in accordance with the respective principal amounts accepted to be prepaid by each such Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender and the Auction Agent (with the consent of such Discounted Purchaser and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Specified Discount Proration”). The Auction Agent shall promptly, and in any case within three Business Days following the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date, notify (I) the relevant Discounted Purchaser of the respective Term Lenders’ responses to such offer, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and the aggregate principal amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the tranches to be prepaid, (II) the
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Administrative Agent (if not the Auction Agent) and each Term Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, and the aggregate principal amount and the tranches of Term Loans to be prepaid at the Specified Discount on such date, (III) the Administrative Agent (if not the Auction Agent) and each Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender of the Specified Discount Proration, if any, and confirmation of the principal amount, tranche and Type of Term Loans of such Lender to be prepaid at the Specified Discount on such date and (IV) the Administrative Agent (if not the Auction Agent) of the aggregate principal amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the tranches to be prepaid. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to the Discounted Purchaser and such Term Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such notice to the Discounted Purchaser shall be due and payable by such Discounted Purchaser on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with Section 2.05(a)(v)(F) below (subject to Section 2.05(a)(v)(I) below).
(C) (1) Any Discounted Purchaser may from time to time solicit Discount Range Prepayment Offers by providing the Auction Agent with five Business Days’ notice in the form of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice (or such shorter period as agreed by the Auction Agent); provided that (I) any such solicitation shall be extended, at the sole discretion of such Discounted Purchaser, to (x) each Term Lender and/or (y) each Term Lender with respect to any Class of Term Loans on an individual tranche basis, (II) any such notice shall specify the maximum aggregate principal amount of the relevant Term Loans (the “Discount Range Prepayment Amount”), the tranche or tranches of Term Loans subject to such offer and the maximum and minimum percentage discounts to par (the “Discount Range”) of the principal amount of such Term Loans with respect to each relevant tranche of Term Loans willing to be prepaid by such Discounted Purchaser (it being understood that different Discount Ranges and/or Discount Range Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different tranches of Term Loans and, in such event, each such offer will be treated as separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)), (III) the Discount Range Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $1,000,000 and whole increments of $500,000 in excess thereof and (IV) unless rescinded pursuant to clause (iii) above, each such solicitation by a Discounted Purchaser shall remain outstanding through the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each Appropriate Lender with a copy of such Discount Range Prepayment Notice and a form of the Discount Range Prepayment Offer to be submitted by a responding Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to such Lenders (or such later date specified therein) (the “Discount Range Prepayment Response Date”). Each Term Lender’s Discount Range Prepayment Offer shall be irrevocable and shall specify a discount to par within the Discount Range (the “Submitted Discount”) at which such Lender is willing to allow prepayment of any or all of its then outstanding Term Loans of the applicable tranche or tranches and the maximum aggregate principal amount and tranches of such Lender’s Term Loans (the “Submitted Amount”) such Term Lender is willing to have prepaid at the Submitted Discount. Any Term Lender whose Discount Range Prepayment Offer is not received by the Auction Agent by the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment of any of its Term Loans at any discount to their par value within the Discount Range.
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(2) The Auction Agent shall review all Discount Range Prepayment Offers received on or before the applicable Discount Range Prepayment Response Date and shall determine (with the consent of such Discounted Purchaser and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) the Applicable Discount and Term Loans to be prepaid at such Applicable Discount in accordance with this Section 2.05(a)(v)(C). The relevant Discounted Purchaser agrees to accept on the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date all Discount Range Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date, in the order from the Submitted Discount that is the largest discount to par to the Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par, up to and including the Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par within the Discount Range (such Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par within the Discount Range being referred to as the “Applicable Discount”) which yields a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lower of (I) the Discount Range Prepayment Amount and (II) the sum of all Submitted Amounts. Each Term Lender that has submitted a Discount Range Prepayment Offer to accept prepayment at a discount to par that is larger than or equal to the Applicable Discount shall be deemed to have irrevocably consented to prepayment of Term Loans equal to its Submitted Amount (subject to any required proration pursuant to the following clause (3)) at the Applicable Discount (each such Term Lender, a “Participating Lender”).
(3) If there is at least one Participating Lender, the relevant Discounted Purchaser will prepay the respective outstanding Term Loans of each Participating Lender in the aggregate principal amount and of the tranches specified in such Lender’s Discount Range Prepayment Offer at the Applicable Discount; provided that if the Submitted Amount by all Participating Lenders offered at a discount to par greater than the Applicable Discount exceeds the Discount Range Prepayment Amount, prepayment of the principal amount of the relevant Term Loans for those Participating Lenders whose Submitted Discount is a discount to par greater than or equal to the Applicable Discount (the “Identified Participating Lenders”) shall be made pro rata among the Identified Participating Lenders in accordance with the Submitted Amount of each such Identified Participating Lender and the Auction Agent (with the consent of such Discounted Purchaser and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Discount Range Proration”). The Auction Agent shall promptly, and in any case within five Business Days following the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date, notify (I) the relevant Discounted Purchaser of the respective Term Lenders’ responses to such solicitation, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Applicable Discount, and the aggregate principal amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the tranches to be prepaid, (II) the Administrative Agent (if not the Auction Agent) and each Term Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Applicable Discount, and the aggregate principal amount and tranches of Term Loans to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, (III) the Administrative Agent (if not the Auction Agent) and each Participating Lender of the aggregate principal amount and tranches of such Term Lender to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, (IV) if applicable, each Identified Participating Lender of the Discount Range Proration and (V) the Administrative Agent (if not the Auction Agent) of the aggregate principal amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the tranches to be prepaid. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to the relevant Discounted Purchaser and Term Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such notice to the Discounted Purchaser shall be due and payable by
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such Discounted Purchaser on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with Section 2.05(a)(v)(F) below (subject to Section 2.05(a)(v)(I) below).
(D) (1) Any Discounted Purchaser may from time to time solicit Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers by providing the Auction Agent with five Business Days’ notice in the form of a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Auction Agent); provided that (I) any such solicitation shall be extended, at the sole discretion of such Discounted Purchaser, to (x) each Term Lender and/or (y) each Lender with respect to any Class of Term Loans on an individual tranche basis, (II) any such notice shall specify the maximum aggregate amount of the Term Loans (the “Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount”) and the tranche or tranches of Term Loans the Discounted Purchaser are willing to prepay at a discount (it being understood that different Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different tranches of Term Loans and, in such event, each such offer will be treated as a separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)), (III) the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $1,000,000 and whole increments of $500,000 in excess thereof and (IV) unless rescinded, each such solicitation by a Discounted Purchaser shall remain outstanding through the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each Appropriate Lender with a copy of such Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice and a form of the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer to be submitted by a responding Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to such Term Lenders (the “Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date”). Each Term Lender’s Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer shall (x) be irrevocable, (y) remain outstanding until the Acceptance Date and (z) specify both a discount to par (the “Offered Discount”) at which such Term Lender is willing to allow prepayment of its then outstanding Term Loan and the maximum aggregate principal amount and tranches of such Term Loans (the “Offered Amount”) such Term Lender is willing to have prepaid at the Offered Discount. Any Term Lender whose Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer is not received by the Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined prepayment of any of its Term Loans at any discount.
(2) The Auction Agent shall promptly provide the relevant Discounted Purchaser with a copy of all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received on or before the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date. Such Discounted Purchaser shall review all such Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers and select the largest of the Offered Discounts specified by the relevant responding Term Lenders in the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers that is acceptable to the Discounted Purchaser (the “Acceptable Discount”), if any. If the Discounted Purchaser elects to accept any Offered Discount as the Acceptable Discount, then as soon as practicable after the determination of the Acceptable Discount, but in no event later than by the fifth Business Day after the date of receipt by such Discounted Purchaser from the Auction Agent of a copy of all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers pursuant to the first sentence of this clause (2) (the “Acceptance Date”), the Discounted Purchaser shall submit an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice to the Auction Agent setting forth the Acceptable Discount. If the Auction Agent shall fail to receive an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice from the
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Discounted Purchaser by the Acceptance Date, such Discounted Purchaser shall be deemed to have rejected all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers.
(3) Based upon the Acceptable Discount and the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by the Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, within five Business Days after receipt of an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice (the “Discounted Prepayment Determination Date”), the Auction Agent will determine (with the consent of such Discounted Purchaser and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) the aggregate principal amount and the tranches of Term Loans (the “Acceptable Prepayment Amount”) to be prepaid by the relevant Discounted Purchaser at the Acceptable Discount in accordance with this Section 2.05(a)(v)(D). If the Discounted Purchaser elects to accept any Acceptable Discount, then the Discounted Purchaser agrees to accept all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, in the order from largest Offered Discount to smallest Offered Discount, up to and including the Acceptable Discount. Each Term Lender that has submitted a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer with an Offered Discount that is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount shall be deemed to have irrevocably consented to prepayment of Term Loans equal to its Offered Amount (subject to any required pro-rata reduction pursuant to the following sentence) at the Acceptable Discount (each such Lender, a “Qualifying Lender”). The Discounted Purchaser will prepay outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v)(D) to each Qualifying Lender in the aggregate principal amount and of the tranches specified in such Lender’s Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer at the Acceptable Discount; provided that if the aggregate Offered Amount by all Qualifying Lenders whose Offered Discount is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount exceeds the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount, prepayment of the principal amount of the Term Loans for those Qualifying Lenders whose Offered Discount is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount (the “Identified Qualifying Lenders”) shall be made pro rata among the Identified Qualifying Lenders in accordance with the Offered Amount of each such Identified Qualifying Lender and the Auction Agent (with the consent of such Discounted Purchaser and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Solicited Discount Proration”). On or prior to the Discounted Prepayment Determination Date, the Auction Agent shall promptly notify (I) the relevant Discounted Purchaser of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and Acceptable Prepayment Amount comprising the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the tranches to be prepaid, (II) the Administrative Agent (if not the Auction Agent) and each Term Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Acceptable Discount, and the Acceptable Prepayment Amount of all Term Loans and the tranches to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, (III) the Administrative Agent (if not the Auction Agent) and each Qualifying Lender of the aggregate principal amount and the tranches of such Term Lender to be prepaid at the Acceptable Discount on such date, (IV) if applicable, each Identified Qualifying Lender of the Solicited Discount Proration and (V) the Administrative Agent (if not the Auction Agent) of the aggregate principal amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the tranches to be prepaid. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to such Discounted Purchaser and Term Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such notice to such Discounted Purchaser shall be due and payable by such Discounted Purchaser on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with Section 2.05(a)(v)(F) below (subject to Section 2.05(a)(v)(I) below).
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(E) In connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment, the Loan Parties and the Term Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Auction Agent may require as a condition to any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment, the payment of customary fees and expenses from the applicable Discounted Purchaser or Loan Parties in connection therewith.
(F) If any Term Loan is prepaid in accordance with Sections 2.05(a)(v)(B) through 2.05(a)(v)(D) above, the Discounted Purchaser shall prepay such Term Loans on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. The relevant Discounted Purchaser shall make such prepayment to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders, Participating Lenders or Qualifying Lenders, as applicable, to the Administrative Agent’s Account in immediately available funds not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and all such prepayments shall be applied to the remaining principal installments of the relevant tranche of Loans being prepaid on a pro rata basis across such installments. The Term Loans so prepaid shall be accompanied by all accrued and unpaid interest on the par principal amount so prepaid up to, but not including, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. The aggregate principal amount of the tranches and installments of the relevant Term Loans outstanding shall be deemed reduced by the full par value of the aggregate principal amount of the tranches of Term Loans prepaid on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment. In connection with each prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v), each Lender participating in any prepayment described in this Section 2.05(a)(v) acknowledges and agrees that in connection therewith, (1) the Discounted Purchaser or any other Loan Party then may have, and later may come into possession of, information regarding Holdings, Parent and their respective affiliates not known to such Lender and that may be material to a decision by such Lender to participate in such prepayment (including Material Non-Public Information) (“Excluded Information”), (2) such Lender has independently and, without reliance on Holdings, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent or any of their respective Affiliates, made its own analysis and determination to participate in such prepayment notwithstanding such Lender’s lack of knowledge of the Excluded Information, (3) none of the Discounted Purchaser, the Loan Parties or Parent or any of their respective Affiliates shall be required to make any representation that it is not in possession of Material Non-Public Information and (4) none of Holdings, the Borrower, their Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent or any of their respective Affiliates shall have any liability to such Lender, and such Lender hereby waives and releases, to the extent permitted by law, any claims such Lender may have against Holdings, the Borrower, their Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent and their respective Affiliates, under applicable Laws or otherwise, with respect to the nondisclosure of the Excluded Information.
(G) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Term Loan Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to procedures consistent with the provisions in this Section 2.05(a)(v), established by the Auction Agent acting in its reasonable discretion and as reasonably agreed by the applicable Discounted Purchaser and in such manner that is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent.
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(H) Each of the Discounted Purchasers, Loan Parties and the Term Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Auction Agent may perform any and all of its duties under this Section 2.05(a)(v) by itself or through any Affiliate of the Auction Agent and expressly consents to any such delegation of duties by the Auction Agent to such Affiliate and the performance of such delegated duties by such Affiliate. The exculpatory provisions pursuant to this Agreement shall apply to each Affiliate of the Auction Agent and its respective activities in connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment provided for in this Section 2.05(a)(v) as well as activities of the Auction Agent.
(I) Each Loan Party shall have the right, by written notice to the Auction Agent, to revoke in full (but not in part) its offer to make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and rescind the applicable Specified Discount Prepayment Notice, Discount Range Prepayment Notice or Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice therefor at its discretion at any time on or prior to the applicable Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date (and if such offer is revoked pursuant to the preceding clauses, any failure by such Loan Party to make any prepayment to a Lender, as applicable, pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v) shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Section 8.01 or otherwise).
(b) Mandatory. (i) Within ten (10) Business Days after financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) (commencing in respect of the financial statements required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) for the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2027) and the related Compliance Certificate has been delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a), the Borrower shall cause to be prepaid an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to (A) the Applicable ECF Percentage of Excess Cash Flow, if any, for the Fiscal Year covered by such financial statements minus, without duplication of any amount deducted from Consolidated Net Income in calculating Excess Cash Flow for such period, (B) at the election of the Borrower, the sum of (I) all voluntary prepayments, repurchases or redemptions (including pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v), or the corresponding provision of the governing documents of other applicable Indebtedness, and in connection with the replacement of a Non- Consenting Lender pursuant to Section 3.07(a)(iii), or the corresponding provision of the governing documents of other applicable Indebtedness) of (1) Term Loans and Incremental Equivalent Debt secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Initial Term Loans (without regard to control of remedies) (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such reduction in respect of prepayments made at a discount or premium to par shall be limited to the amount actually paid in cash in respect of such prepayment); and (2) Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and Incremental Revolving Loans, in each case, (x) to the extent secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Initial Revolving Credit Facility (without regard to control of remedies) and (y) to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction in the corresponding Revolving Credit Facility; and (II) all cash used (or to be used, including Contract Consideration) for (1) Investments and acquisitions (including earn-out payments and deferred purchase price payments, but excluding intercompany Investments amongst the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents), (2) the amount of Restricted Payments made in respect of the common Equity Interests or other Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof (excluding Restricted Payments made pursuant to Sections 7.06(g) and Section 7.06(l)(A) (in
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reliance on clause (a)(ii) of the Cumulative Credit)) and (3) Capital Expenditures (including, without limitation capitalized software expenditures), in each case under this clause (B), made during such Fiscal Year or, at the election of the Borrower, after year-end and prior to when such Excess Cash Flow payment is due, to the extent such payments are funded with Internally Generated Cash; provided that, to the extent any deduction is made pursuant to the foregoing clause (B) after year-end and prior to when such Excess Cash Flow prepayment is due, such prepayment shall not be deducted with respect to the Excess Cash Flow prepayment for the succeeding Fiscal Year; provided, further, that the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in the definition of “Applicable ECF Percentage” shall be recalculated to give pro forma effect to any amount referred to in clause (B) above that is paid or otherwise realized or accounted for after the end of the applicable Fiscal Year but prior to the making of the Excess Cash Flow payment required for such Fiscal Year; provided, further, to the extent any deduction is made pursuant to the foregoing clause (B) with respect to amounts planned, budgeted or committed to be paid and such amounts are not so paid within the following twelve (12) months, such amounts shall be added to Excess Cash Flow for the immediately subsequent Fiscal Year. Prepayment of any Term Loans shall only be required under this Section 2.05(b)(i) with respect to the amount (if any) of Excess Cash Flow for such period in excess of the greater of $9,500,000 and 15% of TTM EBITDA. If at the time that any prepayment from Excess Cash Flow would be required pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(i), the Borrower is required to offer to prepay or repurchase Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt, Incremental Equivalent Debt, or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) or Section 7.03(v) that, in each case, is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations (without regard to control of remedies), or any Permitted Refinancing of any such Indebtedness, in each case with Excess Cash Flow or a comparable measure pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such Indebtedness (such Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt, Incremental Equivalent Debt or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) or Section 7.03(v) that, in each case, is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations (or the Permitted Refinancing of any such Indebtedness, in each case, without regard to control of remedies) required to be offered to be so repurchased, “Other Applicable Indebtedness”), then the Borrower may apply such Excess Cash Flow on a pro rata basis (determined on the) basis of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and Other Applicable Indebtedness at such time; provided that the portion of such Excess Cash Flow payment allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness shall not exceed the amount of such Excess Cash Flow payment required to be allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof, and the remaining amount, if any, of such Excess Cash Flow payment shall be allocated to the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof) to the prepayment of the Term Loans and to the repurchase or prepayment of Other Applicable Indebtedness, and the amount of prepayment of the Term Loans that would have otherwise been required pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(i) shall be reduced accordingly.
(ii) If (1) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower Disposes of any assets in reliance on Section 7.05(j), or (2) any Casualty Event occurs, which results in the realization or receipt by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Net Proceeds, subject to Section 2.05(b)(vi), the Borrower shall cause to be prepaid on or prior to the date which is five Business Days after the date of the realization or receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Net Proceeds, an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to 100% of all such Net Proceeds. If at the time that any such prepayment would be required, the Borrower is required to offer to prepay or repurchase Other Applicable Indebtedness, then the
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Borrower may apply such Net Proceeds on a pro rata basis (determined on the basis of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and Other Applicable Indebtedness at such time; provided that the portion of such net proceeds allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness shall not exceed the amount of such net proceeds required to be allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof, and the remaining amount, if any, of such net proceeds shall be allocated to the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof) to the prepayment of the Term Loans and to the repurchase or prepayment of Other Applicable Indebtedness, and the amount of prepayment of the Term Loans that would have otherwise been required pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(ii) shall be reduced accordingly; provided, further, that to the extent the holders of Other Applicable Indebtedness decline to have such indebtedness repurchased or prepaid, the declined amount shall promptly (and in any event within five Business Days after the date of such rejection) be applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof.
(iii) If the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs or issues any Indebtedness after the Closing Date that (A) is not permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 7.03 or (B) that is intended to constitute Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Class of Term Loans, the Borrower shall cause to be prepaid an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (or, in the case of Indebtedness constituting Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, the applicable Class of Term Loans) in an amount equal to 100% of all Net Proceeds received therefrom on or prior to the date which is three Business Days after the receipt by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Net Proceeds (excluding the Net Proceeds of any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder, but including Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt, Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt and Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt).
(iv) If for any reason the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations at any time exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, the Borrower shall promptly prepay Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(iv) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans such aggregate Outstanding Amount exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.
(v) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.05, (i) to the extent that the repatriation to the United States of any Excess Cash Flow attributable to any Foreign Subsidiary (“Foreign Subsidiary Excess Cash Flow”) would be (x) prohibited or delayed by applicable local law or (y) restricted by applicable material constituent documents, an amount equal to the portion of such Foreign Subsidiary Excess Cash Flow that would be so affected were the Borrower to attempt to repatriate such cash will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.05 so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law or applicable material constituent documents would not permit repatriation to the United States and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower, in consultation with the Lender Representative, has determined in good faith that repatriation of any Foreign Subsidiary Excess Cash Flow would have material adverse tax consequences or regulatory or cost consequences, in each case, to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit that will
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be actually realized in connection with such repatriation in the taxable year of the repatriation), an amount equal to such Foreign Subsidiary Excess Cash Flow that would be so affected will not be subject to repayment under this Section 2.05; provided that, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), such nonpayment prior to the time such amounts must be repatriated shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default (and such amounts shall be available (A) first, to repay local foreign indebtedness, if any, and (B) thereafter, for working capital purposes of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, subject to the prepayment provisions in this Section 2.05(b)(v)); provided, further, that (A) for purposes of this Section 2.05, Excess Cash Flow shall be deemed allocable to each Foreign Subsidiary, as applicable, with respect to any period, in an amount equal to (i) the Consolidated EBITDA of each such Foreign Subsidiary, as applicable, for such period, divided by (ii) the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (it being understood and agreed for the avoidance of doubt that such allocation shall exclude any reduction from interest and principal payments in respect of the Obligations), (B) (1) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be entitled to reduce Excess Cash Flow owed pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i) in respect of any Excess Cash Flow Period by the aggregate amount of Excess Cash Flow attributable to any Foreign Subsidiary subject to the limitations and restrictions described above in this Section 2.05(b)(v) for such Excess Cash Flow Period. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 2.05(b)(v) shall require the Borrower to cause any amounts to be repatriated to the United States (whether or not such amounts are used in or excluded from the determination of the amount of any mandatory prepayments hereunder) and (C) the amount of any Foreign Subsidiary Excess Cash Flow not repatriated pursuant to this clause (v) shall not be included in, or increase, the Cumulative Credit.
(vi) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.05, (i) to the extent that the repatriation to the United States of any or all of the Net Proceeds of any Disposition by a Foreign Subsidiary (“Foreign Disposition”) or the Net Proceeds of any Casualty Event incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary (“Foreign Casualty Event”) would be (x) prohibited or delayed by applicable local law or (y) restricted by applicable material constituent documents, an amount equal to the Net Proceeds that would be so affected were the Borrower to attempt to repatriate such cash will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.05 so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law or applicable material constituent documents would not permit repatriation to the United States and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower, in consultation with the Lender Representative, has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Proceeds of any Foreign Disposition or Foreign Casualty Event would have material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to such Net Proceeds (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit that will be actually realized in connection with such repatriation in the taxable year of the repatriation) as determined by the Borrower in good faith in consultation with the Lender Representative, an amount equal to such Net Proceeds that would be so affected will not be subject to repayment under this Section 2.05; provided that, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), nonpayment prior to the time such amounts must be repatriated shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default (and such amounts shall be available (A) first, to repay local foreign indebtedness, if any, and (B) thereafter, for working capital purposes of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, subject to the prepayment provisions in this Section 2.05(b)(vi)). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 2.05(b)(vi) shall require the Borrower to cause any amounts to be repatriated to the United States (whether or not such amounts are used in or excluded from the determination of the amount of any mandatory prepayments hereunder).
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(vii) Except as otherwise provided in any Refinancing Amendment, Extension Amendment or any Incremental Amendment or as otherwise provided herein, (A) each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) shall be applied ratably to each Class of Term Loans then outstanding (provided that any prepayment of Term Loans with the Net Proceeds of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be applied solely to each applicable Class of Refinanced Debt); (B) with respect to each Class of Term Loans, each prepayment pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 2.05(b) shall be applied first, to accrued interest and fees due on the amount of the prepayment and second, to the scheduled installments of principal thereof following the date of such prepayment in direct order of maturity; and (C) each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares of such prepayment.
(viii) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 2.05(b) not later than 1:00 p.m. at least three Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the aggregate amount of such prepayment to be made by the Borrower. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the contents of the Borrower’s prepayment notice and of such Appropriate Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the prepayment. Each Term Lender may reject all of its Pro Rata Share of any mandatory prepayment (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”) of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 2.05(b) by providing written notice (each, a “Rejection Notice”) to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 p.m. one Business Day prior to the date of such prepayment. If a Term Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds shall be retained by the Borrower.
(c) Interest, Funding Losses, Etc. All prepayments under this Section 2.05 shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon and fees and/or premium payable pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(ii), if any, together with, in the case of any such prepayment of a SOFR Loan on a date prior to the last day of an Interest Period therefor, any amounts owing in respect of such SOFR Loan pursuant to Section 3.05.
(d) [Reserved.]
Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section 2.05, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if any prepayment of SOFR Loans is required to be made under this Section 2.05, prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, in lieu of making any payment pursuant to this Section 2.05 in respect of any such SOFR Loan prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, deposit an amount sufficient to make any such prepayment otherwise required to be made thereunder together with accrued interest to the last day of such Interest Period into an interest bearing account, if the accounts that are set up and maintained by the loan agency group of the Administrative Agent are interest bearing, and otherwise in a non-interest bearing trust account at the Administrative Agent until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan
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Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of such Loans in accordance with this Section 2.05. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall also be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of the outstanding Loans in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Section 2.05. Such deposit shall be deemed to be a prepayment of such Loans by the Borrower for all purposes under this Agreement.
Section 2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the unused Commitments of any Class, or from time to time permanently reduce the unused Commitments of any Class, in each case without premium or penalty; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. three (3) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000, or any whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the entire amount thereof and (iii) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments, such sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. Except as provided above, the amount of any such Commitment reduction shall not be applied to the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit unless otherwise specified by the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may rescind or postpone any notice of termination of any Commitments if such termination would have resulted from a refinancing of all or any portion of the applicable Class or occurrence of other event, which refinancing or other event shall not be consummated or otherwise shall be delayed.
(b) Mandatory. The Initial Term Commitments of each Term Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the funding of the Initial Term Loans to be made by such Term Lender on the Closing Date. The Revolving Credit Commitments of each Revolving Credit Lender and the obligation of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans shall automatically and permanently terminate on the Maturity Date.
(c) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Appropriate Lenders of any termination or reduction of unused portion of the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit or the unused Commitments of any Class under this Section 2.06. Upon any reduction of unused Commitments of any Class, the Commitment of each Lender of such Class shall be reduced by such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount by which such Commitments are reduced. All commitment fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Commitments of any Class shall be paid to the Appropriate Lenders on the effective date of such termination.
Section 2.07 Repayment of Loans.
(a) Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders (each such repayment, including as adjusted pursuant to the following sentence, an “Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount”), (A) with respect to the Initial Term Loans, on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December,
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commencing with the second full quarter after the Closing Date, an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Term Loans incurred on the Closing Date (which payments shall (x) be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments made in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.05 and (y) not be made with respect to Initial Term Loans that were prepaid pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)) and (B) with respect to all Initial Term Loans, on the Maturity Date for the Initial Term Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Term Loans outstanding on such date.
(b) Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders on the Maturity Date for the applicable Revolving Credit Facility the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans under such Facility outstanding on such date.
(c) Swing Line Loans. The Borrower shall repay the aggregate principal amount of its Swing Line Loans on the Maturity Date for the applicable Revolving Credit Facility.
(d) [Reserved.]
(e) Incremental Term Loans. In connection with any Incremental Term Loans that constitute part of the same Class as any existing Term Loans, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) shall be permitted to adjust the rate of prepayment in respect of such Class such that the Term Lenders holding Term Loans comprising part of such Class continue to receive a payment that is not less than the same Dollar amount that such Term Lenders would have received absent the incurrence of such Incremental Term Loans; provided that if such Incremental Term Loans are to be “fungible” with Term Loans notwithstanding any other conditions specified in this Section 2.07, the amortization schedule for such “fungible” Incremental Term Loan may provide for amortization in such other percentage(s) to be agreed by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) to provide that the Incremental Term Loans will be (or will be deemed to be) “fungible” with such existing Term Loans.
Section 2.08 Interest.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b), (i) each SOFR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate, (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Revolving Credit Loans that are Base Rate Loans.
(b) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or (solely with respect to the Borrower) 8.01(f), the Borrower shall pay interest on all overdue amounts owing by it hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws; provided that no interest at the Default Rate shall accrue or be payable to a Defaulting Lender so long as such
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Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. Accrued and unpaid interest on such amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon written demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
Section 2.09 Fees. In addition to certain fees described in Sections 2.03(h) and (i):
(a) Revolving Credit Commitment Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender under each Revolving Credit Facility in accordance with its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement, a commitment fee equal to the Applicable Rate with respect to commitment fees for such Facility times the actual daily amount by which the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments for such Facility exceeds the sum of (A) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans for such Facility plus (B) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations for such Facility; provided that any commitment fee accrued with respect to any of the Revolving Credit Commitments of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such commitment fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior to such time; provided, further, that no commitment fee shall accrue on any of the Revolving Credit Commitments of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans shall not be counted towards or considered usage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments for purposes of determining the commitment fee. The commitment fee with respect to each Revolving Credit Facility shall accrue at all times from the Closing Date until the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, including at any time during which one or more of the applicable conditions in Article IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date during the first full Fiscal Quarter to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date for the applicable Revolving Credit Facility. The commitment fee with respect to each Revolving Credit Facility shall be calculated quarterly in arrears.
(b) [Reserved.].
(c) Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay (x) to the Agents, for their own account, the fees set forth in the Agent Fee Letter in the amounts and at the times so specified therein and (y) to the parties so designated in the Fee Letter, for their own account, the fees set forth in the Fee Letter in the amounts and at the times so specified therein. Such fees shall be fully earned when due and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever, except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Agent Fee Letter or the Fee Letter, as applicable.
Section 2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year (or 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, in the case of Base Rate Loans based on the Prime Rate) and actual days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on each
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Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Section 2.11 Evidence of Indebtedness.
(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and evidenced by one or more entries in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent, acting solely for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c), as a non-fiduciary agent for the Borrower, in each case in the ordinary course of business. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon the request of any Lender, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a Note payable to such Lender, which shall evidence such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to Sections 2.11(a), and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to Section 2.11(a), shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, absent manifest error; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligations of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with their terms.
Section 2.12 Payments Generally.
(a) All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made by wire transfer to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, to the Administrative Agent’s Account in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Appropriate Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s applicable Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall in each case, in the Administrative Agent’s discretion, be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.
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(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, if any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of SOFR Loans to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
(c) Unless the Borrower or any Lender have notified the Administrative Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds, then:
(i) if the Borrower has failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect; and
(ii) if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the “Compensation Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. When such Lender makes payment to the Administrative Agent (together with all accrued interest thereon), then such payment amount (excluding the amount of any interest which may have accrued and been paid in respect of such late payment) shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the applicable Borrowing. If such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the Borrower, and the Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
A written notice (including documentation reasonably supporting such request) of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this Section 2.12(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(d) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in
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accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(e) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans and to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments required to be made by it pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 10.05 are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, purchase its participation or make its payment.
(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
(g) Whenever any payment received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is insufficient to pay in full all amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on any date, such payment shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent and applied by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the order of priority set forth in Section 8.03. If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents under circumstances for which the Loan Documents do not specify the manner in which such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may (to the fullest extent permitted by mandatory provisions of applicable Law), but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Lenders in accordance with such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Pro Rata Share of the sum of (a) the Outstanding Amount of all Loans outstanding at such time and (b) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations outstanding at such time, in repayment or prepayment of such of the outstanding Loans or other Obligations then owing to such Lender.
(h) Amounts to be applied to the prepayment of Loans in connection with any mandatory prepayments by the Borrower of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b) shall be applied, as applicable, on a pro rata basis to the then outstanding Term Loans being prepaid irrespective of whether such outstanding Term Loans are Base Rate Loans or SOFR Loans; provided that if no Lenders exercise the right to waive a given mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(viii), then, with respect to such mandatory prepayment, the amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be applied first to reduce outstanding Base Rate Loans. Any amounts remaining after each such application shall be applied to prepay SOFR Loans in direct order of Interest Period maturities.
Section 2.13 Sharing of Payments. If, other than as provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) in respect of any principal or interest on account of the Loans or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it, in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them and/or such sub-participations in the participations in L/C Obligations or
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in Swing Line Loans held by them, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of any principal or interest on such Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered, without further interest thereon. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement as in effect from time to time (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender) or (B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant permitted hereunder. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff, but subject to Section 10.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.13 or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Borrower may extend the final maturity of Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments in connection with an Extension that is permitted under Section 2.16 without being obligated to effect such extensions on a pro rata basis among the Lenders (it being understood that no such extension (i) shall constitute a payment or prepayment of any Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable, for purposes of this Section 2.13 or (ii) shall reduce the amount of any scheduled amortization payment due under Section 2.07(a), except that the amount of any scheduled amortization payment due to a Lender of Extended Term Loans may be reduced to the extent provided pursuant to the express terms of the respective Extension Amendment) without giving rise to any violation of this Section 2.13 or any other provision of this Agreement. Furthermore, the Borrower may take all actions contemplated by Section 2.16 in connection with any Extension (including modifying pricing, amortization and repayments or prepayments), and in each case such actions shall be permitted, and the differing payments contemplated therein shall be permitted without giving rise to any violation of this Section 2.13 or any other provision of this Agreement.
Section 2.14 Incremental Credit Extensions.
(a) Incremental Commitments. The Borrower may at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent (an “Incremental Request”), request (i) one or more new commitments which shall be in the same Facility as any outstanding Term Loans (a “Term Loan Increase”) or a new Class of term loans (collectively with any Term
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Loan Increase, the “Incremental Term Commitments”) under this Agreement and/or (ii) one or more increases in the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments (the “Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments” and, collectively with any Incremental Term Commitments, the “Incremental Commitments”), whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders.
(b) Incremental Loans. Any Incremental Term Loans (other than Term Loan Increases) effected through the establishment of one or more new Term Loans made on an Incremental Facility Closing Date shall be designated a separate Class of Incremental Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement. On any Incremental Facility Closing Date on which any Incremental Term Commitments of any Class are effected (including through any Term Loan Increase), subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the terms and conditions in this Section 2.14, (i) each Incremental Term Lender of such Class shall make a Loan to the Borrower (an “Incremental Term Loan”) in an amount equal to its Incremental Term Commitment of such Class and (ii) each Incremental Term Lender of such Class shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the Incremental Term Commitment of such Class and the Incremental Term Loans of such Class made pursuant thereto. On any Incremental Facility Closing Date on which any Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment are effected, subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the terms and conditions in this Section 2.14, (i) each Incremental Revolving Credit Lender shall make its Commitment available to the Borrower (when borrowed, an “Incremental Revolving Loan” and collectively with any Incremental Term Loan, an “Incremental Loan”) in an amount equal to its Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment and (ii) each Incremental Revolving Credit Lender shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to its Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment and the Incremental Revolving Loans made pursuant thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Incremental Term Loans may have identical terms to any of the Term Loans and be treated as the same Class as any of such Term Loans.
(c) Incremental Request. Each Incremental Request from the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments. The Borrower shall first seek Incremental Commitments from then-existing Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to seeking Incremental Commitments from Additional Lenders, and such then-existing Lenders shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of their participation in such Incremental Commitments within ten (10) Business Days of the delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of the applicable Incremental Request (it being understood and agreed that (x) no existing Lender will have any obligation to make any Incremental Commitment or provide any such notice, (y) any such existing Lender that fails to so notify the Borrower of its intention to provide (or decline to provide) any Incremental Commitment within ten (10) Business Days of the delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of the applicable Incremental Request and other information reasonably related to the contemplated transaction shall be deemed to have declined to provide an Incremental Commitment, and (z) the Borrower shall then have no subsequent obligation to provide the Term Lenders or then-existing Lenders holding Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, the opportunity to provide such Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments, as applicable, even if the terms change (in good faith) from those originally offered (such requirement set forth in this sentence, the “ROFO Condition”). Subject to the ROFO Condition, if any one or more existing Lenders declines to participate on the proposed terms (or elects to provide an amount less than its pro rata share), the
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Borrower may seek commitments from any other existing Lenders and additional banks, financial institutions or other institutional lenders (including an Affiliated Lender (solely as to Incremental Term Loans but not Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments) for up to the remaining portion declined to be provided by existing Lenders, subject only to any such Additional Lender being an Eligible Assignee) (any such other existing Lender, bank, financial institution or other institutional lender being called an “Additional Lender”) (each such existing Lender or Additional Lender providing such Incremental Commitment, an “Incremental Revolving Credit Lender” or “Incremental Term Lender,” as applicable, and, collectively, the “Incremental Lenders”); provided that (i) the Administrative Agent shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Lender’s making of such Incremental Term Loans to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under Section 10.07(b) for an assignment of Term Loans to such Lender or Additional Lender, (ii) the Administrative Agent and each L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Lender’s provision of such Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under Section 10.07(b) for an assignment of Revolving Credit Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments to such Lender or Additional Lender and (iii) to the extent such Lender or Additional Lender is an Affiliated Lender, the provision of such Incremental Commitment or Incremental Loan shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.7(k) applicable to assignments of Loans and Commitments to Affiliated Lenders (as if the provision of such Incremental Commitment or Incremental Loan were an assignment).
(d) Effectiveness of Incremental Amendment. The effectiveness of any Incremental Amendment, and the Incremental Commitments thereunder, shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date of such Incremental Amendment (the “Incremental Facility Closing Date”) of each of the following conditions (subject, in each case, to Section 1.08):
(i) no Event of Default is continuing immediately prior to, or shall exist immediately after, giving effect to such Incremental Commitments;
(ii) each Incremental Term Commitment shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $5,000,000 and shall be in an increment of $1,000,000 (provided that such amount may be less than $5,000,000 (and need not be in an increment of $1,000,000) if such amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth in clause (iv) below) and each Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $5,000,000 and shall be in an increment of $1,000,000 (provided that such amount may be less than $5,000,000 (and need not be in an increment of $1,000,000) if such amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth in clause (iv) below);
(iii) [reserved]; and
(iv) at the time of and after giving effect to the effectiveness of any proposed Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments, the aggregate amount of such Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments, as applicable, shall not exceed:
(A) an amount equal to the Starter Basket, plus
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(B) the principal amount of all prior voluntary prepayments, debt buybacks, prepayments utilizing yank-a-bank provisions and redemptions and repurchases (with respect to debt buybacks, prepayments utilizing yank-a-bank provisions and redemption and repurchases based on the lesser of (x) the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness retired and (y) the amount of cash actually utilized) of (1) Term Loans or other long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving credit Indebtedness) (including any reduction in outstanding principal amount pursuant to open market purchases (or other negotiated purchases offered to all Lenders on a pro rata basis) by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary at or below par and payments through Dutch auction procedures (in each case, calculated in accordance with the first parenthetical in this sub-clause (B)) and payments utilizing Section 3.07(a), or an analogous provision) (or constituting a refinancing of Indebtedness originally incurred or established in reliance on the Starter Basket) and made prior to the date of any such incurrence, in each case other than to the extent such prepayments are made with the proceeds of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness or other long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving credit Indebtedness), plus (2) the amount of any permanent reduction of revolving commitments, including any Revolving Credit Facility, the amount of any commitment reductions utilizing yank-a-bank provisions or under any Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments and Incremental Equivalent Debt in the form of a revolving facility, in each case except to the extent such prepayments are made with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving credit Indebtedness), plus (3) all voluntary prepayments, debt buybacks, redemptions or repurchases of (or, in the case of any Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments, any permanent reduction of commitments under) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness previously applied to the prepayment of any of the foregoing set forth in this clause (B) (with respect to debt buybacks, prepayments utilizing yank-a-bank provisions and redemptions and repurchases based on the lesser of (x) the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness retired and (y) the amount of cash actually utilized), plus (4) in the case of any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments that effectively extend the maturity date of any Term Loans, any Revolving Credit Commitments, any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, any Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments, any Refinancing Term Commitments, any Incremental Equivalent Debt and/or any other Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments, as applicable, to be replaced with such Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments, an amount equal to the portion of the relevant terminated commitment or loan; provided that if any Incremental Term Loan or Incremental Commitment that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral is incurred or established in reliance on the Prepay Incremental Amount (such Indebtedness, “Prepay Incremental Indebtedness”) and replaces or refinances all or any portion of the Initial Term Loans, the Revolving Credit Commitments, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, any Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments or Refinancing Term Commitments, any Incremental Equivalent Debt and/or any other Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Commitments, in each case, that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral (such secured Indebtedness, “Refinanced Incremental Prepay Indebtedness”) substantially concurrently with the incurrence or establishment of such Prepay Incremental Indebtedness, then such Prepay Incremental Indebtedness shall be secured by a Lien on the Collateral on either a pro rata basis with (without regard to control
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of remedies) or junior basis to the Refinanced Incremental Prepay Indebtedness being so replaced or refinanced (the amount calculated pursuant to this clause (B), the “Prepay Incremental Amount”); provided, further, that there shall be no “uptiering” (whether in regard of payment or lien priority) of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to or under the Prepay Incremental Amount (e.g., if pari passu Indebtedness is voluntarily prepaid in accordance with the terms hereof, only pari passu, junior lien, or unsecured Indebtedness may be incurred pursuant to the Prepay Incremental Amount using credit therefor; and if unsecured Indebtedness is voluntarily prepaid in accordance with the terms hereof, only unsecured Indebtedness may be incurred pursuant to the Prepay Incremental Amount using credit therefor); plus
(C) an additional amount of Incremental Term Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments so long as on and as of the date of the incurrence of such Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments on a Pro Forma Basis but without, for the avoidance of doubt, giving effect to any amount incurred substantially simultaneously or contemporaneously therewith under the Prepay Incremental Amount or the Starter Basket and assuming all simultaneously established Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments are fully drawn and excluding the cash proceeds of any borrowing under any such then proposed Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments not applied promptly for the specified transaction in connection with such incurrence upon receipt thereof, (1) in the case of Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations (without regard to control of remedies), the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.40:1.00, (2) in the case of Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a junior basis to the Obligations, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.90:1.00 and (3) in the case of Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments that are unsecured (or in the case of Incremental Equivalent Debt, secured by a Lien on assets that do not constitute Collateral), (a) the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 4.40:1.00 (such amounts described in this clause (3), collectively, the “Ratio Incremental Amount” and, collectively with the Starter Basket and the Prepay Incremental Amount, the “Available Incremental Amount”);
provided that, without limiting Section 1.12, (I) the Borrower shall be deemed to have used capacity under the Ratio Incremental Amount (to the extent compliant therewith and unless otherwise elected by the Borrower) before capacity under the Starter Basket or the Prepay Incremental Amount, and capacity under the Prepay Incremental Amount shall be deemed to be used before capacity under the Starter Basket, (II) Incremental Loans and Incremental Commitments may be incurred under the Starter Basket, Ratio Incremental Amount and Prepay Incremental Amount, and proceeds from any such incurrence under the Starter Basket, Ratio Incremental Amount and Prepay Incremental Amount, may be utilized in a single transaction or series of related transactions occurring substantially concurrently by first calculating the incurrence under the Ratio Incremental Amount (without inclusion of any amounts incurred pursuant to the Starter Basket or the Prepay Incremental Amount or amounts incurred pursuant to any revolving loans, in each case, incurred or to be incurred in connection with such transaction or series of related transactions) and then calculating the incurrence under the Prepay Incremental
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Amount (without inclusion of any amounts to be utilized pursuant to Starter Basket), as applicable, and (III) in the event that any Incremental Loans and Incremental Commitments (or a portion thereof) incurred under the Starter Basket or the Prepay Incremental Amount subsequently could at any time be incurred under the Ratio Incremental Amount (for the avoidance of doubt, determined without duplication of such Incremental Loans and Incremental Commitments), at such time such Incremental Loans and Incremental Commitments shall (unless otherwise elected by the Borrower) automatically be divided, if applicable, and reclassified as Indebtedness incurred under the Ratio Incremental Amount, and the Starter Basket or the Prepay Incremental Amount, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be increased by the amount so reclassified); provided that for purposes of the calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (as applicable) used in determining the availability of Incremental Commitments, Incremental Equivalent Debt or any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) or (v), any cash proceeds of any Incremental Commitments or Incremental Equivalent Debt (as applicable) or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) or (v), in each case then being incurred, will not be netted for purposes of determining compliance with the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (as applicable); provided, further, that in connection with the incurrence of any Incremental Term Commitments in the form of delayed draw term loan commitments, at the Borrower’s election, any ratio incurrence test applicable thereto may either (x) be tested upon the initial establishment of such delayed draw term loan commitments assuming the commitments are fully drawn, in which case any subsequent draw under such delayed draw term loan commitments shall not be subject to any ratio incurrence test unless imposed by the lenders providing such delayed draw term loan commitments or (y) be tested upon each draw thereunder (immediately after giving effect to any acquisition or investments consummated concurrently therewith and, subject to any applicable caps on pro forma adjustments set forth in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”); provided, further, that Lenders holding Incremental Commitments in the form of delayed draw term loan commitments established pursuant to clause (y) without being subject to any incurrence test shall not have any voting rights until such time as the applicable Incremental Commitments are drawn (except with respect to any waiver, amendment, consent or modification requiring the consent of each Lender or each affected Lender).
(e) Required Terms. The terms, provisions and documentation of the Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Term Commitments or the Incremental Revolving Loans and Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments, as the case may be, of any Class, except as otherwise set forth herein, shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the applicable Incremental Lenders. In any event:
(i) the Incremental Term Loans:
(A) (I) shall not be guaranteed by any Person that is not a Guarantor, (II) shall rank pari passu or junior in right of payment and pari passu or junior with respect to security with the Initial Term Loans (without regard to control of remedies) or may be unsecured, (III) to the extent secured or subordinated in right of payment shall be subject to an Intercreditor Agreement and (IV) to the extent secured, shall not be secured by a Lien on any assets other than a Lien on the Collateral (it being agreed that Incremental Term Loans shall not be required to be secured by a Lien on all of the Collateral);
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(B) (i) shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans outstanding at the time of incurrence of such Incremental Term Loans, in the case of any Incremental Term Loan secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans and (ii) shall not mature earlier than the date that is 91 days following the Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans, in the case of any Incremental Term Loan that is secured by the Collateral on a junior basis with the Initial Term Loans or that is unsecured; provided that the requirements set forth in this clause (B) shall not apply to any Incremental Term Loans consisting of an Extendable Bridge Loan;
(C) except for Extendable Bridge Loans, shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity not shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Initial Term Loans;
(D) subject to clauses (B) and (C) above, shall have amortization determined by the Borrower and the applicable Incremental Term Lenders; provided that, if such Incremental Term Loans are to be “fungible” with the Initial Term Loans, notwithstanding any other conditions specified in this Section 2.14(e), the amortization schedule for such “fungible” Incremental Term Commitments may provide for amortization in such other percentage(s) to be agreed by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Lender Representative to ensure that the Incremental Term Loans will be “fungible” with the Initial Term Loans;
(E) subject to clause (iii) below, shall have an Applicable Rate and other fees and pricing terms determined by the Borrower and the applicable Incremental Term Lenders; and
(F) Incremental Term Loans may participate (x) on a pro rata basis, less than pro rata basis or greater than a pro rata basis, in any voluntary prepayments of Initial Term Loans hereunder and (y) on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any mandatory prepayments of Initial Term Loans hereunder or if such Incremental Term Loans are subordinated in right of security to the Obligations, on a junior basis).
(ii) (x) the Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments (x) shall be on the same terms (including maturity date, unused fees and interest rates but excluding upfront fees and other amounts) and pursuant to the same documentation (other than the amendment evidencing such Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments) applicable to the Revolving Credit Commitments and (y) participations in Incremental Revolving Loans shall be on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but not greater than pro rata basis, other than in connection with any refinancing thereof or prepayment required upon the maturity thereof) with all of the other Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that permanent repayment of Revolving Credit Loans with respect to, and termination of, Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments;
(iii) the pricing, interest rate margins, discounts, premiums, rate floors and fees and (subject to clauses (i)(B) and (C) above) maturity and amortization schedule applicable to any Incremental Term Loans will be determined by the Borrower and the arrangers
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or lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans; provided that in the event that the Effective Yield with respect to any Incremental Term Loans (other than (A) any such Incremental Term Loans that have a final maturity date no earlier than the second anniversary following the final maturity of the Initial Term Loans, (B) such Incremental Term Loans that are in an aggregate principal amount of less than the greater of (i) $31,250,000 and (ii) 50% of TTM EBITDA and (C) customary rule 144A high yield notes) that (x) is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Initial Term Loans and that (y) rank pari passu in right of payment to the Initial Term Loans (the “MFN Conditions”) is greater than the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans (calculated in the same manner) by more than 0.50%, the Applicable Rate for the Initial Term Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the Effective Yield on the Initial Term Loans is equal to the Effective Yield for such Incremental Term Loans minus 0.50%; provided that if any Incremental Term Loans include a SOFR or Base Rate floor that is greater than the floor applicable to the Initial Term Loans, any Incremental Term Loans shall be effected solely through an increase in (or implementation of, as applicable) any SOFR or Base Rate floor applicable to the Initial Term Loans (it being agreed and understood that such differential between interest rate floors shall be included in the calculation of Effective Yield, but only to the extent an increase in the SOFR or Base Rate floor applicable to the Initial Term Loans would cause an increase in the interest rate then in effect thereunder, and in such case, any adjustment under this clause (iii) shall be first applied to increase the applicable floor for the Initial Term Loans) (this clause (iii), the “MFN Adjustment”); and
(iv) subject to the preceding clauses (i) through (iii), the Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments shall be on terms and pursuant to documentation to be determined by the Borrower and the lenders thereunder; provided that, if the terms of such Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments are not consistent with the terms of the Initial Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments, as applicable, such terms shall either, at the option of the Borrower, (A) not be materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) than the terms of the Initial Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, unless any such more restrictive terms apply only after the Maturity Date of the Initial Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable or (B) if favorable to the existing Lenders, at the option of the Borrower in consultation with the Lender Representative, the Initial Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments also receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms (in which case, no consent shall be required from the Lender Representative or any Lender) including, at the option of the Borrower, any increase in the applicable yield relating to any existing Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments to achieve fungibility with such existing Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, or (C) be reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative; and
(f) Incremental Amendment. Commitments in respect of Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments shall become Commitments (or in the case of an Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment to be provided by an existing Revolving Credit Lender, an increase in such Lender’s applicable Revolving Credit Commitment), under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrower, each Incremental Lender providing such Commitments and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Amendment may, without the consent of any other Loan Party, Agent or Lender, effect such amendments to this
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Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.14. The Borrower will use the proceeds, if any, of the Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments as determined by the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments. No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments, unless it so agrees.
(g) Reallocation of Revolving Credit Exposure. Upon any Incremental Facility Closing Date on which Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments are effected pursuant to this Section 2.14, (a) each of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to the applicable increased Revolving Credit Facility shall assign to each of the Incremental Revolving Credit Lenders, and each of the Incremental Revolving Credit Lenders shall purchase from each of the Revolving Credit Lenders, at the principal amount thereof, such interests in the Revolving Credit Loans outstanding under such applicable increased Revolving Credit Facility on such Incremental Facility Closing Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, such Revolving Credit Loans will be held by such existing Revolving Credit Lenders and such Incremental Revolving Credit Lenders ratably in accordance with their Revolving Credit Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment, (b) each Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Credit Commitment and each Loan made thereunder shall be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolving Credit Loan and (c) each Incremental Revolving Credit Lender shall become a Lender with respect to its Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment and all matters relating thereto; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14 or otherwise, (1) the borrowing and repayment of Loans with respect to Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments after the date of obtaining any Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments, (2) subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(l) to the extent dealing with Letters of Credit which mature or expire after a maturity date when there exist Extended Revolving Credit Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Letters of Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Commitments in accordance with their percentage of the Revolving Credit Commitments (and except as provided in Section 2.03(l), without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier maturity date with respect to Letters of Credit theretofore incurred or issued) and (3) the permanent repayment of Revolving Credit Loans with respect to, and termination of, Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments after the date of obtaining any Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.
(h) This Section 2.14 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary.
Section 2.15 Refinancing Amendments.
(a) On one or more occasions after the Closing Date, the Borrower may obtain, from any Lender or any Additional Refinancing Lender, Credit Agreement Refinancing
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Indebtedness in respect of all or any portion of the Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments) then outstanding under this Agreement, in the form of Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Term Commitments, Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments or Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans incurred under this Agreement pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15 or otherwise, (1) the borrowing and repayment (except for (A) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings), (B) repayments required upon the Maturity Date of the Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments and (C) repayment made in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments (subject to clause (3) below)) of Loans with respect to Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments after the date of obtaining any Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments, (2) subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(m) and 2.04(g) to the extent dealing with Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans which mature or expire after a maturity date when there exist Extended Revolving Credit Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Commitments in accordance with their percentage of the Revolving Credit Commitments (and except as provided in Section 2.03(l) and 2.04(g), without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier maturity date with respect to Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and theretofore incurred or issued), (3) the permanent repayment of Revolving Credit Loans with respect to, and termination of, Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments after the date of obtaining any Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments, except that the Borrower shall be permitted to permanently repay and terminate commitments of any such Class on a better than a pro rata basis as compared to any other Class with a later maturity date than such Class, (4) assignments and participations of Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments and Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans, (5) no Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments or Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans may be provided by an Affiliated Lender and (6) to the extent such Lender or Additional Refinancing Lender is an Affiliated Lender, the provision of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.7(k) applicable to assignments of Loans and Commitments to Affiliated Lenders (as if the provision of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness were an assignment).
(b) Each issuance of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness under Section 2.15(a) shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (x) not less than $1,000,000 and (y) an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof.
(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, without the consent of any other Lenders, to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to (i) reflect the existence and terms of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto and (ii) make such other changes to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents consistent with the provisions and intent of the third paragraph of Section 10.01 (without the consent of the Required Lenders called for therein) and (iii) effect such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender Representative and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.15, and the Lenders
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ expressly authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any such Refinancing Amendment.
This Section 2.15 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary.
Section 2.16 Extension of Term Loans; Extension of Revolving Credit Loans.
(a) Extension of Term Loans. 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 (each, an “Existing Term Loan Tranche”) be amended to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so amended, “Extended Term Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.16. In order to establish any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders under the applicable Existing Term Loan Tranche) (each, a “Term Loan Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which shall (x) be identical as offered to each Lender under such Existing Term Loan Tranche (including as to the proposed interest rates and fees payable) and offered pro rata to each Lender under such Existing Term Loan Tranche and (y) (except as to interest rates, fees, amortization, final maturity date, “AHYDO” payments, optional prepayments, premium, required prepayment dates and participation in prepayments, which shall be determined by the Borrower and the Extending Term Lenders and set forth in the relevant Term Loan Extension Request), be substantially identical to, or (taken as a whole) no more restrictive in any material respect to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) than those applicable to the Existing Term Loan Tranche subject to such Term Loan Extension Request (unless such terms are applicable only to periods after the Maturity Date of the applicable Existing Term Loan Tranche that is in effect on the effective date of the Extension Amendment (immediately prior to the establishment of such Extended Term Loans)) or are reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative (provided that, at the Borrower’s election, to the extent any term or provision is added for the benefit of the lenders of Extended Term Loans, no consent shall be required from the Lender Representative or any Lender to the extent that such term or provision is also added, or the features of such term or provision are provided, for the benefit of the Lenders of the Initial Term Loans), including: (i) all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; provided, however, that at no time shall there be Classes of Term Loans hereunder (including Refinancing Term Loans and Extended Term Loans) which have more than three different Maturity Dates; (ii) the Effective Yield, pricing, optional redemptions and prepayment and “AHYDO” payments with respect to the Extended Term Loans (whether in the form of interest rate margin, upfront fees, OID or otherwise) may be different from the Effective Yield, pricing, optional redemptions and prepayment and “AHYDO” payments for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche, in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; (iii) the Extension Amendment may provide for other covenants and terms that apply solely to any period after the Maturity Date of the applicable Existing Term Loan Tranche that is in effect on the effective date of the Extension Amendment (immediately prior to the establishment of such Extended Term Loans); and (iv) Extended Term Loans may have call protection and optional prepayment or redemption provisions as may be agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders
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thereof; provided, however, that (A) in no event shall the final maturity date of any Extended Term Loans of a given Term Loan Extension Series at the time of establishment thereof be earlier than the Maturity Date of the applicable Existing Term Loan Tranche that is in effect on the effective date of the Extension Amendment (immediately prior to the establishment of such Extended Term Loans), (B) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Extended Term Loans of a given Term Loan Extension Series at the time of establishment thereof shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the applicable Existing Term Loan Tranche (other than Extendable Bridge Loans), (C) all documentation in respect of such Extension Amendment shall be consistent with the foregoing and (D) any Extended Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or a less than a pro rata basis (but not a greater than a pro rata basis) in any mandatory repayments or prepayments hereunder as compared to any Class of Term Loans; provided, further, that, unless otherwise permitted under this Agreement, such Extended Term Loans may participate on a greater than pro rata basis as compared to any Class of Term Loans with a later maturity date than such Extended Term Loans in any mandatory prepayments (it being understood and agreed that this proviso shall not permit the prepayment of any Extended Term Loans on a greater than pro rata basis as compared to any Initial Term Loans without the agreement of each Lender of Initial Term Loans (including pursuant to an Extension Amendment) or to the extent this provision is amended pursuant to Section 10.01); provided, further, that any Extended Term Loans (including such Extended Term Loans that are subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations or secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu or junior lien basis to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations or that is unsecured) may participate on a pro rata basis, or on a less than or greater than pro rata basis, in any mandatory prepayment with proceeds of any refinancing permitted hereunder with regard to such Extended Term Loans), in each case as specified in the respective Term Loan Extension Request. Any Extended Term Loans amended pursuant to any Term Loan Extension Request shall be designated a series (each, a “Term Loan Extension Series”) of Extended Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement; provided, further, that any Extended Term Loans amended from an Existing Term Loan Tranche may, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any previously established Term Loan Extension Series with respect to such Existing Term Loan Tranche (in which case scheduled amortization with respect thereto shall be proportionally increased). Each Term Loan Extension Series of Extended Term Loans incurred under this Section 2.16 shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $1,000,000 (or, if less, the entire principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended pursuant to this Section 2.16(a)).
(b) Extension of Revolving Credit Commitments. The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Class (each, an “Existing Revolver Tranche”) be amended to extend the Maturity Date with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Revolving Credit Commitments (any such Revolving Credit Commitments which have been so amended, “Extended Revolving Credit Commitments”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.16. In order to establish any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders under the applicable Existing Revolver Tranche) (each, a “Revolver Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to be established, which shall (x) be identical as offered to each Lender under such Existing Revolver Tranche (including as to the proposed interest rates and fees payable) and offered pro rata to each Lender under such Existing Revolver Tranche and (y) except as to interest rates, fees, optional redemption or
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prepayment terms, final maturity, and after the final maturity date, any other covenants and provisions (which shall be determined by the Borrower and the Extending Revolving Credit Lenders and set forth in the relevant Revolver Extension Request), the Extended Revolving Credit Commitment extended pursuant to a Revolver Extension Request, and the related outstandings, shall be a Revolving Credit Commitment (or related outstandings, as the case may be) with such other terms substantially identical to, or taken as a whole, no more restrictive in any material respect to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) than those applicable to the then-existing Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings) unless such terms are applicable only to periods after the Maturity Date of the then-existing Revolving Credit Commitments or are reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative (provided that, at the Borrower’s election, to the extent any term or provision is added for the benefit of the lenders of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, no consent shall be required from the Lender Representative or any Lender to the extent that such term or provision is also added, or the features of such term or provision are provided, for the benefit of the Lenders of the then-existing Facilities); provided: (i) the Maturity Date of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be delayed to a later date than the Maturity Date of the Revolving Credit Commitments of such Existing Revolver Tranche, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; provided, however, that at no time shall there be Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder (including Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) which have more than three different Maturity Dates; (ii) the Effective Yield, pricing, optional redemption or prepayment terms, with respect to extensions of credit under the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (whether in the form of interest rate margin, upfront fees, OID or otherwise) may be different than the Effective Yield, pricing, optional redemption or prepayment terms, for extensions of credit under the Revolving Credit Commitments of such Existing Revolver Tranche, in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; (iii) the Extension Amendment may provide for other covenants (as determined by the Borrower and Extending Revolving Credit Lenders) and terms that apply solely to any period after the Maturity Date of the Revolving Credit Commitments of such Existing Revolver Tranche that is in effect on the effective date of the Extension Amendment (immediately prior to the establishment of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments); and (iv) all borrowings under the applicable Revolving Credit Commitments (i.e., the Existing Revolver Tranche and the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of the applicable Revolver Extension Series) and repayments thereunder shall be made on a pro rata basis (except for (I) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings), (II) repayments required upon the Maturity Date of the non-extending Revolving Credit Commitments of the applicable Existing Revolver Tranche, (III) repayments made in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of non-extended Revolving Credit Commitments of the applicable Existing Revolver Tranche), (IV) repayments of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments with an earlier maturity date as compared to any other Revolving Credit Commitments it being understood and agreed that this clause (IV) shall not permit the prepayment of any such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on a greater than pro rata basis as compared to the Revolving Credit Commitments without the agreement of each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment (including pursuant to an Extension Amendment) or to the extent this provision is amended pursuant to Section 10.01) and (V) repayments made in connection with any refinancing of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments; provided, further, that (A) in no event shall the final maturity date of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Revolver Extension Series at the time of establishment
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thereof be earlier than the Maturity Date of the Revolving Credit Commitments of applicable Existing Revolver Tranche and (B) all documentation in respect of such Extension Amendment shall be consistent with the foregoing. Any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments amended pursuant to any Revolver Extension Request shall be designated a series (each, a “Revolver Extension Series”) of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments amended from an Existing Revolver Tranche may, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any previously established Revolver Extension Series with respect to such Existing Revolver Tranche. Each Revolver Extension Series of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments incurred under this Section 2.16 shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $5,000,000 (or, if less, the entire principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended pursuant to this Section 2.16(b)).
(c) Extension Request. The Borrower shall provide the applicable Extension Request at least five Business Days prior to the date on which Lenders under the Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolver Tranche, as applicable, are requested to respond (or such shorter period as agreed by the Lender Representative), and shall agree to such procedures, if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Lender Representative, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, in each case acting reasonably to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.16. Subject to Section 3.07, no Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans of any Existing Term Loan Tranche amended into Extended Term Loans or any of its Revolving Credit Commitments amended into Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Lender holding a Loan under an Existing Term Loan Tranche (each, an “Extending Term Lender”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Tranche subject to such Extension Request amended into Extended Term Loans and any Revolving Credit Lender (each, an “Extending Revolving Credit Lender”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Revolving Credit Commitments under the Existing Revolver Tranche subject to such Extension Request amended into Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing (each, an “Extension Election”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Tranche or Revolving Credit Commitments under the Existing Revolver Tranche, as applicable, which it has elected to request be amended into Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable (subject to any minimum denomination requirements imposed by the Lender Representative). In the event that the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Tranche or Revolving Credit Commitments under the Existing Revolver Tranche, as applicable, in respect of which applicable Term Lenders or Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, shall have accepted the relevant Extension Request exceeds the amount of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, requested to be extended pursuant to the Extension Request, the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, subject to Extension Elections shall be amended to Extended Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, on a pro rata basis (subject to rounding by the Administrative Agent, which shall be conclusive) based on the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, included in each such Extension Election.
(d) Extension Amendment. Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be established pursuant to an amendment (each, an “Extension
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Amendment”) to this Agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Extending Term Lender or Extending Revolving Credit Lender, as applicable, providing an Extended Term Loan or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, as applicable, thereunder, which shall be consistent with the provisions set forth in Section 2.16(a) or 2.16(b) above, respectively (but which shall not require the consent of any other Lender). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Extension Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to an Extension Amendment, without the consent of any other Lenders, to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to (i) reflect the existence and terms of the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, incurred pursuant thereto, (ii) modify the scheduled repayments set forth in Section 2.07 with respect to any Existing Term Loan Tranche subject to an Extension Election to reflect a reduction in the principal amount of the Term Loans thereunder in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Extended Term Loans amended pursuant to the applicable Extension (with such amount to be applied ratably to reduce scheduled repayments of such Term Loans required pursuant to Section 2.07), (iii) modify the prepayments set forth in Section 2.05 to reflect the existence of the Extended Term Loans and the application of prepayments with respect thereto and (iv) make such other changes to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents consistent with the provisions and intent of the third paragraph of Section 10.01 (without the consent of the Required Lenders called for therein).
(e) No conversion of Loans pursuant to any Extension in accordance with this Section 2.16 shall constitute a voluntary or mandatory payment or prepayment for purposes of this Agreement. This Section 2.16 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary.
Section 2.17 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. A Defaulting ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.01.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Swing Line Lender and any L/C Issuer hereunder; third, solely if that Defaulting Lender is a Revolving Credit Lender, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Letter of Credit or Swing Line Loan; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender
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has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.17(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.09(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit fees as provided in Section 2.03(h).
(iv) Reallocation of Pro Rata Share to Reduce Fronting Exposure. During any period in which any Revolving Credit Lender is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each Revolving Credit Lender that is a Non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.04, the “Pro Rata Share” of each Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations shall be computed without giving effect to the Revolving Credit Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided that (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Revolving Credit Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each Revolving Credit Lender that is a Non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Revolving Credit Commitment of that Non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the sum of (A) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, (B) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Pro Rata Share of the L/C Obligations and (C) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Pro Rata Share of the Swing Line Obligations, in each case, of that Non-Defaulting Lender.
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(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Lender Representative (solely in the case of any Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Credit Lender), the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender, agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Credit Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders under the applicable Facility or Facilities in accordance with their Pro Rata Share (without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
ARTICLE III
TAXES, INCREASED COSTS PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
Section 3.01 Taxes.
(a) Except as provided in this Section 3.01, any and all payments made by or on account of the Borrower (the term Borrower under Article III being deemed to include any Subsidiary for whose account a Letter of Credit is issued) or any Guarantor under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes. If the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other applicable withholding agent shall be required by any Laws to deduct or withhold any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to any Agent or any Lender or any applicable recipient (i) if the Tax in question is an Indemnified Tax, the sum payable by the Borrower or any Guarantor shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions and withholdings of Indemnified Tax (including deductions and withholdings of Indemnified Tax applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01), each of such Agent, such Lender and such applicable recipient, as applicable, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings for Indemnified Tax been made, (ii) the applicable withholding agent shall make such deductions and withholdings, (iii) the applicable withholding agent shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant taxation authority in accordance with applicable Laws, and (iv) within 30 days after the date of such payment (or, if receipts or evidence are not available within 30 days, as soon as possible thereafter), if the Borrower or any Guarantor is the applicable withholding agent, it shall furnish to the Administrative Agent the original or a copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof or other evidence reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Without duplication of the other amounts payable by the Borrower under this Section, the Borrower agrees to pay to the applicable Governmental Authority, or at the option
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of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for its payment of, without duplication, any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary Taxes and any other intangible or mortgage recording Taxes, imposed by any Governmental Authority, which arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document excluding, in each case, any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment, grant of a participation or other transfer (all such taxes described in this Section 3.01(b) being hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).
(c) Without duplication of the amounts paid pursuant to Sections 3.01(a) or 3.01(b), the Borrower and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify each Agent, each Lender and any applicable recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of a Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document for (i) the full amount of Indemnified Taxes payable or paid by such Agent or such Lender or any applicable recipient (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01) and (ii) any reasonable, documented out-of-pocket expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto; provided that if the Borrower reasonably believes that such Taxes were not correctly or legally asserted, such Agent or such Lender, as applicable, will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower to obtain a refund of such Taxes (which shall be repaid to the Borrower in accordance with Section 3.01(f)); provided that no Agent or Lender shall be required to take any action that, in the sole determination of such Agent or such Lender, as applicable, may result in any material detriment to such Agent or such Lender, as applicable. The Borrower shall promptly reimburse, indemnify and hold harmless each applicable Agent or Lender against any out-of-pocket costs incurred by such Agent or Lender (or any Affiliate thereof) in connection with any action taken to obtain any such refund pursuant to this Section 3.01(c). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability prepared in good faith and delivered by such Agent or Lender (or by an Agent on behalf of such Lender) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Each Lender and Agent shall, at such times as are reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, provide the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with any documentation prescribed by Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent certifying as to any entitlement of such Lender to an exemption from, or reduction in, withholding Tax with respect to any payments to be made to such Lender or Agent under the Loan Documents. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Each such Lender and Agent shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such documentation obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, deliver updated documentation promptly and on or before the date such documentation expires. Unless the applicable withholding agent has received forms or other documents satisfactory to it indicating that payments under any Loan Document to or for a Lender are not subject to withholding Tax, the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to withhold amounts required to be withheld by applicable Law from such payments at the applicable rate. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.01(d), an Agent or a Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this Section 3.01(d) (other than any form described in
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Sections 3.01(d)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)) that such Agent or Lender determines, in its reasonable judgment, would subject such Agent or Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender or Agent (it being understood that providing any information currently required by any U.S. federal income tax withholding form shall not be considered prejudicial to the position of such Agent or Lender). Without limiting the foregoing:
(i) Each Lender that is a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement two properly completed and duly signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from federal backup withholding.
(ii) Each Lender that is not a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall, to the extent that it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) whichever of the following is applicable:
(A) two properly completed and duly signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor forms), claiming eligibility for the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, and such other documentation as required under the Code,
(B) two properly completed and duly signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor forms),
(C) in the case of a Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 to the effect that such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “United States Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) two properly completed and duly signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor forms), or
(D) to the extent a Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Lender is a partnership), two properly completed and duly signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms) of the Lender, accompanied by Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Form W-8BEN, Form W-8BEN-E, a United States Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 or Exhibit G-3, Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable (provided that if the Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Lender may provide a United States Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner, as applicable).
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(iii) Each Agent that is a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two properly completed and duly signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 with respect to fees received on its own behalf, certifying that such Agent is exempt from federal backup withholding. Each Agent that is not a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two properly completed and duly signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI with respect to fees received on its own behalf and, with respect to any other fees it is to receive on behalf of the Lenders, two properly completed and duly signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by all required supporting certificates and documentation. The Administrative Agent represents to the Borrower that it is a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 and a “U.S. financial institution” within the meaning of United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1471-3 (or otherwise covenants that it will assume U.S. withholding tax duties hereunder with respect to amounts for the account of Lenders).
(iv) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Laws and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Laws (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine whether such Lender has or has not complied with such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s obligations under FATCA and, if necessary, to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 3.01(d), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(v) Each Lender and Agent agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification, provide such successor form or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(vi) Each Lender that is not a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or about the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(e) Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 3.01 shall use its reasonable efforts to change the jurisdiction of its Lending Office (if requested by the Borrower) if, in the judgment of such Lender, such a change would reduce any
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such additional amounts (or any similar amount that may thereafter accrue) and would not, in the sole determination of such Lender, result in any unreimbursed cost or expense or be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(f) If any Lender or Agent determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund in respect of any Indemnified Taxes as to which indemnification or additional amounts have been paid to it by a Loan Party pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall promptly remit such refund to such Loan Party (but only to the extent of indemnification or additional amounts paid by the Loan Party under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of the Lender or Agent, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant taxing authority with respect to such refund, but net of any Taxes payable by such Agent or Lender on such interest); provided that the Loan Parties, upon the request of the Lender or Agent, as the case may be, agree promptly to return such refund (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant taxing authority) to such party in the event such party is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority; provided, further, that in no event will the Lender or Agent be required to pay any amount to a Loan Party pursuant to this paragraph (f) the payment of which would place the Lender or Agent in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the Lender or Agent would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This Section 3.01(f) shall not be construed to require any Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to Taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other person.
(g) Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting or expanding the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.07 relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 3.01(g).
(h) For purposes of this Section 3.01, the term “Lender” includes the Swing Line Lender and any L/C Issuer.
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(i) Each party’s obligation under this Section shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitment and the repayment, satisfaction and discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
Section 3.02 Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law or guideline has made it unlawful or impermissible, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful or impermissible under any such guideline, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund SOFR Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon Term SOFR, in each case after the Closing Date then, on written notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue SOFR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to SOFR Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall promptly following written demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), in its sole discretion, either prepay or convert all applicable SOFR Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, in each case, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully and in accordance with guidelines continue to maintain such SOFR Loans to such day, or promptly, if such Lender may not lawfully or in accordance with guidelines continue to maintain such SOFR Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.
Section 3.03 [Reserved].
Section 3.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; SOFR Loan.
(a) If any Lender (which, for purposes of this Section 3.04 shall include the L/C Issuers) reasonably determines that as a result of the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any Law or guideline, in each case after the Closing Date, or such Lender’s compliance therewith, including, for avoidance of doubt any such adoption, change or compliance in respect of (a) the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (b) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements, or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority), or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities pursuant to Basel III regardless in each case (a) and (b) of the date of adoption or enaction, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any SOFR Loans or (as the case may be) issuing or participating in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this Section 3.04(a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Indemnified Taxes and Excluded Taxes or (ii) reserve requirements contemplated by Section 3.04(b)) and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining the SOFR Loan (or of maintaining its obligations to make any Loan), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, then from time to time within 15 Business Days after written demand by such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail (which detail
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shall not be required to include any information to the extent disclosure thereof is prohibited by Law) such increased costs (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.06), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate any lender under this Section 3.04(a) for any request for reimbursement resulting from a market disruption where (A) the relevant circumstances are not generally affecting the banking market or (B) the applicable request has not been made by the Required Lenders; provided, further, that to the extent any such costs or reductions are incurred by any Lender as a result of any requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, or directives enacted or promulgated under the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or Basel III, then such Lender shall be compensated pursuant to this Section 3.04(a) only to the extent such Lender is imposing such charges on similarly situated borrowers where the terms of other syndicated credit facilities permit it to impose such charges.
(b) If any Lender determines that the introduction of any Law or guideline regarding capital adequacy or liquidity requirements or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, in each case after the Closing Date, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity and such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s desired return on capital), then from time to time promptly following written demand of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the charge and the calculation of such reduced rate of return (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.06), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction within 15 Business Days after receipt of such demand.
(c) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 3.04 shall not constitute a waiver of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s right to demand such compensation.
(d) If any Lender requests compensation under this Section 3.04, then such Lender will, if requested by the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts to designate another Lending Office for any Loan or Letter of Credit affected by such event; provided that such efforts are made on terms that, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its Lending Office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage; provided, further, that nothing in this Section 3.04(d) shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of the Borrower or the rights of such Lender pursuant to Section 3.04(a), (b) or (c).
(e) For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Lender” shall, for purposes of this Section 3.04, include any L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender.
Section 3.05 Funding Losses. Promptly following written demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, which demand shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by it as a result of:
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(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any SOFR Loan of the Borrower on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan; or
(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to pay, prepay, borrow, continue or convert any SOFR Loan of the Borrower on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower;
including any loss or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.
Section 3.06 Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation.
(a) Any Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this Article III shall deliver a certificate to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder which shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, such Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable and customary averaging and attribution methods.
(b) With respect to any Lender’s claim for compensation for any amounts under Section 3.01, 3.02 or 3.04, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate such Lender for the interest and penalties with respect to such amounts if such Lender notifies the Borrower of the event that gives rise to such claim more than 180 days after such event; provided that if the circumstance giving rise to such claim is retroactive, then such 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. If any Lender requests compensation by the Borrower under Section 3.04, the Borrower may, by notice to such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), suspend the obligation of such Lender to make or continue from one Interest Period to another applicable SOFR Loan, or, if applicable, to convert Base Rate Loans into SOFR Loans, until the event or condition giving rise to such request ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 3.06(c) shall be applicable); provided that such suspension shall not affect the right of such Lender to receive the compensation so requested.
(c) If the obligation of any Lender to make or continue any SOFR Loan, or to convert Base Rate Loans into SOFR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 3.06(b) hereof, such Lender’s applicable SOFR Loans shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Loans (or, if such conversion is not possible, repaid) on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for such SOFR Loans (or, in the case of an immediate conversion required by Section 3.02, on such earlier date as required by Law or guidelines) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 3.02 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to such conversion no longer exist:
(i) to the extent that such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s SOFR Loans have been so converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s applicable SOFR Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and
(ii) all Loans that would otherwise be made or continued from one Interest Period to another by such Lender as SOFR Loans shall be made or continued instead as
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Base Rate Loans (if possible), and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be converted into SOFR Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.
(d) If any Lender gives notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) that the circumstances specified in Section 3.02 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to the conversion of any of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s SOFR Loans pursuant to this Section 3.06 no longer exist (which such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when SOFR Loans made by other Lenders under the applicable Facility are outstanding, if applicable, such Lender’s Base Rate Loans shall be automatically converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding SOFR Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding SOFR Loans under such Facility and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, interest rate basis, and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments for the applicable Facility.
Section 3.07 Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances.
(a) If at any time (i) the Borrower becomes obligated to pay additional amounts or indemnity payments described in Section 3.01 or 3.04 as a result of any condition described in such Sections or any Lender ceases to make any SOFR Loans as a result of any condition described in Section 3.02 or 3.04 or requires the Borrower to pay additional amounts as a result thereof, (ii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, or (iii) any Lender becomes a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, on five Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and such Lender, replace such Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant to Section 10.07(b) (so long as the assignment fee is paid in such instance) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Borrower to find a replacement Lender or other such Person; provided, further, that (A) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments and (B) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable Eligible Assignees shall have agreed to, and shall be sufficient (together with all other consenting Lenders) to cause the adoption of, the applicable departure, waiver or amendment of the Loan Documents.
(b) Any Lender being replaced pursuant to Section 3.07(a) above shall (i) execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such Lender’s applicable Commitment and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans in respect thereof, and (ii) deliver any Notes evidencing such Loans to the Borrower. Pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, (A) the assignee Lender shall acquire all or a portion, as the case may be, of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, (B) all obligations of the Borrower owing to the assigning Lender relating to the Loans, Commitments and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such assigning Lender concurrently with such Assignment and Assumption and (C) upon such payment and, if so requested by the assignee Lender, delivery to the assignee Lender of the appropriate Note or Notes executed by the Borrower, the assignee Lender shall become a Lender hereunder and the assigning Lender shall cease to constitute a Lender hereunder with respect to such assigned Loans, Commitments and participations, except with respect to
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indemnification provisions under this Agreement, which shall survive as to such assigning Lender. In connection with any such replacement, if any such Lender does not execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly executed Assignment and Assumption reflecting such replacement within five Business Days of the date on which the assignee Lender executes and delivers such Assignment and Assumption to such Lender, then such Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Assumption without any action on the part of the Lender.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, any Lender that acts as an L/C Issuer may not be replaced hereunder at any time that it has any Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder unless arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (including the furnishing of a back-up standby letter of credit in form and substance, and issued by an issuer, reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer or Cash Collateral) have been made in respect of such outstanding Letters of Credit and the Lender that acts as the Administrative Agent may not be replaced hereunder except in accordance with the terms of Section 9.06.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) In the event that (i) the Borrower or the Administrative Agent have requested that the Lenders consent to a departure or waiver of any provisions of the Loan Documents or agree to any amendment to any provisions of the Loan Documents, (ii) the consent, waiver or amendment in question requires the agreement of each affected Lender or each Lender of a Class in accordance with the terms of Section 10.01 and (iii) the Required Lenders (or, (1) in the case of a consent, waiver or amendment requiring the agreement of each affected Lender of a Class, Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate Loans and unused Commitments of such Class or (2) in the case of any consent, waiver or amendment in connection with a Permitted Repricing Amendment, all Lenders holding Term Loans of the tranche of Term Loans subject to such repricing that will continue as Lenders in respect of the repriced or modified tranche of Term Loans) have agreed to such consent, waiver or amendment, then any Lender who does not agree to such consent, waiver or amendment shall be deemed a “Non-Consenting Lender.”
(f) Delay in Requests. The Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any taxes or related costs suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of such taxes or related costs, and of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the change in law giving rise to such taxes or related costs is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
Section 3.08 Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of a Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
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ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
Section 4.01 Conditions to Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of each Lender to make a Credit Extension hereunder on the Closing Date is subject to satisfaction (or waiver) of the following conditions precedent, except as otherwise agreed between the Initial Borrower, the Initial Lenders and the Administrative Agent:
(a) The Administrative Agent’s and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Representative’s receipt (or, in the case of clause (iii) below, the applicable Lender’s receipt) of the following, each of which shall be original,.pdf or facsimile copies or delivered by other electronic method unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative:
(i) a Committed Loan Notice;
(ii) executed counterparts of this Agreement;
(iii) a copy of a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender that has requested a Note at least five Business Days in advance of the Closing Date;
(iv) each Collateral Document duly executed by each Loan Party thereto, together with:
(A) certificates, if any, representing the Pledged Equity constituting certificated securities referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and instruments, if any, evidencing the Pledged Debt indorsed in blank;
(B) financing statements (Form UCC-1 or the equivalent) for filing under the UCC or other appropriate filing offices of each jurisdiction as may be necessary to perfect the security interests purported to be created by the foregoing Security Agreement; and
(C) a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Initial Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby;
(v) such certificates of good standing or existence (to the extent such concept exists in the applicable jurisdiction) from the applicable secretary of state of the state of organization of each Loan Party, copies of resolutions or other corporate or limited liability company action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Lender Representative 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 Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or is to be a party on the Closing Date;
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(vi) an opinion from Ropes & Gray LLP, as counsel to the Loan Parties;
(vii) a Solvency Certificate from the chief financial officer or other officer with equivalent duties of Borrower substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D; and
(viii) A management rights agreement (on terms reasonably satisfactory to Blackstone) with each Lender that is a Blackstone Entity constituting a venture capital operating agreement.
provided, however, that, each of the requirements set forth in clause (iv) above, including the delivery of documents and instruments necessary to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement (except to the extent that a Lien on such Collateral may be provided or perfected solely (x) by the filing of a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or (y) by the delivery of stock certificates representing the Equity Interests of the Borrower and its Material Domestic Subsidiaries constituting Collateral to the extent possession of such stock certificates or other certificates perfects a security interest in such Equity Interests) (provided that such certificated Equity Interests of the Borrower and its Material Domestic Subsidiaries will be required to be delivered on the Closing Date only to the extent received from the Seller (or its applicable Affiliate) at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date) shall not constitute conditions precedent to any Credit Extension on the Closing Date after the Borrower’s use of commercially reasonable efforts to provide such items on or prior to the Closing Date or without undue burden or expense if the Borrower agrees to deliver, or cause to be delivered, such search results, documents and instruments, or take or cause to be taken such other actions as may be required to perfect such security interests (x) in the case of such foregoing referenced certificated Equity Interests, thirty (30) days after the Closing Date and (y) in the case of all other applicable Collateral, within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date (in each case, subject to extensions approved by the Lender Representative in its reasonable discretion).
(b) All closing payments and fees required to be paid on the Closing Date pursuant to the Fee Letter and the Agent Fee Letter and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be paid on the Closing Date hereunder, to the extent invoiced at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date (except for closing payments pursuant to the Fee Letter and as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Borrower), shall, upon the initial Borrowings hereunder shall have been, or will be substantially simultaneously, paid (which amounts, other than amounts owing to the Agents, may be offset against the proceeds of the proceeds of such initial Borrowings). The Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed copy of the Agent Fee Letter.
(c) Since December 8, 2025, no Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) shall have occurred.
(d) Substantially concurrently with the initial Borrowings under this Agreement, the Closing Date Refinancing shall be consummated with the proceeds hereof.
(e) The Equity Contribution in an amount not less than the Capitalization Amount shall have been made or shall be made substantially concurrently with the Closing Date Acquisition;
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(f) The Closing Date Acquisition shall be consummated pursuant to the Purchase Agreement substantially concurrently with the initial funding of the Facilities without giving effect to any amendments thereto or modifications to the provisions thereof that, in any such case, are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders (in their capacities as such) without the consent of the Initial Lenders, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed (provided that the Initial Lenders shall be deemed to have consented to any such amendment or modification unless they shall object thereto within three (3) Business Days after notice of such amendment or modification) (it being understood and agreed that (a) no reduction in the amount of the aggregate consideration for the Closing Date Acquisition shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Initial Lenders to the extent such reduction (i)(x) is less than 10% in the aggregate or (y) to the extent constituting a reduction of more than 10% in the aggregate, it is first applied to reduce the Equity Contribution on a dollar-for-dollar basis until the amount of the Equity Contribution is equal to the Capitalization Amount and thereafter, after giving effect to the application of the reduction of the purchase price above in this clause (y), it is applied to reduce the amount of the Equity Contribution and the Initial Term Commitments on a pro rata basis, (b) any increase in the consideration for the Closing Date Acquisition shall be deemed not to be materially adverse to the interests of the Initial Lenders so long as such purchase price increase is funded with an increase in the Equity Contribution or otherwise is not funded with additional Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and (c) any amendment or other modification to the definition of Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Initial Lenders). No increase or decrease in consideration pursuant to purchase price or similar adjustment provisions set forth in the Purchase Agreement shall constitute any decrease or increase in the Acquisition Consideration for purposes of this paragraph.
(g) (i) The Specified Acquisition Agreement Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of any such representation and warranty already qualified by materiality or “material adverse effect”, in all respects) on the Closing Date, in the case of the Specified Acquisition Agreement Representations only to the extent that the Borrower has (or its applicable Affiliate has) the right to terminate (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, or the right not to consummate the Closing Date Acquisition, in each case pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in the Purchase Agreement (in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof), without any liability to the Borrower or such applicable Affiliate and (ii) the Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of any such representation and warranty already qualified by materiality or “material adverse effect”, in all respects) on the Closing Date (unless such Specified Representations relate to an earlier date, in which case, such Specified Representations shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).
(h) The Initial Lenders shall have received the Financial Statements (including the Interim Financial Statements); provided, that the Administrative Agent and the Initial Lenders hereby acknowledge that they have received prior to the execution of this Agreement the Financial Statements and Interim Financial Statements).
(i) (i) The Administrative Agent and the Initial Lenders shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date all documentation and other information about
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the Borrower and the Guarantors and the principals thereof that was reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Initial Lenders in writing at least ten days prior to the Closing Date and that the Administrative Agent and the Initial Lenders reasonably determine is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act and (ii) no later than three Business Days prior to the Closing Date (to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent or the Initial Lenders in writing at least ten days prior to the Closing Date), if the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, then the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower.
(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received the executed Funding Direction Letter with the funds flow attached.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.03(b), for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
Section 4.02 Conditions to All Credit Extensions after the Closing Date. Subject to Section 1.08 (other than in connection with a request for Revolving Credit Loans), the obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension after the Closing Date (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of SOFR Loans and other than in connection with an Incremental Amendment which shall be governed by Section 2.14 or a Refinancing Amendment which shall be governed by Section 2.15) is subject to satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in Article V and in each other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension 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 as of such earlier date; provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects on the date of such Credit Extension or on such earlier date, as the case may be.
(b) No Default or Event of Default shall exist or would immediately result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds therefrom.
(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the relevant L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Each Request for Credit Extension (other than (i) a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of SOFR Loans or (ii) in connection with an Incremental Amendment which shall be governed by Section 2.14 or a Refinancing
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Amendment which shall be governed by Section 2.15) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
On the dates and to the extent required pursuant to Sections 4.01 or 4.02 hereof, as applicable, Holdings (solely to the extent applicable to it), the Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto represent and warrant to the Agents and the Lenders that (it being understood that the only representations and warranties made under this Article V that shall be a condition to any Credit Extension on the Closing Date shall be the Specified Representations):
Section 5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Material Subsidiary (a) is a Person duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as applicable, to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdiction, (b) has all requisite organizational power and authority to, in the case of the Loan Parties, execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) is duly qualified and in good standing (where relevant) under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, (d) is in compliance with all applicable Laws, orders, writs and injunctions and (e) has all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to operate its business as currently conducted; except in each case, referred to in clauses (a) (other than with respect to Holdings and the Borrower), (c), (d) or (e), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.02 Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party, and the consummation of the Transactions, (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action and (b) do not (i) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents, (ii) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien (other than as permitted by Section 7.01) under, (x) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or (y) any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (iii) violate any Law; except with respect to any violation, conflict, breach or contravention (but not creation of Liens) referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii), to the extent that such violation, conflict, breach or contravention could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.03 Governmental Authorization. No material approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the grant by any Loan Party of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents, the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Collateral Documents (including the priority thereof) or the exercise by any Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies
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in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents, except for (i) approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties (or release existing Liens) under applicable U.S. law, (ii) the approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect (except to the extent not required to obtained, taken, given or made or in full force and effect pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement) and (iii) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is a party thereto. This Agreement and each other Loan Document constitutes, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is a party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity, (ii) the need for filings and registrations necessary to create or perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties and (iii) the effect of foreign Laws, rules and regulations as they relate to pledges of Equity Interests in or Indebtedness owed by Foreign Subsidiaries (clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the “Enforcement Qualifications”).
Section 5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the affiliated companies identified in such audited financial statements as of the dates thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, (A) except as otherwise expressly noted therein and (B) subject, in the case of the Interim Financial Statements, to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes, if applicable.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Since the date hereof, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.06 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues (other than actions, suits, proceedings and claims in connection with the Transactions) that have a reasonable likelihood of adverse determination and, if so adversely determined, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.07 Ownership of Property; Liens. The Borrower and each of its applicable Restricted Subsidiaries has good record title to, or valid leasehold or mineral interests in or the right to utilize, all Real Property necessary in the ordinary conduct of its business, free and clear of all Liens except (a) Permitted Liens, (b) minor defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business or to utilize such assets for their intended purposes and (c)
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where the failure to have such title or leasehold interest could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.08 Environmental Matters. Except as specifically disclosed on Schedule 5.08 or except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) each Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective properties and operations are and have been in compliance with all Environmental Laws, which includes obtaining and maintaining all applicable Environmental Permits required under such Environmental Laws to carry on the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries as currently conducted;
(b) the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries have not received any written notice that alleges any of them is in violation of or potentially liable under any Environmental Laws, and none of the Loan Parties, their Restricted Subsidiaries nor any of the Real Property is the subject of any claims, investigations, liens, demands, or judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing under any Environmental Law or to revoke or modify any Environmental Permit held by any of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries;
(c) there has been no Release of Hazardous Materials by the Loan Parties or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any other Person, on, at, under or from (i) any Real Property or facilities owned, operated or leased by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) to the knowledge of the Borrower, Real Property formerly owned, operated or leased by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) at any other location arising out of the conduct or current or prior operations of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries that would, in any such case with respect to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above, reasonably be expected to require investigation, remedial activity or corrective action or cleanup or would reasonably be expected to result in any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurring any Environmental Liability; and
(d) to the knowledge of the Borrower, there are no facts, circumstances or conditions arising out of or relating to the operations of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or Real Property or facilities owned, operated or leased by any of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or Real Property or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, facilities formerly owned, operated or leased by the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, including any outstanding consent decree, order, settlement or other agreement, that would reasonably be expected to result in any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurring any Environmental Liability.
Section 5.09 Taxes. Each of the Loan Parties have timely filed all income and other material tax returns required to be filed, and have paid all material Taxes levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income, profits or assets, that are due and payable (including in their capacity as a withholding agent), except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided
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in accordance with GAAP, except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.10 ERISA Compliance.
(a) Except as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws.
(b) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Loan Party, Restricted Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iii) no Loan Party, Restricted Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; (iv) no Loan Party, Restricted Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could reasonably be expected to be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA and (v) the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under all Pension Plans (based on assumptions used for purposes of statement of Accounting Standards Codification No. 715) did not, as of the most recent valuation date, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Pension Plans, in the aggregate; except, with respect to each of the foregoing clauses of this Section 5.10(b), as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.11 Use of Proceeds.
(a) The proceeds of the Initial Term Loans will be used on the Closing Date to (together with the applicable portion of the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans as described in Section 5.11(b)) to finance all or a portion of the Transactions, including to (i) fund the payment of the Acquisition Consideration, (ii) fund the Closing Date Refinancing, (iii) fund fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions and other transactions related thereto (“Transaction Costs”), (iv) cash collateralize letters of credit of the Borrower and its subsidiaries outstanding on the Closing Date, and (v) fund working capital and general corporate purposes.
(b) The proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans will be used (i) on the Closing Date, to (w) fund amounts to finance the Transactions and pay Transaction Costs, (x) cash collateralize, replace or backstop letters of credit of the Borrower and its subsidiaries outstanding on the Closing Date, (y) general corporate purposes and (z) fund amounts for working capital (including working capital payments and purchase price adjustments, including, for the avoidance of doubt, in respect of the Transactions), in the case of clauses (w) and (y), in the aggregate, not to exceed the Closing Date Revolver Cap, and (ii) after the Closing Date, for general corporate purposes (including working capital needs), repayment of Indebtedness, the making of Restricted Payments and the making of Permitted Acquisitions and other permitted Investments (including related working capital adjustments, earn-out payments and purchase price adjustments), permitted reorganization and Capital Expenditures (including fees, costs and expenses related to the forgoing items in this clause (b)) and for any other purpose not otherwise prohibited under this agreement.
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Section 5.12 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
(a) The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of their important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, and no proceeds of any Borrowings or drawings under any Letter of Credit will be used for any purpose that violates Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System.
(b) None of the Borrower, Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 5.13 Disclosure. No report, financial statement, certificate or other written information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party (other than projected financial information, pro forma financial information, budgets, estimates and information of a general economic or industry nature) to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) when taken as a whole contains, as of the date such statement, certificate or other information was furnished, any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact (in each case, known to Holdings or the Borrower, in the case of a document not furnished by them prior to the Closing Date) necessary to make the statements therein (when taken as a whole), in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading. With respect to projected financial information and pro forma financial information, the Borrower represents that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time such information was furnished, it being understood that such projected financial information and pro forma financial information are not to be viewed as facts or as a guarantee of performance or achievement of any particular results and that actual results may vary from such forecasts and that such variations may be material and that no assurance can be given that the projected results will be realized.
Section 5.14 Labor Matters. As of the Closing Date, except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes, concerted activities protected under Sections 7 and 8 of the National Labor Relations Act, or other labor disputes against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened by the employees of Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (b) to the knowledge of Borrower, no employees of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries are attempting to organize or seeking representation by a union for purposes of collective bargaining with the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (c) hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including payments for overtime or any non-payment thereof) have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Laws dealing with such matters and (d) all payments due from the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on account of employee Plans, employee health and welfare insurance, employment-related Taxes, and/or required employee withholdings have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the relevant party.
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Section 5.15 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. To the knowledge of the Borrower, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries own (without restriction, free and clear of all Liens other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01), license or possess the right to use all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, technology, software, know-how, database rights, design rights and other intellectual property rights, (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, except to the extent such failure to own, license or possess such IP Rights or the existence of such Liens, in each case, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, neither the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as currently conducted, nor any IP Rights, advertising, product, process, method, substance, part or other material used by any Loan Party or any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries in the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted infringes upon any rights held by any Person except for such infringements, individually or in the aggregate, which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any IP Rights, is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any Loan Party or any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.16 Solvency. As of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions and the Closing Date Assignment, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are Solvent.
Section 5.17 USA PATRIOT Act; OFAC; FCPA.
(a) None of Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary, or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or, to their respective knowledge, agent that act in any capacity in connection with the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.
(b) Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees and directors, and to their respective knowledge, agents that act in any capacity in connection with the credit facility established hereby, are and have been throughout the past five years in compliance with (i) applicable Sanctions, (ii) all U.S. anti-money laundering laws, rules and regulations applicable to it, including the financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, and the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 including the laws relating to prevention and detection of money laundering under 18 USC Section 1956 and 1957, in each case, to the extent applicable to it only (the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and (iii) the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (collectively, “Anti-Corruption Laws”), in each of clauses (i) through (iii), only to the extent applicable to the relevant entity in a jurisdiction in which such entity operates.
(c) Holdings, the Borrower, and the Subsidiaries will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance by Holdings, the Borrower, and the Subsidiaries, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, with applicable Sanctions.
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(d) No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly, for (i) any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), (ii) in violation of the USA PATRIOT Act and (iii) in any other manner that would cause or result in a violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions by any Person (including any party to this Agreement).
Section 5.18 Security Documents. Except as otherwise contemplated hereby or under any other Loan Documents, the provisions of the Collateral Documents, together with such filings and other actions required to be taken hereby or by the applicable Collateral Documents (including the delivery to Collateral Agent of any Pledged Debt and any Pledged Equity required to be delivered pursuant to the applicable Collateral Documents and the continued possession of such Pledged Equity and Pledged Debt by the Collateral Agent in the State of Delaware), are effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid, enforceable and first-priority perfected Lien on all right, title and interest of the respective Loan Parties in the Collateral described therein, subject to the Enforcement Qualifications and Liens permitted by Section 7.01.
Notwithstanding anything herein (including this Section 5.18) or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party makes any representation or warranty as to (A) the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or the enforceability of any pledge of or security interest in any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, or as to the rights and remedies of the Agents or any Lender with respect thereto, under foreign Law, (B) the pledge or creation of any security interest, or the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or the enforceability of any pledge of or security interest to the extent such pledge, security interest, perfection or priority is not required pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or (C) on the Closing Date and until required pursuant to Section 6.11, 6.13 or 4.01(a), the pledge or creation of any security interest, or the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or enforceability of any pledge or security interest to the extent not required on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a).
Section 5.19 [Reserved].
Section 5.20 Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries do not have any Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.20. Schedule 5.20 describes the direct and indirect ownership interests of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, in each such Subsidiary.
ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation (other than Secured Substitute L/C Obligations, Cash Management Obligations, Obligations not yet due and payable in respect of Secured Hedge Agreements, contingent obligations as to which
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no claim has been asserted and Cash Collateralized or backstopped Letters of Credit) hereunder which shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (unless such Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to 103% of the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations, backstopped in a manner reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer or deemed reissued under another agreement reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer), then after the Closing Date, Holdings (solely in the case of Sections 6.04, 6.05, 6.08 and 6.13) and the Borrower shall, and (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.14 and 6.15) shall cause each of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries to:
Section 6.01 Financial Statements.
(a) Commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2026, deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender, within 120 days (or in the case of the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2026, 150 days) after the end of each Fiscal Year, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related consolidated statements of operations, members’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case, commencing with the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2027, in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of any “big-four” accounting firm, any independent registered public accounting firm of nationally or regionally recognized standing or any other independent registered public accounting firm approved by the Lender Representative (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP and shall not be subject to any “going concern” qualification or exception (other than an emphasis of matter paragraph) as to the scope of such audit (other than solely as a result of (i) the debt maturity of any Obligations or the maturity of any other financing facility occurring within one year from the time such opinion is delivered, (ii) any actual or potential inability to satisfy or comply with any financial covenant, (iii) any activities related to Unrestricted Subsidiaries or (iv) any change in accounting principles or practices reflecting changes in GAAP and required by the Borrower’s independent certified public accountants); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, for the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2026, the Borrower, at its option, may provide only audited consolidated financial statements (including its Restricted Subsidiaries) for the period following the Closing Date to December 31, 2026.
(b) Commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending on or about March 31, 2026 deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender, within 45 days (or, in the case of (A) the Fiscal Quarters ending on or about March 31, 2026, June 30, 2026, September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2026, and (B) any Fiscal Quarter in which a Material Acquisition is consummated, 60 days) after the end of each Fiscal Quarter of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower, an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related unaudited (i) consolidated statements of operations for such Fiscal Quarter and for the portion of the Fiscal Year then ended and (ii) consolidated statements of cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter and the portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, setting forth in each case, in comparative form commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending on or about June 30, 2027, the figures for the corresponding Fiscal Quarter of the previous Fiscal Year and (x) certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of income or operations and cash flows of
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the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes and (y) accompanied by a customary management and discussion analysis.
(c) [reserved].
(d) Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender with each set of consolidated financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) the related consolidating financial statements reflecting the adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (if any) (which may be in footnote form only) from such consolidated financial statements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries by furnishing (I) the applicable financial statements of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings or (II) the Borrower’s (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), as applicable, Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable filed with the SEC; provided that, with respect to clauses (I) and (II), (i) to the extent such information relates to a parent of the Borrower, such information is accompanied by information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Holdings (or such parent), on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand and (ii) to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under Section 6.01(a), such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing or other independent registered public accounting firm approved by the Lender Representative (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP and shall not be subject to any “going concern” qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (other than solely as a result of (i) the debt maturity of any Obligations or the maturity of any other financing facility occurring within one year from the time such opinion is delivered, (ii) any actual or potential inability to satisfy or comply with any financial covenant, (iii) any activities related to Unrestricted Subsidiaries or (iv) any change in accounting principles or practices reflecting changes in GAAP and required by the Borrower’s independent certified public accountants). Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the business activities, properties or liabilities of such parent changed in any material respect from the business, activities, properties and liabilities of such parent on the Closing Date or include other material activities, properties or liabilities other than those relating to the ownership of Holdings, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries, the Required Lenders or the Lender Representative may, upon written notice to the Borrower, require that the Loan Parties provide the financial statements and audit opinion described in Section 6.01(a) for the Borrower (and not for Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings) no later than the later to occur of (x) the date on which such financial statements are otherwise required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) and (y) the date that is ninety (90) days after receipt of such notice and, for the avoidance of doubt, for all successive Fiscal Years for which financial statements shall be required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a). Any financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) or (b) shall not be required to contain all purchase accounting adjustments relating to the Transactions or any other transaction(s) permitted hereunder to the extent it is not practicable to include any such adjustments in such financial statements.
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Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 6.01 and 6.02(a) through (d) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower) posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent). Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks, DebtDomain or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive Material Non-Public Information and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. The Borrower hereby agrees that it will identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (w) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any Material Non-Public Information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.08); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information”; and (z) the Administrative Agent shall treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information”; provided that the Borrower’s failure to comply with this sentence shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under this Agreement or the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall be under no obligation to mark any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC”; provided, however, that the following Borrower Materials shall be deemed to be marked “PUBLIC” unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent promptly that any such document contains Material Non-Public Information: (1) the Loan Documents, (2) any notification of changes in the terms of the Facilities and (3) all information delivered pursuant to Sections 6.01(a), 6.01(b), 6.01(d), 6.02(a) and 6.02(d)(i).
Section 6.02 Certificates; Other Information. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:
(a) no later than five (5) Business Days after the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) (other than in respect of the last Fiscal Quarter of any Fiscal Year), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower;
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(b) promptly after the same are publicly available, copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary files with the SEC or with any Governmental Authority that may be substituted therefor (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it became effective, is delivered), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statement on Form S-8) and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any other clause of this Section 6.02;
(c) [reserved];
(d) together with the delivery of each Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.02(a), (i) a description of each event, condition or circumstance during the last Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year covered by such Compliance Certificate requiring a mandatory prepayment under Section 2.05(b)(ii) or (b)(iii) and (ii) a list of each Subsidiary of the Borrower that identifies each Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate (to the extent that there have been any changes in the identity or status as a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary of any such Subsidiaries since the Closing Date or the most recent list provided);
(e) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any material written notices received by any Loan Party (other than in the ordinary course of business) or material statements or material reports furnished to any holder of debt securities (other than in connection with any board observer rights) of any Loan Party or of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any documentation for Indebtedness of the type permitted to be incurred under Section 7.03(v), in each case, in a principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to any other clause of Section 6.01, 6.02 or 6.03; and
(f) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, legal, financial or corporate affairs of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
In no event shall the requirements set forth in Sections 6.02(e) or (f) require Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to provide any such information (i) which constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Law or (iii) which is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work-product.
Section 6.03 Notices. Promptly after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower has obtained knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent in writing (for prompt further notification to each Lender):
(a) of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
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(b) of the occurrence of an ERISA Event which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) of the filing or commencement of any action, suit, litigation or proceeding, whether at law or in equity by or before any Governmental Authority against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) of the occurrence of any other matter or development that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be accompanied by a written statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender (x) that such notice is being delivered pursuant to Section 6.03(a), (b), (c), or (d) (as applicable) and (y) setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 6.04 Payment of Taxes. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy as the same shall become due and payable in the normal conduct of its business, all its obligations and liabilities in respect of material Taxes and similar claims imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, except, in each case, to the extent any such Tax is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, and except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc.
(a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, except as otherwise permitted under Section 7.04; and
(b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges (including its good standing where applicable in the relevant jurisdiction), permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business and maintain and operate such business in substantially the manner in which it is presently conducted and operated, except, in the case of Section 6.05(a) (other than with respect to the Borrower) or this Section 6.05(b), (i) to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) pursuant to any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution or Disposition permitted by Article VII.
Section 6.06 Maintenance of Properties; Intellectual Property. Except if the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, maintain, preserve and protect (a) all of the material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in reasonably good working order, repair and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and fire, casualty or condemnation excepted and (b) all IP Rights reasonably necessary for the operation of their business as currently conducted, other than such IP rights that are, in the reasonable good faith
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judgment of the Borrower, no longer economically practicable or commercially desirable to maintain.
Section 6.07 Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of its management) are financially sound and reputable at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, in a similar geographic location and of a similar size and reputation, of such types and in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance customary for similarly situated Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses as the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons. Not later than forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date (or the date any such insurance is obtained, in the case of insurance obtained after the Closing Date) (or in each case such later date as the Lender Representative may agree in its discretion), the Borrower shall provide certificates and endorsements evidencing that each such policy of insurance of a Loan Party (other than business interruption insurance, director and officer insurance and worker’s compensation insurance), as applicable, (i) names the Collateral Agent as additional insured thereunder or (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contains a lender’s loss payable clause or endorsement that names the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as loss payee thereunder.
Section 6.08 Compliance with Laws. Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable Laws (including ERISA and Environmental Laws) and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except if the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.09 Books and Records. Maintain proper books of record and account, in which entries that are full, true and correct in all material respects and are in conformity with GAAP and which reflect all material financial transactions and matters involving the material assets and business of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, as the case may be (it being understood and agreed that certain Foreign Subsidiaries maintain individual books and records in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in their respective countries of organization and that such maintenance shall not constitute a breach of the representations, warranties or covenants hereunder).
Section 6.10 Inspection Rights. Permit authorized representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers and independent public accountants (subject to such accountants’ customary policies and procedures), all at the reasonable expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided that only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section 6.10 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than one time during any calendar year and such time shall be at the Borrower’s expense; provided, further, that during the continuation of an Event of Default under Sections 8.01(a) or 8.01(f), the Administrative Agent (or any of its respective representatives
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or independent contractors), on behalf of the Lenders, may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent public accountants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.10, none of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter that (a) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (b) in respect of which access or inspection by, or disclosure to, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Law or any binding agreement or (c) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product.
Section 6.11 Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors. At the Borrower’s expense, subject to the terms, conditions and provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and any applicable limitation in any Collateral Document, take all action necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to ensure that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement continues to be satisfied, including:
(a) Upon the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect wholly-owned Material Domestic Subsidiary (in each case, other than an Excluded Subsidiary) by any Loan Party or the designation in accordance with Section 6.14 of any existing direct or indirect wholly-owned Material Domestic Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (in each case, other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or any Subsidiary becoming a wholly-owned Material Domestic Subsidiary (in each case, other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or any Material Domestic Subsidiary ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary:
(i) within sixty (60) days after such formation, acquisition or designation (or such longer period as the Lender Representative may reasonably agree in writing in its sole discretion):
(A) cause each such Material Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, other than with respect to any Excluded Assets, joinders to this Agreement as Guarantors, Security Agreement Supplements, Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security agreements and documents as reasonably requested by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative (consistent with the Mortgages, Security Agreement, Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security agreements in effect on the Closing Date), in each case granting Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement;
(B) cause each such Material Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to deliver any and all certificates and instruments representing Collateral that are required to be delivered pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;
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(C) take and cause such Material Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and each direct or indirect parent of such Material Domestic Subsidiary to take whatever action (including the recording of Mortgages, the filing of UCC financing statements and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Lender Representative to vest in the Collateral Agent (or in any representative of the Collateral Agent designated by it) valid and perfected first-priority Liens (subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.01) to the extent required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, and to otherwise comply with the requirements of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement;
(ii) if reasonably requested by the Lender Representative, within sixty (60) days after such request (or such longer period as the Lender Representative may reasonably agree in writing in its sole discretion), deliver to the Administrative Agent a signed copy of an opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, of counsel for the Loan Parties reasonably acceptable to the Lender Representative as to such customary matters set forth in this Section 6.11(a) as the Lender Representative may reasonably request;
(iii) within sixty (60) days after the reasonable request therefor by the Lender Representative (or such longer period as the Lender Representative may reasonably agree in writing in its sole discretion), deliver to the Administrative Agent with respect to each Material Real Property, copies of title reports, abstracts or environmental assessment reports, in the possession of the applicable Loan Party at the time of the Lender Representative’s request; provided, however, that there shall be no obligation to deliver to the Administrative Agent any environmental assessment report whose disclosure to the Administrative Agent would require the consent of a Person other than the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries if such consent cannot be reasonably obtained through commercially reasonable and diligent effort; and
(iv) if reasonably requested by the Lender Representative, within sixty (60) days after such request (or such longer period as the Lender Representative may reasonably agree in writing in its sole discretion), deliver to the Administrative Agent other items necessary from time to time to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement with respect to perfection and existence of security interests with respect to property of any Guarantor acquired after the Closing Date and subject to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, but not specifically covered by the preceding clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), or Section 6.11(b) below.
(b) Not later than ninety (90) days (or one year in the case of Material Real Property with respect to which the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent that it intends to make subject to a sale-leaseback transaction) (in each case, or such longer period as the Lender Representative may reasonably agree in writing in its sole discretion) after (i) the acquisition by any Loan Party of Material Real Property as determined by the Borrower (acting reasonably and in good faith) or (ii) the formation, designation, or acquisition of any Material Domestic Subsidiary as described in Section 6.11(a) above, and such Material Domestic Subsidiary owns Material Real Property that is required to be provided as Collateral pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, which Material Real Property would not be automatically subject to another Lien pursuant to pre-existing Collateral Documents, cause such Material Real Property to be subject to a Lien and Mortgage in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and
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take, or cause the relevant Loan Party to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Lender Representative to grant and perfect or record such Lien, in each case to the extent required by, and subject to the limitations and exceptions of, the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and to otherwise comply with the requirements of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
Section 6.12 [Reserved].
Section 6.13 Further Assurances; Post-Closing Obligations.
(a) Promptly upon reasonable written request by the Lender Representative (i) correct any mutually identified material ambiguity, omission, defect, error or inconsistency that may be discovered in any Loan Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation of any Collateral Document or other document or instrument relating to any Collateral, and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Lender Representative may reasonably request from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Collateral Documents, to the extent required pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and subject in all respects to the limitations therein. If the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that it is required by applicable Law to have appraisals prepared in respect of any Mortgaged Property, the Administrative Agent shall obtain appraisals that satisfy the applicable requirements of the Real Estate Appraisal Reform Amendments of FIRREA.
(b) Execute and deliver the documents and complete the tasks set forth on Schedule 6.13(b), in each case within the time limits specified therein (or such longer period of time reasonably acceptable to the Lender Representative).
Section 6.14 Designation of Subsidiaries.
The Borrower may at any time after the Closing Date designate any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, (a) both immediately prior to and after such designation, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (b) immediately before and after such designation, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the then effective financial covenant set forth in Section 7.11 for the most recently ended Test Period and (c)(i) no such Restricted Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if on the date of and immediately after giving effect to such designation, such Unrestricted Subsidiary would own (or hold an exclusive license with respect to) intellectual property material to the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (“Material Intellectual Property”), (ii) no Material Intellectual Property may be transferred (including by way of an exclusive license ) to an Unrestricted Subsidiary by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) no Unrestricted Subsidiary may, at any time, own (or hold an exclusive license with respect to) any Material Intellectual Property. In addition, no Unrestricted Subsidiary shall at any time directly or indirectly own any equity interests or Indebtedness of, or hold a lien on, any property of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower and its Restricted
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Subsidiaries therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value as determined in good faith by the Borrower of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiary’s (as applicable) Investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i) the incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and (ii) a Return on any Investment by the Borrower in Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding sentence in an amount equal to the fair market value as determined in good faith by the Borrower at the date of such designation of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiary’s (as applicable) Investment in such Subsidiary. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all transfers (including by way of Investments (including by way of designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries), Dispositions (including the grant of licenses) or Restricted Payments) in Unrestricted Subsidiaries (including all designations of and transfers to Unrestricted Subsidiaries) shall be made solely pursuant to the Unrestricted Subsidiary Investment Basket; provided that such basket may not be rebuilt and amounts incurred in reliance on such basket may not be reallocated or reclassified.
Section 6.15 [Reserved].
Section 6.16 Use of Proceeds.
(a) Use the proceeds of the Loans consistent with Section 5.11.
(b) None of Holdings or the Borrower will request any Borrowing, and neither the Borrower nor Holdings shall use, and shall procure that the Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing directly or knowingly indirectly (a) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (b) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation (other than Secured Substitute L/C Obligations, Cash Management Obligations, Obligations not yet due and payable in respect of Secured Hedge Agreements, contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and Cash Collateralized or backstopped Letters of Credit) hereunder which shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (unless such Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to 103% of the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations, backstopped in a manner reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer or deemed reissued under another agreement reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer), then from and after the Closing Date, the Borrower (and, with respect to Section 7.14 only, Holdings) shall not and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
Section 7.01 Liens.
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Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following (collectively, “Permitted Liens”):
(a) Liens (i) created pursuant to any Loan Document and (ii) on the Collateral securing Cash Management Obligations incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(l) and other Secured Obligations (including obligations arising under any Secured Hedge Agreement and Secured Substitute L/C Obligations);
(b) Liens existing on the Closing Date and, to the extent such underlying Indebtedness or other obligations are in excess of $5,000,000, listed on Schedule 7.01(b) and any modifications, replacements, renewals, restructurings, refinancings or extensions thereof; provided that (i) the Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and (B) proceeds and products thereof and (ii) the replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing of the obligations secured or benefited by such Liens, to the extent constituting Indebtedness, is permitted by Section 7.03;
(c) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges (i) that are not overdue for a period of more than any applicable grace period related thereto or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate actions, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP to the extent required by GAAP or (ii) where the failure to pay or discharge the same would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) statutory or common law Liens and other like Liens imposed by law or, to the extent incurred in the ordinary course of business, contract of, or in favor of, as applicable, landlords, sub-landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, construction contractors or other similar Liens, so long as, in each case, such Liens (i) secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than 30 days, (ii) are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Liens or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate actions, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP or (iii) the failure to pay or discharge the same would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) (i) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits and (ii) pledges and deposits in the ordinary course of business securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(f) Liens, pledges or deposits to secure either the performance of or Indebtedness in respect of bids, trade contracts, utilities, governmental contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money), statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a similar nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) incurred in the ordinary course of business;
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(g) (i) easements, rights-of-way, restrictive covenants, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph, telephone and cable lines, gas and oil pipelines, building codes, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), encroachments, licenses, protrusions and other similar encumbrances, matters of record or survey exceptions, in each case affecting Real Property and that do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and/or (ii) any exceptions on the Mortgage Policies issued in connection with the Mortgaged Properties;
(h) ▇▇▇▇▇ (i) securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(g), (ii) arising out of judgments or awards against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to which an appeal or other proceeding for review is then being pursued and for which adequate reserves have been made with respect thereto on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP and (iii) notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been made with respect thereto on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(i) Leases or subleases and terminations thereof, in each case granted to others in the ordinary course of business which (i) do not in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) do not secure any Indebtedness and (iii) are permitted by Section 7.05(h), provided, that any leases or subleases that are listed as exceptions on the Mortgage Policies issued in connection with the Mortgaged Properties shall be deemed to be Permitted Liens in all events;
(j) Liens (i) in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of Law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business or (ii) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or letters of credit issued or created for the account of such person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods in the ordinary course of business;
(k) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-208 or 4-10 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) encumbering initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of Law or under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set-off) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or arising pursuant to such banking institutions general terms and conditions, and (iv) that are contractual rights of setoff or rights of pledge relating to (A) purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or (B) pooled deposit or sweep accounts of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(l) Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in a Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02, to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment, and (ii) consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property in a Disposition permitted under Section 7.05, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or Disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;
(m) Liens (i) in favor of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and (ii) in favor of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party securing Indebtedness (or Guarantees of such Indebtedness) permitted under Sections 7.03(b) and (d);
(n) any (i) interest or title of a lessor, sub-lessor, licensor or sub-licensor under leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) licenses or sublicenses of intellectual property (including the provision of software) and terminations thereof granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(o) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business permitted by this Agreement;
(p) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements under Section 7.02(a);
(q) (i) assignment of, and sales or Liens on, accounts receivables or rights in respect of any thereof (x) that are delinquent or disputed, (y) for collection or (z) in connection with Dispositions permitted by Section 7.05 and (ii) Liens on Receivables Assets and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility and Liens on Securitization Assets and related assets arising in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing, in each case, in compliance with Section 7.05(l)(ii); provided that the outstanding principal amount thereof secured by such Liens under this clause (q)(ii) shall not exceed the greater of (a) $22,000,000 and (b) 35% of TTM EBITDA;
(r) Liens that are contractual rights of set off or rights of pledge relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(s) Liens solely on any ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(t) ground leases in respect of Real Property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries are located;
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(u) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Guarantees of such Indebtedness) permitted under Section 7.03(e); provided that (i) such Liens are incurred no later than 270 days after the acquisition, construction, repair, lease or improvement of the property subject to such Liens, (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber property (except for replacements, additions, accessions and proceeds to such property) other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and the proceeds and products thereof and customary security deposits and (iii) with respect to Capitalized Leases, such Liens do not at any time extend to or cover any assets (except for replacements, additions and accessions to such assets) other than the assets subject to such Capitalized Leases and the proceeds and products thereof and customary security deposits; provided that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;
(v) Liens on assets of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, which Liens secure Indebtedness (and Guarantees of such Indebtedness) permitted under Section 7.03 of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties or other obligations not prohibited hereunder of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties;
(w) Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (other than by designation as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14); provided that (i) such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) such Lien does not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than the proceeds, products and accessions thereof and other than after-acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness (and Guarantees of such Indebtedness) and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness (or Guarantees of such Indebtedness) and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), and (iii) the Indebtedness (or Guarantees of such Indebtedness) secured thereby is permitted under Section 7.03(g);
(x) (i) zoning, building, entitlement and other land use regulations by Governmental Authorities with which the normal operation of the business complies, and (ii) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any Real Property that does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(y) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or similar filings securing obligations permitted to be incurred on a secured basis under Section 7.03 and elsewhere under this Section 7.01;
(z) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
(aa) the modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any Lien permitted by Sections 7.01(b), (u) and (w); provided that (i) the Lien does not extend to any additional property, other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property
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covered by such Lien and (B) proceeds and products thereof, and (ii) the renewal, extension, restructuring or refinancing of the obligations secured or benefited by such Liens is permitted by Section 7.03 (to the extent constituting Indebtedness);
(bb) Liens with respect to assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries securing obligations in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to exceed the greater of $25,000,000 and 40% of TTM EBITDA (which, in the case of consensual Liens on the Collateral, may rank, at the option of the Borrower, either equal in priority or junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Initial Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loan, but which shall be subject to a customary Intercreditor Agreement); provided that any such Liens incurred under this Section 7.01(bb) that rank equal in priority to the Liens that are securing the Initial Term Loans shall be subject to an aggregate cap of the greater of (A) $12,500,000 and (B) 20% of TTM EBITDA;
(cc) Liens on escrow accounts in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, Investments or Dispositions otherwise permitted hereunder to the extent such escrow arrangement is also permitted hereunder;
(dd) Liens on (i) assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that does not constitute Collateral or (ii) the Collateral, in each case, securing obligations in respect of Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt, Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt and Indebtedness (and Guarantees of such Indebtedness) permitted pursuant to Sections 7.03(g), (v), (w) and (z), in each case, to the extent permitted to be secured thereunder, and any Permitted Refinancing of any of the foregoing; provided a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to an Intercreditor Agreement (or any Intercreditor Agreement shall have been amended or replaced in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Lender Representative, which results in such Senior Representative having rights to share in the Collateral on a pari passu basis (without regard to control of remedies) or a junior lien basis);
(ee) deposits of cash with the owner or lessor of premises leased and operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to secure the performance of the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s obligations under the terms of the lease for such premises;
(ff) Liens on property of any Foreign Subsidiary securing Indebtedness (or Guarantees of such Indebtedness) or other obligations of such Foreign Subsidiary permitted under Section 7.03;
(gg) Liens on property subject to any sale-leaseback transaction permitted hereunder and general intangibles related thereto;
(hh) in the case of any non-wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary, any encumbrance or restrictions on dispositions, including any put and call arrangements related to its Equity Interests set forth in its organizational documents or any related joint venture or similar agreement;
(ii) Liens securing Swap Contracts so long as (x) such Swap Contracts do not constitute Secured Hedge Agreements and (y) are in the ordinary course of business and not for
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speculative purposes and (z) the value of the property securing such Swap Contracts does not exceed the greater of $9,500,000 and 15% of TTM EBITDA;
(jj) Liens consisting of contractual restrictions on cash and Cash Equivalents held by Restricted Subsidiaries that prohibit distributions so long as such contractual restrictions are permitted under Section 7.09;
(kk) Liens arising by operation of law in the United States under Article 2 of the UCC in favor of a reclaiming seller of goods or buyer of goods;
(ll) Liens consisting of cash collateral to secure Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(aa) (other than any such Indebtedness constituting Secured Substitute L/C Obligations) in an amount not to exceed 103% of the face amount of such Indebtedness;
(mm) Liens on proceeds held in Escrow securing obligations in respect of Excluded Indebtedness; and
(nn) covenants, conditions, rights, restrictions and other similar matters affecting subsurface and below surface minerals and mineral products on the owned real property which do not materially impair the use or occupancy of such real property or the operation of the business conducted thereon; provided that such Liens were either (i) granted on or prior to the Closing Date or (ii) granted in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice (it being agreed that Liens on the fee estate of any real property not owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including Liens of record affecting the servient estate related to any mineral rights, licenses or similar interests of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, do not constitute Liens on any assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries).
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.01, in the event that any Lien meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Liens specified herein, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, divide and classify (and later re-divide and reclassify) such Lien and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Lien in one or more of the above categories.
Section 7.02 Investments. Make or hold any Investments, except:
(a) Investments by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash or Cash Equivalents or assets that were Cash Equivalents when such Investment was made;
(b) loans or advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, officers, directors, employees and consultants of any Loan Party (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries (i) for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and other ordinary business purposes, (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent or investor thereof or to permit the payment of taxes with respect thereto; provided that, to the extent such loans or advances are made in cash, the amount of such loans and advances used to acquire such Equity Interests shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash as common equity; provided, further, that the aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time (excluding any such loans or advances made on a non-cash basis) under this clause (ii) shall not exceed the greater of $3,125,000 and 5% of TTM EBITDA and (iii) for
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any other purposes not described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii); provided that the aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time under this clause (iii) shall not exceed the greater of $5,000,000 and 7.5% of TTM EBITDA;
(c) Investments (i) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Loan Party (other than Holdings), (ii) by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and (iii) by any Loan Party in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided that the aggregate amount of Investments made in reliance on clause (iii) outstanding at any time, together with amounts of Investments made in reliance on the Permitted Acquisition Non-Loan Party Basket (in each case, valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write downs or write offs thereof) shall not exceed the greater of $19,000,000 and 30% of TTM EBITDA; provided, further that (x) no such Investments made pursuant to this clause (iii) in the form of intercompany loans shall be evidenced by a promissory note unless such promissory note is pledged to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement and (y) all such Indebtedness of any Loan Party owed to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be unsecured and subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Intercompany Note;
(d) Investments (i) consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, (ii) received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business and (iii) received in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons, as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default; or (D) as a result of the settlement, compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes;
(e) Investments (excluding loans and advances made in lieu of Restricted Payments pursuant to and limited by Section 7.02(m) below) consisting of transactions permitted under Sections 7.01, 7.03 (other than 7.03(c) and (d) and the proviso to Section 7.03(f)), 7.04 (other than 7.04(c)(ii) or (e)), 7.05 (other than 7.05(d)(ii) and (e)), 7.06 (other than 7.06(d) or (h)(iv)) and 7.13, respectively;
(f) Investments (i) existing or contemplated on the Closing Date or made pursuant to legally binding written contracts in existence on the Closing Date and, in each case, to the extent any such Investment is in excess of $5,000,000, set forth on Schedule 7.02(f) and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof that does not increase the value thereof and (ii) existing on the Closing Date by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in Holdings or any other Restricted Subsidiary and any modification, renewal or extension thereof that does not increase the value thereof;
(g) Investments in Swap Contracts permitted under Section 7.03(f);
(h) promissory notes, securities and other non-cash consideration received in connection with Dispositions permitted by Section 7.05;
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(i) (x) any acquisition of (A) the majority of the Equity Interests of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, (B) all or substantially all the assets of a Person or any business unit, division or line of business thereof or (C) all or substantially all of the customer lists of any Person or any business unit, division or line of business thereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, “tuck in” acquisitions) or (y) any subsequent Investment made in a Person, business unit, division, line of business or assets previously acquired in a Permitted Acquisition (it being understood and agreed that any subsequent Investment in (A) any Person acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition that will not become a Loan Party or (B) any assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition that will not be owned by the Borrower or a Loan Party after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition shall in each case be subject to the Permitted Acquisition Non-Loan Party Basket (as defined below)), in each case of clause (x) or (y), in a single transaction or series of related transactions, if immediately after giving effect thereto (except as otherwise provided, including in Section 1.08): (i) no Event of Default under Sections 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) (with respect to the Borrower) exists on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such acquisition; (ii) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with Section 7.07 and (iii) the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with Section 7.11 (any such acquisition under this Section 7.02(i) made by the Loan Parties, a “Permitted Acquisition”); provided that the aggregate consideration provided by any Loan Party for such Investments pursuant to this Section 7.02(i) in (A) any Person acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition that will not become a Loan Party or (B) any assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition that will not be owned by the Borrower or a Loan Party after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition shall not exceed, together with Investments made in reliance on Section 7.02(c)(iii), the greater of $19,000,000 and 30% of TTM EBITDA (the “Permitted Acquisition Non-Loan Party Basket”);
(j) Investments constituting a part of, or otherwise made to effect, the Transactions;
(k) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of UCC Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and UCC Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(l) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;
(m) loans and advances to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower not in excess of the amount of (after giving effect to any other loans, advances or Restricted Payments in respect thereof) Restricted Payments to the extent permitted to be made to such parent in accordance with Section 7.06(f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (l) or (m), such Investment being treated for purposes of the applicable clause of Section 7.06, including any limitations, as if a Restricted Payment had been made pursuant to such clause in an amount equal to such Investment;
(n) Investments in an aggregate amount pursuant to this Section 7.02(n) (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write downs or write offs thereof) at any time not to exceed the greater of $25,000,000 and 40% of TTM EBITDA plus
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amounts permitted to be paid under Section 7.06(g) and Section 7.13(a)(vii) that are, at the election of the Borrower, reallocated to this clause (n), in each case, determined at the time of such Investment;
(o) Investments made in respect of joint ventures or other similar agreements or partnerships in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write downs or write offs thereof) at any time not to exceed the greater of $9,500,000 and 15% of TTM EBITDA;
(p) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(q) (i) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client contracts and loans or advances made to distributors and suppliers in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings or Equity Interests of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of, or investor in, Holdings or the proceeds of such Equity Interests (in each case to the extent Not Otherwise Applied);
(r) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a Person merged or amalgamated or consolidated into the Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.04 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(s) [reserved];
(t) Investments in deposit accounts, securities accounts and commodities accounts maintained by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(u) Investments constituting a Permitted Reorganization or a Permitted IPO Reorganization;
(v) Investments made using (i) the Cumulative Credit at such time so long as immediately after giving effect to any such Investment no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) shall have occurred and be continuing and to the extent made using clause (a)(ii) of the Cumulative Credit, immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such Investment the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.75:1.00 and (ii) the portion, if any, of the Available Excluded Contribution Amount on such date that the Borrower elects to apply to this clause (v)(ii);
(w) other Investments such that the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 3.75:1.00;
(x) Investments to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements;
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(y) guarantees by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of leases (other than Capitalized Leases), contracts or of other obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(z) (a) any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or a Securitization Subsidiary in order to effectuate a Receivables Facility or a Qualified Securitization Financing, respectively, or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary or a Securitization Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Receivables Facility or a Qualified Securitization Financing, respectively; provided, however, that any such Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or a Securitization Subsidiary is in the form of a contribution of additional Receivables Assets or Securitization Assets, as applicable, or as equity, and (b) distributions or payments of Receivables Fees or Securitization Fees and purchases of Receivables Assets or Securitization Assets pursuant to a Securitization Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Receivables Facility or a Qualified Securitization Financing, respectively provided that the aggregate amount of Investments made in reliance on this Section 7.02(z) outstanding at any time shall not exceed the greater of $22,000,000 and 35.0% of TTM EBITDA outstanding at any time; and
(aa) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount at any time not to exceed the greater of $12,500,000 and 20% of TTM EBITDA (this clause the “Unrestricted Subsidiary Investment Basket”); provided that any transfer (including by way of Investments (including by way of designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries), Dispositions (including the grant of licenses) or Restricted Payments) to an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be treated as an Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the Unrestricted Subsidiary Investment Basket, which, for the avoidance of doubt, may not be rebuilt (including, without limitation, pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of “Investment”) and amounts incurred in reliance on such basket may not be reallocated or reclassified.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.02 (other than with respect to Section 7.02(aa), in the event that any Investment (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Investments (excluding Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries) specified herein, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, divide and classify (and later re-divide and reclassify) such Investment (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Investment in one or more of the above categories.
To the extent an Investment is permitted to be made by a Loan Party directly in any Restricted Subsidiary or any other Person who is not a Loan Party (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) (each such person, a “Target Person”) under any provision of this Section 7.02, such Investment may be made by advance, contribution or distribution by a Loan Party to a Restricted Subsidiary or Holdings (such Investment, an “Interim Investment”), and further advanced or contributed to a Restricted Subsidiary for purposes of making the relevant Investment in the Target Person without constituting an Investment for purposes of Section 7.02 (it being understood that such Investment must satisfy the requirements of, and shall count towards any thresholds in, a provision of this Section 7.02 as if made by the applicable Loan Party directly to the Target Person); provided that, any such Investment in a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall be advanced, contributed or distributed to such Target Person within ninety (90) days of such Interim Investment.
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) no Loan Party shall be permitted to transfer (whether pursuant to investment, disposition (including a grant of exclusive license), restricted payment or otherwise) Material Intellectual Property to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and (y) none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be permitted to transfer (whether pursuant to investment (including through designation), disposition (including a grant of exclusive license), restricted payment or otherwise) Material Intellectual Property to any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Section 7.03 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness of any Loan Party under the Loan Documents (including any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 2.14);
(b) (x) Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date and, to the extent in a principal amount in excess of $5,000,000, listed on Schedule 7.03(b) and any Permitted Refinancing thereof and (y) intercompany Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date and any Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided that any such intercompany Indebtedness of any Loan Party owed to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be unsecured and subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the Intercompany Note;
(c) Guarantees by the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted hereunder; provided that if the Indebtedness being Guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations, such Guarantee shall be subordinated to the Guarantee of the Obligations on terms at least as favorable (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) to the Lenders as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness and (C) any Guarantee by a Loan Party of Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall only be permitted to the extent constituting an Investment permitted by Section 7.02(c)(iii);
(d) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to any Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary (or issued or transferred to any direct or indirect parent of a Loan Party which is substantially contemporaneously transferred to a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Loan Party) but only, in the case of Indebtedness of a non-Loan Party owing to a Loan Party, to the extent constituting an Investment permitted by Section 7.02(c)(iii); provided that (x) no such Indebtedness owed to a Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note unless such promissory note is pledged to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement and (y) all such Indebtedness of any Loan Party owed to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be unsecured and subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to subordination terms substantially consistent with the terms of the Intercompany Note;
(e) (i) Attributable Indebtedness and other Indebtedness (including Capitalized Leases) financing an acquisition, construction, repair, replacement, lease or improvement of a fixed or capital asset incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to or within 270 days after the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement, lease or improvements of the applicable asset in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $19,000,000 and 30% of TTM
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EBITDA, in each case determined at the time of incurrence, at any time outstanding and any Permitted Refinancings thereof and (ii) Attributable Indebtedness arising out of sale-leaseback transactions permitted by Section 7.05(m) and any Permitted Refinancing of such Attributable Indebtedness;
(f) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Contracts designed to hedge against the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s exposure to interest rates, foreign exchange rates or commodities pricing risks incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes and Guarantees thereof; provided that any such Guarantees by Loan Parties of such Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties shall only be permitted to the extent constituting an Investment permitted by Section 7.02;
(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is assumed or incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment not prohibited hereunder and any Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided that (i) in the case of assumed Indebtedness, (A) such Indebtedness was not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment or any Permitted Refinancing thereof and (B) such Indebtedness is non-recourse (except as to the applicable person or assets acquired pursuant to the applicable Permitted Acquisition or Investment) and (ii) in the case of any Indebtedness incurred in connection with an acquisition or other Investment, after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment (A) to the extent such additional Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu basis in right of security with the Lien on the Collateral securing the Initial Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio is not greater than 3.40:1.00, (B) to the extent such additional Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Initial Term Loans, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio is not greater than 3.90:1.00, or (C) to the extent such additional Indebtedness is unsecured or secured exclusively by a Lien on assets that do not constitute Collateral, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio is not greater than 4.40:1.00; provided that (A) in the case of any Indebtedness incurred under clause (g)(ii), the Applicable Requirements (other than in the case of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on assets that do not constitute Collateral incurred under clause (C) above, in which case clauses (f) and (g) of Applicable Requirements shall not apply) shall have been satisfied and to the extent in the form of term loans or notes (other than any customary 144A high yield notes) that satisfies the MFN Conditions, the MFN Adjustment shall apply to such Indebtedness, (B) the aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding of such Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are non-Loan Parties incurred pursuant to this Section 7.03(g), together with the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred by non-Loan Parties and outstanding under Sections 7.03(s), 7.03(v) and 7.03(z), shall not exceed the greater of $31,250,000 and 50% of TTM EBITDA, in each case determined at the time of such incurrence and (C) except to the extent incurred pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (B), such Indebtedness shall not be incurred or guaranteed by any Person other than the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors and shall not be secured by any assets other than the Collateral;
(h) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower incurred in the ordinary course of business;
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(i) Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower permitted by Section 7.06;
(j) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition, any other Investment permitted hereunder, merger or any Disposition permitted hereunder, in each case, constituting indemnification obligations or obligations in respect of purchase price (including earn-outs, other contingent consideration obligations and deferred purchase price obligations, but excluding seller notes) or other similar adjustments;
(k) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or any other Investment permitted hereunder; provided that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (k) consisting of earnouts or seller notes shall be subject to clause (hh) below;
(l) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft protections, employee credit card programs and other cash management and similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business and any Guarantees thereof or the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, so long as such Indebtedness is extinguished within ten Business Days of its incurrence;
(m) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, would not exceed the greater of $25,000,000 and 40% of TTM EBITDA and any Permitted Refinancing thereof (the “General Debt Basket”); provided that any such Indebtedness incurred under this Section 7.03(m) that rank equal in priority to the Indebtedness that are securing the Initial Term Loans shall be subject to an aggregate cap of the greater of (A) $12,500,000 and (B) 20% of TTM EBITDA;
(n) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or- pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(o) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;
(p) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations and instruments provided by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
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(q) [reserved];
(r) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of such Letter of Credit;
(s) Indebtedness incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary that is a non-Loan Party which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness incurred by non-Loan Parties pursuant to Sections 7.03(g), 7.03(v) and 7.03(z), does not exceed the greater of $31,250,000 and 50% of TTM EBITDA;
(t) Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness;
(u) Indebtedness of (a) any Securitization Subsidiary arising under any Qualified Securitization Financing or (b) any Receivables Subsidiary arising under any Receivables Facility; provided that the outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness incurred under this clause (u) shall not exceed the greater of $22,000,000 and 35% of TTM EBITDA outstanding at any time;
(v) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that complies with the Applicable Requirements (other than in the case of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on assets that do not constitute Collateral incurred under clause (z) below, in which case clauses (f) and (g) of Applicable Requirements shall not apply) and to the extent in the form of Indebtedness (other than customary 144A high yield notes) that satisfies the MFN Conditions, the MFN Adjustment shall apply to such Indebtedness, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed (x) to the extent such additional Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu basis in right of security with the Lien on the Collateral securing the Initial Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.40:1.00, (y) to the extent such additional Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a junior basis in right of security with the Lien on the Collateral securing the Initial Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans, Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.90:1.00 and (z) if such additional Indebtedness is unsecured or is secured by a Lien on assets that do not constitute Collateral, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 4.40:1.00; provided that (1) the aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding of such Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are non-Loan Parties incurred pursuant to this Section 7.03(v) shall not, together with the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred by non-Loan Parties and outstanding under Section 7.03(g), 7.03(s) and 7.03(z), exceed the greater of $31,250,000 and 50% of TTM EBITDA, in each case, determined at the time of incurrence and (2) except to the extent incurred pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (1), such Indebtedness shall not be incurred or guaranteed by any Person other than the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors and shall not be secured by any assets other than the Collateral; provided, further, for purposes of the calculations in this Section 7.03(v), (A) with respect to any commitments under any revolving credit facility simultaneously established under this Section 7.03(v) then proposed to be provided, a borrowing of the maximum amount of Loans available thereunder shall be assumed and (B) to the extent the proceeds of any Indebtedness incurred under this Section 7.03(v) are used to repay Indebtedness, Pro Forma Effect shall be given to such repayment of Indebtedness; provided that the calculations in this Section 7.03(v) shall exclude cash proceeds of any borrowing of such
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Indebtedness incurred under this Section 7.03(v) not applied promptly for the specified transaction in connection with the incurrence upon receipt thereof;
(w) any Permitted Refinancing of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(v);
(x) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in Sections 7.03(a) through 7.03(w) and 7.03(y) through 7.03(hh);
(y) Unsecured Indebtedness and Disqualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount up to 100% of the net proceeds of cash or Cash Equivalents received by the Borrower since immediately after the Closing Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower or cash contributed to the capital of the Borrower (in each case to the extent Not Otherwise Applied after the Closing Date and prior to the time of such incurrence);
(z) Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Guarantor (or, in the case of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on assets that do not constitute Collateral, any Restricted Subsidiary) in lieu of loans under any Incremental Term Commitment or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment consisting of the issuance of senior or subordinated notes or loans (which may be unsecured, secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu or junior lien basis or secured by a Lien on assets that do not constitute Collateral), whether issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement or Extendable Bridge Loans in lieu of the foregoing, or senior or subordinated “mezzanine” debt (any of the forgoing, “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided that (w) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are non-Loan Parties or secured by a Lien on assets that do not constitute Collateral shall not, together with the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred by non-Loan Parties and outstanding under Section 7.03(g), 7.03(s) and 7.03(v), exceed the greater of (A) $31,250,000 and (B) 50% of TTM EBITDA, in each case determined at the time of incurrence, (x) except to the extent incurred pursuant to the immediately preceding clause , such Indebtedness shall not be incurred or guaranteed by any Person other than the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors and shall not be secured by any assets other than the Collateral, (y) the aggregate amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not exceed the Available Incremental Amount at the time of incurrence, and (z) (i) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to the Applicable Requirements (other than in the case of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on assets that do not constitute Collateral incurred under clause (3) of the Ratio Incremental Amount, in which case neither clause (f) or (g) of the Applicable Requirements shall apply), (ii) other terms and conditions of such Indebtedness shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the lenders providing such Indebtedness, (iii) Incremental Equivalent Debt that is in the form of term loans or notes (other than customary 144A high yield notes) that satisfies the MFN Conditions shall be subject to the MFN Adjustment and (iv) no Event of Default exists or would exist after giving effect to the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt;
(aa) letters of credit not issued under the Revolving Credit Facility (and customary reimbursement and backstop obligations in connection therewith), in an aggregate amount under this clause (aa) not to exceed the available Applicable L/C Sublimit at the time
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incurred (provided that outstanding letters of credit incurred under this clause (aa) shall be deemed to reduce the Applicable L/C Sublimit by a corresponding amount);
(bb) [reserved];
(cc) Indebtedness constituting any part of any Permitted Reorganization or a Permitted IPO Reorganization;
(dd) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, judgments entered against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent not otherwise constituting an Event of Default;
(ee) customer deposits and advance payments made in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods and services purchased in the ordinary course of business;
(ff) guarantees incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors and licensees, sub-licensees of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(gg) Indebtedness incurred by Foreign Subsidiaries for asset based or local working capital lines of credit, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $6,250,000 and 10% of TTM EBITDA, in each case, determined at the time of incurrence; and
(hh) Indebtedness in the form of unsecured earnouts, other unsecured contingent obligations and unsecured seller notes; provided that, any such indebtedness under this clause (hh) in respect of any such seller notes shall be subordinated in in right of payment on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative (which shall permit payments when due subject to no Event of Default under Sections 8.01(a) or 8.01(f)); provided, further, that the aggregate principal amount of such unsecured seller notes that are not subordinated on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative shall not exceed the greater of $15,750,000 and 25% of TTM EBITDA, in each case, determined at the time of incurrence;
For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the Dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased, plus the aggregate amount of (i) fees, underwriting discounts, premiums (including tender premiums) and other costs and expenses (including OID) incurred in connection with such refinancing and (ii) any existing commitments unutilized thereunder.
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For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.03, in the event that any item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness specified herein, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, divide and classify (and later re-divide and reclassify) such Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and will only be permitted to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above categories.
The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 7.03. The principal amount of any non-interest-bearing Indebtedness or other discount security constituting Indebtedness at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Borrower dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Section 7.04 Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that:
(a) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with (A) the Borrower (including a merger, the purpose of which is to reorganize the Borrower into a new jurisdiction in the United States); provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person or (B) one or more other Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that when any Person that is a Loan Party is merging with a Restricted Subsidiary, a Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(b) (i) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve and (iii) any Restricted Subsidiary may change its legal form if, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), the Borrower determines in good faith that such action is in the best interest of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders (it being understood that in the case of any change in legal form, a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor will remain a Guarantor unless such Guarantor is otherwise permitted to cease being a Guarantor hereunder);
(c) any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Guarantor, then (i) the transferee must be a Guarantor (other than Holdings) or the Borrower or (ii) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in, or Indebtedness of, a Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party in accordance with Sections 7.02 (other than 7.02(e) or 7.02(m)) and 7.03, respectively;
(d) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any other Person; provided that (i) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (ii) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger or consolidation is not the Borrower (any such Person, the “Successor Company”), (A) the Successor Company shall be an entity organized or existing under the Laws
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of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) the Successor Company shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative, (C) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to the Successor Company’s obligations under the Loan Documents, (D) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have confirmed that its obligations under the Security Agreement and other applicable Collateral Documents shall apply to the Successor Company’s obligations under the Loan Documents, (E) if reasonably requested by the Lender Representative, each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the applicable Mortgage (or other instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Representative) confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Company’s obligations under the Loan Documents, and (F) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate, stating that such merger or consolidation and such supplement to this Agreement or any Collateral Document comply with this Agreement; provided, further, that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement; provided, further, that the Borrower agrees to provide any documentation and other information about the Successor Company as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by any Lender or the Administrative Agent that such Lender or the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably determined is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including Title III of the USA Patriot Act;
(e) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02; provided that the continuing or surviving Person shall be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, which together with each of their Restricted Subsidiaries, shall have complied with the requirements of Section 6.11 and Section 6.13 to the extent required pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement; provided, further, that, in the case of any such merger or consolidation involving a Loan Party, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would immediately result therefrom;
(f) a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to effect a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 7.05 (it being understood that this clause (f) shall not permit any merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or Disposition of the Borrower to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Section 7.04) or a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 7.06;
(g) Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate the Transactions;
(h) Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate the Closing Date Assignment; and
(i) Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiary may consummate any Permitted Reorganization or a Permitted IPO Reorganization.
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Section 7.05 Dispositions. Make any Disposition, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete, damaged, worn out, used or surplus property, property that is no longer economically practicable or commercially reasonable to maintain, in each case in the ordinary course of business, and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(b) Dispositions of inventory, goods held for sale in the ordinary course of business and immaterial assets (other than the lapse or abandonment of IP Rights, which is governed by clause (r) of this Section 7.05) and termination of leases and licenses in the ordinary course of business, including but not limited to a voluntary or mandatory recall of any product;
(c) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of similar replacement property;
(d) Dispositions of property to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party, (i) the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (ii) such transaction is permitted under Section 7.02 (other than 7.02(e) or (h));
(e) to the extent constituting Dispositions, transactions permitted by (i) Section 7.01 (other than 7.01(i), (l)(ii) or (q)(i)(z)), (ii) Section 7.02 (other than 7.02(e) or (m)), (iii) Section 7.04 (other than 7.04(f)) and (iv) Section 7.06 (other than 7.06(d));
(f) any Disposition in connection with a Permitted Reorganization or a Permitted IPO Reorganization;
(g) Dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents;
(h) (i) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open source license or the licensing of other intellectual property rights) and terminations thereof, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not, in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower, materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) and (ii) Dispositions of IP Rights, and inbound and outbound licenses to IP Rights, in each case in the ordinary course of business and that, in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower, do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole);
(i) transfers of property subject to Casualty Events;
(j) Dispositions of property (including sale-leaseback transactions); provided that (i) with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this Section 7.05(j) for a purchase price in an aggregate amount in excess of, per Fiscal Year, the greater of $15,750,000 and 25% of TTM EBITDA, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that for the purposes of this clause (i), the following shall be deemed to be cash: (A) any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in
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cash of the Obligations, that are (x) assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which the Borrower and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing or (y) otherwise cancelled, extinguished or terminated in connection with the transactions relating to such Disposition by all applicable creditors in writing, (B) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition and (C) aggregate non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary having a fair market value (determined as of the closing of the applicable Disposition for which such non-cash consideration is received) not to exceed the greater of $15,750,000 and 25% of TTM EBITDA; and (iii) such Disposition is for fair market value as reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith;
(k) Dispositions of non-core assets in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or other Investments; provided that (i) such non-core assets constitute an immaterial portion of the assets acquired in the applicable acquisition or Investment (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and (ii) such Disposition shall occur no more than one-hundred eighty (180) days after the acquisition of such non-core assets;
(l) (i) Dispositions or discounts without recourse of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and (ii) Dispositions or discounts of Receivables Assets in connection with any Receivables Facility and any disposition of Securitization Assets in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing in an aggregate amount under this clause (l)(ii) not exceeding the greater of $22,000,000 and 35% of TTM EBITDA;
(m) Dispositions of property pursuant to sale leaseback transactions;
(n) any swap of assets in exchange for services or other assets in the ordinary course of business of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the management of the Borrower;
(o) any sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(p) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(q) the unwinding or settling of any Swap Contract;
(r) the lapse or abandonment in the ordinary course of business of any registrations or applications for registration of any IP Rights (i) that are not material to the conduct of the business of the Loan Parties as currently conducted, (ii) that, in the exercise of Borrower’s reasonable business judgment, are no longer economically practicable or commercially desirable to maintain, or (iii) expiration of patents or copyrights in accordance with applicable statutory terms;
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(s) Dispositions as part of or in connection with the Transactions;
(t) other Dispositions of assets with a fair market value in an aggregate amount since the Closing Date of not more than the greater of $15,750,000 and 25% of TTM EBITDA; and
(u) any Disposition of assets that do not constitute Collateral with a fair market value not to exceed the greater of (x) $5,500,000 and (y) 8.5% of TTM EBITDA;
provided that any Disposition of any property pursuant to this Section 7.05 (except pursuant to Sections 7.05(a), (d), (e), (h), (i), (l), (o), (p), (q), (r) and (s) and except for Dispositions from a Loan Party to any other Loan Party) shall be for no less than the fair market value of such property at the time of such Disposition as determined by the Borrower in good faith. To the extent any Collateral is Disposed of as permitted by this Section 7.05 to any Person other than a Loan Party, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents, and the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect or evidence the foregoing (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with a request by the Borrower to take any action to effect or evidence the foregoing, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the transaction giving rise to such release of Liens is permitted by the Loan Documents (and the Secured Parties hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to rely on such certificate in taking such actions)).
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.05, in the event that any Disposition meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Dispositions specified herein, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, divide and classify (and later re-divide and reclassify) such Disposition (or any portion thereof) and will only be permitted to include the amount and type of such Disposition in one or more of the above categories.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) no Loan Party shall be permitted to transfer (whether pursuant to investment, disposition (including a grant of exclusive license ), Restricted Payment or otherwise) Material Intellectual Property to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and (y) none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be permitted to transfer (whether pursuant to investment (including through designation), disposition (including a grant of exclusive license ), Restricted Payment or otherwise) Material Intellectual Property to any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Section 7.06 Restricted Payments. Make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
(a) each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and other Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary, to the Borrower and any other Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests);
(b) the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may make dividend payments or other Restricted Payments payable solely in the form of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified
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Equity Interests not otherwise permitted by Section 7.03) of such Person (and, in the case of such a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests);
(c) Restricted Payments made (i) in respect of earn-outs, working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments pursuant to any Permitted Acquisition or other permitted Investments, (ii) in order to satisfy indemnity and other similar obligations in respect of any Permitted Acquisitions or other permitted Investments and (iii) to consummate the Transactions;
(d) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) and its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into and consummate transactions permitted by, and make any distributions pursuant to, any provision of 7.02 (other than 7.02(e) and 7.02(m)), 7.04 (other than 7.04(f)) or 7.05 (other than 7.05(e)(iv) and 7.05(g));
(e) repurchases of Equity Interests in Holdings, the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;
(f) Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may (i) pay (or make Restricted Payments to allow the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof to pay) for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary (or of the Borrower or any other such direct or indirect parent thereof) held by any future, present or former employee, officer, director, manager or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, former domestic spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of such Restricted Subsidiary (or the Borrower or any other direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries, including any Equity Interests rolled over by management of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof in connection with the Transactions and any Equity Interests held by a former investor of a business acquired in a Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment or (ii) make Restricted Payments in the form of distributions to allow the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to pay principal or interest on promissory notes that were issued to any future, present or former employee, officer, director, manager or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, former domestic spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (or Holdings or any other direct or indirect parent thereof) in lieu of cash payments for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of such Equity Interests held by such Persons, in each case, upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or other service relationship of any such Person or pursuant to any employee, manager or director equity plan, employee, manager or director stock option plan or any other employee, manager or director benefit plan or any agreement (including any stock subscription or shareholder agreement) with any employee, director, officer or consultant of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (or Holdings or any other direct or indirect parent thereof); provided that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this Section 7.06(f) together with the aggregate amount of loans and advances to Holdings made pursuant to Section 7.02(m) in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this
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Section 7.06(f) shall not exceed the greater of $15,750,000 and 25% of TTM EBITDA in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years); provided, further that such amount in any calendar year may further be increased by (x) an amount not to exceed the Net Proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries less the amount of Restricted Payments previously made with the cash proceeds of such key man life insurance policies; provided that such proceeds are used solely to repurchase Equity Interests held by the employee (or any of his or her successors or assigns, including any family trusts) that is the subject of such key man life insurance and (y) to the extent Not Otherwise Applied, the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower and, to the extent contributed to the Borrower, the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower (which amounts shall be promptly contributed by such direct or indirect parent to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), in each case to any future, present or former employee, officer, director, manager or consultant of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower that occurs after the Closing Date; provided, further that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower from members of management of (i) the Borrower, (ii) any of the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent companies or (iii) any of Holdings’ Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case in connection with the repurchase of Equity Interests of any of the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent companies will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provision of this Agreement to the extent such Indebtedness was incurred to finance the purchase of such Equity Interests by such members of management and the cash proceeds of such Indebtedness were paid to a Loan Party;
(g) the Borrower may make other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $19,000,000 and 30% of TTM EBITDA less amounts permitted to be paid under this Section 7.06(g) that are, at the election of the Borrower, reallocated to Section 7.02(n) or Section 7.13(a)(vii); provided that immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or Section 8.01(f) has occurred and is continuing;
(h) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings:
(i) to pay its operating costs and expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties), incurred in the ordinary course of business and attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, Transaction Costs and any indemnification claims made by directors or officers of such parent in each case attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(ii) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent thereof to pay) franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses, in each case, required to maintain its (or any of its direct or indirect parents’) corporate or limited liability company existence;
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(iii) to pay, so long as the Borrower is classified as a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, distributions to permit the direct or indirect equityholders of Holdings to pay any U.S. federal, state, and/or local income Taxes (“Permitted Tax Distributions”) on a quarterly or other basis, of an aggregate amount in cash not exceeding an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) Tax Liability with respect to such taxable year and any duplicative Taxes paid or withheld by Holdings or its Subsidiaries over (y) the amounts previously distributed pursuant to this Section 7.06(h)(iii) with respect to such taxable year; provided that (A) for purposes hereof, “Tax Liability” means, with respect to any taxable year (or portion thereof) for which the Borrower is classified as a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the lesser of (I) the Alternative Calculation and (II) the product of (x) the excess of taxable income over taxable losses (including any loss carryovers beginning after the Closing Date to the extent that such loss carryovers are usable to offset taxable income realized after the Closing Date to the extent not previously taken into account as a reduction to taxable income in determining tax distributions) and deductions of the Borrower (assuming the Borrower is (1) classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (2) a “United States shareholder” (within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code) treated as owning the equity interests of any Subsidiary that is a CFC only if and to the extent the Borrower has any actual “United States shareholder” and only to the extent of the ownership percentage of any such United States shareholder in the Borrower) and its Subsidiaries that are classified as partnerships or disregarded entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes for such taxable year (or portion thereof), calculated without regard to, for clarity, any tax deductions or basis adjustments of any member of ContextLogic arising under Section 743 of the Code, and (y) the highest combined marginal U.S. federal, state and local tax rate then applicable (including any Medicare contribution tax on net investment income) to an individual (or, if higher, to a corporation) resident in New York, NY (taking into account the character of income and applicable limitations on the use of deductions for state and local taxes) (such tax rate, the “Tax Rate”); (B) a final accounting for Permitted Tax Distributions shall be made for each taxable year after the taxable income or loss of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are classified as partnerships or disregarded entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes has been determined for such taxable year, and the Borrower may promptly thereafter make supplemental Permitted Tax Distributions (or future Permitted Tax Distributions will be reduced) to reflect any difference between estimates previously used in calculating Tax Liability and the relevant actual amounts recognized; (C) if, following an audit or examination, there is an adjustment that would affect the calculation of the taxable income or taxable loss of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are classified as partnerships or disregarded entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes for a given period or portion thereof after the date of this Agreement, or in the event that any of the Borrower or such Subsidiaries (or if the Borrower is a disregarded entity, its regarded owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes) files an amended tax return which has such effect, then, the Borrower may promptly recalculate Tax Liability for the applicable period and make additional Permitted Tax Distributions, increased by an additional amount estimated to be sufficient to cover any interest or penalties that would be imposed on the distributee if it were an individual (or, if higher, a corporation) resident in New York, NY (or future Permitted Tax Distributions will be reduced) to give effect to such adjustment or amended tax return; and (D) for the avoidance of doubt, in any event, any Permitted Tax Distribution (including additional distributions under clauses (B) and (C) above) amount will be subject to the limitation under clause (A) above;
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(iv) to finance any Investment that would be permitted to be made pursuant to Section 7.02 if Holdings or such parent were subject to such Sections as a Loan Party; provided that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment, (B) such parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the Borrower (or to the Borrower and thereafter to its Restricted Subsidiaries) or (2) the merger (to the extent permitted in Section 7.04) of any Person formed or acquired into the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (with the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary that is a Loan Party being the surviving or continuing entity) in order to consummate such Permitted Acquisition or Investment, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.11 and (C) such contribution shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, at the date of such contribution or merger, as applicable, in an amount equal to the amount of such Restricted Payment;
(v) the proceeds of which (A) shall be used to pay customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) shall be used to make payments permitted under Sections 7.15(c), (e), (i) (but only to the extent such payments have not been and are not expected to be made by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary) and (j);
(vi) the proceeds of which shall be used by Holdings to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent thereof to pay) customary and reasonable fees and expenses (other than to Affiliates) related to any equity or debt offering by Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings), in each case whether or not consummated; and
(vii) the proceeds of which shall be used by Holdings to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent thereof to pay) any guaranteed payments incurred in the ordinary course of business by Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings) that are to be paid to any member of management who is an equityholder of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings) for such equityholders’ services to the extent that such payment (or accrual in respect of such payment) is deducted in calculating net income of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP.
(i) payments made or expected to be made by Holdings, the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent of Holdings, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of withholding or similar Taxes payable by or with respect to any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) and any repurchases of Equity Interests in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options, warrants or similar rights;
(j) (i) any Restricted Payment by the Borrower or any other direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to pay listing fees and other costs and expenses attributable to being a publicly traded company which are reasonable and customary and (ii) additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount per annum not to exceed 7.00% of Market Capitalization of Parent;
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(k) Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries may pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition;
(l) Restricted Payments (A) made using the Cumulative Credit at such time so long as immediately after giving effect to any Restricted Payment no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and to the extent made using clause (a)(ii) of the Cumulative Credit so long as immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to any Restricted Payment, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.50:1.00 or (B) made using the portion, if any, of the Available Excluded Contribution Amount on such date that the Borrower elects to apply to this clause (l)(B);
(m) so long as, immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, other Restricted Payments such that the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 3.50:1.00;
(n) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $6,250,000 and 10% of TTM EBITDA in any calendar year, to pay for the redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase, in each case for nominal value, of Equity Interests of Holdings, the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent Holdings or the Borrower) from a former investor of a business acquired in a Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment or a current or former employee, officer, director, manager or consultant of a business acquired in a Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing), which Equity Interest was issued as part of an earn-out or similar arrangement in the acquisition of such business, and which redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase relates to the failure of such earn-out to fully vest;
(o) Restricted Payments in connection with the Transactions;
(p) any Restricted Payment constituting any part of a Permitted Reorganization or a Permitted IPO Reorganization; and
(q) Restricted Payments consisting of Receivables Fees, Securitization Fees and Securitization Repurchase Obligations.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.06, in the event that any Restricted Payment (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Restricted Payments specified herein, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, divide and classify (and later re-divide and reclassify) such Restricted Payment (or any portion thereof) and will only be permitted to include the amount and type of such Restricted Payment in one or more of the above categories.
All Restricted Payments made by a non-wholly owned Subsidiary shall be made on a pro rata basis or on a basis even more favorable to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.06, any Restricted Payment that is described in clauses (a) through (q) above may be made by any Restricted Subsidiary to any Loan Party or other Restricted Subsidiary, distributed by any Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary to
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Holdings and further distributed by Holdings to its direct and indirect parent entities without restriction, so long as such Restricted Payment is applied toward the purpose or payment that is described in the foregoing clauses (if any).
Section 7.07 Change in Nature of Business. Engage in any material line of business materially different from those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions) or any business reasonably related, complementary, corollary, synergistic or ancillary thereto (including related, complementary, synergistic or ancillary technologies) or reasonable extensions and expansions thereof.
Section 7.08 [Reserved].
Section 7.09 Burdensome Agreements. Enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that limits the ability of:
(a) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Guarantor to make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor; or
(b) any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person for the benefit of the Lenders with respect to the Facilities and the Obligations; provided that the foregoing Sections 7.09(a) and (b) shall not apply to Contractual Obligations which:
(i) (x) exist on the Closing Date and (to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Section 7.09) are listed on Schedule 7.09 and (y) to the extent Contractual Obligations permitted by clause (x) are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness, are set forth in any agreement evidencing any permitted modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing of such Indebtedness so long as such modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing (taken as a whole) does not materially expand the scope of such Contractual Obligation (as reasonably determined by the Borrower);
(ii) are binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such Contractual Obligations were not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower and do not extend past such Restricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries; provided, further, that this clause (ii) shall not apply to Contractual Obligations that are binding on a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14;
(iii) represent Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not a Loan Party which is permitted by Section 7.03 and which does not apply to any Loan Party;
(iv) are customary restrictions (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) that arise in connection with (x) any Lien permitted by Sections 7.01(a), (b), (e), (f), (i), (j), (k), (l), (o), (p), (q), (r), (s), (u), (v), (w), (y), (z), (aa), (bb), (cc), (dd), (ee), (ff), (gg), (hh), (ii), (ll), and (mm) and relate to the property subject to such Lien or (y) arise in connection with any
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Disposition permitted by Section 7.04 or 7.05 and relate solely to the assets or Person subject to such Disposition;
(v) are customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted under Section 7.02 and applicable solely to such joint venture and its equity entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(vi) are negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03 but solely to the extent any negative pledge relates to (i) the property financed by such Indebtedness and the proceeds, accessions and products thereof or (ii) the property secured by such Indebtedness and the proceeds, accessions and products thereof so long as the agreements governing such Indebtedness permit the Liens securing the Obligations;
(vii) are customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions relate to the property interest, rights or the assets subject thereto;
(viii) comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Sections 7.03(a), (b), (e), (f), (g), (m), (n)(i), (r), (t), (u), (v), (w), (z), (aa), (bb) and (gg) and to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the assets securing such Indebtedness or, in the case of Section 7.03(g), to the Restricted Subsidiaries incurring or guaranteeing such Indebtedness;
(ix) are customary provisions restricting subletting, transfer or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(x) are customary provisions restricting assignment or transfer of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) are restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(xii) arise in connection with cash or other deposits permitted under Sections 7.01 and 7.02 and limited to such cash or deposit;
(xiii) comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement governing Indebtedness entered into on or after the Closing Date and permitted under Section 7.03 that are, taken as a whole, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive with respect to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary than customary market terms for Indebtedness of such type (and, in any event, are no more restrictive than the restrictions contained in this Agreement), so long as the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such restrictions will not affect its obligation or ability to make any payments required hereunder;
(xiv) are restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(xv) are restrictions regarding licensing or sublicensing by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business; and
(xvi) are restrictions on ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ money deposits in favor of sellers in connection with acquisitions not prohibited hereunder;
(xvii) consist of restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility or any Securitization Facility that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility or Securitization Facility, as the case may be.
Section 7.10 [Reserved].
Section 7.11 Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio. Commencing with the second full Fiscal Quarter after the Closing Date, permit the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio to be greater than 7.00:1.00 as of the last day of a Test Period; provided that the financial covenant shall only be tested if the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Borrowings (excluding for the first four (4) Fiscal Quarters following the Closing Date any Revolving Credit Borrowings to finance the Closing Date Acquisition, the Closing Date Refinancing and any Transaction Costs but including drawn Letters of Credit that have not been reimbursed) exceeds 40% of the total principal amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments as of the last day of such Test Period of the Borrower; provided that the provisions of this Section 7.11 are for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders only, and the Required Revolving Lenders (and not the Required Lenders) may amend, waive or otherwise modify this Section 7.11, Section 8.04 or the defined terms used in this Section 7.11 or Section 8.04 (solely in respect of the use of such defined terms in this Section 7.11 or Section 8.04) or waive any Default or Event of Default resulting from a breach of this Section 7.11, in each case without the consent of any Lenders other than the Required Revolving Lenders notwithstanding anything in Section 10.01 to the contrary.
Section 7.12 Fiscal Year. Make any change in its Fiscal Year; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its Fiscal Year to any other fiscal year reasonably acceptable to the Lender Representative, in which case, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year.
Section 7.13 Prepayments, Etc. of Subordinated Indebtedness.
(a) Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner (it being understood that subject to the terms of the applicable intercreditor or subordination agreement, payments of regularly scheduled principal, interest and mandatory prepayments and AHYDO payments and, in connection with the amendment of any Junior Financing, the payment of fees shall be permitted) any (x) Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, (y) Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any of the Collateral on a junior basis to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and/or (z) unsecured Indebtedness; in the case of clauses (x), (y) and (z), (1) in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the greater of $15,750,000 and 25% of TTM EBITDA
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(collectively, “Junior Financing”) and (2) other than the payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or other satisfaction of such Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case, due within one (1) year of the date of such payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, or other satisfaction, except (i) the refinancing thereof with any Indebtedness (to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a Permitted Refinancing), to the extent not required to prepay any Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b), (ii) the exchange for, or payments out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale (other than to Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Equity Interests of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings to the extent contributed to the Borrower (in the case of proceeds only), in each case to the extent Not Otherwise Applied, (iii) out of the conversion or exchange of any Junior Financing to Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings or any of its direct or indirect parents, (iv) subject to the terms of the Intercompany Note, the prepayment of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (v) made in connection with the Transactions; (vi) payments in respect of Indebtedness consisting of seller notes permitted to be incurred under Section 7.03(k) or (hh) (whether in cash, setoff, in kind or otherwise; provided that, to the extent such seller notes are expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such payments shall be subject to no Event of Default under Sections 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) having occurred or resulting therefrom); and (vii) repayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity in an aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of (1) the greater of $18,750,000 and 30% of TTM EBITDA minus amounts permitted to be paid under this Section 7.13(a)(vii) that are, at the election of the Borrower, reallocated to Section 7.02(n) plus amounts permitted to be paid under Section 7.06(g) that are, at the option of the Borrower, reallocated to this Section 7.13(a)(vii), provided that immediately after giving effect to any such repayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance and other payments no Event of Default under Sections 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) shall have occurred and be continuing; (2) the Cumulative Credit at such time; provided that so long as (x) immediately after giving effect to any such repayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance and other payments using the Cumulative Credit, (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (y) to the extent made using clause (a)(ii) of the Cumulative Credit, immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to such repayment, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.50:1.00, (3) the portion, if any, of the Available Excluded Contribution Amount on such date that the Borrower elects to apply to this clause (a)(vii)(3); and (4) so long as immediately after giving effect to any such repayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance and other payment, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, additional amounts so long as, immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to such repayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance and other payment, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.50:1.00. For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.13(a), in the event that any repayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance and other payments (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories specified herein, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, divide and classify (and later re-divide and reclassify) such repayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance and other payments (or any portion thereof) and will only be permitted to include the amount and type of such repayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance and other payments in one or more of the above categories.
(b) Amend, modify or change in any manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders any term or condition of any Junior Financing Documentation in respect of any Junior Financing having an aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess of the Threshold
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Amount, other than in connection with (i) a refinancing or replacement of such Junior Financing permitted hereunder or (ii) in a manner not prohibited under the applicable intercreditor or subordination terms or agreement(s) governing the relationship between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the lenders or purchasers of the applicable Junior Financing, on the other hand.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, the Borrower may make regularly scheduled payments of interest and fees (in cash or in respect of non-cash payments that are accrued or capitalized and added to the outstanding principal balance) on any Junior Financing, and may make any payments required by the terms of such Indebtedness in order to avoid the application of Section 163(e)(5) of the Code to such Indebtedness.
Section 7.14 Permitted Activities. With respect to Holdings, engage in any material operating or business activities including the formation of any Subsidiary or the acquisition of any Person; provided that the following and any activities incidental thereto shall be permitted in any event: (i) its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower and, if applicable, any Subsidiary of Holdings that is a direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, and activities incidental thereto, including payment of dividends and other amounts in respect of such Equity Interests, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence (including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance), (iii) the performance of its obligations with respect to the Loan Documents and any other documents governing Indebtedness permitted hereby, (iv) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance or sale of its Qualified Equity Interests, (v) any activities incidental to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and similar laws and regulations of other jurisdictions and the rules of securities exchanges, in each case, as applicable to companies with listed equity or debt securities, as well as activities incidental to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, (vi) in connection with, and following the completion of, a public offering, activities necessary or reasonably advisable for or incidental to the initial registration and listing of Holding’s (or a direct or indirect parent’s) common stock and the continued existence of Holdings (or a direct or indirect parent) as a public company, (vii) activities required to comply with applicable laws, (viii) (1) incurring unsecured Indebtedness expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on customary market terms or unsecured Guarantees in respect of any such Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $6,250,000 and 10% of TTM EBITDA at any time outstanding; provided that such Guarantees shall be subordinated to the Obligations to the same extent and on the same terms as the Indebtedness so guarantees is subordinated to the Obligations, (2) Guarantees in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted under Section 7.03, including any Permitted Refinancing thereof and (3) guarantees of other obligations not constituting Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, (ix) if applicable, participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Holdings and the Borrower, (x) holding any cash or Cash Equivalents, (xi) consummation of the Transactions, (xii) making of any Restricted Payments or Investments not prohibited hereunder, (xiii) entering into employment agreements and other arrangements with, including providing indemnification to, officers and directors, (xiv) establishing and maintaining bank accounts, (xv) the obtainment of, and the payment of any fees and expenses for, management, consulting, investment banking and advisory services to the extent otherwise permitted by this Agreement, (xvi) [reserved], (xvii) the Closing Date Assignment, (xviii) activities relating to any
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Permitted Reorganization, a Qualified IPO or a Permitted IPO Reorganization and (xix) any activities incidental or reasonably related to the foregoing.
Section 7.15 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower shall not conduct, and shall not cause any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to conduct, transactions with any of its Affiliates (other than the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of the greater of $5,000,000 and 7.5% of TTM EBITDA for any individual transaction or series of related transactions, unless on terms that are at least substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as it would obtain in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, as determined by the board of directors of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in good faith; provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to:
(a) [reserved];
(b) customary transactions with a Receivables Subsidiary effected as part of a Receivables Facility and any customary transactions with a Securitization Subsidiary effected as part of a Qualified Securitization Financing;
(c) the Transactions and the payment of fees and expenses (including Transaction Costs) as part of or in connection with the Transactions;
(d) transactions constituting any part of a Permitted Reorganization or a Permitted IPO Reorganization;
(e) [reserved];
(f) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06;
(g) loans and other Investments made by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries to joint ventures and Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent any such joint venture or such Unrestricted Subsidiary is only an Affiliate as a result of Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such joint venture or Unrestricted Subsidiary) to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 7.02 and, in the case of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, Section 6.14.
(h) transactions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted under an express provision (including any exceptions thereto) of this Agreement;
(i) employment, incentive compensation and severance arrangements between the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business and transactions pursuant to stock option plans, incentive compensation plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
(j) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (or Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in the
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ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries);
(k) transactions pursuant to agreements, instruments or arrangements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.15 or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect;
(l) customary payments by Holdings and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the any other equity holder made for any management fees or financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures), which payments are approved by the majority of the members of the board of directors of the Borrower or a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Borrower in good faith;
(m) accelerations of earn-out payments owed to members of management or employees of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such member of management or employee uses the net proceeds of such payments to make an Investment in the form of common equity in a holding company and the cash proceeds of such Investment are contributed to the Borrower in the form of common equity; provided that such Investments do not count toward the Available Excluded Contribution Amount or the Cumulative Credit;
(n) the issuance or transfer of Qualified Equity Interests of Borrower to any Permitted Holder or any former, current or future director, manager, officer, employee or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees, distributes or Affiliate of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower;
(o) transactions with customers, clients, joint venture partners, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement that are fair to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the board of directors or the senior management of the Borrower, or are on terms at least as favorable (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;
(p) (i) any issuance of securities or rights pursuant to stock options, stock ownership plans (including restricted stock plans), stock grants, directed share programs and other equity based incentive plans and (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of any stockholder or registration rights agreement approved by the board of directors of the Borrower;
(q) transactions in which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, deliver to the Administrative Agent a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view;
(r) payments to or from, and transactions with, joint ventures (to the extent any such joint venture is only an Affiliate as a result of Investments by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such joint venture) in the ordinary course of business to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 7.02; and
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(s) without duplication, customary tax sharing agreements or arrangements among the Borrower, and direct or indirect parent of the Borrower and their Subsidiaries.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.15, in the event that any transaction meets the criteria of more than one of the categories specified herein, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, divide and classify (and later re-divide and reclassify) such transaction (or any portion thereof) and will only be permitted to include the amount and type of such transaction in one or more of the above categories.
ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 8.01 Events of Default. Any of the following from and after the Closing Date shall constitute an event of default (an “Event of Default”):
(a) Non-Payment. Any Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or (ii) within five (5) Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or with respect to any other Loan Document; or
(b) Specific Covenants. Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (i) fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in (A) any of Section 6.03(a), 6.05(a) or Article VII (other than Section 7.11) or (B) Section 7.11; provided that the Borrower’s failure to comply with Section 7.11 (a “Financial Covenant Event of Default”) shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to any Term Loans or Term Commitments unless and until the Required Revolving Lenders have directed the Administrative Agent to terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments or to declare all Obligations with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 8.02 as a result of such failure to comply (and such declaration has not been rescinded as of the applicable date) (the occurrence of such termination and declaration at the direction of the Required Revolving Lenders, a “Financial Covenant Cross Default”); provided, further that any Financial Covenant Event of Default under clause (B) is subject to cure pursuant to Section 8.04 or (ii) fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained Section 6.01(a), 6.01(b) or 6.02(a) and such failure continues for ten (10) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent; or
(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in Section 8.01(a), (b) or (d)) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for 30 days after receipt by the Borrower of written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate required to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect in any material respect (or, in the case of any representation and warranty that is
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qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, shall be incorrect in any respect) when made or deemed made, and, to the extent capable of being cured, such incorrect representation or warranty shall remain incorrect for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower; or
(e) Cross-Default. Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise), in respect of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder) having an aggregate outstanding principal amount of not less than the Threshold Amount, and such failure continues after the applicable grace period, if any, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness, or any other event occurs (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of Swap Contracts, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Swap Contracts and not as a result of any default thereunder by any Loan Party), the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause (after delivery of any notice if required and after giving effect to any waiver, amendment, cure or grace period), with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (B) shall not apply to (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder, (ii) any Indebtedness if the sole remedy or option of the holder thereof in the event of the non-payment of such Indebtedness or the non-payment or non-performance of obligations related thereto is to elect to convert such Indebtedness into Qualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares and (iii) in the case of Indebtedness which the holder thereof may elect to convert into Qualified Equity Interests, such Indebtedness from and after the date, if any, on which such conversion has been effected; provided, further, that such failure is unremedied or has not been waived by the holders of such Indebtedness at such time; or
(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Other than with respect to any dissolutions otherwise permitted hereunder, any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or becomes unable, admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or substantially all of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) consecutive calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or
(g) Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by either (i) independent third-party insurance as
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to which the insurer does not deny coverage or (ii) another creditworthy (as reasonably determined by the Lender Representative) indemnitor); and such judgment or order shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending an appeal for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or
(h) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any material provision of the Loan Documents, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder (including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or 7.05) or as a result of acts or omissions by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the satisfaction in full of all the Obligations (other than Cash Management Obligations, Secured Substitute L/C Obligations, Obligations not yet due and payable in respect of Secured Hedge Agreements, contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and Cash Collateralized or backstopped Letters of Credit), ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party contests in writing the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document or the validity or priority of a Lien as required by the Collateral Documents on a material portion of the Collateral; or any Loan Party denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document (other than as a result of repayment in full of the Obligations (other than in accordance with its terms) and termination of the Aggregate Commitments), or purports in writing to revoke or rescind any Loan Document (other than in accordance with its terms); or
(i) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control after the Closing Date; or
(j) Collateral Documents. Any Collateral Document after delivery thereof shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms thereof including as a result of a transaction not prohibited under this Agreement) cease to create a valid and perfected Lien, with the priority required by the Collateral Documents on and security interest in any material portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, subject to Liens permitted under Section 7.01, (i) except to the extent that any such perfection or priority is not required pursuant to any Loan Document or results from the failure of the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates or promissory notes actually delivered to it representing securities or promissory notes pledged under the Collateral Documents or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements and (ii) except as to Collateral consisting of Real Property to the extent that such losses are covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied coverage; or
(k) Guarantees. Any Guarantee of any Guarantor contained in Article XI shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect in any material respect, other than as provided for in Section 11.09 or as any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any such Loan Party shall so assert; or
(l) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs which has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in liability of a Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) a Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan and a Material Adverse Effect would reasonably be expected to result.
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Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 8.01 or otherwise, no Event of Default shall be deemed to be “continuing” or “existing” if the events, act or condition that gave rise to such Event of Default have been remedied or cured or have ceased to exist, and any Default or Event of Default arising from failure to deliver a notice of Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to no longer be continuing automatically upon and simultaneously with the underlying Default or Event of Default that would have been subject to such notice ceasing to be continuing; provided, that in no event will a Loan Party be required to provide retroactive notice of a Default or Event of Default if it was not aware of such Default or Event of Default prior to the time such Default or Event of Default is cured pursuant to this provision; provided, further, that no such remedy or cure shall be effective to the extent the applicable Loan Party failed to deliver timely notice of the applicable Default and/or Event of Default in accordance with this Agreement.
Section 8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default.
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Agents, at the request of the Required Lenders (or, pursuant to clause (b) of the proviso below, the Required Revolving Lenders), shall take any or all of the following actions:
(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions and the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligations shall be terminated;
(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower (to the extent permitted by applicable law);
(c) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to 103% of the then Outstanding Amount thereof);
(d) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law;
provided that (a) upon the occurrence of any event described in Section 8.01(f) (but without giving effect to any grace periods contemplated therein (other than the grace period for any non-consensual insolvency)), with respect to Holdings or the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States or any Debtor Relief Laws the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions and any obligation of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans (including any Swing Line Loans) and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender and (b) notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if the only Events of Default then having occurred and continuing are pursuant to a Financial Covenant Event of Default, then, unless a Financial Covenant Cross Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent shall only take the
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actions set forth in this Section 8.02 at the request (or with the consent) of the Required Revolving Lenders (as opposed to the Required Lenders) and only with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Loans, Letters of Credit and Obligations under the Revolving Credit Facilities.
Section 8.03 Application of Funds.
After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order (to the fullest extent permitted by mandatory provisions of applicable Law):
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest, but including Attorney Costs payable under Section 10.04 and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent in their capacities as such hereunder;
Second, to the payment in full of Unfunded Participations (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the L/C Issuers pro rata in accordance with the amounts of Unfunded Participations owed to them on the date of any such distribution);
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, premiums, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders hereunder (including Attorney Costs payable under Section 10.04 and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and L/C Borrowings, and any fees, premiums and scheduled periodic payments due under Secured Substitute L/C Obligations, Cash Management Obligations or Secured Hedge Agreements, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth payable to them;
Fifth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings (including to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit), and any breakage, termination or other payments under Secured Substitute L/C Obligations, Cash Management Obligations or Secured Hedge Agreements, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fifth held by them;
Sixth, to the payment of all other Obligations of the Loan Parties that are due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date, ratably based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations then earned, due and payable have been paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
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Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above and, if no Obligations remain outstanding, to the Borrower as applicable or as otherwise required by any Intercreditor Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts received from any Loan Party shall not be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Loan Party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Obligations arising under Treasury Services Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements or Secured Substitute L/Cs shall be excluded from the application of payments described above if the Agents have not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Agents may reasonably request, from the applicable Hedge Bank or Secured Substitute L/C Issuer, as the case may be (it being understood and agreed that delivery of a Secured Party Designation Notice or Secured Substitute L/C Issuer Designation Notice to the Agents shall satisfy the obligations set forth in this sentence). Each Hedge Bank or Secured Substitute L/C Issuer not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of Article IX for itself and its Affiliates as if a "Lender" party hereto and shall be deemed to have expressly agreed to the terms of this Section 8.03.
Section 8.04 Borrower Right to Cure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 8.01 or Section 8.02:
(a) For the purpose of determining whether an Event of Default under Section 7.11 has occurred, the Borrower may on one or more occasions designate any portion of the net cash proceeds from a sale or issuance of Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings or any cash contribution to the common capital of Holdings, in each case, after the Closing Date, which are contributed to the Borrower and to the extent Not Otherwise Applied (the “Cure Amount”), as an increase to Consolidated EBITDA for the applicable Fiscal Quarter; provided that (A) such amounts to be designated (i) are actually received by the Borrower after the end of such Fiscal Quarter and on or prior to the fifteenth Business Day after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered with pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b), as applicable (the “Cure Expiration Date”) and (ii) do not exceed the aggregate amount necessary to cure any Event of Default under Section 7.11 as of such date and (B) the Borrower shall have provided notice (the “Notice of Intent to Cure”) to the Administrative Agent for prompt distribution to the Lenders that such amounts are designated as a “Cure Amount” (it being understood that to the extent such notice is provided in advance of delivery of a Compliance Certificate for the applicable period, the amount of such net cash proceeds that is designated as the Cure Amount may be lower than specified in such notice to the extent that the amount necessary to cure any Event of Default under Section 7.11 is less than the full amount of such originally designated amount). The Cure Amount shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA for the applicable Fiscal Quarter and included in any Test Period that includes such Fiscal Quarter.
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(b) The parties hereby acknowledge that this Section 8.04 may not be relied on for purposes of calculating any financial ratios other than for determining actual compliance with Section 7.11 and shall not result in any adjustment to any amounts (including the amount of clause (b) or (c) of the Cumulative Credit, Indebtedness (other than as set forth in Section 8.04(d)(ii)), Total Assets, or Consolidated Total Debt, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio or any other calculation of net leverage or Indebtedness hereunder and shall not be included for purposes of determining pricing, mandatory prepayments and the availability or amount permitted pursuant to any covenant under Article VII) other than the amount of the Consolidated EBITDA referred to in Section 8.04(a) above.
(c) In furtherance of Section 8.04(a) above, (i) upon actual receipt and designation of the Cure Amount by the Borrower, the covenant under Section 7.11 shall be deemed retroactively cured with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply with the covenant under such Section 7.11 and any Event of Default or potential Event of Default under Section 7.11 shall be deemed not to have occurred for purposes of the Loan Documents, and (ii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender may exercise any rights or remedies under Section 8.02 (or under any other Loan Document) on the basis of any actual or purported Event of Default under Section 7.11 following receipt of a Notice of Intent to Cure until and unless the Cure Expiration Date has occurred without the Cure Amount having been received.
(d) (i) In each period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters, there shall be at least two Fiscal Quarters in which no cure right set forth in this Section 8.04 is exercised and (ii) there shall be no pro forma reduction in Indebtedness (either directly or by netting cash) with the Cure Amount for determining compliance with Section 7.11 for the Fiscal Quarter with respect to which such Cure Amount was made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be required to make any Revolving Credit Loan, a Swing Line Loan, and no L/C Issuer shall be required to make any L/C Credit Extension, in each case until receipt by the Borrower of the Cure Amount.
(e) There can be no more than five Fiscal Quarters in which the cure rights set forth in this Section 8.04 are exercised during the term of the Facilities.
(f) For the avoidance of doubt, no portion of the Cure Amount shall be required to be applied as a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b).
ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER AGENTS
Section 9.01 Appointment and Authority.
(a) Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints Wilmington Trust, National Association, to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental or related thereto. The provisions of this Article IX (other than Sections 9.01, 9.06 and 9.09 through and including 9.12) are solely for the benefit of the
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Agents, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, and no Loan Party has rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan Document, no Agent shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or shall otherwise exist against any Agent. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any similar term) with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “Collateral Agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Secured Substitute L/C Issuer and Hedge Bank) and the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “Collateral Agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys- in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article X (including Section 10.05), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “Collateral Agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto, and all references to “Administrative Agent” in this Article IX shall be read as including a reference to the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to (i) execute any and all documents (including releases and Intercreditor Agreements) with respect to the Collateral (including any amendment, supplement, modification or joinder with respect thereto) and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders and (ii) negotiate, enforce or settle any claim, action or proceeding affecting the Lenders in their capacity as such, at the direction of the Required Lenders, which negotiation, enforcement or settlement will be binding upon each Lender. For the avoidance of doubt the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement it believes reasonable.
(c) Any corporation or association into which any Agent may be converted or merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or to which it may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, or any corporation or association resulting from any such conversion, sale, merger, consolidation or transfer to which such Agent is a party, will be and become the successor Agent, as applicable, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and will have and succeed to the rights, powers, duties, immunities and privileges as its predecessor, without the execution or filing of any instrument or paper or the performance of any further act.
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Section 9.02 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender (if applicable) as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdings or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
Section 9.03 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent:
(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Lender Representative or the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may (i) expose the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law or (ii) be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law;
(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, or any of its Affiliates in any capacity;
(d) shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Lender Representative or the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in this Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by Holdings, a Lender or L/C Issuer; and
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(e) shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Collateral Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
The Agents shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents shall not (a) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified Lender or (b) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Lender. The Agents shall not have any responsibility or liability for monitoring the list or identities of, or enforcing provisions relating to compliance by Affiliated Lenders with the terms hereof relating to Affiliated Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents shall not be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to compliance by Affiliated Lenders with the terms hereof relating to Affiliated Lenders.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Agents shall not be obligated to calculate or confirm the calculations of any financial covenants set forth herein or the other Loan Documents or in any of the financial statements of the Loan Parties.
In no event shall any Agent be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement or any related documents because of circumstances beyond such Agent’s control, including, but not limited to, a failure, termination, or suspension of a clearing house, securities depositary, settlement system or central payment system in any applicable part of the world or acts of God, flood, war (whether declared or undeclared), civil or military disturbances or hostilities, nuclear or natural catastrophes, political unrest, explosion, severe weather or accident, earthquake, terrorism, fire, riot, labor disturbances, strikes or work stoppages for any reason, embargo, government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations or the like (whether domestic, federal, state, county or municipal or foreign) which delay, restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Agreement or any related documents, or the unavailability of communications or computer facilities, the failure of equipment or interruption of communications or computer facilities, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex or other wire or communication facility, or any other causes beyond such Agent’s control whether or not of the same class or kind as specified above.
Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall require any Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder.
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No Agent shall have any obligation for (a) perfecting, maintaining, monitoring, preserving or protecting the security interest or Lien granted under this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby; (b) the filing, re-filing, recording, re-recording, or continuing of any document, financing statement, mortgage, assignment, notice, instrument of further assurance, or other instrument in any public office at any time or times; or (c) providing, maintaining, monitoring, or preserving insurance on or the payment of taxes with respect to any Collateral.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document, each Lead Arranger is named as such for recognition purposes only, and in its capacity as such shall have no powers, duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; it being understood and agreed that each Lead Arranger shall be entitled to all indemnification and reimbursement rights in favor of the Administrative Agent as, and to the extent, provided for under Section 10.05. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lead Arranger shall not, solely by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, have any fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender or any other Person.
Section 9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document, order or decree from any court or Governmental Authority or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it in good faith to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance, extension or increase of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
Each Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document unless (x) such action is expressly set forth herein or (y) such Agent shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Lender Representative or Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents) and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in taking any action, or in refraining from taking any action, under any Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Lender Representative or the Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders as may be expressly required hereby in any instance) and such request and any action
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taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders; provided that no Agent shall be required to take any discretionary action that, in its opinion or in the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law.
Section 9.05 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may perform any and all of their duties and exercise their rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable. The Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article IX shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
Section 9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower at all times other than upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States and who shall be a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above (including consent of the Borrower). Whether or not a successor has been appointed, the resignation of the Administrative Agent shall become effective on the date which is thirty (30) days following the Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation and (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuers under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (b) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C Issuers directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section 9.06. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged
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therefrom as provided above in this Section 9.06). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article IX and Sections 10.04 and 10.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, their sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (including while such Agent is continuing to hold collateral security in accordance with Section 9.06). Any resignation of the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.06 shall also automatically constitute a resignation of such Person in its capacity as Collateral Agent.
Section 9.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Lenders. Each Lender and L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lead Arranger or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lead Arranger or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Loan Parties and their Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder and in deciding whether or to the extent to which it will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder.
Section 9.08 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Agents listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, a Lender or L/C Issuer hereunder, as the case may be.
Section 9.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Secured Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other
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amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(h), 2.03(i), 2.09, 10.04 and 10.05) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09, 10.04 and 10.05.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or L/C Issuer or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or L/C Issuer or in any such proceeding.
Section 9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. Each Lender hereby agrees, and each holder of any Note by the acceptance thereof will be deemed to agree, that, except as otherwise set forth herein, any action taken by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lender Representative or the Required Lenders in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or the Collateral Documents, and the exercise by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lender Representative or the Required Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized on behalf of all of the Lenders, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from any Lender, from time to time to take any action with respect to any Collateral or Collateral Documents which may be necessary to create, perfect and maintain perfected security interests in and liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents. Each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, at its option, and in its sole discretion:
(a) to enter into and sign for and on behalf of the Lenders as Secured Parties the Collateral Documents for the benefit of the Lenders and the other Secured Parties;
(b) to automatically release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full in cash of all Obligations (other than Secured Substitute L/C Obligations, Cash Management Obligations, Obligations in respect of Secured Hedge Agreements, contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and Cash Collateralized or backstopped Letters of Credit) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been Cash Collateralized or as to which other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuers shall have been made), (ii) at the time the property subject to such Lien is Disposed or to be Disposed as part of any Disposition (including through an Investment) to a
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non-Loan Party permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (iii) subject to Section 10.01, if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, or (iv) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty pursuant to Section 9.10(d);
(c) with the consent of the Required Lenders, to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document to another Lien that is both (i) permitted to exist on such property and (ii) permitted to be senior to the Liens of the Secured Parties under this Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date or as amended in accordance with Section 10.01(j); and
(d) subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11.09, to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary as a result of a transaction or designation permitted hereunder; provided that no such release shall occur if such Guarantor continues to be a guarantor in respect of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, Junior Financing or any Indebtedness incurred under Sections 7.03(g) or 7.03(v).
If the Administrative Agent requests at any time, the Required Lenders may confirm in writing the Agents’ authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.10. In each case as specified in this Section 9.10, the Agents will (and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Agents to), at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 9.10; provided, that if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have in each case delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the release of such Guarantor or release or subordination of such Lien on Collateral, as applicable, is in compliance with the Loan Documents (and the Secured Parties hereby authorize the Agents to rely on such certificate in performing their obligations under this Section 9.10).
Section 9.11 Cash Management Obligations, Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Substitute L/C Obligations. No Hedge Bank or Secured Substitute L/C Issuer that obtains the benefits of Section 8.03, any Guaranty or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Guaranty or any Collateral Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) (or to notice of or to consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of the provisions hereof or of the Guaranty or any Collateral Document) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IX to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Cash Management Obligations, Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Substitute L/C Obligations unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Secured
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Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Hedge Bank or Secured Substitute L/C Issuer, as applicable. The Agents shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Secured Obligations arising under Treasury Services Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Substitute L/Cs in the case of a release of liens and guarantees in connection with the payment in full of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and payable) and termination of the Aggregate Commitments.
The Hedge Banks and Secured Substitute L/C Issuers hereby authorize the Agents to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement, any other intercreditor agreement permitted under this Agreement, and any amendment, modification, supplement or joinder with respect thereto, and any such Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement is binding upon the Hedge Banks and Secured Substitute L/C Issuers.
Section 9.12 Withholding Tax Indemnity. To the extent required by any applicable Laws, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of withholding Tax ineffective or if any payment has been made by the Administrative Agent to any Lender without applicable withholding tax being deducted from such payment), such Lender shall, within 10 days after written demand therefor, indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.01 and 3.04 and without limiting or expanding the obligation of the Borrower to do so) for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Taxes or otherwise, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses and any other out-of-pocket expenses, whether or not such Tax was correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 9.12. The agreements in this Section 9.12 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations. For purposes of this Section 9.12, the term “Lender” includes any L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender.
Section 9.13 Certain ERISA Matters.
(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and each Lead Arranger, and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the
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avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) of one or more Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Aggregate Commitments,
(ii) the prohibited transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable so as to exempt from the prohibitions of Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Aggregate Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Aggregate Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Aggregate Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Aggregate Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b) In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that none of the Administrative Agent or any Lead Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ involved in the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Aggregate Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto).
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Section 9.14 Erroneous Payments.
(a) If the Administrative Agent (x) notifies a Lender, L/C Issuer, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender or L/C Issuer (any such Lender, L/C Issuer or other recipient (and each of their respective successors and assigns), a “Payment Recipient”) that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds (as set forth in such notice from the Administrative Agent) received by such Payment Recipient from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously or mistakenly transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Lender, L/C Issuer or other Payment Recipient on its behalf) (any such funds, whether transmitted or received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and (y) demands in writing the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof) (provided that, without limiting any other rights or remedies (whether at law or in equity), the Administrative Agent may not make any such demand under this clause (a) with respect to an Erroneous Payment unless such demand is made within ten (10) Business Days after the date of receipt by the applicable Payment Recipient of such Erroneous Payment), such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Administrative Agent pending its return or repayment as contemplated below in this Section 9.14 and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and such Lender or L/C Issuer shall (or, with respect to any Payment Recipient who received such funds on its behalf, shall cause such Payment Recipient to) promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative Agent) in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(b) Without limiting immediately preceding clause (a), each Payment Recipient, agrees that if it receives a payment, prepayment or repayment (whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise) from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in this Agreement or in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates), or (z) that such Payment Recipient otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part), then in each such case:
(i) it acknowledges and agrees that (A) in the case of immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), an error and mistake shall be presumed to have been made (absent written confirmation from the Administrative Agent to the contrary) or (B) an error and mistake
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has been made (in the case of immediately preceding clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment; and
(ii) such Payment Recipient shall (and shall cause any other recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf to) promptly (and, in all events, within one Business Day of its knowledge of the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in immediately preceding clauses (x), (y) and (z)) notify the Administrative Agent of its receipt of such payment, prepayment or repayment, the details thereof (in reasonable detail) and that it is so notifying the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.14(b).
For the avoidance of doubt, the failure to deliver a notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.14(b) shall not have any effect on a Payment Recipient’s obligations pursuant to Section 9.14(a) or on whether or not an Erroneous Payment has been made.
(c) Each Payment Recipient hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party under any Loan Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Administrative Agent to such Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party under any Loan Document with respect to any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, against any amount that the Administrative Agent has demanded to be returned under immediately preceding clause (a).
(d) The parties hereto agree that (x) irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent may be equitably subrogated, in the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Payment Recipient that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights and interests of such Payment Recipient (and, in the case of any Payment Recipient who has received funds on behalf of a Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party, to the rights and interests of such Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party, as the case may be) under the Loan Documents with respect to such amount (the “Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights”) and (y) an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Secured Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party; provided that this Section 9.14 shall not be interpreted to increase (or accelerate the due date for), or have the effect of increasing (or accelerating the due date for), the Obligations of the Borrower relative to the amount (or timing for payment) of the Obligations that would have been payable had such Erroneous Payment not been made by the Administrative Agent; provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, the immediately preceding clauses (x) and (y) shall not apply to the extent any such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from, or on behalf of (including through the exercise of remedies under any Loan Document), the Borrower or any other Loan Party, or realized as proceeds of the Collateral and applied, for the purpose of a payment on the Obligations and is not otherwise repaid or returned to a Loan Party by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, whether pursuant to a legal proceeding or otherwise.
(e) To the extent permitted by applicable Law, no Payment Recipient shall assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives, and is deemed to waive, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment
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received, including, without limitation, any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, and for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the occurrence of an Erroneous Payment (or the existence of any Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights or other rights of the Administrative Agent in respect of an Erroneous Payment) result in the Administrative Agent becoming, or being deemed to be, a Lender hereunder or the holder of any Loans hereunder.
(g) Each party’s obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 9.14 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender or L/C Issuer, the termination of the applicable Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.
(h) In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document no Erroneous Payment shall, constitute, create, increase or otherwise alter any Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents or otherwise, neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have any liability for any actions or inactions of any Payment Recipient, including any failure by any Payment Recipient to comply with the above provisions of this Section 9.14. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.14 or in any other Loan Document, the Borrower and the Loan Parties shall have no obligations, liabilities or responsibilities for any actions, consequences or remediation (including the repayment or recovery of any amounts) contemplated by this Section 9.14 (and, for the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that if a Loan Party has paid principal, interest or any other amounts owed pursuant to a Loan Document, nothing in this Section 9.14 (or Section 10.05 (or any equivalent provision) in connection therewith) shall require any such Loan Party to pay additional amounts that are duplicative of such previously paid amounts).
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.01 Amendments, Etc. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders with notice given to the Administrative Agent (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) (other than with respect to any amendment or waiver contemplated in Sections 10.01(b) through (d), (i), (h) and (j) below, which shall require the consent of the Lenders expressly set forth therein and not the Required Lenders) and the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of each Lender holding such Commitment (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.01 or 4.02, or the waiver of any Default, Event of Default,
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mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of any Commitments shall not constitute such an extension or increase);
(b) postpone any date scheduled for any payment of principal (including final maturity), interest, premiums or fees under Section 2.05(a)(ii), 2.07, 2.08 or 2.09, respectively, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby (it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any mandatory prepayment of the Loans or any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate, any Default or Event of Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of any Commitments shall not constitute such a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest and it further being understood that any change to the definition of “Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” or the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a postponement of such scheduled payment);
(c) reduce or forgive the principal of, or the rate (or cash rate) of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (v) of the proviso to this Section 10.01 that appears immediately following clause (j) below) any prepayment penalty or premium, fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document (or extend the timing of payments of such prepayment penalty or premium, fees or other amounts) without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby (it being understood that (i) the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate, the MFN Adjustment, any mandatory prepayment of the Loans or mandatory reduction of any Commitments or any Default or Event of Default shall not constitute such a reduction and it further being understood that (ii) any change to the definition of “Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” or the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction or forgiveness in any rate of interest);
(d) change any provision of Section 2.12(a), 2.13 or 8.03 or the definition of “Pro Rata Share” in any manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments or other amounts required thereby, or change the order in which such amounts are required to be applied, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(e) change any provision of (i) this Section 10.01 or (ii) the definitions of “Required Lenders” or “Required Revolving Lenders” or any other provision specifying the number of Lenders or portion of the Loans or Commitments required to take any action under the Loan Documents to reduce the percentage set forth therein, without the written consent of each Lender (it being understood that, with the consent of the Required Lenders (if such consent is otherwise required) or the Administrative Agent (if the consent of the Required Lenders is not otherwise required), additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable, on substantially the same basis as the Term Commitments or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable);
(f) other than in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or 7.05, release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
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(g) other than in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or 7.05, release all or substantially all of the guarantees provided by the Guarantors, without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) affect the rights or duties of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class), without the written consent of the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto if such Class of Lenders was the only Class (but not Required Lenders);
(i) amend, waive or otherwise modify, or consent to the departure from, Section 7.11 or Section 8.04 or any definition related thereto (solely in respect of the use of such defined terms in Section 7.11 or Section 8.04) or waive or forbear with respect to any Default or Event of Default resulting from a failure to perform or observe Section 7.11, in each case without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders; provided, however, that the amendments, waivers or other modifications described in this clause (i) shall not require the consent of any Lenders other than the Required Revolving Lenders under the applicable Revolving Credit Facility or Facilities; or
(j) subordinate (x) the Liens securing any of the Obligations on all or substantially all of the Collateral to the Liens securing any other Indebtedness or other obligations or (y) any Obligations in contractual right of payment to any other Indebtedness or other obligations (any such other Indebtedness or other obligations, to which such Liens securing any of the Obligations or such Obligations, as applicable, are subordinated, “Senior Indebtedness”);
provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, adversely affect the rights or duties of an L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver, or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender, in addition to the Lenders required above, adversely affect the rights and duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of, or any fees or other amounts payable to, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) Section 10.07(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; (v) only the consent of the parties to the Fee Letter or the Agent Fee Letter, as applicable, shall be required to amend, modify or supplement the terms thereof; and (vi)(x) no Lender consent is required to effect an Incremental Amendment, Refinancing Amendment or Extension Amendment (except as expressly provided in Sections 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, as applicable) and (y) in connection with an amendment in which any Class of Term Loans is refinanced with a replacement Class of term loans bearing (or is modified in such a manner such that the resulting term loans bear) a lower Effective Yield and other customary amendments related thereto to consummate such refinancing in each case to the extent effective after the consummation of such refinancing (a “Permitted Repricing Amendment”), only the consent of the Lenders holding Term Loans subject to such permitted repricing transaction that will continue as a Lender in respect of the repriced tranche of
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Term Loans or modified Term Loans shall be required for such Permitted Repricing Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender, (y) the date scheduled for any payment of principal (including final maturity) of the loans of any Defaulting Lender may not be postponed without the consent of such Lender, and (z) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each directly and adversely affected Lender that by its terms materially and adversely affects any Defaulting Lender to a greater extent than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to effect any requisite changes to the then-current Benchmark as set forth in Section 1.13 and such other related changes as may be applicable thereto, in each case, with only the consent of the Persons set forth in Section 1.13.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all or a portion of the outstanding Term Loans of any Class (“Refinanced Term Loans”) with one or more tranches of replacement term loans (“Replacement Term Loans”) hereunder; provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans (plus accrued interest, fees, expenses and premium), (b) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans, at the time of such refinancing (c) such Replacement Term Loans must satisfy the requirements of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and (d) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Term Loans shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10.01, guarantees, collateral security documents and related documents executed by the Loan Parties or the Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Lender Representative and may be, together with this Agreement, amended and waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent and Lender Representative at the request of the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment or waiver is
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delivered in order (i) to comply with local Law or advice of local counsel or (ii) to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may assign all or a portion of its Term Loans in connection with a primary syndication of such Term Loans relating to any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to cashless settlement mechanisms approved by the Borrower, the Lender Representative, the Administrative Agent, the assignor Lender and the assignee of such Lender.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the consent of the Required Revolving Lenders shall be necessary to (i) amend, modify or waive any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 with respect to the making of Revolving Credit Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit or (ii) except for any amendment, waiver or modification that would require the consent of each Revolving Credit Lender adversely affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to Section 10.01, amend, modify or waive any provision of this Agreement that solely affects the Revolving Credit Lenders in respect of any Revolving Credit Facility, including the final scheduled maturity, interest, fees, prepayment penalties and voting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the consent of the persons constituting the Required Lenders under an incremental facility effected pursuant to an Incremental Amendment shall be necessary to (i) amend, modify or waive any condition precedent with respect to the making of Incremental Loans under such incremental facility or (ii) except for any amendment, waiver or modification that would require the consent of each Incremental Lender under such incremental facility that is adversely affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to Section 10.01, amend, modify or waive any provision of this Agreement that solely affects such Incremental Lenders in respect of such incremental facility, including the final scheduled maturity, interest, fees, prepayment penalties and voting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect, error or inconsistency (including amendments, supplements or waivers to any of the Collateral Documents, guarantees, intercreditor agreements or related documents executed by any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement if such amendment, supplement or waiver is delivered in order to cause such Collateral Documents, guarantees, intercreditor agreements or related documents to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) or to implement a successor rate to Term SOFR pursuant to Section 1.13, so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders (or from Lenders constituting the Required Lenders) stating that the Required Lenders (or such Lenders constituting the Required Lenders) object to such amendment, together with a copy of the proposed amendment or other modification.
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Furthermore, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with the consent of the Lender Representative at the request of the Borrower (without the need to obtain any consent of any Lender) (i) any Loan Document may be amended to add terms that are favorable to the Lenders (as reasonably determined by the Lender Representative and the Borrower) and (ii) this Agreement (including the amount of amortization due and payable with respect to any Class of Term Loans) may be amended to the extent necessary to create a fungible Class of Term Loans (as reasonably determined by the Lender Representative and the applicable Borrower).
Any waiver, amendment or other modification to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be provided to the Administrative Agent prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the effectiveness thereof (to the extent the Administrative Agent is not a party thereto).
Section 10.02 Notices and Other Communications.
(a) Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.
(i) Notices Generally. Except in the case of communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in Section 10.02(a)(ii)), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(A) if to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and
(B) if to any Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in Section 10.02(a)(ii) shall be effective as provided in such Section 10.02(a)(ii).
(ii) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to them hereunder by electronic
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communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(b) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Loan Parties, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of the Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Person have any liability to any other Person hereunder for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages); provided, further, that nothing in this sentence shall limit any Loan Party’s indemnification obligations set forth herein.
(c) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender may change its address, e-mail address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, e-mail address facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. In addition, each ▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and e-mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in
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accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to the Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain Material Non-Public Information.
(d) Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower in accordance with Section 10.05 hereof.
Section 10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender, any L/C Issuer, the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Agents in accordance with Section 8.02 for the benefit of all Secured Parties, including the Lenders and the L/C Issuers; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) any Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as an Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) the Swing Line Lender or any L/C Issuer from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 10.09 (subject to the terms of Section 2.13) or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to such Agent pursuant to Section 8.02 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.13, any Lender may, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
Section 10.04 Attorney Costs and Expenses.
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The Borrower agree (a) if the Closing Date occurs, to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders for all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses (without duplication) incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs of (A) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, (B) one primary counsel to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (taken as a whole), which is currently ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, (C) if reasonably necessary, (x) one local counsel of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, taken as a whole, in each relevant jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) material to the interests of the Agents taken as a whole and (y) one local counsel of the Lenders, taken as a whole, in each relevant jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) material to the interests of the Lenders taken as a whole, and (D) any counsel otherwise retained with the Borrower’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and (b) from and after the Closing Date, to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or protection of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, and including all respective Attorney Costs, which shall be limited to Attorney Costs of (i) a single firm of counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, taken as a whole, (ii) a single firm of counsel to the Lenders taken as a whole, (iii) if reasonably necessary, (x) one local counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, taken as a whole, in each relevant jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) material to the interests of the Agents taken as a whole and (y) one local counsel to the Lenders, taken as a whole, in each relevant jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) material to the interests of the Lenders taken as a whole and (iv) solely in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, taken as a whole). The agreements in this Section 10.04 shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations. All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be paid within thirty (30) days following receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail (in each case, with backup documentation supporting such reimbursement request (which backup documentation, in the case of legal expenses, shall be satisfied by delivery of such invoice). If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it hereunder or under any Loan Document, such amount may be paid on behalf of such Loan Party by the Administrative Agent in its discretion following five Business Days’ prior written notice to the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.04 shall not apply to Taxes, except any Taxes that represent costs and expenses arising from any non-Tax claim.
Section 10.05 Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent, Agent-Related Person, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and L/C Issuer and their respective controlled Affiliates and controlling Persons, and their respective officers, directors, employees, partners, agents, advisors and other representatives of each of the foregoing and their respective successors and assigns (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations,
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losses (other than lost profits), damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements, joint or several, to which such Indemnitee may become subject to the extent arising out of, or resulting from or in connection with (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) the Transactions or any related transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, (c) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any property or facility currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary, or any Environmental Liability relating in any way to the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary (other than any such presence or Release resulting solely from acts or omissions by persons other than the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries after the Administrative Agent sells the respective property pursuant to a foreclosure or has accepted a deed in lieu of foreclosure), except for any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials or Environmental Liabilities to the extent caused or contributed to by any Indemnitees, (d) any Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom including any refusal by an L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (e) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing (any of the foregoing, a “Proceeding”), regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto or whether or not such Proceeding is brought by the Borrower, its equity holders, Affiliates, creditors, Parent or any other Person, and to reimburse such Indemnitee for any reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket legal fees and expenses (i) of one firm of outside counsel to the Agents and the Agent-Related Persons, taken as a whole, and if reasonably necessary, of a single firm of local counsel to the Agents and the Agent-Related Persons, taken as a whole, in each relevant jurisdiction that is material to the interests of the Agents (which may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions), (ii) of one firm of outside counsel for all other Indemnitees taken as a whole and, if reasonably necessary, of a single firm of local counsel to all other Indemnitees, taken as a whole, in each relevant jurisdiction that is material to the interests of the Lenders (which may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) and, if reasonably necessary, a single regulatory counsel, if applicable, in each case for all Indemnitees taken as a whole and (iii) solely in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnitee affected by such conflict notifies the Borrower of the existence of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of one other firm of counsel (and, if reasonably necessary, one other firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction that is material to the interests of the Lenders (which may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) to the Indemnitees, taken as a whole), in each case, incurred in connection with investigating, responding to or defending any of the foregoing, and other reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket expenses in each case, incurred in connection with investigating, responding to or defending any of the foregoing; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses resulted from (x) (A) in the case of any Agent or Agent-Related Person, the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent or Agent-Related Person or of any of its controlled Affiliates or controlling Persons or their respective directors, officers, employees, members, partners, advisors, agents or other representatives, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (B) in the case of any other Indemnitee, the gross negligence, bad faith, fraud or willful misconduct of such
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Indemnitee or of any of its controlled Affiliates or controlling Persons or their respective directors, officers, employees, members, partners, advisors, agents or other representatives, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (y) other than in the case of the Agents and the Agent-Related Persons, a material breach of any obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by such Indemnitee or any of its controlled Affiliates or controlling Persons or their respective directors, officers, employees, members, partners, advisors, agents or other representatives, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (z) any dispute solely between or among Indemnitees other than any claims against an Indemnitee in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as an administrative agent, collateral agent or arranger or any similar role under any Facility and other than any claims arising out of any act or omission of Holdings, the Borrower, Parent or any of their Affiliates (for the avoidance of doubt, only to the extent neither the exception set forth in clause (x) or (y) above applies to such Person at such time). No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, in each case, except to the extent any such damages are found in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from (x) in the case of an Agent or an Agent-Related Person, the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent or Agent-Related Person or any of its controlled Affiliates or controlling Persons or their respective directors, officers, employees, members, partners, advisors, agents or other representatives or (y) in the case of any other Indemnitee the gross negligence, bad faith, fraud or willful misconduct of, or a material breach of any obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by, such Indemnitee or any of its controlled Affiliates or controlling Persons or their respective directors, officers, employees, members, partners, advisors, agents or other representatives, nor shall any Indemnitee, Loan Party or any Subsidiary have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date); it being agreed that this sentence shall not limit the indemnification obligations of Holdings or any Subsidiary, in respect of any such damages incurred or paid by an Indemnitee to a third party and for any out-of-pocket expenses. In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 10.05 applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Loan Party, any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, its directors, equity holders or creditors or an Indemnitee or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents are consummated. By accepting the benefits hereof, each Indemnitee agrees to refund and return any and all amounts paid by the Borrower to such Indemnitee to the extent items in clauses (x) through (z) above occur. All amounts due under this Section 10.05 shall be paid within 30 days after receipt by the Borrower of a written request therefor (together with reasonably detailed backup documentation supporting such reimbursement request (which backup documentation, in the case of legal expenses, shall be satisfied by the delivery of the invoice)); provided, however, that such Indemnitee shall promptly refund such amount to the extent that there is a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification rights with respect to such payment pursuant to the express terms of this Section 10.05. The agreements in this Section 10.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or
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discharge of all the other Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.05 shall not apply to Taxes, except any Taxes that represent liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, prepayments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements arising from any non-Tax claims.
The Borrower shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), but if settled with the Borrower’s written consent, or if there is a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction against an Indemnitee in any such proceeding, the Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee to the extent and in the manner set forth above. The Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of an Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) (it being understood that the withholding of consent due to non-satisfaction of any of the conditions described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this sentence shall be deemed reasonable), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnitee unless (i) such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnitee from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding, (ii) such settlement does not include any statement as to any admission of fault, culpability, wrongdoing or failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnitee and (iii) contains customary confidentiality provisions with respect to the terms of such settlement.
To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under this Section 10.05 or Section 10.04 to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (or any such sub- agent), the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lender or such Related Party, as the case may be, such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Pro Rata Share of all Facilities (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought (or if such expense or indemnity payment is sought after the date on which the Loans have been paid in full and the Commitments have been terminated, determined as of the day immediately prior to the date on which the Loans were paid in full and the Commitments were terminated)) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Collateral Agent (or any such sub-agent), any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender in their capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Collateral Agent (or any such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity. Each Lender hereby agrees that, notwithstanding any exclusions from the Borrower’s indemnification obligations under Section 10.05 for gross negligence or willful misconduct of the applicable Indemnitee, no action taken (or not taken) by the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing in accordance with the directions of the Lender Representative or the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be provided by the Loan Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for the purposes of the Lenders’ payment and indemnification obligations under this paragraph. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to such Lender from any source against any
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amount due to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing under this paragraph. The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraph are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(e).
Section 10.06 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to any Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender, or any Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent, any L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to such Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by such Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
Section 10.07 Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder or any of the other Loan Documents without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (except as permitted by Section 7.04), and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Assignee pursuant to an assignment made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(b) (such an assignee, an “Eligible Assignee” and (A) in the case of any Assignee that, immediately prior to or upon giving effect to such assignment, is an Affiliated Lender, Section 10.07(k), (B) in the case of any Assignee that is Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, Section 10.07(l), or (C) in the case of any Assignee that, immediately prior to or upon giving effect to such assignment, is a Debt Fund Affiliate, Section 10.07(o), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(e), (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 10.07(g) or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(h); provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender may assign or transfer by participation any of its rights or obligations hereunder to (w) a Disqualified ▇▇▇▇▇▇, (x) any Person that is a Defaulting Lender, (y) a natural Person or (z) to Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (except pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v) or 10.07(l)). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 10.07(e) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent
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shall not (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified Lender or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Lender.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 10.07(a) above and Section 10.07(b)(ii) below, any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees (each, an “Assignee”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this Section 10.07(b), participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of:
(A) the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for (i) an assignment of all or a portion of the Term Loans to a Term Lender or to an Affiliate of a Term Lender or an Approved Fund, related fund or managed fund or account thereof, (ii) an assignment of all or a portion of any Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Exposure to a Revolving Credit Lender, an Affiliate of a Revolving Credit Lender or any Approved Fund, related fund or managed fund or account thereof, (iii) an assignment after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Sections 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) (with respect to Holdings or the Borrower) (other than to a Disqualified Lender, which shall always require the Borrower’s consent) or (iv) an assignment of any Commitment or Loan by a Blackstone Entity to any other Blackstone Entity; provided, further, that, solely with respect to an assignment of Term Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall have objected thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof;
(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment (i) of all or any portion of a Term Loan to a Term Lender, an Affiliate of a Term Lender or an Approved Fund, related fund or managed fund or account thereof, (ii) of all or any portion of any Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Exposure to a Revolving Credit Lender, an Affiliate of a Revolving Credit Lender or any Approved Fund, related fund or managed fund or account thereof, (iii) of all or a portion of the Loans pursuant to Section 10.07(k) or Section 10.07(l) or (iv) an assignment of any Commitment or Loan by a Blackstone Entity to any other Blackstone Entity; and
(C) the Swing Line Lender and each L/C Issuer at the time of such assignment; provided that no consent of the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuers shall be required for any assignment (i) not related to Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Exposure, (ii) of all or any portion of any Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Exposure to a Revolving Credit Lender, an Affiliate of a Revolving Credit Lender or any Approved Fund, related fund or managed fund or account thereof or (iii) of any Commitment or Loan by a Blackstone Entity to any other Blackstone Entity.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth herein, to the extent any Lender is required to assign any portion of its Commitments, Loans and other rights, duties and obligations hereunder in order to comply with applicable Laws, such assignment may be made by such Lender without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other party hereto so long as such Lender complies with the requirements of Section 10.07(b)(ii).
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Commitment or Loans of any Class by a Lender to its Affiliates or Approved Funds, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000 (or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof) (in the case of each Revolving Credit Loan) and $1,000,000 (or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof) (in the case of a Term Loan) unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;
(B) the parties to each assignment shall (1) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (2) if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, manually execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together, in each case, with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee may be waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent);
(C) other than in the case of assignments pursuant to Section 10.07(l), the Assignee, if it shall not be an existing Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and all documentation and other information required under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act; and
(D) the Assignee, if not an existing Lender, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and Holdings the documentation described in Section 3.01(d) applicable to it.
This Section 10.07(b) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Facilities on a non-pro rata basis among such Facilities.
In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or sub-participations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not
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funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Pro Rata Share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
(c) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.07(d), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, (1) other than in connection with an assignment pursuant to Section 10.07(l), the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement (subject to Section 10.07(k), (m) and (n)), and (2) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, and the surrender by the assigning Lender of its Note, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 10.07(c) shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 10.07(e).
(d) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in the United States a copy of each Assignment and Assumption, each Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption delivered to it, and each notice of cancellation of any Loans delivered by Holdings pursuant to Section 10.07(l) and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans, L/C Obligations (specifying the Unreimbursed Amounts) and L/C Borrowings due under Section 2.03, owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). Upon its receipt of, and consent to (to the extent required), a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, an Administrative Questionnaire completed in respect of the assignee (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 10.07(b)(ii)(B) above, if applicable, and the written consent (in each case, if required) of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, each L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender to such assignment and any applicable tax forms and other information required under Section 10.07(b)(ii)(C), the Administrative Agent shall (i) accept such Assignment and Assumption and (ii) promptly record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this Section 10.07(d). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
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contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Agent and, with respect to itself, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. The provisions of this Agreement, including Section 10.07(d) and Section 2.11 shall be construed so that all Loans are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Section 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations (or any other relevant or successor provisions of the Code or of such Treasury regulations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender is an Affiliated Lender nor shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to monitor the aggregate amount of Term Loans held by Affiliated Lenders.
(e) Any Lender may at any time, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender, Holdings, its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Disqualified Lender) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clauses (a) through (c) and (e) through (g) of the first proviso to Section 10.01 that requires the affirmative vote of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇. Subject to Section 10.07(f) and a Participant’s compliance with the requirements and the limitations of Section 3.01(d) (it being understood that any forms, information or other documentation required under such Sections shall be delivered to the participating Lender), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 (subject to the requirements and limitations of such Sections) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.07(c). To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation or that is a Granting Lender, as the case may be, shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and SPC and the principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of each Participant’s and SPC’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) or proposed Section 1.163-5 of the United States Treasury Regulations (or, in each case, any amended or successor version), or is otherwise required thereunder. The Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender
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shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation or portion of the Loan (if funded by an SPC), as applicable, for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
(f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless such entitlement to a greater payment results from a change in any Law after the sale of the participation takes place.
(g) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof and (iii) such SPC and the applicable Loan or any applicable part thereof, shall be appropriately reflected in the Participant Register. Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) an SPC shall be entitled to the benefit of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 (subject to the requirements and the limitations of such Section), but neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement except, in the case of Section 3.01, to the extent that the grant to the SPC was made with the prior written consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; for the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower shall have reasonable basis for withholding consent if an exercise by SPC immediately after the grant would result in materially increased indemnification obligation to the Borrower at such time), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable (but the Granting Lender shall instead remain liable for such indemnity and similar payment obligations), and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Granting Lender will not, without the consent of the SPC, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clauses (b) and (c) of the first proviso to Section 10.01 that requires the affirmative vote of such Granting Lender. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee to the Administrative Agent of $3,500, assign all or any portion of its right to receive
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payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, (1) any Lender may in accordance with applicable Law create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it and (2) any Lender that is a Fund may create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it to the trustee for holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Fund as security for such obligations or securities; provided that unless and until such trustee actually becomes a Lender in compliance with the other provisions of this Section 10.07, (i) no such pledge shall release the pledging Lender from any of its obligations under the Loan Documents or substitute any such trustee for such Lender as a party hereto and (ii) such trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a Lender under the Loan Documents even though such trustee may have acquired ownership rights with respect to the pledged interest through foreclosure or otherwise.
(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any L/C Issuer may, upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as an L/C Issuer. In the event of any such resignation of an L/C Issuer, the Borrower, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender Representative) (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), shall be entitled to appoint another Revolving Credit Lender willing to accept such appointment a successor L/C Issuer hereunder; provided that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of the relevant L/C Issuer. If an L/C Issuer resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)).
(k) Any Lender may, at any time, without any consent, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations with respect to Term Loans under this Agreement to a Person who is or will become, after such assignment, an Affiliated Lender through (x) Dutch auctions or other offers to purchase or take by assignment open to all Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with procedures determined by such Affiliated Lender in its sole discretion or (y) open market purchase (or other negotiated purchase offered to all Lenders on a pro rata basis) on a non pro rata basis, in each case, subject to the following limitations:
(i) the assigning Lender and the Affiliated Lender purchasing such Lender’s Term Loans shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an assignment agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 hereto (an “Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption”) , together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (unless such fee is waived or reduced by the Administrative Agent (acting in its sole discretion)) and (B) each assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (x) an Administrative Questionnaire, (y) its applicable tax forms and (z) all documentation and other information required under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act;
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(ii) Affiliated Lenders (A) will not receive access to the Platform or information provided solely to Lenders by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans or Commitments required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Article II, (B) will not be permitted to attend or participate in conference calls or meetings attended solely by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and (C) will not receive advice of counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders;
(iii) in connection with each assignment pursuant to this Section 10.07(k), the assigning Lender and the Affiliated Lender purchasing such Lender’s Term Loans shall render customary “big boy” letters to each other regarding information that is not known to such assigning Lender that may be material to the decision by such assigning Lender to enter into such assignment to such Affiliated Lender;
(iv) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (as of the date of consummation of any transaction under this Section 10.07(k)) held by all Affiliated Lenders shall not exceed 25% of the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans outstanding at such time (such percentage, the “Affiliated Lender Cap”); and
(v) in the event that any default under Section 8.01(f) has occurred and is continuing, each Affiliated Lender shall acknowledge that it is an “insider” under Section 101(31) of the Title 11 of the United States Code and, as such, the claims associated with the loan and commitments owned by it shall not be included in determining whether the applicable class of creditors holding such claims has voted to accept a proposed plan for purposes of Section 1129(a)(10) of Title 11 of the United States Code, and their voting rights shall be subject to Section 10.07(m) and (n) below.
Each Affiliated ▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to notify the Administrative Agent promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days) if it acquires any Person who is also a Lender, and each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days) if it becomes an Affiliated Lender. Such notice shall contain the type of information required and be delivered to the same addressee as set forth in Exhibit H-3.
Each Lender participating in any assignment to Affiliated Lenders acknowledges and agrees that in connection with such assignment, (1) the Affiliated Lenders then may have, and later may come into possession of Excluded Information, (2) such Lender has independently and, without reliance on the Affiliated Lenders or any of their Subsidiaries, Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent or any other Agent-Related Persons, has made its own analysis and determination to participate in such assignment notwithstanding such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s lack of knowledge of the Excluded Information, (3) none of the Affiliated Lenders or any of their Subsidiaries, Holdings, the Borrower or their respective Subsidiaries, shall be required to make any representation that it is not in possession of Excluded Information, (4) none of the Affiliated Lenders or any of their Subsidiaries, Holdings, the Borrower or their respective Subsidiaries the Administrative Agent or any other Agent-Related Persons shall have any liability to such Lender, and such Lender hereby waives and releases, to the extent permitted by law, any claims such Lender may have against the Affiliated Lenders and any of their Subsidiaries, Holdings, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent and any other
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Agent-Related Persons, under applicable Laws or otherwise, with respect to the nondisclosure of the Excluded Information and (5) that the Excluded Information may not be available to the Administrative Agent or the other Lenders.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Affiliated Lender that has purchased Term Loans pursuant to this subsection (k) may, in its sole discretion, contribute, directly or indirectly, the principal amount of such Term Loans or any portion thereof, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to the Borrower or exchange for debt or equity securities of the Borrower (or any of its direct or indirect parent companies) otherwise permitted to be issued under the Agreement at such time, in each case, for the purpose of cancelling and extinguishing such Term Loans. Upon the date of such contribution, assignment or transfer, (x) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans shall reflect such cancellation and extinguishing of the Term Loans then held by the Borrower and (y) the Borrower shall promptly provide notice to the Administrative Agent of such contribution of such Term Loans, and the Administrative Agent, upon receipt of such notice, shall reflect the cancellation of the applicable Term Loans in the Register.
(l) Any Lender may, so long as no Event of Default under Sections 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) has occurred and is continuing, at any time, without any consent, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations with respect to Term Loans under this Agreement to Holdings or the Borrower through (x) Dutch auctions open to all Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with procedures of the type described in Section 2.05(a)(v) or (y) open market purchases (or other negotiated purchases offered to all Lenders on a pro rata basis) on a non-pro rata basis, subject to the following:
(i) no assignment of Term Loans to Holdings or the Borrower may be purchased with the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Line Loans;
(ii) the assigning Lender and Holdings or the Borrower, as applicable, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 hereto;
(iii) if Holdings is the assignee, upon such assignment, transfer or contribution, Holdings, as applicable, shall automatically be deemed to have contributed the principal amount of such Term Loans, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to the Borrower; and
(iv) if the Borrower is the assignee (including through contribution or transfers set forth in clause (iii) above), (a) the principal amount of such Term Loans, along with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, so contributed, assigned or transferred to the Borrower shall be deemed automatically cancelled and extinguished on the date of such contribution, assignment or transfer, (b) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans of the remaining Lenders shall reflect such cancellation and extinguishment of the Term Loans then held by the Borrower and (c) the Borrower shall promptly provide notice to the Administrative Agent of such contribution, assignment or transfer of such Term Loans, and the Administrative Agent, upon receipt of such notice, shall reflect the cancellation of the applicable Term Loans in the Register.
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Each Lender participating in any assignment to Holdings or the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that in connection with such assignment, (1) Holdings or the Borrower then may have, and later may come into possession of Excluded Information, (2) such Lender has independently and, without reliance on Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent or any other Agent-Related Persons, made its own analysis and determination to participate in such assignment notwithstanding such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s lack of knowledge of the Excluded Information, (3) none of Holdings, the Borrower or their respective Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent or any other Agent-Related Persons shall have any liability to such Lender, and such Lender hereby waives and releases, to the extent permitted by law, any claims such Lender may have against Holdings, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent and any other Agent-Related Persons, under applicable Laws or otherwise, with respect to the nondisclosure of the Excluded Information and (4) that the Excluded Information may not be available to the Administrative Agent or the other Lenders.
The aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans of the applicable Class shall be deemed reduced by the full par value of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans purchased by, or contributed to (in each case, and subsequently cancelled hereunder), Holdings or the Borrower pursuant to this Section 10.07(l) and each principal repayment installment with respect to the Term Loans of such Class pursuant to Section 2.07(a) or (d) shall be reduced pro rata by the par value of the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans so purchased or contributed (and subsequently cancelled).
Any purchase of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 10.07(l) shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payment or prepayment under this Agreement.
(m) Notwithstanding anything in Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, or subject to Section 10.07(n), any plan of reorganization pursuant to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document, or (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, no Affiliated Lender shall have any right to consent (or not consent), otherwise act or direct or require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to take (or refrain from taking) any such action and:
(i) all Term Loans held by any Affiliated Lenders shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether the Required Lenders have taken any actions; and
(ii) all Term Loans held by Affiliated Lenders shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether all Lenders have taken any action unless the action in question (x) affects such Affiliated Lender in a disproportionately adverse manner to its effect on other Lenders or (y) alters such Affiliated Lenders’ pro rata share of any payments given to all Lenders.
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(n) Additionally, the Loan Parties and Affiliated Lenders hereby agree that if a case under Title 11 of the United States Code is commenced against any Loan Party, such Loan Party shall seek (and the Affiliated Lenders shall consent) to provide that the vote of the Affiliated Lenders with respect to any plan of reorganization of such Loan Party shall be counted in the same proportion as all other Lenders except that Affiliated Lenders’ votes may be counted to the extent any such plan of reorganization proposes to treat the Obligations held by Affiliated Lenders in a manner that is disproportionately adverse to the Affiliated Lenders as compared to the proposed treatment of similar Obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliates of the Borrower or would deprive the Affiliated Lenders of their Pro Rata Share of any payments to which all Lenders are entitled. The Affiliated Lenders hereby irrevocably appoint the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as the Affiliated Lenders’ attorney- in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of the Affiliated Lenders and in the name of the Affiliated Lenders, from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section 10.07(n).
(o) Debt Fund Affiliates shall be Eligible Assignees and shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 10.07(m) or 10.07(n), and any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations with respect to Term Loans (but not Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans) under this Agreement to a Person who is or will become, after such assignment, a Debt Fund Affiliate. Notwithstanding anything in Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document or (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, all Term Loans held by Debt Fund Affiliates may not account for more than 49.9% in the aggregate (pro rata among such Debt Fund Affiliates) of the Term Loans of consenting Lenders included in determining whether the Required Lenders have consented to any action pursuant to Section 10.01.
Section 10.08 Confidentiality. Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information, except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ respective managed funds, managed accounts, managers, administrators, directors, officers, employees, trustees, partners (including current and prospective limited partners), current and prospective financing sources, leverage providers and investors, investment advisors and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors on a “need to know basis” (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and agree to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent required or requested by any Governmental Authority or self-regulatory authority having or asserting jurisdiction over such Person (including any Governmental Authority regulating any Lender or its Affiliates); provided that the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, agrees that it will notify Holdings as soon as practicable in the event of any such disclosure by such Person (other than at the request of a regulatory or self-regulatory authority) unless such notification is prohibited by law, rule or regulation; (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; provided that the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, agrees that it will notify Holdings as soon as
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practicable in the event of any such disclosure by such Person (other than at the request of a regulatory or self-regulatory authority) unless such notification is prohibited by law, rule or regulation; (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) subject to an agreement containing provisions at least as restrictive as those of this Section 10.08 (or as may otherwise be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower), to (i) any direct or indirect contractual counterparty to a Swap Contract, Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder (other than any Person whom the Borrower has affirmatively denied to provide consent to assignment by such Lender in accordance with Section 10.07(b)(i)(A)) or (iii) to a Federal Reserve Bank or any central bank having jurisdiction over any Agent or Lender; (f) with the prior written consent of the Borrower; (g) to the extent such Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08 or other obligation of confidentiality owed to the Borrower, Parent or their respective Affiliates or becomes available to the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than a Loan Party or Parent or their respective related parties (so long as such source is not known (after due inquiry) to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, such Lender, such L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates to be bound by confidentiality obligations to any Loan Party, Parent or their respective Affiliates); (h) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization, any examiner or to any rating agency when required by it (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Information relating to Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries received by it from such Lender) or to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar organization; (i) to the extent such information is independently developed by the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates; (j) subject to an agreement containing provisions at least as restrictive as those of this Section 10.08 (or as may otherwise be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower), to any pledgee referred to in Section 10.07(g); (k) to a Person that is an investor or prospective investor in a securitization or other financing, separate account or commingled fund so long as such investor or prospective investor agrees that its access to information regarding the Loan Parties and the Loans and Commitments is solely for purposes of evaluating an investment in such securitization or other financing, separate account or commingled fund and who agrees to treat such information as confidential; (l) to a Person that is a trustee, collateral agent, collateral manager, servicer, noteholder, equityholder or secured party in a securitization in connection with the administration, servicing and evaluation of, and reporting on, the assets serving as collateral for such securitization; (m) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of its rights hereunder or thereunder; (n) to a tax authority to the extent reasonably required for the purposes of the tax affairs of a Lender or its direct or indirect owners, and in connection with the filing of a tax return by a Lender or its direct or indirect owner. In addition, the Agents and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and publicly available information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration, settlement and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments and the Credit Extensions; or (o) to a rating agency on a confidential basis for
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purposes of obtaining non-public “shadow” ratings or private ratings letter for the Facilities, to the CUSIP Service Bureau, Clearpar or Loanserv or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers, Private Placement Numbers or any other similar numbers with respect to the Facilities. For the purposes of this Section 10.08, “Information” means all information received from the Loan Parties relating to any Loan Party, its Affiliates or its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors or agents, other than any such information that is publicly available to any Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender prior to disclosure by any Loan Party other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08 or any other confidentiality obligation owed to any Loan Party or their Affiliates.
With the Borrower’s reasonable approval, the Lenders may place customary advertisements in financial and other newspapers and periodicals or on a home page or similar place for dissemination of customary information on the Internet or worldwide web as they may choose, and circulate similar promotional materials, after the final closing of the Transaction in the form of a “tombstone” or otherwise describing the names of the Borrower, and its Subsidiaries (or any of them) and the amount, type and closing date of such Transactions, all at the expense of the Lenders; provided, that each Lender hereby agrees not to include the name of any other Lender in such advertisements or other materials without the prior consent of such other Lender.
Section 10.09 Setoff. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and its Affiliates (and the Agents, in respect of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses payable hereunder) is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender and its Affiliates or the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender and its Affiliates or the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not such Agent or such Lender or Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Agents, the L/C Issuers, and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify Holdings and the Administrative Agent after any such set off and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of the Agents and each Lender under this Section 10.09 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent and such Lender may have at Law.
Section 10.10 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents
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shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If any Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged or received by an Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
Section 10.11 Counterparts. This Agreement and each other Loan Document may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by facsimile or other electronic transmission of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement and such other Loan Document. The Agents may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission. The words “execution”, “execute”, “signed”, “signature”, and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including Assignment and Assumptions, amendments, waivers or consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or electronic records, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Section 10.12 Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. Subject to Section 10.20, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Agents or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.
Section 10.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and
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shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.
Section 10.14 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions; provided that the Lenders shall charge no fee in connection with any such amendment. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.14, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuers, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
Section 10.15 GOVERNING LAW.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; provided that interpretation of the provisions of the Purchase Agreement (including with respect to satisfaction of the conditions contained therein, whether the Closing Date Acquisition has been consummated as contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, any alleged Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and whether the representations and warranties made by the Company in the Purchase Agreement are accurate and whether as a result of any inaccuracy thereof you (or your applicable affiliate) have the right to terminate your (or its) obligations under the Purchase Agreement, or the right not to consummate the Closing Date Acquisition, in each case pursuant to the Purchase Agreement as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties) and all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Purchase Agreement shall, in each case, be determined pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, which is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to conflict-of-laws principles that might require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY (BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN) OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH LOAN PARTY, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE OR SUPPORT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION. EACH
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LOAN PARTY, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES (OTHER THAN FACSIMILE) IN SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY AGENT, ANY L/C ISSUER, THE SWING LINE LENDER OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Section 10.16 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10.16.
Section 10.17 Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed and delivered by the Loan Parties and each other party hereto and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Loan Parties, each Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and permitted assigns, in each case in accordance with Section 10.07 (if applicable) and except that no Loan Party shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Lenders except as permitted by Section 7.04.
Section 10.18 USA Patriot Act.
Each Lender that is subject to the USA Patriot Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each
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Loan Party, which information includes the name, address and tax identification number of such Loan Party and other information regarding such Loan Party that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the USA Patriot Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act and is effective as to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
Section 10.19 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the services regarding this Agreement provided by the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) each Loan Party has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) each Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for each Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders has any obligation to the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Loan Party hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
Section 10.20 Intercreditor Agreements. Each Lender hereunder (a) agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of any Intercreditor Agreement and (b) authorizes and instructs the Agents to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement approved by the Administrative Agent on behalf of such Lender. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of any Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of such Intercreditor Agreement shall control.
Section 10.21 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
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(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
Section 10.22 Acknowledgment regarding Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Swap Obligation or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support”, and each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
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ARTICLE XI
GUARANTEE
Section 11.01 The Guarantee. Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally with the other Guarantors guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety to each Secured Party and their respective permitted successors and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, demand, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest (including any interest, fees, costs or charges that would accrue but for the provisions of (i) the Title 11 of the United States Code after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition under Title 11 of the United States Code and (ii) any other Debtor Relief Laws) on the Loans made by the Lenders to, and the Notes held by each Lender of, the Borrower, and all other Secured Obligations from time to time owing to the Secured Parties by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary under any Loan Document, Secured Substitute L/C or any Secured Hedge Agreement or any Treasury Services Agreement, in each case strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations, including any future increases in the amount thereof, being herein collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”); provided, however, that Guaranteed Obligations shall exclude all Excluded Swap Obligations. The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree that if the Borrower or other Guarantor(s) shall fail to pay or perform in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Guarantors will promptly pay and perform the same in cash, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid and perform in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
Section 11.02 Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 11.01 shall constitute a guaranty of payment and performance when due and not of collection and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, are absolute, irrevocable and unconditional, joint and several, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement, the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or Guarantor (except for payment in full), including any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Guarantors hereunder which shall remain absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances as described above and each Guarantor hereby waives all, rights, claims or defenses that it might otherwise have (now or in the future) with respect to each of the following (whether or not such Guarantor has knowledge thereof):
(a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors, to the extent permitted by Law, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be amended or waived;
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(b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be done or omitted;
(c) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, extended or renewed or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be amended in any respect, or any right under the Loan Documents or any Secured Hedge Agreement, any agreement governing Secured Substitute L/Cs or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be amended or waived in any respect or any other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;
(d) any Lien or security interest granted to, or in favor of, an L/C Issuer or any Lender or Agent as security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall fail to be or remain perfected or the existence of any intervening Lien or security interest;
(e) the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Secured Hedge Agreement, any agreement governing Secured Substitute L/Cs, any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by any Secured Party; or
(f) the release of any other Guarantor, pursuant to Section 11.09 or otherwise.
The Guarantors hereby expressly waive (to the fullest extent permitted by Law) diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and, to the extent permitted by Law, all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that any Secured Party exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against the Borrower under this Agreement or the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or against any other person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantors waive, to the extent permitted by Law, any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension, waiver, termination or accrual of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any Secured Party upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee, and the Guaranteed Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon this Guarantee, and all dealings between the Borrower and the Secured Parties shall likewise be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to any right of offset with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations at any time or from time to time held by Secured Parties, and the obligations and liabilities of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be conditioned or contingent upon the pursuit by the Secured Parties or any other person at any time of any right or remedy against the Borrower or against any other person which may be or become liable in respect of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or against any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon the Guarantors and the successors and assigns thereof, and shall inure to the benefit of the Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of this Agreement there may be no Guaranteed Obligations outstanding.
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Section 11.03 Reinstatement. The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article XI shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower or other Loan Party in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise.
Section 11.04 Subrogation; Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that until the payment in full in cash and satisfaction in full of all Guaranteed Obligations (other than Cash Management Obligations, Secured Substitute L/C Obligations, obligations pursuant to Secured Hedge Agreements and contingent obligations not yet due as to which no claim has been asserted, and Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized or backstopped) and the expiration and termination of the Commitments of the Lenders under this Agreement it shall subordinate any claim and shall not exercise any right or remedy, direct or indirect, arising by reason of any performance by it of its guarantee in Section 11.01, whether by subrogation, contribution or otherwise, against the Borrower or a Guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations.
Section 11.05 Remedies. The Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as between the Guarantors and the Lenders, the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes, if any, may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 8.02 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Section 8.02) for purposes of Section 11.01, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against the Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by the Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 11.01.
Section 11.06 [Reserved].
Section 11.07 Continuing Guarantee. The guarantee in this Article XI is a continuing guarantee of payment and performance, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.
Section 11.08 General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations. In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate limited partnership or limited liability company law, or any applicable state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other Law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 11.01 would otherwise be held or determined to be void, voidable, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under Section 11.01, then, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Subsidiary Guarantor, any Loan Party or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount (after giving effect to the liability under this Guaranty and the right of contribution established in Section 11.10, but before giving effect to any other guarantee) that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.
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Section 11.09 Release of Guarantors. If, in compliance with the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents, (i) the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary Guarantor are sold or otherwise transferred to a Person or Persons none of which is a Loan Party in a transaction permitted hereunder such that the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary (any such Subsidiary Guarantor, a “Transferred Guarantor”) or (ii) any Subsidiary Guarantor becomes an Excluded Subsidiary, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under this Agreement (including under Section 10.05 hereof) and the other Loan Documents, including its obligations to pledge and grant any Collateral owned by it pursuant to any Collateral Document and the pledge of such Equity Interests to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents shall be automatically released, and, so long as the Borrower shall have provided the Agents such certifications or documents as any Agent shall reasonably request (and the Secured Parties hereby authorize the Agents to rely on such certifications in performing their obligations under this Section 11.09), the Agents shall take such actions as are necessary to effect each release described in this Section 11.09 in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Collateral Documents; provided that the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under this Agreement if such Subsidiary Guarantor becomes a non-wholly owned Subsidiary shall only be permitted if (x) the transfer of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary that result in it becoming a non- wholly owned Subsidiary are to a third party that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower for a bona-fide business purpose and not primarily in contemplation of a Subsidiary Guarantor ceasing to constitute a Subsidiary Guarantor, (y) at the time such Subsidiary Guarantor becomes a non-wholly owned Subsidiary, after giving Pro Forma Effect to such release and the consummation of the transaction that causes such Person to become an Excluded Subsidiary, the Borrower is deemed to have made a new Investment in such Person (as if such Person were then newly acquired) and such Investment is permitted under this Agreement at such time and (z) such Subsidiary does not own (or exclusively license) any Material Intellectual Property.
When all Commitments hereunder have terminated, and all Loans or other Obligations hereunder have been paid or satisfied in full in cash (other than contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted, Secured Substitute L/C Obligations, Cash Management Obligations and Obligations pursuant to Secured Hedge Agreements), and no Letter of Credit remains outstanding (unless such Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to 103% of the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations, backstopped in a manner reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer or deemed reissued under another agreement reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer), this Agreement and the Guarantees made herein shall terminate with respect to all Obligations, except with respect to Obligations that expressly survive such repayment pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
Section 11.10 Right of Contribution.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 11.04. The provisions of this Section 11.10 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lender and the Lenders, and each
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Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lender and the Lenders for the full amount guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.
Section 11.11 Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under this Guaranty in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 11.11 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 11.11, or otherwise under this Guarantee, voidable under applicable Law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 11.11 shall remain in full force and effect until all Commitments hereunder have terminated, and all Loans or other Obligations hereunder which are accrued and payable have been paid or satisfied in full in cash (other than Secured Substitute L/C Obligations, Cash Management Obligations, Obligations not yet due and payable in respect of Secured Hedge Agreements, contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and Cash Collateralized or backstopped Letters of Credit), and no Letter of Credit remains outstanding (except any Letter of Credit the Outstanding Amount of which the Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized or for which a backstop letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer has been put in place). Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 11.11 constitute, and this Section 11.11 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
ARTICLE XII
ACQUISITION MATTERS
Section 12.01 Borrower Assumption; Release of Initial Borrower; Holdings Assumption. Effective as of the Closing Date, immediately after the consummation of the Transactions (i) the Initial Borrower hereby assigns to the Salt Borrower all of its rights, obligations (including the Obligations) and duties as the “Initial Borrower” hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and the Salt Borrower hereby assumes all of the rights, obligations (including the Obligations) and duties of the Initial Borrower as the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (ii) the Initial Borrower is automatically released from all rights, obligations (including the Obligations) and duties as the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and will no longer be party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (iii) US Salt Holdings, LLC hereby assumes all of the rights, obligations (including the Obligations) and duties as Holdings (including without limitation, the provisions of Article XI herein) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The transactions described in this Section 12.01 are referred to herein as, the “Closing Date Assignment”. Each Guarantor hereby agrees to the Closing Date Assignment and confirms that all of its obligations (including the Guaranteed Obligations) and duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and all liens securing the same, shall be in full force and effect, without impairment or novation, following the effectiveness of the Closing Date Assignment. All references to the “Borrower” or “Initial Borrower” and in any other Loan Document shall, upon and after the Closing Date Assignment, be references to the Salt Borrower
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and all references to “Holdings” herein and in any other Loan Document shall, upon and after the Closing Date Assignment, be references to US Salt Holdings, LLC.
The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the Closing Date Assignment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
US SALT HOLDINGS, LLC,
immediately following the Closing Date Assignment, Holdings
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
US SALT INVESTORS, LLC,
immediately following the Closing Date Assignment, Borrower
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
CONTEXTLOGIC HOLDINGS, LLC,
as Initial Borrower
By: ContextLogic Holdings Inc., its Managing Member
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Title: President
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
The following Restricted Subsidiaries hereby acknowledge and agree to the foregoing and agree to be joined to this Agreement as Guarantors immediately following the consummation of the Closing Date Assignment.
US SALT, LLC,
as a Guarantor
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS FINANCE CO. L.L.C.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director and Treasurer
BLACKSTONE PRIVATE CREDIT FUND,
as a Lender
By: Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC,
as Investment Advisor
By: Blackstone Credit BDC Advisors LLC,
as Sub-Investment Advisor
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
BCRED BUSHNELL PEAK FUNDING LLC,
as a Lender
By: Blackstone Private Credit Fund,
as sole member
By: Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC,
as Investment Advisor
By: Blackstone Credit BDC Advisors LLC,
as Sub-Investment Advisor
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
BCRED GRANITE PEAK FUNDING LLC,
as a Lender
By: Blackstone Private Credit Fund,
as sole member
By: Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC,
as Investment Advisor
By: Blackstone Credit BDC Advisors LLC,
as Sub-Investment Advisor
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
BCRED SUMMIT PEAK FUNDING LLC,
as a Lender
By: Blackstone Private Credit Fund,
as sole member
By: Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC,
as Investment Advisor
By: Blackstone Credit BDC Advisors LLC,
as Sub-Investment Advisor
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
EMPIRE SUB LLC,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
EMPIRE SUB-UF LLC,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
BXCI BXDR II SUB LLC,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
ALDER SUB LLC,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
BEECH SUB LLC,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
COTTONWOOD SUB LLC,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
DOGWOOD SUB LLC,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
ELDERBERRY SUB LLC,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
FIRST SUB LLC,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
GREYWOOD SUB LLC,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
BXCI BXDR II SUB-UF LLC,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
BLACKSTONE COF V AIV-1A LP,
as a Lender
By: Blackstone Capital Opportunities Associates V LP, its general partner
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
BXC ARMADILLO CO-INVESTMENT FUND-D LP,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
CARNATION SUB LLC,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
MIZUHO CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
as a Lender
By: Mizuho Securities USA LLC, in its capacity as manager
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
ARROW PTF LP,
as a Lender
By: Blackstone ISG-I Advisors L.L.C., its investment manager
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Managing Director and General
Counsel
MACQUARIE PF INC.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatories
BSP DEBT FUND V L.P.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
BSP DF V SPV-W LP,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
BENEFIT STREET PARTNERS SMA-OS LP
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
FRANKLIN BSP CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
BSP DEBT FUND IV CV L.P.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
BSP DEBT FUND IV SPV L.P.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
BSP LEVERED US SOF III (SENIOR SECURED OPPORTUNITIES) FUND L.P.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
BSP UNLEVERED US SOF III (SENIOR SECURED OPPORTUNITIES) FUND L.P.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
BENEFIT STREET PARTNERS CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A L.P.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
BENEFIT STREET PARTNERS CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III SPV-W L.P.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
BENEFIT STREET PARTNERS SMA-L L.P.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ BSP LENDING FUND,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
BSP ▇▇▇▇▇▇ UNLEVERED DIRECT LENDING FUND SCSP,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
BSP JPY UNLEVERED SENIOR DEBT EVERGREEN FUND, L.P.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
