SECOND JOINDER AND RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
This SECOND JOINDER AND RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 13, 2023 (this “Second Restatement Agreement”), by and among the New Lenders (as defined below) party hereto, the Letter of Credit Issuers party hereto, Nautilus Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), National Vision, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the “Borrower”), the subsidiaries of the Borrower party hereto, as guarantors (together with Holdings, the “Guarantors”), and Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”) in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “Administrative Agent”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 18, 2019 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement” and, as further amended by this Second Restatement Agreement, the “Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) among Holdings, the Borrower, the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto and Bank of America, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent (capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meaning provided in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may establish New Term Loan Commitments and New Revolving Credit Commitments by, among other things, entering into one or more Joinder Agreements with New Term Loan Lenders and New Revolving Loan Lenders, as applicable;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Credit Agreement be amended and restated pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) establish commitments for the Term A Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 (the “Term A Loan Facility” and such commitments, the “Term A Loan Commitments”) and (ii) establish a new Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $300,000,000 (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and such commitments, the “Revolving Credit Commitments”); the term “New Facilities” means the Term A Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the New Facilities will be used (i) to repay all principal, interest fees and other amounts outstanding (other than contingent obligations for which no claim has been asserted) under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Second Restatement Effective Date, and to permanently terminate all Commitments (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (the “Existing Commitments”) in connection therewith, (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and (iii) for general corporate purposes (collectively, the “Transactions”);
WHEREAS, each financial institution listed on Schedule 1.1(b) of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (each a “New Lender”) has agreed to provide a Term A Loan Commitment and/or a Revolving Credit Commitment, in the amount(s) set forth opposite such New Lender’s name on such; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1.Second Amendment and Restatement of the Credit Agreement, Exhibits and Schedules; Establishment of New Loans and Commitments.
(a)The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Second Restatement Effective Date, hereby amended and restated in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto. Additionally, the schedules and exhibits to the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in the form attached to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
(b)Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that, effective as of the Second Restatement Effective Date, the Commitments under the Term A Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility will be set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
(c)All obligations in respect of the New Facilities established hereby shall (i) constitute Obligations and have all of the benefits thereof, (ii) be guaranteed by the Guarantors pursuant to the Guarantee and (iii) be secured by the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents.
(d)Each New Lender party hereto hereby agrees to commit to provide its respective Term A Loan Commitment and/or Revolving Credit Commitment in the amount(s) set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
(e)Each New Lender (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the exhibits thereto, together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Second Restatement Agreement; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any other New Lender or any other Lender or Agent and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
SECTION 2.Reference to and Effect on the Credit Documents.
(a)On and after the Second Restatement Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Credit Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Credit Documents to “the Credit Agreement,” “thereunder,” “thereof” or words of like import referring to the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,” shall mean and be a reference to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, and any reference to “Obligations” shall mean and be a reference to the “Obligations” under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
(b)On and after the Second Restatement Effective Date, the Credit Agreement, as specifically amended and restated by this Second Restatement Agreement, and the other Credit Documents are, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect, and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed (including the Guarantee and all Liens and security interests granted thereunder, which shall continue to secure the Obligations in effect after giving effect to this Second Restatement Agreement).
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(c)From and after the Second Restatement Effective Date, this Second Restatement Agreement shall be deemed a Credit Document for all purposes under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
(d)The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the amendment and restatement of the Credit Agreement pursuant to this Second Restatement Agreement and all other Credit Documents amended and/or executed and delivered in connection herewith shall not constitute a novation of the Obligations or the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as in effect prior to the Second Restatement Effective Date.
SECTION 3.Conditions of Effectiveness. This Second Restatement Agreement and the obligations of the parties hereunder and under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement shall become effective upon the satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth in Section 6 of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (such date, the “Second Restatement Effective Date”).
SECTION 4.Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as of the Second Restatement Effective Date that the representations and warranties of each Credit Party contained in Section 8 of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and in the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Second Restatement Effective Date after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Second Restatement Agreement (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date.
SECTION 5.Liens Unimpaired. As of the date hereof, each Credit Party reaffirms its obligations under the Credit Documents to which it is party and its prior grant and the validity of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents, and after giving effect to this Second Restatement Agreement, except as specifically modified by this Second Restatement Agreement, the Credit Documents (and the Liens and security interests granted pursuant thereto) shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. After giving effect to this Second Restatement Agreement, neither the modification of the Credit Agreement effected pursuant to this Second Restatement Agreement nor the execution, delivery, performance or effectiveness of this Second Restatement Agreement:
(a)impairs the validity, effectiveness or priority of the Liens granted pursuant to any Credit Document, and such Liens continue unimpaired with the same priority to secure repayment of all Obligations, whether heretofore or hereafter incurred; or
(b)requires that any new filings be made or other action taken to perfect or to maintain the perfection of such Liens.
SECTION 6. Amendment, Modification and Waiver. This Second Restatement Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto.
SECTION 7. GOVERNING LAW. THIS SECOND RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE
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OF NEW YORK. Sections 13.13 and 13.15 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.
SECTION 8. Severability. Any term or provision of this Second Restatement Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Second Restatement Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Second Restatement Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Second Restatement Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable.
SECTION 9. Counterparts. This Second Restatement Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Second Restatement Agreement to be executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first above written.
NAUTILUS ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC., as Holdings | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||||||||||||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||||||||||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
NATIONAL VISION, INC., as Borrower | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||||||||||||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||||||||||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
ARLINGTON CONTACT LENS SERVICE, INC., as Subsidiary Guarantor | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||||||||||||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||||||||||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
NVAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC., as Subsidiary Guarantor | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||||||||||||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||||||||||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Second Restatement Agreement]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||||||||||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||||||||||
Title: Vice President |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Term A Lender, a Revolving Credit Lender and a Letter of Credit Issuer | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |||||||||||||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||||||||||||||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Second Restatement Agreement]
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Term A Lender, a Revolving Credit Lender and a Letter of Credit Issuer | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||||||||||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||||||||||
Title: Executive Director |
[Signature Page to Second Restatement Agreement]
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., as Term A Lender, a Revolving Credit Lender and a Letter of Credit Issuer | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||||||||||||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||||||||||||
Title: Director |
[Signature Page to Second Restatement Agreement]
XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK USA, as a Revolving Credit Lender | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx XX | |||||||||||||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx XX | ||||||||||||||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Second Restatement Agreement]
Fifth Third Bank, National Association as a Term A Lender and a Revolving Credit Lender | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||||||||||||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||||||||||||
Title: Associate, Officer |
[Signature Page to Second Restatement Agreement]
PNC BANK, National Association, as a Term A Lender and a Revolving Credit lender | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||||||||||
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||||||||||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Second Restatement Agreement]
SYNOVUS BANK, as a Term A Lender and a Revolving Credit lender | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||||||||||||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||||||||||||
Title: Corporate Banker |
[Signature Page to Second Restatement Agreement]
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX BANK, as a Term A Lender, and a Revolving Credit lender | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||||||||||||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||||||||||||||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Second Restatement Agreement]
United Community Bank, as a Term A Lender, and a Revolving Credit lender | ||||||||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||||||||||||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||||||||||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Second Restatement Agreement]
Exhibit A
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
[See attached]
[Exhibit A]
Published CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0
Revolving Loan CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0
Term Loan CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of June 13, 2023,
among
NAUTILUS ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.,
as Holdings,
as Holdings,
NATIONAL VISION, INC.,
as the Borrower
The Several Lenders
from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender and a Lender,
as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender and a Lender,
the Letter of Credit Issuers Parties Hereto,
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., and
XXXXX FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners,
XXXXX FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., and
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., as
as Syndication Agents
as Syndication Agents
and
FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, and
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agents
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1 Definitions | 1 | ||||
1.1 Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions | 58 | ||||
1.3 Accounting Terms | 58 | ||||
1.4 Rounding | 58 | ||||
1.5 References to Agreements Laws, Etc | 59 | ||||
1.6 Exchange Rates | 59 | ||||
1.7 Rates | 59 | ||||
1.8 Times of Day | 59 | ||||
1.9 Timing of Payment or Performance | 59 | ||||
1.10 Certifications | 59 | ||||
1.11 Compliance with Certain Sections | 60 | ||||
1.12 Pro Forma and Other Calculations. | 60 | ||||
1.13 Divisions | 61 | ||||
1.14 Amendment and Restatement | 62 | ||||
Section 2 Amount and Terms of Credit | 62 | ||||
2.1 Commitments | 62 | ||||
2.2 Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings | 64 | ||||
2.3 Notice of Borrowing | 64 | ||||
2.4 Disbursement of Funds | 65 | ||||
2.5 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt | 66 | ||||
2.6 Conversions and Continuations | 68 | ||||
2.7 Pro Rata Borrowings | 68 | ||||
2.8 Interest | 69 | ||||
2.9 Interest Periods | 69 | ||||
2.10 Illegality | 70 | ||||
2.11 Compensation | 70 | ||||
2.12 Change of Lending Office | 70 | ||||
2.13 Notice of Certain Costs | 71 | ||||
2.14 Incremental Facilities | 71 | ||||
2.15 Inability to Determine Rates | 75 | ||||
2.16 Defaulting Lenders | 77 | ||||
Section 3 Letters of Credit | 78 | ||||
3.1 Letters of Credit | 78 | ||||
3.2 Letter of Credit Requests | 80 | ||||
3.3 Letter of Credit Participations | 81 | ||||
3.4 Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings | 82 | ||||
3.5 Increased Costs | 84 | ||||
3.6 New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer | 84 | ||||
3.7 Role of Letter of Credit Issuer | 85 |
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3.8 Cash Collateral | 86 | ||||
3.9 Applicability of ISP | 87 | ||||
3.10 Conflict with Issuer Documents | 87 | ||||
3.11 Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries | 87 | ||||
3.12 Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments | 87 | ||||
Section 4 Fees | 87 | ||||
4.1 Fees | 87 | ||||
4.2 Voluntary Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments | 88 | ||||
4.3 Mandatory Termination of Commitments | 89 | ||||
Section 5 Payments | 89 | ||||
5.1 Voluntary Prepayments | 89 | ||||
5.2 Mandatory Prepayments | 89 | ||||
5.3 Method and Place of Payment | 91 | ||||
5.4 Net Payments | 92 | ||||
5.5 Computations of Interest and Fees | 95 | ||||
5.6 Limit on Rate of Interest | 95 | ||||
Section 6 Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing | 96 | ||||
6.1 Credit Documents | 96 | ||||
6.2 Collateral | 96 | ||||
6.3 Legal Opinions | 96 | ||||
6.4 Closing Certificates | 96 | ||||
6.5 Authorization of Proceedings of the Credit Parties; Corporate Documents | 96 | ||||
6.6 Fees | 97 | ||||
6.7 Representations and Warranties; No Default | 97 | ||||
6.8 Solvency Certificate | 97 | ||||
6.9 KYC Information | 97 | ||||
6.10 Refinancing | 97 | ||||
6.11 Notice of Term Loan Borrowing | 97 | ||||
Section 7 Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events on and after the Second Restatement Effective Date | 97 | ||||
7.1 No Default; Representations and Warranties | 97 | ||||
7.2 Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request | 98 | ||||
Section 8 Representations and Warranties | 98 | ||||
8.1 Corporate Status | 98 | ||||
8.2 Corporate Power and Authority | 98 | ||||
8.3 No Violation | 99 | ||||
8.4 Litigation | 99 | ||||
8.5 Margin Regulations | 99 | ||||
8.6 Governmental Approvals | 99 | ||||
8.7 Investment Company Act | 99 | ||||
8.8 True and Complete Disclosure | 99 | ||||
8.9 Financial Condition; Financial Statements | 100 | ||||
8.10 Compliance with Laws; No Default | 100 | ||||
8.11 Anti-Corruption, Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance | 100 | ||||
8.12 Tax Matters | 100 |
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8.13 Compliance with ERISA | 100 | ||||
8.14 Subsidiaries | 101 | ||||
8.15 Intellectual Property | 101 | ||||
8.16 Environmental Laws | 101 | ||||
8.17 Properties | 101 | ||||
8.18 Solvency | 101 | ||||
8.19 Patriot Act | 101 | ||||
8.20 EEA Financial Institutions | 102 | ||||
Section 9 Affirmative Covenants | 102 | ||||
9.1 Information Covenants | 102 | ||||
9.2 Books, Records, and Inspections | 104 | ||||
9.3 Maintenance of Insurance | 105 | ||||
9.4 Payment of Taxes | 105 | ||||
9.5 Preservation of Existence; Consolidated Corporate Franchises | 105 | ||||
9.6 Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, Etc | 106 | ||||
9.7 ERISA | 106 | ||||
9.8 Maintenance of Properties | 106 | ||||
9.9 Transactions with Affiliates | 106 | ||||
9.10 End of Fiscal Years | 107 | ||||
9.11 Additional Guarantors and Grantors | 107 | ||||
9.12 Pledge of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness | 107 | ||||
9.13 Use of Proceeds | 108 | ||||
9.14 Further Assurances | 108 | ||||
9.15 Lines of Business | 109 | ||||
Section 10 Negative Covenants | 109 | ||||
10.1 Limitation on Indebtedness | 109 | ||||
10.2 Limitation on Liens | 114 | ||||
10.3 Limitation on Fundamental Changes | 114 | ||||
10.4 Limitation on Sale of Assets | 116 | ||||
10.5 Limitation on Restricted Payments | 117 | ||||
10.6 Limitation on Subsidiary Distributions | 123 | ||||
10.7 Financial Covenants | 124 | ||||
Section 11 Events of Default | 124 | ||||
11.1 Payments | 124 | ||||
11.2 Representations, Etc | 124 | ||||
11.3 Covenants | 125 | ||||
11.4 Default Under Other Agreements | 125 | ||||
11.5 Bankruptcy, Etc | 125 | ||||
11.6 ERISA | 126 | ||||
11.7 Guarantee | 126 | ||||
11.8 Pledge Agreement | 126 | ||||
11.9 Security Agreement | 126 | ||||
11.10 Judgments | 126 | ||||
11.11 Change of Control | 126 |
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11.12 Remedies Upon Event of Default | 126 | ||||
11.13 Application of Proceeds | 127 | ||||
11.14 Equity Cure | 128 | ||||
Section 12 The Agents | 128 | ||||
12.1 Appointment | 128 | ||||
12.2 Delegation of Duties | 129 | ||||
12.3 Exculpatory Provisions | 129 | ||||
12.4 Reliance by Agents | 130 | ||||
12.5 Notice of Default | 130 | ||||
12.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Other Lenders | 130 | ||||
12.7 Indemnification | 131 | ||||
12.8 Agents in Their Individual Capacities | 131 | ||||
12.9 Successor Agents | 132 | ||||
12.10 Withholding Tax | 133 | ||||
12.11 Agents Under Security Documents and Guarantee | 133 | ||||
12.12 Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee | 134 | ||||
12.13 Intercreditor Agreements Govern | 134 | ||||
12.14 Certain ERISA Matters | 134 | ||||
12.15 Recovery of Erroneous Payments | 135 | ||||
Section 13 Miscellaneous | 136 | ||||
13.1 Amendments, Waivers, and Releases | 136 | ||||
13.2 Notices | 139 | ||||
13.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | 140 | ||||
13.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties | 140 | ||||
13.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnification | 140 | ||||
13.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments | 141 | ||||
13.7 Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances | 145 | ||||
13.8 Adjustments; Set-off | 146 | ||||
13.9 Counterparts | 146 | ||||
13.10 Severability | 146 | ||||
13.11 Integration | 146 | ||||
13.12 GOVERNING LAW | 146 | ||||
13.13 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers | 146 | ||||
13.14 Acknowledgments | 147 | ||||
13.15 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL | 148 | ||||
13.16 Confidentiality | 148 | ||||
13.17 Direct Website Communications | 149 | ||||
13.18 USA PATRIOT Act | 150 | ||||
13.19 [Reserved] | 150 | ||||
13.20 Payments Set Aside | 150 | ||||
13.21 No Fiduciary Duty | 151 | ||||
13.22 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions | 151 | ||||
13.23 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs | 151 |
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SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.1(a) Mortgaged Properties
Schedule 1.1(b) Commitments of Lenders
Schedule 1.1(c) Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 8.14 Subsidiaries
Schedule 8.16 Environmental
Schedule 9.14 Post-Closing Actions
Schedule 10.1 Second Restatement Effective Date Indebtedness
Schedule 10.2 Second Restatement Effective Date Liens
Schedule 10.5 Second Restatement Effective Date Investments
Schedule 13.2 Notice Addresses
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Joinder Agreement
Exhibit B [Reserved]
Exhibit C [Reserved]
Exhibit D [Reserved]
Exhibit E Form of Credit Party Second Restatement Effective Certificate
Exhibit F Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit G-1 Form of Promissory Note (Term A Loans)
Exhibit G-2 Form of Promissory Note (Revolving Credit Loans)
Exhibit H Form of First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit I Form of Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit J-1 Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate
(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit J-2 Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate
(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit J-3 Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate
(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit J-4 Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate
(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit K Form of Notice of Borrowing or Continuation or Conversion
Exhibit L Form of Letter of Credit Request
Exhibit M Form of Hedge Bank Designation
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 13, 2023 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among NAUTILUS ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), National Vision, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the “Borrower”), the lending institutions from time to time parties hereto (each a “Lender” and, collectively, together with the Swingline Lender, the “Lenders”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as the Swingline Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (such terms and each other capitalized term used but not defined in this preamble having the meaning provided in Section 1) and each Letter of Credit Issuer.
WHEREAS, the Borrower, Holdings, certain lenders and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the “Former Agent”), entered into that certain First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of March 13, 2014 (the “Original Credit Agreement” and, the Original Credit Agreement, as amended and restated on the Restatement Effective Date, and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Second Restatement Effective Date, the “Existing Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Restatement Agreement (as defined below), the Borrower has requested that the Required Lenders amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement and that the Lenders provide new Term A Loans in an aggregate principal amount of up to $150,000,000 and a new Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $300,000,000, the proceeds of which are to be used (i) to redeem, defease, refinance or repay certain existing indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including all amounts outstanding (other than contingent obligations) under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Second Restatement Effective Date (the “Second Restatement Date Refinancing”), (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions (as defined below) and (iii) for general corporate purposes;
WHEREAS, the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuers are willing to make available to the Borrower such term loan and revolving credit and letter of credit facilities upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Lenders party to the Second Restatement Agreement have consented to the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement and such Lenders are willing to provide the facilities described above, in each case, subject to terms and conditions set forth in the Second Restatement Agreement;
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement amend and restate in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1Definitions
1.1Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires (it being understood that defined terms in this Agreement shall include in the singular number the plural and in the plural the singular):
“ABR” shall mean for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the rate of interest in effect for such day as announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its “prime rate” at its principal office in New York City and (iii) the rate per annum determined in the manner set forth in clause (b) of the definition of “Term SOFR” plus 1%; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the ABR at any time be less than 1.00% per annum. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. If the ABR is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.15 hereof, then the ABR shall, subject to the proviso in the first sentence of this definition, be the greater of clauses (i) and (ii) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (iii) above.
“ABR Loan” shall mean each Loan bearing interest based on the ABR.
“Acquired EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary (any of the foregoing, a “Pro Forma Entity”) for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined using such definitions as if references to Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries therein were to such Pro Forma Entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity in accordance with GAAP.
“Acquired Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Acquired Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, (i) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
“Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean at any time the Total Revolving Credit Commitment less the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.
“Adjusted Total Term A Loan Commitment” shall mean at any time the Total Term A Loan Commitment less the Term A Loan Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.
“Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment” shall mean at any time the Total Term Loan Commitment less the Term Loan Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.
“Administrative Agent” shall mean Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or any successor administrative agent pursuant to Section 12.9; provided that, with respect to matters relating to the Original Credit Agreement or periods prior to the Restatement Effective Date, such term shall refer to the Former Agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” shall mean the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(ii)(D).
“Affected Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agent Parties” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(b).
“Agents” shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent and Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner.
“Agreement” shall mean this Credit Agreement.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” shall mean all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery, money laundering or corruption, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Applicable Margin” shall mean a percentage per annum equal to:
(a) until delivery of financial statements and a related Compliance Certificate for the period ending on September 30, 2023 pursuant to Section 9.1, (1) for Term SOFR Loans, 1.75%, (2) for ABR
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Loans, 0.75%, (3) for Letter of Credit Fees, 1.75% per annum and (4) for Commitment Fees, 0.30% per annum and
(b) thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below, based upon the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1:
Pricing Level | Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio | Letter of Credit Fees | ABR Loans | Term SOFR Loans | Commitment Fee Rate | ||||||||||||
I | > 2.50:1.00 | 2.25% | 1.25% | 2.25% | 0.35% | ||||||||||||
II | ≤ 2.50:1.00 but >1.75:1.00 | 2.00% | 1.00% | 2.00% | 0.35% | ||||||||||||
III | ≤ 1.75:1:00 but >0.75:1.00 | 1.75% | 0.75% | 1.75% | 0.30% | ||||||||||||
IV | ≤ 0.75:1:00 | 1.50% | 0.50% | 1.50% | 0.25% |
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Margin 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, (b) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Incremental Loans, shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Joinder Agreement and (c) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Replacement Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that any Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent is inaccurate for any reason and the result thereof is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on an Applicable Margin that is less than that which would have been applicable had such Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Applicable Margin for any day occurring within the period covered by such Compliance Certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for such period, and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by the Borrower for the relevant period as a result of the miscalculation of such Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable, at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 has not occurred with respect to the Borrower, such shortfall shall be due and payable within five Business Days following the written demand thereof by the Administrative Agent and no Default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of such non-payment until the expiration of such five Business Day period. In addition, at the option of the Required Lenders, at any time during which the Borrower shall have failed to deliver any of the Section 9.1 Financials by the applicable date required under Section 9.1, then the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be in pricing level I for the purposes of determining the Applicable Margin (but only for so long as such failure continues, after which such ratio and pricing level shall be determined based on the then existing Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio.
“Approved Fund” shall mean any Fund that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
“Asset Sale” shall mean:
(i) the sale, conveyance, transfer, or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale Leaseback) (each a “disposition”) of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, or
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(ii) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 10.1), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, in each case, other than:
(a) any disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete, worn out or surplus property or property (including leasehold property interests) that is no longer economically practical in its business or commercially desirable to maintain or no longer used or useful equipment in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory, immaterial assets, or goods (or other assets) in the ordinary course of business (including the disposition of optical goods to FirstSight);
(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Holdings or the Borrower in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 10.3;
(c) the incurrence of Liens that are permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.2 or the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment (other than pursuant to clause (i) of the definition thereof) that is permitted to be made, and is made, pursuant to Section 10.5;
(d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than $10,000,000;
(e) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by (1) a Restricted Subsidiary to Holdings or (2) by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
(g) any issuance, sale or pledge of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness, or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(h) foreclosures, condemnation, casualty or any similar action on assets (including dispositions in connection therewith);
(i) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, and related assets in connection with any Receivables Facility;
(j) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Second Restatement Effective Date, including Sale Leasebacks and asset securitizations permitted by this Agreement;
(k) (1) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release, or surrender of contractual rights or other litigation claims, (2) the termination or collapse of cost sharing agreements with Holdings or any Subsidiary and the settlement of any crossing payments in connection therewith, or (3) the settlement, discount, write off, forgiveness, or cancellation of any Indebtedness owing by any present or former consultants, directors, officers, or employees of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings) or any Subsidiary or any of their successors or assigns;
(l) the disposition or discount of inventory, accounts receivable, or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;
(m) the licensing or sub-licensing of Intellectual Property or other general intangibles (whether pursuant to franchise agreements or otherwise) in the ordinary course of business;
(n) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations or obligations in respect of Cash Management Services;
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(o) sales, transfers, and other 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;
(p) the lapse or abandonment of Intellectual Property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower are not material to the conduct of the business of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(q) the issuance of directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law;
(r) dispositions of property to the extent that (1) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property that is promptly purchased or (2) the proceeds of such Asset Sale are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property (which replacement property is actually promptly purchased);
(s) leases, assignments, subleases, licenses, or sublicenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(t) dispositions of non-core assets acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder;
(u) to the extent necessary or reasonably considered advisable by the Borrower to comply with requirements of law at such time, dispositions of (A) any retail location or any eye facility located in California and/or (B) FirstSight or any other Managed Care Subsidiary;
(v) dispositions pursuant to the Wal-Mart Agreements; and
(w) any lease or sublease of real property and related office equipment and personal property to health care professionals (or their Affiliates) or a Managed Care Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business.
“Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall mean any Asset Sale subject to the Reinvestment Period allowed in Section 10.4; provided, further, that with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make any prepayment otherwise required by Section 5.2 unless and until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds from all such Asset Sale Prepayment Events, after giving effect to the reinvestment rights set forth herein, exceeds $10,000,000 (the “Prepayment Trigger”) in any fiscal year of Holdings, but then from all such Net Cash Proceeds (excluding amounts below the Prepayment Trigger).
“Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit F, or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Authorized Officer” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), the Chief Executive Officer, President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, the Vice President-Finance, a Senior Vice President, a Director, a Manager, or any other senior officer or agent with express authority to act on behalf of such Person designated as such by the board of directors or other managing authority of such Person and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Section 2 or Section 5.1, any other officer or employee of the applicable Credit Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Credit Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Credit Party and the Administrative Agent.
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(d).
“Available Commitment” shall mean an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment over (ii) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of (a) all Revolving Credit Loans (but not Swingline Loans) then outstanding and (b) the aggregate Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time.
“Average New Store Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Test Period, the numeric average of the amount of Consolidated EBITDA of Stores (excluding New Stores) in their 7th through 10th fiscal
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quarters after opening of such Stores (e.g., the sum of each such Store’s Consolidated EBITDA for such four quarter period, divided by the number of applicable Stores).
“Bail-In Action” shall mean 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” shall mean, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, rule, regulation or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bankruptcy Code” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.5.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” shall mean a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan” shall mean any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Benefited Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.8(a).
“Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
“Borrower” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Borrowing” shall mean (i) Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted, or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, or (ii) a Swingline Loan.
“Business Day” shall mean any day excluding Saturday, Sunday, and any other day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized by law or other governmental actions to close, and, if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Term SOFR Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements, and payments in respect of any such Term SOFR Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Term SOFR Loan, such day shall be a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
“Capital Lease” shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal, or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is, or is required to be, accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person; provided that (i) all leases of any Person that are or would be characterized as operating leases in accordance with GAAP immediately prior to December 31, 2013 (whether or not such operating leases were in effect on such date) shall continue to be accounted for as operating leases (and not as Capital Leases) for purposes of this Agreement regardless of any change in GAAP following the date that would otherwise require such leases to be recharacterized as Capital Leases and (ii) all leases for Stores shall be accounted for as operating leases for purposes of this Agreement.
“Capital Stock” shall mean (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights, or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited), and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that “cash-settled phantom appreciation programs” in connection with employee benefits that do not require a dividend or distribution shall not constitute Capital Stock).
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“Capitalized Lease Obligation” shall mean, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capital Lease 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; provided that all obligations of any Person that are or would be characterized as operating lease obligations in accordance with GAAP immediately prior to December 31, 2013 (whether or not such operating lease obligations were in effect on such date) shall continue to be accounted for as operating lease obligations (and not as Capitalized Lease Obligations) for purposes of this Agreement regardless of any change in GAAP following the date that would otherwise require such obligations to be recharacterized as Capitalized Lease Obligations.
“Cash Collateralize” shall mean to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of the Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Equivalents” shall mean:
(i) Dollars,
(ii) (a) Euro, Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars, or any national currency of any Participating Member State in the European Union or (b) local currencies held from time to time in the ordinary course of business,
(iii) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any country that is a member state of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(iv) certificates of deposit, time deposits, and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year, and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and $100,000,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of foreign banks,
(v) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (iii), (iv), and (ix) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above,
(vi) commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Moody’s or at least A-2 by S&P and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof,
(vii) marketable short-term money market and similar securities 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 Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized ratings agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation or acquisition thereof,
(viii) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth, or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(ix) Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(x) solely with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (a) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within one year after the date of investment therein, (b) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office
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and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least “A-2” or the equivalent thereof or from Xxxxx’x is at least “P-2” or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Foreign Bank”), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition, and (c) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank, in each case, 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 such Foreign Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction,
(xi) in the case of investments by any Foreign Subsidiary or investments made in a country outside the United States, Cash Equivalents shall also include investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (i) through (ix) above of foreign obligors, which investments have ratings, described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies, and
(xii) investment funds investing 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (ix) above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (i) and (ii) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
“Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement or arrangement to provide Cash Management Services.
“Cash Management Bank” shall mean (i) any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is an Agent or a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent or a Lender or (ii) with respect to any Cash Management Agreement entered into prior to the Second Restatement Effective Date, any Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender on the Second Restatement Effective Date.
“Cash Management Services” shall mean any one or more of the following types of services or facilities: (i) commercial credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, or electronic funds transfer services, (ii) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items, and interstate depository network services) and (iii) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services, including pursuant to any Cash Management Agreements.
“Casualty Event” shall mean, with respect to any property of any Person, any loss of or damage to, or any condemnation or other taking by a Governmental Authority of, such property for which such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives insurance proceeds or proceeds of a condemnation award 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; provided, further, that with respect to any Casualty Event, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make any prepayment otherwise required by Section 5.2 unless and until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds from all such Casualty Events, after giving effect to the reinvestment rights set forth herein, exceeds $10,000,000 (the “Casualty Prepayment Trigger”) in any fiscal year of Holdings, but then from all such Net Cash Proceeds (excluding amounts below the Casualty Prepayment Trigger).
“CFC” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
“CFC Holding Company” shall mean a Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower substantially all of the assets of which consist of equity or debt of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
“Change in Law” shall mean (i) the adoption of any law, treaty, order, policy, rule, or regulation after the Second Restatement Effective Date, (ii) any change in any law, treaty, order, policy, rule, or regulation or in the administration, implementation, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Second Restatement Effective Date or (iii) compliance by any Lender with any guideline, request, directive, or order issued or made after the Second Restatement Effective Date by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law), including, for avoidance of doubt any such adoption, change or compliance in respect of (a) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (b) all
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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.
“Change of Control” shall mean and be deemed to have occurred if any Person, entity, or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than the Permitted Holders, shall at any time have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership of a percentage of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings that exceeds 35% thereof, unless the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract, or otherwise to elect or designate for election at least a majority of the board of directors of Holdings.
“Class” (i) when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans, Term A Loans, New Term Loans (of each Series), Extended Term Loans (of the same Extension Series), Replacement Term Loans (of the same Series), Extended Revolving Credit Loans (of the same Extension Series), or Swingline Loans and (ii) when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit Commitment, an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment (of the same Extension Series), a Term A Loan Commitment or a New Term Loan Commitment.
“Closing Date” shall mean March 13, 2014.
“CME” shall mean CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral” shall mean all property pledged or mortgaged or purported to be pledged or mortgaged pursuant to the Security Documents, excluding in all events Excluded Property.
“Collateral Agent” shall mean Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent under the Security Documents, or any successor collateral agent pursuant to Section 12.9, and any Affiliate or designee of Bank of America, N.A. may act as the Collateral Agent under any Credit Document; provided that, with respect to matters relating to the Original Credit Agreement or periods prior to the Restatement Effective Date, such term shall refer to the Former Agent.
“Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(a).
“Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean the rate per annum for Commitment Fees determined in accordance with the definition of “Applicable Margin”.
“Commitments” shall mean, with respect to each Lender (to the extent applicable), such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, New Revolving Credit Commitment, Term A Loan Commitment or New Term Loan Commitment.
“Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Communications” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17.
“Compliance Certificate” shall mean a certificate of a responsible financial or accounting officer of Holdings or the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d) for the applicable Test Period.
“Confidential Information” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.
“Conforming Changes” shall mean, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with SOFR or any proposed Successor Rate or Term SOFR, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definitions of “ABR”, “SOFR”, “Term SOFR” and “Interest Period”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definitions of “Business Day” and “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate(s)
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and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Credit Document).
“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” shall mean with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees, and expenses, capitalized expenditures, customer acquisition costs, the amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par and incentive payments, conversion costs, and contract acquisition costs of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(i) increased (without duplication) by:
(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, U.S. federal, state, non-U.S., franchise, excise, value added, and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period deducted, including any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(b) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (1) net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (2) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, in each case, to the extent included in Fixed Charges), together with items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” and any non-cash interest expense, to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, plus
(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent the same were deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(d) any expenses, fees, charges, or losses (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, Restricted Payment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful and including any such transaction consummated prior to the Second Restatement Effective Date), including (1) such fees, expenses, or charges related to the incurrence of the Loans hereunder and all Transaction Expenses, (2) such fees, expenses, or charges related to the offering of the Credit Documents and any other credit facilities, and (3) any amendment or other modification of Loans hereunder, or other Indebtedness, and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(e) any other non-cash charges, including any write offs, write downs, expenses, losses, or items to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be deducted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), plus
(f) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income, plus
(g) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, and advisory fees (including termination fees) and related indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period to the Initial Investors or any of their respective Affiliates, plus
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(h) costs of surety bonds incurred in such period in connection with financing activities, plus
(i) the amount of reasonably identifiable and factually supportable “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, and synergies that are projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within 24 months of the determination to take such action, net of the amount of actual benefits realized prior to or during such period from such actions (which cost savings, operating expense reductions, and synergies shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, or synergies had been realized on the first day of such period); provided that the aggregate increase to Consolidated EBITDA for any period pursuant to this clause (i), clause (q) below, clause (r) below and the definition of “Pro Forma Adjustment” shall not exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (after giving effect to any increase in Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to the definition of “Acquired EBITDA”), plus
(j) the amount of loss or discount on sale of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility, plus
(k) any costs or expense incurred by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of Holdings or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of Holdings (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (iii) of Section 10.5(a)(4) and have not been relied on for purposes of any incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (l)(i) of Section 10.1, plus
(l) the amount of expenses relating to payments made to option holders of any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings or any of its direct or indirect parent companies 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, plus
(m) with respect to any joint venture that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, an amount equal to the proportion of those items described in clauses (a) and (c) above relating to such joint venture corresponding to Holdings’ and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ proportionate share of such joint venture’s Consolidated Net Income (determined as if such joint venture were a Restricted Subsidiary), plus
(n) costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and Public Company Costs, plus
(o) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) not included in Consolidated EBITDA in any period solely to the extent that the corresponding non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (2) below for any previous period and not added back, plus
(p) to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income, (1) any expenses and charges that are reimbursed by indemnification or other similar provisions in connection with any investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer, or other Asset Sale of assets permitted hereunder and (2) 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 the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (B) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of the determination by Xxxxxxxx that there exists such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption, plus
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(q) for any Test Period, the aggregate amount of “run-rate” Consolidated Net Income projected by the Borrower in good faith to be attributable to New Contracts entered into during such Test Period (or following such Test Period but prior to the date for the delivery of the financial statements for such Test Period pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b)) (which amount shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though the full annual amount of such Consolidated Net Income attributable to such New Contracts had been realized during such Test Period (without duplication of any amounts attributable to such New Contracts already received in such Test Period)); provided that the aggregate increase to Consolidated EBITDA for any period pursuant to this clause (q), clause (i) above, clause (r) below and the definition of “Pro Forma Adjustment” shall not exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (after giving effect to any increase in Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to such provision), plus
(r) New Store Consolidated EBITDA Adjustments; provided that the aggregate increase to Consolidated EBITDA for any period pursuant to this clause (r), clause (i) above, clause (q) above and the definition of “Pro Forma Adjustment” shall not exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (after giving effect to any increase in Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to any such provision), plus
(s) pre-opening costs and expenses incurred during the Test Period for Stores or facilities opened during or after the Test Period, plus
(t) charges, expenses, and other items described in the Lender Presentation,
(ii) decreased by (without duplication):
(a) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period other than non-cash gains relating to the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 840— Leases (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13); provided that, to the extent non cash gains are deducted pursuant to this clause (ii)(a) for any previous period and not otherwise added back to Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased by the amount of any cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) in respect of such non cash gains received in subsequent periods to the extent not already included therein, plus
(b) for any Test Period, the aggregate amount of “run-rate” Consolidated Net Income attributable to Terminated Contracts that have terminated or expired during such Test Period (or following such Test Period but prior to the date for delivery of the financial statements for such Test Period pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b)) (which amount shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis so as to eliminate the full annual amount of such Consolidated Net Income attributable to such Terminated Contracts during such Test Period), plus
(iii) increased or decreased by (without duplication):
(a) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances, and other balance sheet items, plus or minus, as the case may be, and
(b) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations, and the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815—Derivatives and Hedging (ASC 815) (formerly Financing Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133), and its related pronouncements and interpretations, or the equivalent accounting standard under GAAP or an alternative basis of accounting applied in lieu of GAAP.
For the avoidance of doubt:
(i) 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 ASC 815 and its related pronouncements and interpretations, or the equivalent accounting standard under GAAP or an alternative basis of accounting applied in lieu of GAAP,
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(ii) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (1) the Acquired EBITDA of any Person or business, or attributable to any property or asset acquired by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person or business or any Acquired EBITDA attributable to any assets or property, in each case to the extent not so acquired) to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred, abandoned, or otherwise disposed by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, business, property, or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”) and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) and (2) an adjustment in respect of each Acquired Entity or Business equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition); and
(iii) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business, or asset sold, transferred, abandoned, or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business, or asset so sold or disposed of, a “Sold Entity or Business”), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”) based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, or disposition or conversion); provided that for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any classification under GAAP of any Person or business in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, the Disposed EBITDA of such Person or business shall not be excluded pursuant to this paragraph until such disposition shall have been consummated.
“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings for the Test Period then last ended to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense of Holdings for such Test Period.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) consolidated cash interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (a) all commissions, discounts, and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (b) capitalized interest to the extent paid in cash, and (c) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (1) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of hedging agreements for interest rates, (2) all non-recurring cash interest expense consisting of liquidated damages for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, all as calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (3) any “additional interest” owing pursuant to a registration rights agreement, (4) non-cash interest expense attributable to a parent entity resulting from push-down accounting, but solely to the extent not reducing consolidated cash interest expense in any prior period, (5) any non-cash expensing of bridge, commitment, and other financing fees that have been previously paid in cash, but solely to the extent not reducing consolidated cash interest expense in any prior period, and (6) commissions, discounts, yield, and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility); less
(ii) cash interest income for such period.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, without duplication,
(i) any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring, or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including relating to the Transactions), severance, relocation costs, curtailments, or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefits plans,
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start-up, transition, integration, and other restructuring and business optimization costs, charges, reserves, or expenses (including related to acquisitions after the Second Restatement Effective Date and to the start-up, closure, and/or consolidation of facilities), new product introductions, and one-time compensation charges shall be excluded,
(ii) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period,
(iii) any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed, or discontinued operations or Stores shall be excluded,
(iv) any after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the board of directors of Holdings, shall be excluded,
(v) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, 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 Holdings shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,
(vi) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (a)(4)(iii)(A) of Section 10.5 the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions (a) has been legally waived, or otherwise released, (b) is imposed pursuant to this Agreement and other Credit Documents, Incremental Loans, or Permitted Other Indebtedness, or (c) arises pursuant to an agreement or instrument if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Secured Parties than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Credit Documents (as determined by the Borrower in good faith); provided that Consolidated Net Income of the referent Person will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Cash Equivalents to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,
(vii) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries) in any line item in such Person’s consolidated financial statements required or permitted by Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805 – Business Combinations and Topic 350 – Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (ASC 805 and ASC 350) (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement Nos. 141 and 142, respectively) resulting from the application of purchase accounting, including in relation to the Original Transactions and any acquisition that is consummated after the Closing Date or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,
(viii) (a) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid), (b) any non-cash income (or loss) related to currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances, and other balance sheet items and to Hedging Obligations pursuant to ASC 815 (or such successor provision), and (c) any non-cash expense, income, or loss attributable to the movement in mark to market valuation of foreign currencies, Indebtedness, or derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP, shall be excluded,
(ix) any impairment charge, asset write-off, or write-down pursuant to ASC 350 and Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 360 – Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (ASC 360) (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement Nos. 142 and 144, respectively) and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to ASC 805 shall be excluded,
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(x) (a) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, phantom equity, stock options units, restricted stock, or other rights to officers, directors, managers, or employees and (b) non-cash income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, shall be excluded,
(xi) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, recapitalization, Asset Sale, issuance, or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Second Restatement Effective Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,
(xii) accruals and reserves (including contingent liabilities) that were established or adjusted within twelve months after the Closing Date that were so required to be established as a result of the Original Transactions in accordance with GAAP, or changes as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies, shall be excluded,
(xiii) to the extent covered by insurance or indemnification and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer or indemnifying party and only to the extent that such amount is (a) not denied by the applicable carrier or indemnifying party in writing within 180 days and (b) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of the determination by Borrower that there exists such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), losses and expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded,
(xiv) any deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowance related to such items, shall be excluded,
(xv) any costs or expenses incurred during such period relating to environmental remediation, litigation, or other disputes in respect of events and exposures that occurred prior to the Closing Date shall be excluded, and
(xvii) any net increase or decrease in deferred revenue from the sale of Eye Care Club memberships, product warranty programs and other programs providing deferred revenue shall be excluded.
“Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.
“Consolidated Total Debt” shall mean, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of third-party Indebtedness for borrowed money, Capitalized Lease Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes and similar instruments (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Hedging Obligations); provided that (x) Consolidated Total Debt shall not include Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unpaid Drawings thereunder and (y) notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Consolidated Total Debt shall include the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of any Parent Entity of Holdings, including Indebtedness in the form of equity-linked securities and convertible securities, incurred after the Second Restatement Effective Date.
“Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date of determination, minus cash and cash equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens and with “cash and cash equivalents” determined in accordance with GAAP) of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the proceeds of any Indebtedness being incurred and giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio) to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings for the Test Period then last ended. In the event that Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems, retires, or extinguishes any Indebtedness or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the Test Period but prior to or simultaneously with the date of determination, then the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be calculated giving Pro Forma Effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, retirement, or
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extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (in each case, including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the Test Period; provided, however, that Pro Forma Effect shall not give effect to any Indebtedness incurred on the date of such determination (except pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 10.1 and Section 10.1(n)).
“Contingent Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends, or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or (iii) to purchase property, securities, or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
“Contractual Requirement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.3.
“Converted Restricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Counterparty” shall mean a Person other than a retail customer.
“Credit Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Second Restatement Agreement, the Restatement Agreement, each Joinder Agreement, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, and any promissory notes issued by the Borrower pursuant hereto.
“Credit Event” shall mean and include the making (but not the conversion or continuation) of a Loan and the issuance of a Letter of Credit.
“Credit Facilities” shall mean, collectively, each category of Commitments and each extension of credit hereunder.
“Credit Facility” shall mean a category of Commitments and extensions of credit thereunder.
“Credit Party” shall mean Holdings, the Borrower, and the other Guarantors.
“Creditor Party” shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.15.
“Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.14.
“Cure Right” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.14.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means the rate per annum equal to SOFR determined for any day pursuant to the definition thereof plus the SOFR Adjustment.
“Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event” shall mean any issuance or incurrence by Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (excluding any Indebtedness permitted to be issued or incurred under Section 10.1 other than Section 10.1(w)(i)).
“Declined Proceeds” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
“Default” shall mean any event, act, or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.8(c).
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“Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender whose acts or failure to act, whether directly or indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of “Lender Default”.
“Deferred Net Cash Proceeds” shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds”.
“Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date” shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds”.
“Designated Jurisdiction” shall mean any country, region or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of any Sanction.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” shall mean the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Holdings or the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by either a senior vice president or the principal financial officer of Holdings or the Borrower, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on or other disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration. A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed or otherwise retired or sold or otherwise disposed of in compliance with Section 10.4.
“Designated Preferred Stock” shall mean preferred stock of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an officer’s certificate executed by the principal financial officer of Holdings or the parent company thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (iii) of Section 10.5(a).
“Disposed EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” were references to such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its respective Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.
“disposition” shall have the meaning assigned such term in clause (i) of the definition of “Asset Sale”.
“Disqualified Lenders” shall mean such Persons (i) that have been specified in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners prior to the commencement of “primary syndication” as being Disqualified Lenders, (ii) who are competitors of Holdings and its Subsidiaries that are separately identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time, and (iii) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), any of their Affiliates (other than any such Affiliate that is affiliated with a financial investor in such Person and that is not itself an operating company or otherwise an Affiliate of an operating company so long as such Affiliate is a bona fide Fund) that are either (a) identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time or (b) clearly identifiable on the basis of such Affiliate’s name. The Administrative Agent shall have the right, and the Borrower hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent, to (A) post the list of Disqualified Lenders provided by the Borrower and any updates thereto from time to time (collectively, the “DQ List”) on the Platform, including that portion of the Platform that is designated for “public side” Lenders or (B) provide the DQ List to each Lender requesting the same, it being understood that the DQ List may be disclosed to any assignee or Participant or prospective assignee or Participant, subject to Section 13.16.
“Disqualified Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, or similar event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, or similar event, in whole or in part, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date hereunder; provided that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of Holdings or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Holdings or its Subsidiaries
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in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death, or disability.
“Documentation Agents” shall mean Fifth Third Bank, National Association and PNC Bank, National Association, as documentation agents for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
“Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, at any time, (i) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (ii) with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars, as determined by the Administrative Agent on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined on the most recent date of determination) for the purchase of Dollars with such currency.
“Dollars” and “$” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of Holdings that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.
“EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (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” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean 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.
“Environmental Claims” shall mean any and all actions, suits, orders, decrees, demand letters, claims, notices of noncompliance or potential responsibility or violation, or proceedings pursuant to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, “Claims”), including, without limitation, (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial, or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation, or injunctive relief relating to the presence Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or the environment including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, soil, land surface and subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands.
“Environmental Law” shall mean any applicable federal, state, foreign, or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, and rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any binding judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any binding judicial or administrative order, consent decree, or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of the environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, soil, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as flora, fauna, or wetlands, or protection of human health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials) and including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, transport, Release, or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials.
“Equity Interest” shall mean Capital Stock and all warrants, options, or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.
“Equity Offering” shall mean any public or private sale of common stock or preferred stock of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than: (i) public offerings with respect to the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent company’s (including Holdings’) common stock registered on Form S-8, (ii) issuances to any Subsidiary of Holdings, (iii) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution, and (iv) any Cure Amount.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Credit Party, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 (b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
“ERISA Event” shall mean (i) the failure of any Plan to comply with any provisions of ERISA and/or the Code (and applicable regulations under either) or with the terms of such Plan; (ii) the existence with respect to any Plan of a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction; (iii) any Reportable Event; (iv) the failure of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or any failure by any Pension Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Pension Plan, whether or not waived; (v) 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); (vi) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (vii) the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or the incurrence by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan, including but not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Pension Plan; (viii) the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice to terminate any Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (ix) the failure by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (x) the incurrence by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Pension Plan (or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA) or Multiemployer Plan; (xi) the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA), or terminated (within the meaning of Section 4041A of ERISA); or (xii) the failure by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to pay when due (after expiration of any applicable grace period) any installment payment with respect to Withdrawal Liability under Section 4201 of ERISA.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” shall mean 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” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.
“Excluded Contribution” shall mean net cash proceeds, the Fair Market Value of marketable securities, or the Fair Market Value of Qualified Proceeds received by Holdings from (i) contributions to its common equity capital, and (ii) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of Holdings or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of Holdings) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of Holdings, in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officer’s certificate executed by either a senior vice president or the principal financial officer of the Borrower on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (iii) of Section 10.5(a)(4); provided that (i) any non-cash assets shall qualify only if acquired by a parent of Holdings in an arm’s-length transaction within the six months prior to such contribution and (ii) no Cure Amount shall constitute an Excluded Contribution.
“Excluded Property” shall have the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
“Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents” shall mean (i) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of pledging such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (ii) solely in the case of any pledge of Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Foreign Subsidiary or any CFC Holding Company, any Voting Stock or Stock Equivalents of any such Foreign Subsidiary or such CFC Holding Company in excess of 66% of the total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock or Stock Equivalents of such Foreign Subsidiary or CFC Holding Company, (iii) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents to the extent the pledge thereof would violate any applicable Requirement of Law (including any legally effective requirement to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority unless such consent has been obtained), (iv) in the case of (A) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary to the extent such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents are subject to a Lien permitted by clause (ix) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” or (B) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary that is not Wholly-Owned by Holdings and its Subsidiaries at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of each such Subsidiary described in clause (A) or (B) to the extent (I) that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Requirement (other than customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or
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other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition or restriction), (II) any Contractual Requirement prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other party; provided that this clause (II) shall not apply if (x) such other party is a Credit Party or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or (y) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate Holdings or any Subsidiary to obtain any such consent) and for so long as such Contractual Requirement or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (III) a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations would give any other party (other than a Credit Party or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) to any contract, agreement, instrument, or indenture governing such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition or restriction), (v) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents would result in materially adverse tax consequences to Holdings or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, (vi) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents that are margin stock, and (vii) any Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, a captive insurance Subsidiary, an SPV, any special purpose entity or a Managed Care Subsidiary.
“Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean (i) each Subsidiary, in each case, for so long as any such Subsidiary does not (on a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries) constitute a Material Subsidiary, (ii) each Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary on any date such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.11 (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary), (iii) any CFC Holding Company, (iv) any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC, (v) any Foreign Subsidiary, (vi) each Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Requirement or Requirement of Law from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (and for so long as such restriction or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect), (vii) each Subsidiary with respect to which, as reasonably determined by Holdings, the consequence of providing a Guarantee of the Obligations would adversely affect the ability of Holdings and its Subsidiaries to satisfy applicable Requirements of Law, (viii) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, (a) in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and Borrower, as agreed in writing, the cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee of the Obligations shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom or (b) providing such a Guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, (ix) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (x) any Receivables Subsidiary, (xi) each other Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder and financed with assumed secured Indebtedness permitted hereunder, and each Restricted Subsidiary acquired in such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder that guarantees such Indebtedness, in each case to the extent that, and for so long as, the documentation relating to such Indebtedness to which such Subsidiary is a party prohibits such Subsidiary from guaranteeing the Obligations and such prohibition was not created in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder, (xii) each SPV or not-for-profit Subsidiary and (xiii) any Managed Care Subsidiary.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Credit Party, (a) any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Obligations of such Credit Party of, or the grant by such Credit Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Obligations 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) or (b) any other Swap Obligation designated as an “Excluded Swap Obligation” of such Guarantor as specified in any agreement between the relevant Credit Parties and Hedge Bank applicable to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Obligation or security interest is or becomes illegal or unlawful.
“Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document, (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income, net profits, or branch profits (however denominated, and including (for the avoidance of doubt) any backup withholding in respect thereof under Section 3406 of the Code or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), and franchise (and similar) Taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income Taxes), in each case by a jurisdiction (including any political subdivision thereof) as a result of such recipient being organized in, having its principal office in, or in the case of any Lender, having its applicable lending office in, such jurisdiction, or as a result of any other present or former connection with such jurisdiction (other than any such connection arising solely from this Agreement or any other Credit Documents or any transactions contemplated thereunder), (ii) any United States federal withholding Tax imposed on any
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payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document that is required to be imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of a Lender pursuant to laws in force at the time such Lender acquires an interest in any Credit Document (or designates a new lending office), other than in the case of a Lender that is an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 13.7 (or that designates a new lending office pursuant to a request by the Borrower), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Credit Parties with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 5.4, (iii) any withholding Taxes attributable to a recipient’s failure to comply with Section 5.4(e), or (iv) any withholding Tax imposed under XXXXX.
“Existing Class” shall mean any Existing Term Loan Class and any Existing Revolving Credit Class.
“Existing Letters of Credit” shall mean those certain letters of credit listed on Schedule 1.1(c).
“Existing Revolving Credit Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
“Existing Revolving Credit Commitment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
“Existing Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
“Existing Term Loan Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
“Expiring Credit Commitment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(e).
“Existing Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Extended Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
“Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
“Extended Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
“Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
“Extended Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
“Extending Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iii).
“Extension Amendment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iv).
“Extension Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(v).
“Extension Election” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iii).
“Extension Request” shall mean a Term Loan Extension Request.
“Extension Series” shall mean all Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Credit Commitments that are established pursuant to the same Extension Amendment (or any subsequent Extension Amendment to the extent such Extension Amendment expressly provides that the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Extension Series) and that provide for the same interest margins, extension fees, and amortization schedule.
“Eye Care Club” shall mean the multi-year programs offered from locations operated by Holdings or its Subsidiaries pursuant to which a purchaser/customer obtains the right to obtain multiple eye examinations and discounts on eyewear during the program period.
“Fair Market Value” shall mean with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arm’s length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable
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period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset, as determined in good faith by the Borrower.
“FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or 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), and any intergovernmental agreements (or related legislation or official administrative rules or practices) implementing the foregoing.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the per annum rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System on such day, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided that (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective 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 (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Fees” shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to, or referred to in, Section 4.1.
“First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean an Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H (with such changes to such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the representatives for purposes thereof for holders of one or more classes of First Lien Obligations (other than the Obligations).
“First Lien Obligations” shall mean the Obligations and the Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that are secured by the Collateral on an equal priority basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations.
“FirstSight” shall mean FirstSight Vision Services, Inc., a California corporation.
“Fixed Charges” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of:
(i) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period,
(ii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock (including any Designated Preferred Stock) or any Refunding Capital Stock of such Person made during such period, and
(iii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock made during such period.
“Foreign Benefit Arrangement” shall mean any employee benefit arrangement mandated by non-U.S. law that is maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Foreign Plan” shall mean each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) that is not subject to U.S. law and is maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Foreign Plan Event” shall mean, with respect to any Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement, (i) the failure to make or, if applicable, accrue in accordance with normal accounting practices, any employer or employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement; (ii) the failure to register or loss of good standing (if applicable) with applicable regulatory authorities of any such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement required to be registered; or (iii) the failure of any Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement to comply with any provisions of applicable law or regulations or with the terms of such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement.
“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of Holdings that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
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“Former Agent” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Fronting Exposure” shall mean, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (i) with respect to a Letter of Credit Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage 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 (ii) with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of Swingline Loans other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Fronting Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(d).
“Fund” shall mean any Person (other than a natural Person) that is engaged or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in making, purchasing, holding, or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.
“Funded Debt” shall mean all Indebtedness of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, to a date more than one year from the date of its creation or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date (including all amounts of such Funded Debt required to be paid or prepaid within one year from the date of its creation), and, in the case of the Credit Parties, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.
“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Second Restatement Effective Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Furthermore, at any time after the Second Restatement Effective Date, Holdings may elect to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP and GAAP concepts shall thereafter be construed to refer to IFRS and corresponding IFRS concepts (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement); provided any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, that any calculation or determination in this Agreement that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to Holdings’ election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. The Borrower shall give written notice of any such election made in accordance with this definition to the Administrative Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, solely making an election (without any other action) referred to in this definition will not be treated as an incurrence of Indebtedness. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the amount of any Indebtedness under GAAP with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations shall be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capitalized Lease Obligations”.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Granting Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g).
“Guarantee” shall mean (i) the Guarantee made by Holdings and each other Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, dated as of the Closing Date, and (ii) any other guarantee of the Obligations made by a Restricted Subsidiary in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“guarantee obligations” shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any primary obligor in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or
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payment of any such Indebtedness or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities, or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness, or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term guarantee obligations shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations or product warranties in effect on the Second Restatement Effective Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any guarantee obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such guarantee obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.
“Guarantors” shall mean (i) each Subsidiary of Holdings that is party to the Guarantee on the Second Restatement Effective Date, (ii) each Subsidiary of Holdings that becomes a party to the Guarantee after the Second Restatement Effective Date pursuant to Section 9.11 or otherwise, and (iii) Holdings; provided that in no event shall any Excluded Subsidiary be required to be a Guarantor (unless such Subsidiary is no longer an Excluded Subsidiary).
“Hazardous Materials” shall mean (i) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (ii) any chemicals, materials, or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous waste,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted hazardous waste,” “toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,” “contaminants,” or “pollutants,” or words of similar import, under any Environmental Law; and (iii) any other chemical, material, or substance, which is prohibited, limited, or regulated due to its dangerous or deleterious properties or characteristics by, any Environmental Law.
“Hedge Agreements” shall mean (i) 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 (ii) 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.
“Hedge Bank” shall mean (i) (a) any Person that, at the time it enters into a Hedge Agreement, is a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent and (b) with respect to any Hedge Agreement entered into prior to the Second Restatement Effective Date, any Person that is a Lender or an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent on the Second Restatement Effective Date and (ii) any other Person that is designated by the Borrower as a “Hedge Bank” by written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit M or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Hedging Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreements.
“Historical Financial Statements” shall mean (i) the audited consolidated balance sheets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022, and the related audited consolidated statements of income and cash flow of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022 and (ii) the unaudited interim consolidated balance sheets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarters ending September 30, 2022, December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023 and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flow of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for fiscal quarters ending September 30, 2022, December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023.
“Holdings” shall mean (i) Holdings (as defined in the preamble to this Agreement) or (ii) after the Second Restatement Effective Date any other Person or Persons (“New Holdings”) that is a Subsidiary of (or are Subsidiaries of) Holdings or of any Parent Entity of Holdings (or the previous New Holdings, as the case may be) but not the Borrower (“Previous Holdings”); provided that (a) such New Holdings directly owns (i) 100% of the
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Equity Interests of the Borrower and (ii) 100% of the Equity Interests of each other direct Subsidiary of Previous Holdings which were owned by Previous Holdings immediately prior thereto, (b) New Holdings shall expressly assume all the obligations of Previous Holdings under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (c) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel shall be delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to the effect that, without limitation, such substitution does not violate this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (d) all Capital Stock of the Borrower and each other direct Subsidiary of Previous Holdings and substantially all of the other assets of Previous Holdings are contributed or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, to such New Holdings and pledged to secure the Obligations, (f) (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such substitution and such substitution does not result in any Event of Default, (ii) such substitution does not result in any material adverse tax consequences to any Credit Party and (iii) such substitution does not result in any adverse tax consequences to any Lender (unless reimbursed hereunder) or to the Administrative Agent (unless reimbursed hereunder), (g) no Change of Control shall occur; provided, further, that if each of the foregoing is satisfied, Previous Holdings shall be automatically released of all its obligations under the Credit Documents and any reference to Holdings in the Credit Documents shall be meant to refer to New Holdings and (h) New Holdings shall be organized in the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“IFRS” shall have the meaning given such term in the definition of “GAAP”.
“Increased Amount Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
“incur” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1.
“Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without double counting, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), or (d) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a net liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP and (e) representing Permitted Convertible Indebtedness pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition thereof; provided that Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent company appearing upon the balance sheet of Holdings solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP shall be excluded, (ii) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (i) of another Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (i) of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (2) obligations under or in respect of Receivables Facilities, (3) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (4) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warrants or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (5) any balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, accrued in the ordinary course of business, or (6) any earn-out obligation until such obligation, within 60 days of becoming due and payable, has not been paid and such obligation is reflected as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (iii) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person) 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.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, shall exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 365 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
“Indemnified Liabilities” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5.
“Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5.
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“Indemnified Taxes” shall mean all Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document, other than Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes.
“Initial Investors” shall mean Kohlberg Kravis Xxxxxxx & Co. L.P., KKR North America Fund XI L.P., KKR North America Fund XI ESC L.P., KKR North America Fund XI SBS L.P., KKR Partners III, L.P. KKR CIS Global Investor L.P., CPS Managers Fund L.P., KKR Principal Opportunities Partnership (Domestic) L.P., KKR Principal Opportunities Partnership (Domestic) L.P., Berkshire Fund VI, Limited Partnership, Berkshire Investors LLC and Berkshire Investors III LLC, and each of their respective Affiliates and successors.
“Insolvent” shall mean, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
“Intellectual Property” shall mean U.S. and foreign intellectual property, including all (i) (a) patents, inventions, processes, developments, technology, and know-how; (b) copyrights and works of authorship in any media, including graphics, advertising materials, labels, package designs, and photographs; (c) trademarks, service marks, trade names, brand names, corporate names, domain names, logos, trade dress, and other source indicators, and the goodwill of any business symbolized thereby; and (d) trade secrets, confidential, proprietary, or non-public information and (ii) all registrations, issuances, applications, renewals, extensions, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, re-issues, re-examinations, foreign counterparts, or similar legal protections related to the foregoing.
“Interest Period” shall mean, with respect to any Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to Section 2.9.
“Investment” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances, or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel, and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests, or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of Holdings in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property; provided that Investments shall not include, in the case of Holdings, the Borrower, and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness either (i) having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business or (ii) arising from cash management, tax and/or accounting operations.
For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 10.5,
(i) Investments shall include the portion (proportionate to Holdings’ equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of Holdings at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, Holdings shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (a) Holdings’ Investment in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (b) the portion (proportionate to Holdings’ equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer.
The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment, or other amount received by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment (provided that, with respect to amounts received other than in the form of Cash Equivalents, such amount shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of such consideration).
“Investment Grade Rating” shall mean a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other rating agency.
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“Investment Grade Securities” shall mean:
(i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),
(ii) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among Holdings and its Subsidiaries,
(iii) investments in any fund that invest at least 90% in investments of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution, and
(iv) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.
“ISP” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuer Documents” shall mean with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Request, and any other document, agreement, and instrument entered into by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower (or any other Restricted Subsidiary or Holdings) or in favor of the Letter of Credit Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Joinder Agreement” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners” shall mean BofA Securities, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC and, for purposes of the protections and indemnification provisions hereof, the “Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners” (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement prior to the Second Restatement Effective Date).
“Junior Debt” shall mean any Indebtedness (other than any permitted intercompany indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness.
“KKR” shall mean each of Kohlberg Kravis Xxxxxxx & Co. L.P. and KKR North America Fund XI L.P.
“Latest Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Term Loan hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any New Term Loan or any Extended Term Loan, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
“L/C Borrowing” shall mean 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 Borrowing.
“L/C Facility Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is three Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided that the L/C Facility Maturity Date may be extended beyond such date with the consent of the Letter of Credit Issuer.
“L/C Obligations” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unpaid Drawings, including all L/C Borrowings. 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 International Standby Practices (ISP98), such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time.
“L/C Participant” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).
“L/C Participation” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).
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“LCT Election” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.12(b).
“LCT Test Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.12(b).
“Lender” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Lender Default” shall mean (i) the refusal or failure of any Lender to make available its portion of any incurrence of Loans or Reimbursement Obligations, which refusal or failure is not cured within one business day after the date of such refusal or failure, unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such refusal or failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in writing) has not been satisfied, (ii) the failure of any Lender to pay over to the Administrative Agent, any Swingline Lender, any Letter of Credit Issuer or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one business day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (iii) a Lender has notified, in writing, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations under this Agreement or a Lender has publicly announced that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under other loan agreements, credit agreements or similar facilities generally, (iv) a Lender has failed to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement, (v) a Distressed Person has admitted in writing that it is insolvent or such Distressed Person becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event or (vi) a Lender has become the subject of a Bail-In Action.
“Lender Presentation” shall mean the Lender Presentation of Holdings dated May 17, 2023.
“Lender-Related Distress Event” shall mean, with respect to any Lender or any other Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender (each, a “Distressed Person”), a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any debt relief law, or a custodian, conservator, receiver, or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets, or such Distressed Person, or any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Distressed Person or is subject to a forced liquidation or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any governmental authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person to be, insolvent or bankrupt; provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interests in any Lender or any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender by a governmental authority or an instrumentality thereof so long as such equity interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such governmental authority or instrumentality thereof) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
“Letter of Credit” shall mean each letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 3.1(a) and includes the Existing Letters of Credit.
“Letter of Credit Commitment” shall mean $20,000,000 (provided the Letter of Credit Commitment of (i) Bank of America, N.A. shall not exceed $6,666,666.67, (ii) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. shall not exceed $6,666,666.67 and (iii) Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. shall not exceed $6,666,666.66, in each case unless otherwise agreed to by such Letter of Credit Issuer in its sole discretion), as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section3.1.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” shall mean the day that is three Business Days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility.
“Letter of Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the sum of (i) the amount of the principal amount of any Unpaid Drawings in respect of which such Lender has made (or is required to have made) payments to the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.4(a) at such time and (ii) such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time (excluding the portion thereof consisting of Unpaid Drawings in respect of which the Lenders have made (or are required to have made) payments to the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.4(a)).
“Letter of Credit Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(b).
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“Letter of Credit Issuer “ shall mean (i) in the case of standby Letters of Credit only, (a) as applicable, each of Bank of America, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. and (b) any of their respective Affiliates or branches, (ii) any replacement, additional issuer, or successor pursuant to Section 3.6, (iii) solely with respect to the Existing Letter of Credit issued by it and outstanding on a date prior to the Restatement Effective Date, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA and (iv) solely with respect to the Existing Letter of Credit issued by it and outstanding on the Second Restatement Effective Date, Bank of America, N.A. In the event that there is more than one Letter of Credit Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.
“Letter of Credit Request” shall mean a notice executed and delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.2, and substantially in the form of Exhibit L or another form which is acceptable to the Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion.
“Letters of Credit Outstanding” shall mean, at any time the sum of, without duplication, (i) the aggregate Stated Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit and (ii) the aggregate amount of the principal amount of all Unpaid Drawings.
“Lien” shall mean with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority, or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease or a license to Intellectual Property be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Limited Condition Transaction” shall mean (a) the consummation of any acquisition (including by way of merger), Investment, Disposition, Restricted Payment requiring declaration (as determined by Borrower) by one or more of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing and/or (b) any prepayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness requiring irrevocable notice in advance of such prepayment, repurchase or redemption.
“Loan” shall mean any Revolving Loan, Swingline Loan, Term Loan, Extended Term Loan, New Term Loan, or any other loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
“Managed Care Subsidiary” shall mean FirstSight and any other Subsidiary of the Borrower (i) whose financial condition or activities are regulated under laws of any state in connection with the provision of health or vision care products or services (or related administrative services) and (ii) a pledge of the Capital Stock of whom, or whose guaranty of the Obligations or granting of a lien on its assets to secure the Obligations would violate any applicable law or regulation or require a consent of a Governmental Authority which has not been obtained.
“Mandatory Borrowing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(d).
“Master Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Hedge Agreement.”
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a circumstance or condition affecting the business, assets, operations, properties, or financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect (i) the ability of Holdings and the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or (ii) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents.
“Material Acquisition” shall mean any Permitted Acquisition or Investment, or the last to occur of a group of no greater than three Permitted Acquisitions and/or Investments (whether or not related to each other) consummated within a period of one year, if the aggregate amount of consideration paid in respect of, and liabilities incurred or assumed to finance, such Permitted Acquisition and/or Investment (or, if applicable, such group of Permitted Acquisitions and/or Investments) is in the aggregate at least $50,000,000 and the Borrower has designated such Permitted Acquisitions and/or Investments as a “Material Acquisition”.
“Material Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, each Restricted Subsidiary (i) whose total assets at the last day of the Test Period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal period for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets of Holdings and
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the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (ii) whose revenues during such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the consolidated revenues of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that if, at any time and from time to time after the Second Restatement Effective Date, Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries (other than Subsidiaries that are Excluded Subsidiaries by virtue of any of clauses (ii) through (xii) of the definition of “Excluded Subsidiary”) have, in the aggregate, (a) total assets at the last day of such Test Period equal to or greater than 7.5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) revenues during such Test Period equal to or greater than 7.5% of the consolidated revenues of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, then Holdings shall, on the date on which financial statements for such quarter are delivered pursuant to this Agreement, designate in writing to the Administrative Agent one or more of such Restricted Subsidiaries as Material Subsidiaries for each fiscal period until this proviso is no longer applicable.
“Maturity Date” shall mean the Term A Loan Maturity Date, the New Term Loan Maturity Date, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the maturity date of an Extended Term Loan or the maturity date of an Extended Revolving Credit Loan, as applicable.
“Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount” shall mean, at any date of determination, (i) the amount such that, after giving effect to the incurrence of such amount Holdings would be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis (including any adjustments required by such definition as a result of a contemplated Permitted Acquisition and, only in the case of a simultaneous incurrence of the maximum amount permitted to be incurred under this clause (i) on the date of such incurrence together with an incurrence in reliance on clause (ii) below on such date, without giving pro forma effect to such simultaneous incurrence in reliance on clause (ii) below or under the Revolving Credit Facility) with the Total Leverage Test, plus (ii) $100,000,000.
“Minimum Borrowing Amount” shall mean (i) with respect to a Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans, $1,000,000 (or, if less, the entire remaining applicable Commitments at the time of such Borrowing) and (ii) with respect to a Borrowing of ABR Loans, $1,000,000 (or, if less, the entire remaining applicable Commitments at the time of such Borrowing).
“Minimum Collateral Amount” shall mean, at any time, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or Cash Equivalents or deposit account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the existence of a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to 101% of the Fronting Exposure of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time and (ii) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or Cash Equivalents or deposit account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.8(a)(i), (a)(ii), or (a)(iii), an amount equal to 101% of the outstanding amount of all L/C Obligations.
“Minimum Liquidity” shall mean, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (a) unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date plus (b) the aggregate amount of unused Revolving Credit Commitments (excluding the portion of such commitments held by any Defaulting Lender, if any) as of such date.
“Moody’s” shall mean Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
“Mortgage” shall mean a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, trust deed, or other security document entered into by the owner of a Mortgaged Property and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in respect of that Mortgaged Property to secure the Obligations, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, together with such terms and provisions as may be required by local laws.
“Mortgaged Property” shall mean, initially, each parcel of real estate and the improvements thereto owned in fee by a Credit Party and identified on Schedule 1.1(a), and each other parcel of real property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 9.14.
“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the five preceding calendar years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean, with respect to any Prepayment Event and any incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness, (i) the gross cash proceeds (including payments from time to time in respect of installment obligations, if applicable, but only as and when received) received by or on behalf of Holdings or any of the
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Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Prepayment Event or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness, as the case may be, less (ii) the sum of:
(a) the amount, if any, of all taxes (including in connection with any repatriation of funds) paid or estimated to be payable by Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Prepayment Event or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness,
(b) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (a) above) (1) associated with the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event and (2) retained by Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that 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 Cash Proceeds of such a Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction,
(c) the amount of any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Permitted Other Indebtedness) secured by a Lien on the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event to the extent that the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness requires that such Indebtedness be repaid upon consummation of such Prepayment Event,
(d) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, the amount of any proceeds of such Prepayment Event that Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest within the Reinvestment Period or has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest) in the business of Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested within such Reinvestment Period (with respect to such Prepayment Event, the “Deferred Net Cash Proceeds”) shall, unless Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of such Reinvestment Period to reinvest such proceeds no later than 180 days following the last day of such Reinvestment Period, (1) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback occurring on the last day of such Reinvestment Period or, if later, 180 days after the date Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary has entered into such binding commitment, as applicable (such last day or 180th day, as applicable, the “Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date”), and (2) be applied to the repayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i),
(e) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback by a non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (e)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of Holdings or a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof,
(f) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, 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 the amount of any subsequent reduction of such escrow (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction solely to the extent that Holdings and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries receives cash in an amount equal to the amount of such reduction, and
(g) all fees and out of pocket expenses paid by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any of the foregoing (for the avoidance of doubt, including, (1) in the case of the issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness, any fees, underwriting discounts, premiums, and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such issuance and (2) attorney’s fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, underwriting discounts and commissions, other customary expenses, and brokerage, consultant, accountant, and other customary fees),
in each case only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred to in clause (i) above.
“Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
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“New Contracts” shall mean binding contracts or purchase orders (i) entered with new Counterparties or (ii) for new business with existing Counterparties, in each case, under which Holdings and/or its Subsidiaries have begun to provide goods or services, which are expected to increase the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings.
“New Loan Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
“New Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
“New Revolving Credit Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
“New Revolving Loan Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
“New Store Consolidated EBITDA Adjustment” shall mean, for any applicable Test Period, the excess (not to be less than zero) of (i) aggregate amount derived from the product of (a) the aggregate number of New Stores and (b) Average New Store Consolidated EBITDA during the previous Test Period over (ii) the actual Consolidated EBITDA generated by New Stores during the Test Period.
“New Stores” shall mean, with respect to any Test Period, the number of Stores opened within the last 24 months, measured from and including the last month in such Test Period.
“New Term Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
“New Term Loan Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
“New Term Loan Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
“New Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the date on which a New Term Loan matures.
“New Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
“New Term Loan Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
“Non-Bank Tax Certificate” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(e)(ii)(B)(3).
“Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.7(b).
“Non-Defaulting Lender” shall mean and include each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.
“Non-Expiring Credit Commitment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(e).
“Non-Extension Notice Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(d).
“Non-U.S. Lender” shall mean any Lender that is not a “United States person” as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Notice of Borrowing” shall mean a notice of Borrowing of Term A Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit K or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent, including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent, appropriately completed and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.
“Notice of Conversion or Continuation” shall mean a notice of conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Term SOFR Loans, pursuant to Section 2.6(a), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit K or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent, including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent, appropriately completed and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.
“Obligations” shall mean all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants, and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Credit Document or otherwise with respect to any Revolving Credit Commitment, Loan, or Letter of Credit or under any Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Hedge Agreement (other
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than with respect to any Credit Party’s obligations that constitute Excluded Swap Obligations solely with respect to such Credit Party), in each case, entered into with Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law 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 Credit Parties under the Credit Documents (and any of their Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Credit Documents) include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities, and other amounts payable by any Credit Party under any Credit Document.
“OFAC” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.11.
“Original Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Original Revolving Credit Commitments” shall mean all Revolving Credit Commitments, Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, and Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, other than any New Revolving Credit Commitments (and any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments related thereto).
“Original Transactions” shall mean the “Transactions” (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement).
“Other Taxes” shall mean all present or future stamp, registration, court or documentary Taxes or any other excise, property, intangible, mortgage recording, filing or similar Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Credit Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided that such term shall not include (i) any Taxes that result from an assignment, grant of a participation pursuant to Section 13.6(c) or transfer or assignment to or designation of a new lending office or other office for receiving payments under any Credit Document (“Assignment Taxes”) to the extent such Assignment Taxes are imposed as a result of a connection between the assignor/participating Lender and/or the assignee/Participant and the taxing jurisdiction (other than a connection arising solely from any Credit Documents or any transactions contemplated thereunder), except to the extent that any such action described in this proviso is requested or required by the Borrower or Holdings or (ii) Excluded Taxes.
“Overnight Rate” shall mean, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
“Parent Entity” shall mean National Vision Holdings, Inc. or any other Person that is a direct or indirect parent company (which may be organized as, among other things, a partnership) of Holdings and/or the Borrower.
“Participant” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c)(i).
“Participant Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c)(ii).
“Participating Member State” shall mean any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to economic and monetary union.
“Patriot Act” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.18.
“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Pension Plan” shall mean any employee benefit pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, but excluding any Multiemployer Plan) in respect of which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Permitted Acquisition” shall have the meaning provided in clause (iii) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”.
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“Permitted Asset Swap” shall mean the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 10.4.
“Permitted Convertible Indebtedness” shall mean (i) National Vision Holdings, Inc.’s 2.50% convertible senior notes due 2025 (the “Existing Convertible Notes”) outstanding prior to the Second Restatement Effective Date and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (A) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses, and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing), (B) such Indebtedness constitutes Indebtedness of any Parent Entity that is convertible, at the option of the holder, into Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of such Parent Entity, cash or a combination of such Equity Interests and cash, (C) such Indebtedness has no scheduled principal payments prior to the date that is five years following the date of issuance (provided, however, this clause (C) shall not limit payments and deliveries due upon conversion of such Indebtedness (including, for the avoidance of doubt, if such Parent Entity has the right to elect to pay, or elects to pay, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness in cash upon a holder’s exercise of its conversion or exchange right under such Indebtedness, such right or payment) and payments due upon required repurchase of such Indebtedness) and (D) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Permitted Holders” shall mean each of (i) the Initial Investors and their respective Affiliates (other than any portfolio company of an Initial Investor) and members of management of Holdings or the Borrower (or any Parent Entity) who are holders of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any Parent Entity) on the Second Restatement Effective Date and any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) of which any of the foregoing are members; provided that, in the case of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, such Initial Investors, their respective Affiliates (other than any portfolio company of an Initial Investor) and members of management, collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings or any Parent Entity and (ii) any Parent Entity formed not in connection with, or in contemplation of, a transaction (other than the Original Transactions) that, assuming such parent was not formed, after giving effect thereto would constitute a Change of Control.
“Permitted Investments” shall mean:
(i) any Investment in Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of Investments made by the Borrower and the Guarantors in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not the Borrower or a Guarantor shall not, at any time, exceed the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment;
(ii) any Investment in cash, Cash Equivalents, or Investment Grade Securities at the time such Investment is made;
(iii) any Investment by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment (a “Permitted Acquisition”), (1) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation, or transfer; provided, further, that the aggregate consideration (excluding any consideration resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness, other than under the Revolving Credit Facility) paid by the Borrower and the Guarantors in connection with Permitted Acquisitions where the assets acquired are not owned directly by the Borrower or a Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary that is acquired does not become a Guarantor shall not, at any time, exceed the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment;
(iv) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents, or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to Section 10.4 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
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(v) (a) any Investment existing or contemplated on the Second Restatement Effective Date and, in each case, listed on Schedule 10.5 and (b) Investments consisting of any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment, or extension of any such Investment; provided that the amount of any such Investment is not increased from the amount of such Investment on the Second Restatement Effective Date except pursuant to the terms of such Investment (including in respect of any unused commitment), plus any accrued but unpaid interest (including any portion thereof which is payable in kind in accordance with the terms of such modified, extended, renewed, or replaced Investment) and premium payable by the terms of such Indebtedness thereon and fees and expenses associated therewith as of the Second Restatement Effective Date;
(vi) any Investment acquired by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by Holdings or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization, or recapitalization of Holdings of such other Investment or accounts receivable or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(vii) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (j) of Section 10.1 and Cash Management Services;
(viii) any Investment in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (viii) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $45,000,000 and (b) 40.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (viii) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (i) above (to the extent permitted thereby) and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (viii) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(ix) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings (exclusive of Disqualified Stock); provided that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (iii) of Section 10.5(a)(4);
(x) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1;
(xi) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.9 (except transactions described in clause (b) of such paragraph);
(xii) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material, equipment, or other similar assets in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) additional Investments having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (xiii) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (a) $ 75,000,000 and (b) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (xiii) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (i) above (to the extent permitted thereby) and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (xiii) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(xiv) Investments relating to any Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors of Holdings, are necessary or advisable to effect a Receivables Facility or any repurchases in connection therewith;
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(xv) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees not in excess of the greater of (a) $10,000,000 and (b) 5.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment;
(xvi) (a) loans and advances to officers, directors, managers, and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses, and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices or to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company thereof and (b) promissory notes received from stockholders of Holdings, any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings or any Subsidiary in connection with the exercise of stock options in respect of the Equity Interests of Holdings, any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings and the Subsidiaries;
(xvii) Investments consisting of extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(xviii) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(xix) non-cash Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities; provided that after giving effect to any such activities, the security interests of the Lenders in the Collateral, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired;
(xx) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client, franchisee and customer contracts and loans or advances made to, and guarantees with respect to obligations of, independent eye care professionals (or to professional corporations owned by such professionals), franchisees, distributors, suppliers, licensors and licensees in the ordinary course of business;
(xxi) the licensing and contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons, in the ordinary course of business;
(xxii) to the extent constituting Investments, transactions pursuant to the Wal-Mart Agreements;
(xxiii) other Investments; provided that (A) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof and (B) after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Investment the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 3.25 :1.00; and
(xxiv) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a Person merged or consolidated with any Subsidiary in accordance with this definition of “Permitted Investments”, Section 10.3 and/or Section 10.5 after the Closing Date to the extent that such investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation.
“Permitted Liens” shall mean, with respect to any Person:
(i) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws, or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness), or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for the payment of rent or deposits made to secure obligations arising from contractual or warranty refunds, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, and mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
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(iii) Liens for taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP or are not required to be paid pursuant to Section 8.12, or for property taxes on property Holdings or one of its Subsidiaries has determined to abandon if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment, charge, levy, or claim is to such property;
(iv) Liens in favor of issuers of performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal, or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued, and completion guarantees provided for, in each case pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(v) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, easements, or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines, and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes, or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental, to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(vi) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be outstanding pursuant to clause (a) or (d), (l)(ii), (r), (w) or (x) of Section 10.1; provided that, (a) in the case of clause (d) of Section 10.1, such Lien may not extend to any property or equipment (or assets affixed or appurtenant thereto) other than the property or equipment being financed or refinanced under such clause (d) of Section 10.1, replacements of such property, equipment or assets, and additions and accessions and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender; (b) in the case of clause (r) of Section 10.1, such Lien may not extend to any assets other than the assets owned by the Restricted Subsidiaries incurring such Indebtedness; (c) in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that constitute First Lien Obligations pursuant to this clause (vi), the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and (1) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness constituting First Lien Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (2) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness constituting First Lien Obligations, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have become a party to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; and (d) in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that do not constitute First Lien Obligations pursuant to this clause (vi), the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and shall (x) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness that do not constitute First Lien Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative of the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness that do not constitute First Lien Obligations, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by this clause (vi);
(vii) subject to Section 9.14, other than with respect to Mortgaged Property, Liens existing on the Second Restatement Effective Date; provided that any Lien securing Indebtedness or other obligations in excess of (a) $5,000,000 individually or (b) $10,000,000 in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Liens securing obligations outstanding in reliance on this clause (b) that are not listed on Schedule 10.2) shall only be permitted if set forth on Schedule 10.2, and, in each case, any modifications, replacements, renewals, or extensions thereof;
(viii) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such
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other Person becoming a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, with respect to such Person, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property of such Person, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, 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);
(ix) Liens on property at the time Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, merger, consolidation, or designation; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, with respect to such property, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, 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);
(x) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to Holdings or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 10.1;
(xi) Liens securing Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Services so long as the related Indebtedness is, and is permitted hereunder to be, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Services;
(xii) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(xiii) leases, subleases, licenses, or sublicenses (including of Intellectual Property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary and do not secure any Indebtedness;
(xiv) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xv) Liens in favor of Holdings, the Borrower, or any other Guarantor;
(xvi) Liens on equipment of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to Holdings’ or such Restricted Subsidiary’s client at which such equipment is located;
(xvii) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;
(xviii) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal, or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals, or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in clauses (vi) (other than pursuant to Section 10.1(l)(ii)), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), and (xv), of this definition of “Permitted Liens”; provided that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (1) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) and (xv) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Agreement, and (2) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses,
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including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal, or replacement;
(xix) deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
(xx) other Liens securing obligations which do not exceed the greater of (a) $45,000,000 and (b) 40.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of the incurrence of such Lien;
(xxi) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 11.5 or Section 11.10;
(xxii) Liens 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;
(xxiii) Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code or any comparable or successor provision on items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (c) in favor of banking or other financial institutions or other electronic payment service providers arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking or finance industry;
(xxiv) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.1; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;
(xxv) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(xxvi) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (a) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (b) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into by Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(xxvii) Liens (a) solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Agreement or (b) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property pursuant to a disposition permitted hereunder;
(xxviii) rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant, or permit held by Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant, or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(xxix) restrictive covenants affecting the use to which real property may be put; provided that the covenants are complied with;
(xxx) security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of business;
(xxxi) zoning by-laws and other land use restrictions, including, without limitation, site plan agreements, development agreements, and contract zoning agreements;
(xxxii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment, or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
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(xxxiii) Liens arising under the Security Documents;
(xxxiv) Liens on goods purchased in the ordinary course of business the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries;
(xxxv) (a) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures; provided that any such Lien is in favor of a creditor of such joint venture and such creditor is not an Affiliate of any partner to such joint venture and (b) purchase options, call, and similar rights of, and restrictions for the benefit of, a third party with respect to Equity Interests held by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in joint ventures;
(xxxvi) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents that are earmarked to be used to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided (a) such cash and/or Cash Equivalents are deposited into an account from which payment is to be made, directly or indirectly, to the Person or Persons holding the Indebtedness that is to be satisfied or discharged, (b) such Liens extend solely to the account in which such cash and/or Cash Equivalents are deposited and are solely in favor of the Person or Persons holding the Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee for such Person or Persons) that is to be satisfied or discharged, and (c) the satisfaction or discharge of such Indebtedness is expressly permitted hereunder;
(xxxvii) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by any Requirement of Law;
(xxxviii) to the extent pursuant to a Requirements of Law, Liens on cash or Permitted Investments securing Swap Obligations in the ordinary course of business; and Liens on the assets of a Managed Care Subsidiary pursuant to applicable rules, or regulations of, or undertakings made to, any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction and authority over such Managed Care Subsidiary; and
(xxxix) Liens arising pursuant to the Wal-Mart Agreements.
For purposes of this definition, the term :Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest on, and fees, expenses and other obligations payable with respect to, such Indebtedness.
“Permitted Other Indebtedness” shall mean subordinated or senior Indebtedness (which Indebtedness may (i) be unsecured, (ii) have the same lien priority as the First Lien Obligations (without regard to control of remedies); provided such Permitted Other Indebtedness is in the form of secured first lien notes, or (iii) be secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Lien securing the First Lien Obligations), in each case issued or incurred by the Borrower or other Guarantor, (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory repayment, or redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to, at the time of incurrence, the Latest Maturity Date (other than, in each case, customary offers or obligations to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale, or casualty or condemnation event, AHYDO payments and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (b) the covenants, taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries than those herein (taken as a whole) (except for covenants applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of such refinancing) (it being understood that, (1) to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of the Lenders or (2) no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if any covenants are only applicable after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of such refinancing); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) 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 foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within two Business Days after receipt of such certificate that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (c) of which no Subsidiary of Holdings (other than the Borrower or a Guarantor) is an obligor, and (d) that, if secured, is not secured by a lien any assets other than the Collateral.
“Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents” shall mean any document or instrument (including any guarantee, security agreement, or mortgage and which may include any or all of the Credit Documents) issued or executed and delivered with respect to any Permitted Other Indebtedness by any Credit Party.
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“Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations” shall mean, if any Permitted Other Indebtedness is issued or incurred, all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants, and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Permitted Other Indebtedness Document, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law 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 Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations of the applicable Credit Parties under the Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents (and any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents) include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities, and other amounts payable by any such Credit Party under any Permitted Other Indebtedness Document.
“Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties” shall mean the holders from time to time of secured Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations (and any representative on their behalf).
“Permitted Other Provision” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
“Permitted Sale Leaseback” shall mean any Sale Leaseback consummated by Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Second Restatement Effective Date; provided that any such Sale Leaseback not between Holdings and a Restricted Subsidiary is consummated for fair value as determined at the time of consummation in good faith by (i) Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) in the case of any Sale Leaseback (or series of related Sales Leasebacks), the aggregate proceeds of which exceed the greater of (a) $40,000,000 and (b) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of the incurrence of such Sale Leaseback, the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary (which such determination may take into account any retained interest or other Investment of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, and any other material economic terms of, such Sale Leaseback).
“Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.
“Plan” shall mean, other than any Multiemployer Plan, any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), including any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), and any plan which is both an employee welfare benefit plan and an employee pension benefit plan, and in respect of which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA be reasonably likely to be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Platform” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(a).
“Pledge Agreement” shall mean the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, entered into by the Credit Parties party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Post-Acquisition Period” shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the period beginning on the date such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and ending on the last day of the sixth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Permitted Acquisition is consummated.
“Prepayment Event” shall mean any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or any Permitted Sale Leaseback.
“Prepayment Notice” shall mean a notice of the Borrower’s intent to prepay Loans, including Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, and Swingline Loans, as applicable, in accordance with Section 5.1, in a form approved by the Administrative Agent, including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent, appropriately completed and signed by an Authorized Officer.
“primary obligor” shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of “Contingent Obligations”.
“Pro Forma Adjustment” shall mean, for any Test Period that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or
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Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings, the pro forma increase or decrease in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, projected by Holdings in good faith as a result of (i) actions taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings or (ii) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in each case in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (a) at the election of Holdings, such Pro Forma Adjustment shall not be required to be determined for any Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with such acquisition was less than $10,000,000 and (b) so long as such actions are taken during such Post-Acquisition Period or such costs are incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, as applicable, it may be assumed, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, that the applicable amount of such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or the applicable amount of such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period; provided, further, that (i) any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, for such Test Period and (ii) the aggregate increase to Consolidated EBITDA for any period pursuant to this definition and clauses (i)(i), (i)(q) and (i)(r) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” shall not exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (after giving effect to any increase in Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to the definition of “Acquired EBITDA”).
“Pro Forma Basis,” “Pro Forma Compliance,” and “Pro Forma Effect” shall mean, with respect to compliance with any test, financial ratio, or covenant hereunder, that (i) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (ii) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (1) in the case of a sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all Capital Stock in any Subsidiary of Holdings or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (2) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction”, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) other than as set forth in the definition of “Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount”, any incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness by Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith (it being agreed that if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to clause (a) above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” and give effect to operating expense reductions that are (x)(1) directly attributable to such transaction, (2) expected to have a continuing impact on Holdings, the Borrower or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries, and (3) factually supportable or (y) otherwise consistent with the definition of “Pro Forma Adjustment”.
“Pro Forma Entity” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Acquired EBITDA”.
“Prohibited Transaction” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975(c) of the Code.
“PTE” shall mean a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Company Costs” shall mean costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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, directors’ or managers’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs 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.
“Qualified Proceeds” shall mean assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business.
“Qualified Stock” of any Person shall mean Capital Stock of such Person other than Disqualified Stock of such Person.
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“Real Estate” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1(f).
“Receivables Facility” shall mean any of one or more 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 Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary sells, directly or indirectly, grants a security interest in or otherwise transfers its accounts receivable to either (i) a Person that is not 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 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” shall mean 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 a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.
“Receivables Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of facilitating or entering into one or more Receivables Facilities, and in each case engages only in activities reasonably related or incidental thereto or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Receivables Facility in which Holdings or any Subsidiary makes an Investment and to which Holdings or any Subsidiary transfers accounts receivables and related assets.
“Refinanced Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
“Refinancing Indebtedness” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(m).
“Refunding Capital Stock” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(b)(2).
“Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(iv).
“Regulation T” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
“Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
“Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
“Reimbursement Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).
“Reimbursement Obligations” shall mean the Borrower’s obligations to reimburse Unpaid Drawings pursuant to Section 3.4(a).
“Reinvestment Period” shall mean (450 days following the date of receipt of Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback.
“Rejection Notice” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
“Related Business Assets” shall mean assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business; provided that any assets received by Holdings or the Restricted Subsidiaries in exchange for assets transferred by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Related Fund” shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a Fund, any other Fund that is advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of such entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
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“Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, and advisors of such Person and any Person that possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Release” shall mean any release, spill, emission, discharge, disposal, escaping, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection, or leaching into the environment.
“Relevant Governmental Body” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Removal Effective Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.9(b).
“Repayment Amount” shall mean the Term A Loan Repayment Amount, a New Term Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Series, or an Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Extension Series, as applicable.
“Replacement Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the commitments of the Lenders to make Replacement Term Loans.
“Replacement Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
“Reportable Event” shall mean any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Pension Plan (other than a Pension Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code), other than those events as to which notice is waived pursuant to PBGC Reg. § 4043.
“Required Lenders” shall mean, at any date, (i) Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (a) the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date, (b) the Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment at such date, and (c) the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (excluding Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such date or (ii) if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and the Total Term Loan Commitment have been terminated or for the purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure (excluding the Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date.
“Required Revolving Credit Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders holding a majority of the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated at such time, a majority of the Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding Revolving Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such time).
“Required Term A Loan Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (i) the Adjusted Total Term A Loan Commitment at such date and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term A Loans (excluding Term A Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such date.
“Required Term Loan Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (i) the Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment at such date and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (excluding Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such date.
“Requirement of Law” shall mean, as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule, or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.
“Rescindable Amount” shall have the meaning as provided in Section 2.4(d).
“Resignation Effective Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.9(a).
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“Resolution Authority” shall mean an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Restatement Agreement” shall mean the Joinder and Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated as of the Restatement Effective Date, by and among the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Former Agent and the Lenders party thereto.
“Restatement Effective Date” shall mean July 18, 2019.
“Restricted Investment” shall mean an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Payment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(a).
“Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of Holdings other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Retired Capital Stock” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(b)(2).
“Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(b), in an aggregate principal amount (carried out to the ninth decimal place) at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth, and opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(b) under the caption Revolving Credit Commitment or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (including Section 2.14). The aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders, as of the Second Restatement Effective Date, shall be $300,000,000, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage” shall mean at any time, for each Lender, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) obtained by dividing (i) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time by (ii) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such time; provided that at any time when the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been terminated, each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage shall be the percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time by (b) the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender then outstanding, (ii) such Xxxxxx’s Letter of Credit Exposure at such time, and (iii) such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Loans at such time.
“Revolving Credit Facility” shall mean, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“Revolving Credit Lender” shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.
“Revolving Credit Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(b).
“Revolving Credit Maturity Date” shall mean (a) June 13, 2028 or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day and (b) if earlier, the Springing Maturity Date; provided that the Springing Maturity Date shall not apply (and only the date referenced in clause (a) shall apply) if, as of the date upon which the Springing Maturity Date would otherwise occur, the Borrower shall have Minimum Liquidity of not less than an amount equal to the redemption value of the Convertible Notes on such date plus $25,000,000.
“Revolving Credit Termination Date” shall mean the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have terminated, no Revolving Credit Loans or Swingline Loans shall be outstanding and the Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero or Cash Collateralized.
“Revolving Loan” shall mean, collectively or individually as the context may require, any (i) Revolving Credit Loan or (ii) Extended Revolving Credit Loan, in each case made pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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“S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
“Sale Leaseback” shall mean any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of such leasing.
“Sanctions” shall mean any sanction administered or enforced by the United States Government (including without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any member state thereof, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom (“HMT”) or other relevant sanctions authority.
“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
“Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean a First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I (with such changes to such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the representatives for purposes thereof for any Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties that are holders of Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations having a Lien on the Collateral ranking junior to the Lien securing the Obligations.
“Second Restatement Agreement” shall mean the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2023, by and among the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders party thereto.
“Second Restatement Date Refinancing” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Second Restatement Effective Date” shall mean June 13, 2023, the date on which the conditions precedent to effectiveness set forth in Section 6 are satisfied.
“Section 2.14 Additional Amendment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iv).
“Section 9.1 Financials” shall mean the financial statements delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b) together with the accompanying officer’s certificate delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
“Secured Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and any Cash Management Bank, which is specified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as constituting a Secured Cash Management Agreement hereunder.
“Secured Cash Management Obligations” shall mean Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” shall mean any Hedge Agreement that is entered into by and between Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank, which is specified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as constituting a “Secured Hedge Agreement” hereunder. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Borrower may deliver one notice designating all Hedge Agreements entered into pursuant to a specified Master Agreement as “Secured Hedge Agreements”.
“Secured Hedge Obligations” shall mean Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements.
“Secured Parties” shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, and each Lender, in each case with respect to the Credit Facilities, each Hedge Bank that is party to any Secured Hedge Agreement with Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, each Cash Management Bank that is party to a Secured Cash Management Agreement with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and each sub-agent pursuant to Section 12 appointed by the Administrative Agent with respect to matters relating to the Credit Facilities or the Collateral Agent with respect to matters relating to any Security Document.
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“Security Agreement” shall mean the Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, entered into by the Borrower, the other grantors party thereto, and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Security Documents” shall mean, collectively, the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, if executed, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if executed, and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 9.11, 9.12, or 9.14 or pursuant to any other such Security Documents to secure the Obligations or to govern the lien priorities of the holders of Liens on the Collateral.
“Series” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
“Significant Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, (a) any Restricted Subsidiary whose gross revenues (when combined with the gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date were equal to or greater than 10% of the consolidated gross revenues of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP or (b) each other Restricted Subsidiary that, when such Restricted Subsidiary’s total gross revenues (when combined with the total gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) are aggregated with each other Restricted Subsidiary (when combined with the total gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) that is the subject of an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 would constitute a “Significant Subsidiary” under clause (a) above.
“Similar Business” shall mean any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Second Restatement Effective Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, synergistic, incidental, or ancillary thereto.
“SOFR” shall mean the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator).
“SOFR Adjustment” shall mean 0.10% (10 basis points).
“SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.
“Sold Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Solvent” shall mean, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, (i) the sum of the liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, does not exceed the present fair saleable value of the present assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; (ii) the fair value of the property of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; (iii) the capital of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is not unreasonably small in relation to their business as contemplated on the date hereof; and (iv) Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, have not incurred and do not intend to incur, or believe that they will incur, debts including current obligations beyond their ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise).
“Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
“Specified Transaction” shall mean, with respect to any period, any Investment (including a Permitted Acquisition), any asset sale, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, New Term Loan, New Revolving Credit Commitment, or other event or action that in each case by the terms of this Agreement requires Pro Forma Compliance with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Sponsor” shall mean any of KKR and its Affiliates but excluding portfolio companies of any of the foregoing.
“Spot Rate” for any currency shall mean the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Administrative Agent as the spot rate for the purchase by the Administrative Agent of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the
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Administrative Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent if it does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.
“Springing Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is 91 days prior to the stated maturity date of the Existing Convertible Notes then outstanding.
“SPV” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g).
“Stated Amount” of any Letter of Credit shall mean the maximum amount from time to time available to be drawn thereunder, determined without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could then be met; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the Stated Amount 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.
“Stock Equivalents” shall mean all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock and all warrants, options, or other rights to purchase or subscribe for any Capital Stock, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable, or exercisable.
“Stores” shall mean any retail store (which may include any real property, fixtures, equipment, inventory and other property related thereto) operated, or to be operated, by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower, or any other Guarantor that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of Holdings, the Borrower, or such Guarantor, as applicable, under this Agreement or the Guarantee, as applicable.
“Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean and include (i) any corporation more than 50% of whose Capital Stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries, or (ii) any limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture, or other entity of which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary of Holdings.
“Successor Borrower” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.3(a).
“Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.
“Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Credit Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1(a)(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swingline Commitment” shall mean $20,000,000. The Swingline Commitment is part of and not in addition to the Revolving Credit Commitment.
“Swingline Exposure” shall mean at any time the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding Swingline Loans. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Swingline Lender” shall mean Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder or any replacement or successor thereto.
“Swingline Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(c).
“Swingline Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to any Swingline Loan, the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
“Syndication Agents” shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, as syndication agents for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
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“Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), fees, or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority and any interest, fines, penalties, or additions to tax with respect to the foregoing.
“Term A Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Term A Loan Commitment or an outstanding Term A Loan.
“Term A Loan Commitment” shall mean, in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the Second Restatement Effective Date, the amount (carried out to the ninth decimal place) set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(b) as such Lender’s “Term A Loan Commitment”. The aggregate amount of the Term A Loan Commitments as of the Second Restatement Effective Date is $150,000,000.
“Term A Loan Maturity Date” shall mean (a) June 13, 2028 or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day and (b) if earlier, the Springing Maturity Date; provided that the Springing Maturity Date shall not apply (and only the date referenced in clause (a) shall apply) if, as of the date upon which the Springing Maturity Date would otherwise occur, the Borrower shall have Minimum Liquidity of not less than an amount equal to the redemption value of the Convertible Notes on such date plus $25,000,000.
“Term A Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).
“Term A Loan Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).
“Term A Loans” shall mean the Term A Loans funded on the Second Restatement Effective Date pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Second Restatement Agreement and this Agreement (including Section 2.1(a)(ii)). Immediately after giving effect to Second Restatement Agreement, the aggregate amount of Term A Loans outstanding as of the Second Restatement Effective Date is $150,000,000.
“Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Xxxxxx’s Term A Loan Commitment, and, if applicable, New Term Loan Commitment with respect to any Series and Replacement Term Loan Commitment with respect to any Series.
“Term Loan Extension Request” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
“Term Loan Lender” shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.
“Term Loans” shall mean the Term A Loans, any New Term Loans, any Replacement Term Loans, and any Extended Term Loans, collectively or individually, as the context may require.
“Term SOFR” shall mean
(a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment for such Interest Period; and
(b) for any interest calculation with respect to an ABR Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such date with a term of one month commencing that day; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment for such term;
provided that if the Term SOFR determined in accordance with either of the foregoing provisions (a) or (b) would otherwise be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Term SOFR Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “Term SOFR.”
“Term SOFR Replacement Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.
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“Term SOFR Screen Rate” shall mean the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
“Terminated Contracts” shall mean binding contracts with Counterparties that have terminated (whether on or before their stated expiration).
“Test Period” shall mean, for any determination under this Agreement, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings then last ended and for which Section 9.1 Financials shall have been delivered (or were required to be delivered) to the Administrative Agent (or, before the first delivery of Section 9.1 Financials, the most recent period of four fiscal quarters at the end of which financial statements are available).
“Total Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any date, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have terminated on such date, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders at such date), (ii) the Total Term Loan Commitment at such date, and (iii) without duplication of clause (ii), the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans at such date.
“Total Leverage Test” shall mean, as of any date of determination, with respect to the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be no greater than 3.25 to 1.00.
“Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Total Term A Loan Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Term A Loan Commitments of all Lenders.
“Total Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Term A Loan Commitments and the New Term Loan Commitments, if applicable, of all the Lenders.
“Transaction Expenses” shall mean any fees, costs, or expenses incurred or paid by Holdings, the Borrower, or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement, and the other Credit Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
“Transactions” shall mean, collectively, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to occur on the Second Restatement Effective Date, including the repayment of Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement in connection therewith, the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing (including the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing (including the Transaction Expenses)).
“Transferee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(e).
“Type” shall mean (i) as to any Term Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Term SOFR Loan and (ii) as to any Revolving Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Term SOFR Revolving Credit Loan.
“UK Financial Institution” shall mean any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person subject to IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” shall mean the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unpaid Drawing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).
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“Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean (i) any Subsidiary of Holdings which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the board of directors of Holdings, as provided below) and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The board of directors of Holdings may designate any Subsidiary of Holdings (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary of Holdings that is a direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings (other than any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated or an Unrestricted Subsidiary); provided that:
(a) such designation complies with Section 10.5; and
(b) each of (1) the Subsidiary to be so designated and (2) its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee, or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary.
The board of directors of Holdings may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and Holdings could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of Section 10.1.
Any such designation by the board of directors of Holdings shall be notified by Holdings to the Administrative Agent by promptly delivering to the Administrative Agent a copy of the Board resolution giving effect to such designation and a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Holdings certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
“U.S.” and “United States” shall mean the United States of America.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” shall mean any Business Day, except any Business Day on which any of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business because such day is a legal holiday under the federal laws of the United States or the laws of the State of New York, as applicable.
“U.S. Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(e)(ii)(A).
“Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person as of any date, the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
“Wal-Mart Agreements” shall mean (i) the Management & Services Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2012, by and among Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Wal-Mart”), its U.S. operating subsidiaries, including Sam’s West, Inc., and the Borrower, (ii) the Lease of Premises and License of Equipment, dated May 2, 2009, by and among Wal-Mart, its affiliates and subsidiaries and FirstSight, as amended by the First Amendment to FirstSight Lease, dated as of March 31, 2012, (iii) the Management and Services Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2012, by and between Wal-Mart, but excluding its United States operating subsidiaries Sam’s West, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Sam’s East Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with Xxx’s West, Inc., “Sam’s”) and Arlington Contact Lens Services, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“AC Lens”), (iv) the Management and Services Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2012, by and among Sam’s and its operating subsidiaries and AC Lens, (v) the Professional Office Lease Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2012, by and among Wal-Mart, its affiliates and subsidiaries and the Borrower and (vi) the Supplier Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2012, by and among the Borrower and Wal-Mart, in each case, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, otherwise modified or replaced from time to time.
“Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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“Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.
“Withholding Agent” shall mean any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any U.S. federal withholding Tax, any other applicable withholding agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” shall mean, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers
1.2Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit Document:
(a)The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b)The words “herein”, “hereto”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Credit Document shall refer to such Credit Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(c)Section, Exhibit, and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.
(d)The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(e)The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(f)In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including”.
(g)Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
(h)The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(i)All references to “knowledge” or “awareness” of any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof means the actual knowledge of an Authorized Officer of such Credit Party or such Restricted Subsidiary.
1.3Accounting Terms.
(a)Except as expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a consistent manner.
(b)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction
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occurs, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and the Total Leverage Test shall each be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
(c)Where reference is made to “Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis” or similar language, such consolidation shall not include any Subsidiaries of Holdings other than Restricted Subsidiaries.
1.4Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by Holdings 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.
1.5References to Agreements Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to organizational documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents), and other Contractual Requirements shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, amendment, and restatements, extensions, supplements, modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals, or increases, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, amendment, and restatements, extensions, supplements, modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals, or increases are permitted by any Credit Document; and (b) references to any Requirement of Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing, or interpreting such Requirement of Law.
1.6Exchange Rates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of any determination under Section 2.14, Section 9, Section 10 or Section 11 or any determination under any other provision of this Agreement expressly requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts incurred, outstanding, or proposed to be incurred or outstanding in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the Spot Rate; provided, however, that for purposes of determining compliance with Section 2.14 or Section 10 with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Restricted Investment, Lien, Asset Sale, or Restricted Payment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness, Lien or Restricted Investment is incurred or Asset Sale or Restricted Payment made; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.6 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness, Lien, or Investment may be incurred or Asset Sale or Restricted Payment made at any time under such Sections. For purposes of any determination of Consolidated Total Debt, amounts in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the currency exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered Section 9.1 Financials.
1.7Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission, or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “Term SOFR” or with respect to any rate that is an alternative or replacement for or successor to any such rate (including, without limitation, any successor rate pursuant to Section 2.15(b)) or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions or other activities that affect any reference rate referred to herein, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or any related spread or other adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any reference rate referred to herein or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing), in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or other action or omission related to or affecting the selection, determination, or calculation of any rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
1.8Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.9Timing of Payment or Performance. Except as otherwise 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 (or before) a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of “Interest Period”) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
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1.10Certifications. All certifications to be made hereunder by an officer or representative of a Credit Party shall be made by such a Person in his or her capacity solely as an officer or a representative of such Credit Party, on such Credit Party’s behalf and not in such Person’s individual capacity.
1.11Compliance with Certain Sections. In the event that any Lien, Investment, Indebtedness (whether at the time of incurrence or upon application of all or a portion of the proceeds thereof), disposition, Restricted Payment, Affiliate transaction, Contractual Requirement, or prepayment of Indebtedness meets the criteria of one or more than one of the categories of transactions then permitted pursuant to any clause or subsection of Section 9.9 or any clause or subsection of Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6 then, such transaction (or portion thereof) at any time shall be allocated to one or more of such clauses or subsections within the relevant sections as determined by the Borrower in its sole discretion at such time.
1.12Pro Forma and Other Calculations.
(a)For purposes of calculating any financial ratio, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations, and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary during the Test Period or subsequent to such Test Period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the date of determination shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations, and disposed operations (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in Consolidated EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the Test Period. If since the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, or disposed operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the applicable financial ratio shall be calculated giving Pro Forma Effect thereto for such Test Period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the Test Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, 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, without limitation, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio) (any such amounts, the “Fixed Amounts”) substantially concurrently with any amounts Incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with any such financial ratio or test (any such amounts, the “Incurrence Based Amounts”), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts (and any cash proceeds thereof) shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence Based Amounts in connection with such substantially concurrent Incurrence, except that Incurrences of Indebtedness and Liens constituting Fixed Amounts shall be taken into account for purposes of Incurrence Based Amounts other than Incurrence Based Amounts contained in Section 10.1 or Section 10.2.
(b)Whenever Pro Forma Effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt and without duplication, cost savings, and operating expense reductions resulting from such Investment, acquisition, merger, or consolidation which is being given Pro Forma Effect that have been or are expected to be realized; provided that such costs savings and operating expense reductions are made in compliance with the definition of “Pro Forma Adjustment”). If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given Pro Forma Effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account for such entire period, any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of 12 months or longer, and in the case of any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of less than 12 months, taking into account such Hedging Obligation to the extent of its remaining term). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of Holdings to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a Pro Forma Basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period (or, if lower, the greater of (i) maximum commitments under such revolving credit facilities as of the date of determination and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding under such a revolving credit facilities on such date). Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower may designate.
In connection with any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:
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(i)determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio; or
(ii)other than for purposes of determining the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to extensions of credit under the Revolving Credit Commitment, determining the accuracy of representations and warranties in Section 8 and/or whether a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under Section 11; or
(iii)testing availability under baskets set forth in this agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets);
in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”) (it being understood and agreed that the Borrower may elect to revoke any LCT Election in its sole discretion), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Test Period ending prior to the LCT Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to the Incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of Restricted Payments, mergers, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of Indebtedness, or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or (ii) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated until such time as the Limited Condition Transaction has been consummated or the definitive agreement with respect thereto has been terminated or expires.
(c)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.12 or in any classification under GAAP of any Person, business, assets or operations in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, no Pro Forma Effect shall be given to any discontinued operations (and the EBITDA attributable to any such Person, business, assets or operations shall not be excluded for any purposes hereunder) until such disposition shall have been consummated.
(d)Any determination of Consolidated Total Assets shall be made by reference to the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the relevant date of determination.
1.13Divisions. For all purposes under the Credit Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes an asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
1.14Amendment and Restatement. This Agreement shall amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety, with the parties hereby agreeing that there is no novation of the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document and from and after the effectiveness of this Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be subsumed and governed by this Agreement. From and after the effectiveness of this Agreement, the Obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement shall continue as Obligations under this Agreement and the Credit Documents until otherwise paid in accordance with the terms hereof. The Security Documents and the grant of Liens on all of the Collateral described therein do and shall continue to secure the payment of all Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Liens securing the “Obligations” as defined in the Existing Credit
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Agreement, shall from and after the Second Restatement Effective Date secure the payment and performance of all Obligations for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, and all such Liens shall continue in full force and effect after giving effect to this Agreement and are hereby confirmed and reaffirmed by each of the Credit Parties. The parties hereto further acknowledge and agree that all “Collateral Documents” as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect after the Second Restatement Effective Date in favor of and for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties (with each reference therein to the collateral agent, the credit agreement or a credit document being a reference to the Collateral Agent, this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, as applicable), and each Credit Party hereby confirms and ratifies its obligations thereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, upon the Second Restatement Effective Date, any basket which permits a certain amount of a given type of transaction over the life of the Credit Agreement (however denominated) shall be reset such that any use of such baskets on or subsequent to the Closing Date but prior to the Second Restatement Effective Date shall be disregarded for purposes of testing such basket; provided that nothing in this Section 1.14 shall be construed to (i) prohibit any transaction occurring prior to the Second Restatement Effective Date utilizing the corresponding baskets under the Existing Credit Agreement or (ii) apply to the calculation of any adjustment to Consolidated EBITDA (or any related definition).
Section 2Amount and Terms of Credit
2.1Commitments.
(a)Term A Loans. Subject to and upon the terms and conditions of the Second Restatement Agreement and this Agreement, the Term A Lenders agree to make the Term A Loans to the Borrower on the Second Restatement Effective Date, which Term A Loans shall not exceed for any such Term A Lender the Term A Loan Commitment of such Lender and in the aggregate shall not exceed $150,000,000. Such Term Loans (i) may at the option of the Borrower be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Term SOFR Loans; provided that all Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Term Loans of the same Type, (ii) may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid, may not be reborrowed, (iii) shall not exceed for any such Lender the Term A Loan Commitment of such Lender, and (iv) shall not exceed in the aggregate the Total Term A Loan Commitments. On the Term A Loan Maturity Date, all then unpaid Term A Loans shall be repaid in full in Dollars.
(b)Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars to the Borrower from its applicable lending office (each, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Revolving Credit Xxxxxx’s Revolving Credit Commitment, provided that any of the foregoing such Revolving Credit Loans (A) shall be made at any time and from time to time on and after the Second Restatement Effective Date and prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (B) may, at the option of the Borrower be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Term SOFR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans; provided that all Revolving Credit Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type, (C) may be repaid (without premium or penalty) and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof, (D) shall not, for any Lender at any time, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result in such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure in respect of any Class of Revolving Loans at such time exceeding such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment in respect of such Class of Revolving Loan at such time and (E) shall not, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result at any time in the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures at such time exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect or the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures of any Class of Revolving Loans at such time exceeding the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment with respect to such Class.
(c)Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Swingline Lender in its individual capacity agrees, at any time and from time to time on and after the Second Restatement Effective Date and prior to the Swingline Maturity Date, to make a loan or loans (each, a “Swingline Loan” and, collectively the “Swingline Loans”) to the Borrower, which Swingline Loans (i) shall be ABR Loans, (ii) shall have the benefit of the provisions of Section 2.1(d), (iii) shall not exceed at any time outstanding the Swingline Commitment, (iv) shall not, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result at any time in the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures at such time exceeding the Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, and (v) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof. On the Swingline Maturity Date, all Swingline Loans shall be repaid in full. The Swingline Lender shall not make any Swingline Loan after receiving a written notice from Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders stating that a Default or Event of Default exists and is continu