AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 4, dated as of June 11, 2018 (this “Amendment”), among IQVIA Inc. (formerly known as Quintiles IMS Incorporated), a Delaware corporation (the “Parent Borrower”), IQVIA Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, IQVIA AG (formerly known as IMS AG), a Swiss corporation and a subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (the “Swiss Subsidiary Borrower”), IQVIA Solutions Japan K.K. (formerly known as IMS Japan K.K.), a Japanese stock corporation (kabushiki kaisha) and a subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (the “Japanese Subsidiary Borrower” and together with the Parent Borrower and the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), the other guarantors party hereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), the Lenders (as defined below) party hereto, the Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lenders (as defined below), the Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lenders (as defined below) and the Replacement Lenders (as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and the other parties thereto have entered into that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement” and as amended hereby, the “Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement and on the terms and conditions set forth herein, (i) each Lender executing the addendum attached as Annex A hereto (the “Lender Addendum”) as a Term A Dollar Lender (collectively, the “Extended Maturity Term A Dollar Lenders”) has agreed to reduce the interest rate applicable to, extend the maturity of, and revise the amortization schedule of, all of such Lender’s Term A Dollar Loans in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein (such extended Term A Dollar Loans of all Extended Maturity Term A Dollar Lenders, the “Extended Maturity Term A Dollar Loans”), (ii) each Lender executing the Lender Addendum as a Term A Euro Lender (collectively, the “Extended Maturity Term A Euro Lenders”, and together with the Extended Maturity Term A Dollar Lenders, the “Extended Maturity Term A Lenders”) has agreed to reduce the interest rate applicable to, extend the maturity of, and revise the amortization schedule of, all of such Lender’s Term A Euro Loans in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein (such extended Term A Euro Loans of all Extended Maturity Term A Euro Lenders, the “Extended Maturity Term A Euro Loans”), (iii) each Lender executing the Lender Addendum as a U.S. Revolving Credit Lender (collectively, the “Extended Maturity U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders”) has agreed to reduce the interest rate applicable to and extend the maturity of the entire aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s U.S. Revolving Credit Commitment and all of its U.S. Revolving Credit Loans in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein (such extended U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments and extended U.S. Revolving Credit Loans of all Extended Maturity U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders, the “Extended Maturity U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments” and the “Extended Maturity U.S. Revolving Credit Loans”, respectively), (iv) each Lender executing the Lender Addendum as a Japanese Revolving Credit Lender (collectively, the “Extended Maturity Japanese Revolving Credit Lenders”) has agreed to reduce the interest rate applicable to and extend the maturity of the entire aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments and all of its Japanese Revolving Credit Loans in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein (such extended Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments and extended Japanese Revolving Credit Loans of all Extended Maturity Japanese Revolving Credit Lenders, the “Extended Maturity Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments” and “Extended Maturity Japanese Revolving Credit Loans”, respectively), and (v) each Lender executing the Lender Addendum as a
Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender (collectively, the “Extended Maturity Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lenders”, and collectively with the Extended Maturity U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders and the Extended Japanese Revolving Credit Lenders, the “Extended Maturity Revolving Credit Lenders”) has agreed to reduce the interest rate applicable to and extend the maturity of the entire aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments and all of its Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein (such extended Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments and extended Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans of all Extended Maturity Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lenders, the “Extended Maturity Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments” and “Extended Maturity Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans”, respectively) (capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this paragraph shall have the same meanings as specified in the Existing Credit Agreement; the maturity extensions described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) of this paragraph collectively, the “Revolver/Term Loan A Extension”);
WHEREAS, each Extended Maturity Term A Lender and each Extended Maturity Revolving Credit Lender has agreed that upon giving effect to this Amendment, the Loans and Commitments of such Extended Maturity Term A Lender and Extended Maturity Revolving Credit Lender may be reduced in the sole discretion of the Lead Arrangers, and such reductions shall be effected by the assignments described in Section 15(b) hereof;
WHEREAS, each Term A Dollar Lender that is not an Extended Maturity Term A Dollar Lender (a “Non-Consenting Term A Dollar Lender”) shall be required to assign the entire amount of its Term A Dollar Loans to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (in such capacity, the “Replacement Lender”) at par in accordance with Section 3.07 of the Existing Credit Agreement and, in connection with such assignment, such Replacement Lender shall become a Lender under the Credit Agreement with respect to the Loans so assigned; provided that the time of such assignment, the Required Facility Lenders under the Term A Facility consisting of Term A Dollar Loans, the Term A Facilities and the Revolving Credit Facilities shall have executed Lender Addenda;
WHEREAS, each Term A Euro Lender that is not an Extended Maturity Term A Euro Lender (a “Non-Consenting Term A Euro Lender”) shall be required to assign the entire amount of its Term A Euro Loans to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch (in such capacity, the “Euro Replacement Lender” and together with the Replacement Lender, the “Replacement Lenders”) at par in accordance with Section 3.07 of the Existing Credit Agreement and, in connection with such assignment, the Euro Replacement Lender shall become a Lender under the Credit Agreement with respect to the Loans so assigned; provided that the time of such assignment, the Required Facility Lenders under the Term A Facility consisting of Term A Euro Loans, the Term A Facilities and the Revolving Credit Facilities shall have executed Lender Addenda;
WHEREAS, each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender that is not an Extended Maturity U.S. Revolving Credit Lender (a “Non-Consenting U.S. Revolving Credit Lender”) shall be required to assign the entire amount of its U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments to the Replacement Lender at par in accordance with Section 3.07 of the Existing Credit Agreement and, in connection with such assignment, such Replacement Lender shall become a Lender under the Credit Agreement with respect to the Loans and Commitments so assigned; provided that the time of such assignment, the Required Facility Lenders under the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility, the Term A Facilities and the Revolving Credit Facilities shall have executed Lender Addenda;
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WHEREAS, each Japanese Revolving Credit Lender that is not an Extended Maturity Japanese Revolving Credit Lender (a “Non-Consenting Japanese Revolving Credit Lender”) shall be required to assign the entire amount of its Japanese Revolving Credit Loans and Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments to the Replacement Lender at par in accordance with Section 3.07 of the Existing Credit Agreement and, in connection with such assignment, such Replacement Lender shall become a Lender under the Credit Agreement with respect to the Loans and Commitments so assigned; provided that the time of such assignment, the Required Facility Lenders under the Japanese Revolving Credit Facility, the Term A Facilities and the Revolving Credit Facilities shall have executed Lender Addenda;
WHEREAS, each Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender that is not an Extended Maturity Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender (a “Non-Consenting Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender” and together with each Non-Consenting Term A Dollar Lender, Non-Consenting Term A Euro Lender, Non-Consenting U.S. Revolving Credit Lender and Non-Consenting Japanese Revolving Credit Lender, the “Non-Consenting Lenders”) shall be required to assign the entire amount of its Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans and Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments to the Replacement Lender at par in accordance with Section 3.07 of the Existing Credit Agreement and, in connection with such assignment, such Replacement Lender shall become a Lender under the Credit Agreement with respect to the Loans and Commitments so assigned; provided that the time of such assignment, the Required Facility Lenders under the Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility, the Term A Facilities and the Revolving Credit Facilities shall have executed Lender Addenda;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Existing Credit Agreement and on the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender and Additional Lender executing the Lender Addendum as an Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lender (each such Lender and Additional Lender, an “Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lender”) has agreed, severally, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, to make Incremental Term Loans in the form of a new Class of term B loans in the aggregate principal amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule I to this Amendment (such commitments, the “Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Commitments”, and such Incremental Term Loans of all Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lenders, the “Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Existing Credit Agreement and on the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender and Additional Lender executing the Lender Addendum as an Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lender (each such Lender and Additional Lender, an “Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lender”) has agreed, severally, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, to make Incremental Term Loans in the form of a new Class of term B loans in the aggregate principal amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule I to this Amendment (such commitments, the “Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitments”, and such Incremental Term Loans of all Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lenders, the “Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Replacement Lenders, the Extended Maturity Term A Lenders, the Extended Maturity Revolving Credit Lenders, the Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lenders and the Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lenders, which collectively constitute the Required Lenders (after giving effect to the making of the Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans and the Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans), have agreed to make certain other modifications to the Existing Credit Agreement as set forth herein;
WHEREAS, X.X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx Bank, N.A., Xxxxxxx Sachs Bank USA, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., HSBC Bank USA, National Association and Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC (collectively, the “Lead Arrangers”) shall act as joint lead arrangers and bookrunners with respect to this Amendment;
WHEREAS, PNC Bank, National Association, PNC Capital Markets LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Fifth Third Bank, collectively, with the Lead Arrangers, shall act as syndication agents with respect to this Amendment; and
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WHEREAS, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MUFG Bank, Ltd., SunTrust Bank, TD Bank, N.A., RBC Capital Markets, BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and BBVA Compass, collectively, shall act as documentation agents with respect to this Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of all of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the same meanings as specified in the Existing Credit Agreement.
SECTION 2. Incremental Amendments.
(a) Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans.
(i) In accordance with Section 2.14 of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Parent Borrower hereby (i) requests Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to $950,000,000 from the Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lenders as set forth in Schedule I to this Amendment to be funded on the Incremental Effective Date (as defined below) (it being acknowledged, for the avoidance of doubt, that this Section 2(a)(i) shall constitute an Incremental Loan Request), and (ii) confirms and agrees that the Parent Borrower will borrow the full amount of the Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans from the Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lenders on the Incremental Effective Date.
(ii) Each Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lender hereby agrees that (i) on the Incremental Effective Date, such Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lender will fund Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans in the amount of its Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Commitment, and (ii) at all times on and after the Incremental Effective Date, such Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lender will be bound by all obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement in respect of its Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Commitment and its Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans (in addition to all other Loans and Commitments of such Lender (if any) outstanding prior to the Incremental Effective Date).
(iii) Upon the funding thereof pursuant to this Amendment, the Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans will constitute a new Class of Term B Loans for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.
(b) Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans.
(i) In accordance with Section 2.14 of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Parent Borrower hereby (i) requests Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to €583,000,000 from the Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lenders as set forth in Schedule I to this Amendment to be funded on the Incremental Effective Date (it being acknowledged, for the avoidance of doubt, that this Section 2(b)(i) shall constitute an Incremental Loan Request), and (ii) confirms and agrees that the Parent Borrower will borrow the full amount of the Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans from the Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lenders on the Incremental Effective Date.
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(ii) Each Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lender hereby agrees that (i) on the Incremental Effective Date, such Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lender will fund Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans in the amount of its Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitment, and (ii) at all times on and after the Incremental Effective Date, such Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lender will be bound by all obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement in respect of its Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitment and its Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans (in addition to all other Loans and Commitments of such Lender (if any) outstanding prior to the Incremental Effective Date).
(iii) Upon the funding thereof pursuant to this Amendment, the Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans will constitute a new Class of Term B Loans for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.
(c) For the avoidance of doubt, this Amendment shall constitute an Incremental Amendment with respect to the Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans and Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans as described in this Section 2.
SECTION 3. Amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement.
(a) Pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 10.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement, and subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 hereof, effective on and as of the Extension Effective Date, the Incremental Effective Date and the Required Lender Amendments Effective Date, as applicable, the Existing Credit Agreement is
hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text),
and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined
text) as set forth in the pages attached as Annex B hereto
(b) The amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement set forth herein to effect the extension of the Extended Maturity Term A Dollar Loans and the Extended Maturity Term A Euro Loans, the reduction of the Applicable Rate with respect thereto and the change in amortization applicable thereto are referred to herein collectively as the “Term A Amendments”. The amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement set forth herein to effect the extension of the Extended Maturity U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments, the Extended Maturity Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments and the Extended Maturity Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments and the reduction of the Applicable Rate with respect to Revolving Credit Loans made thereunder are referred to herein collectively as the “Revolving Credit Amendments”; and collectively with the Term A Amendments, the “Extension Amendments”.
(c) The amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement set forth herein to effect the establishment of the Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Commitments and Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitments are referred to herein collectively as the “Incremental Amendments”.
(d) The amendments set forth therein to Sections 2.02(e), 3.07(h), 6.01(c) and 10.25 (collectively, the “Required Lender Amendments”) shall be deemed to become effective after the Extension Effective Date (as defined below) (including after giving effect to all assignments to the Replacement Lenders pursuant to Section 3.07 of the Credit Agreement) and the Incremental Effective Date (as defined below).
SECTION 4. Conditions of Effectiveness.
(i) The Incremental Amendments shall become effective upon satisfaction of all of the following conditions (the “Incremental Effective Date”):
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(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (i) counterparts of this Amendment signed by the U.S. Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) Lender Addenda signed by the Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lenders and the Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lenders.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received (x) the legal opinion of Ropes & Xxxx LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties and (y) the legal opinion of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, L.L.P., North Carolina counsel to the Loan Parties, in each case, dated as of the Incremental Effective Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) copies of each Organization Document for each Borrower and each Guarantor, as applicable, and, to the extent applicable, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate governmental official, each dated the Incremental Effective Date or a recent date prior thereto; (ii) signature and incumbency certificates of the officers of each Borrower and each Guarantor executing this Amendment; (iii) resolutions of the Board of Directors or similar governing body of each Borrower and each Guarantor approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and certified as of the Incremental Effective Date by its secretary, an assistant secretary or other appropriate Person as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment and (iv) if available, a good standing certificate from the applicable Governmental Authority of each Borrower’s and each Guarantor’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation, each dated a recent date prior to the Incremental Effective Date.
(d) The Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers shall have been paid all fees payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers, respectively, on the Incremental Effective Date and, to the extent invoiced at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Incremental Effective Date (or as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Parent Borrower), out-of-pocket expenses required to be paid by the Parent Borrower in connection with this Amendment, including the Attorney Costs of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, in accordance with Section 10.04 of the Existing Credit Agreement.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received an officer’s certificate with respect to the Borrowers and the Guarantors in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clauses (j) and (k) of this Section 4(i).
(f) To the extent requested at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Incremental Effective Date (or as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Parent Borrower), the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers and any requesting Lender shall have received a Note executed by the applicable Borrower in favor of each Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lender and Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lender requesting a Note, if any.
(g) [Reserved];
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Committed Loan Notice with respect to the Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans and the Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans no later than 12:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately prior to the Incremental Effective Date.
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(i) At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Incremental Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations (including a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230), including the USA PATRIOT Act, that has been requested in writing at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Incremental Effective Date.
(j) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in Article V of the Existing Credit Agreement and in each other Credit Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Incremental Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
(k) Immediately after the Incremental Effective Date and the making of the Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans and the Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans on the Incremental Effective Date as contemplated by this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default shall exist.
(l) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Solvency Certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex C.
(ii) The Extension Amendments shall become effective upon satisfaction of all the following conditions (the “Extension Effective Date”):
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (A) (i) counterparts of this Amendment signed by the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, and (ii) a counterpart of this Amendment signed by each Replacement Lender and Lender Addenda signed by the Extended Maturity Term A Dollar Lenders, the Extended Maturity Term A Euro Lenders, the Extended Maturity U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders, the Extended Maturity Japanese Revolving Credit Lenders, the Extended Maturity Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, and (B) in the case of the Extension Amendments with respect to the Extended Maturity Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments, the Swiss Reaffirmation duly executed and delivered by the Swiss Guarantors.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received (x) the legal opinion of Ropes & Xxxx LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, (y) the legal opinion of Xxxx & Staehelin, Swiss counsel for the Lead Arrangers, and (z) the legal opinion of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Japanese counsel for the Loan Parties, in each case, dated as of the Extension Effective Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) copies of each Organization Document for each Borrower and each Guarantor, as applicable, and, to the extent applicable, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate governmental official, each dated the Extension Effective Date or a recent date prior thereto; (ii) signature and incumbency certificates of the officers of each Borrower and each Guarantor executing this Amendment; (iii) resolutions of the Board of Directors or similar governing body of each Borrower and each Guarantor approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and certified as of the Extension Effective Date by its secretary, an assistant secretary or other appropriate
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Person as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment and (iv) if available, a good standing certificate from the applicable Governmental Authority of each Borrower’s and each Guarantor’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation, each dated a recent date prior to the Extension Effective Date.
(d) The Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers shall have been paid all fees payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers, respectively, on the Extension Effective Date and, to the extent invoiced at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Extension Effective Date (or as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Parent Borrower), out-of-pocket expenses required to be paid by the Parent Borrower in connection with this Amendment, including the Attorney Costs of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, in accordance with Section 10.04 of the Existing Credit Agreement.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received an officer’s certificate with respect to the Borrowers and the Guarantors in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clauses (j) and (k) of this Section 4(ii).
(f) To the extent requested at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Extension Effective Date (or as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Parent Borrower), the Administrative Agent shall have received a Note executed by the applicable Borrower in favor of each Extended Maturity Term A Lender and Extended Maturity Revolving Credit Lender requesting a Note, if any.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have been paid, for the benefit of the Applicable Lenders, all accrued and unpaid interest on the Term A Dollar Loans, the Term A Euro Loans, the U.S. Revolving Credit Loans, the Japanese Revolving Credit Loans and the Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans to but excluding the Extension Effective Date (whether or not then due) and all accrued and unpaid fees under the Term A Facility, the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility, the Japanese Revolving Credit Facility and the Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility (whether or not then due).
(h) [Reserved.]
(i) At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Extension Effective Date, the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers and any requesting Lender shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations (including a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230), including the USA PATRIOT Act, that has been requested in writing at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Extension Effective Date.
(j) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in Article V of the Existing Credit Agreement and in each other Credit Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Extension Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
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(k) Immediately after giving effect to the Extension Amendments, no Default or Event of Default shall exist.
(l) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Solvency Certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex C.
(iii) the Required Lender Amendments shall become effective upon satisfaction of all the following conditions (“Required Lender Amendments Effective Date”):
(a) The Incremental Effective Date shall have occurred.
(b) The Extension Effective Date shall have occurred.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received Lender Addenda signed by the Required Lenders (after giving effect to the Incremental Amendments and the Extension Amendments).
SECTION 5. Representations and Warranties. The Loan Parties represent and warrant as follows as of the date hereof:
(a) the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action on the part of the Borrowers and the Guarantors. The execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Amendment will not (i) contravene the terms of any of such Loan Party’s Organization Documents, (ii) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the property or assets of such Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than as permitted by Section 7.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement), or (iii) violate any applicable Law except with respect to any breach, contravention or violation referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii), to the extent that such breach, contravention or violation would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party party hereto and constitutes a legally valid and binding obligation of each such Loan Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity and principles of good faith and fair dealing; and
(c) the representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in Article V of the Credit Agreement and in each other Credit Document are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Extension Effective Date and the Incremental Effective Date, as applicable, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language is true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
SECTION 6. Effect on the Credit Agreement and the Credit Documents.
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(a) On and after the Extension Effective Date, the Incremental Effective Date and the Required Lender Amendments Effective Date, as applicable, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by, and after giving effect to, the Incremental Amendments, the Extension Amendments and/or the Required Lender Amendments, as applicable. Each of the Collateral Documents, as specifically amended by this Amendment, and all of the Collateral described therein do and shall continue to secure the payment of all Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Credit Documents, in each case, as amended by this Amendment.
(b) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Credit Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Credit Documents. On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, this Amendment shall for all purposes constitute a Credit Document.
(c) This Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Existing Credit Agreement or of any other Credit Document.
SECTION 7. Liens Unimpaired. After giving effect to this Amendment, neither the modification of the Credit Agreement effected pursuant to this Amendment nor the execution, delivery, performance or effectiveness of this Amendment:
(a) impairs the validity, effectiveness or priority of the Liens granted pursuant to any Credit Document prior to the Extension Effective Date, the Incremental Effective Date and the Required Lender Amendments Effective Date, as applicable, and such Liens continue unimpaired with the same priority to secure repayment of all Obligations (including, without limitation, the Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans and the Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans), 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 8. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by facsimile or electronic transmission of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment.
SECTION 9. Severability. In case any provision in or obligation of this Amendment shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 10. Successors. The terms of this Amendment shall be binding upon, and shall inure for the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
SECTION 11. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The provisions of Sections 10.15(b) and (c) and Section 10.16 of the Existing Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment, mutatis mutandis.
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SECTION 12. Lender Signatures. Each Lender that executes a counterpart to this Amendment shall be deemed to have irrevocably approved this Amendment (and such approval shall be binding upon Lender’s successors and assigns). Each Lender agrees that such Lender shall not be entitled to receive a copy of any other Lender’s signature page to this Amendment, but agrees that a copy of such signature page may be delivered to the Parent Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers.
SECTION 13. Reaffirmation. Each Borrower and each Guarantor hereby expressly acknowledges the terms of this Amendment and reaffirms, as of the date hereof on behalf of themselves and each other Loan Party, (i) the covenants and agreements contained in each Credit Document to which it is a party, including, in each case, such covenants and agreements as in effect immediately after giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) its guarantee of the Obligations under each Guaranty, as applicable, and its prior grant of Liens on the Collateral to secure the Obligations pursuant to the Collateral Documents which Liens continue in full force and effect after giving effect to this Amendment.
SECTION 14. Roles. It is agreed that the each Lead Arranger shall be deemed a Lead Arranger for all purposes under the Credit Agreement. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Lead Arrangers shall not have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Amendment, except in their respective capacities, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or a Lender hereunder.
SECTION 15. Replacement Lenders.
(a) Each Replacement Lender hereby consents to this Amendment. The Administrative Agent hereby (i) consents to this Amendment and consents to the assignment of the then outstanding Loans and Commitments of each Non-Consenting Lender to the Replacement Lender or the Euro Replacement Lender, as applicable, in accordance with Sections 3.07 and 10.07 of the Credit Agreement and (ii) agrees that no assignment fees specified in Section 10.07(b) shall be required to be paid by the Borrower in connection with such assignment. Each of the Replacement Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers acknowledge and agree that, upon the deemed assignment of any Loans and/or Commitments from Non-Consenting Lenders, each Replacement Lender (i) shall become a “Lender” under, and for all purposes, and subject to and bound by the terms, of the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents with Loans and/or Commitments in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Loans and/or Commitments of the Non-Consenting Lenders assigned thereto, (ii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, (iii) shall perform all the obligations of and shall have all rights of a Lender thereunder. After the assignment of Loans and/or Commitments by each Non-Consenting Lender to the Replacement Lender or the Euro Replacement Lender, as applicable, as contemplated above, and (v) the Replacement Lender and the Extended Maturity Term A Dollar Lenders shall together hold all of the Term A Dollar Loans, (w) the Euro Replacement Lender and the Extended Maturity Term A Euro Lenders shall together hold all of the Term A Euro Loans, (x) the Replacement Lender and the Extended Maturity U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders shall together hold all of the U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments, (y) the Replacement Lender and the Extended Maturity Japanese Revolving Credit Lenders shall together hold all of the Japanese Revolving Credit Loans and Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments and (z) the Replacement Lender and the Extended Maturity Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lenders shall together hold all of the Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans and Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments.
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(b) The Replacement Lender hereby agrees, and by its execution of a Lender Addendum, each Extended Maturity Term A Dollar Lender and each Extended Maturity Revolving Credit Lender agrees, that if the Loans and/or Commitments of any Class of such Extended Maturity Term A Dollar Lender or Extended Maturity Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to the Extension Effective Date exceed the Loans and/or Commitments of such Class allocated to such Extended Maturity Term A Dollar Lender or Extended Maturity Revolving Credit Lender by the Lead Arrangers, Loans and/or Commitments of such Class in the amount of such excess shall be assigned by such Extended Maturity Term A Dollar Lender or Extended Maturity Revolving Credit Lender to the Replacement Lender, at par, upon the Extension Effective Date. The Euro Replacement Lender hereby agrees, and by its execution of a Lender Addendum, each Extended Maturity Term A Euro Lender agrees, that if the Term A Euro Loans of such Extended Maturity Term A Euro Lender immediately prior to the Extension Effective Date exceed the Term A Euro Loans allocated to such Extended Maturity Term A Euro Lender by the Lead Arrangers, Term A Euro Loans in the amount of such excess shall be assigned by such Extended Maturity Term A Euro Lender to the Euro Replacement Lender, at par, upon the Extension Effective Date.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
IQVIA INC., | ||
as the Parent Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: President | ||
IQVIA SOLUTIONS JAPAN K.K., as the Japanese Subsidiary Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Representative Director | ||
IQVIA AG, as the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Manager Finance |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
IQVIA HOLDINGS INC., | ||
as a Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Secretary |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
APPATURE INC., as a Guarantor | ||
ARSENAL HOLDING COMPANY, as a Guarantor | ||
ARSENAL HOLDING (II) COMPANY, as a Guarantor | ||
BUZZEOPDMA LLC, as a Guarantor | ||
DATA NICHE ASSOCIATES, INC., as a Guarantor IQVIA COMMERCIAL INDIA HOLDINGS CORP., as a Guarantor | ||
IMS HEALTH INVESTING CORPORATION, as a Guarantor | ||
IMS HEALTH INVESTMENTS, INC., as a Guarantor | ||
IMS HEALTH HOLDING CORPORATION, as a Guarantor | ||
IMS HEALTH PURCHASING, INC., as a Guarantor | ||
IMS HOLDING INC., as a Guarantor IQVIA TRADING MANAGEMENT INC., as a Guarantor | ||
RX INDIA, LLC, as a Guarantor | ||
THE XXXXXXXX GROUP, INC., as a Guarantor | ||
VALUEMEDICS RESEARCH, LLC, as a Guarantor | ||
IQVIA CHINAMETRIK INC., as a Guarantor | ||
INTERCONTINENTAL MEDICAL STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL, LTD., as a Guarantor | ||
TARGETED MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS, LLC, as a Guarantor | ||
COTE ORPHAN LLC, as a Guarantor | ||
ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES L.L.C., as a Guarantor IQVIA TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CORP., as a Guarantor | ||
IMS SOFTWARE SERVICES LTD., as a Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: President |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
MED-VANTAGE, INC., as a Guarantor | ||
BENEFIT HOLDING, INC., as a Guarantor EA INSTITUTE, L.L.C., as a Guarantor IGUARD, INC., as a Guarantor INNOVEX MERGER CORP., as a Guarantor | ||
IQVIA COMMERCIAL FINANCE INC., as a Guarantor | ||
IQVIA COMMERCIAL SERVICES LLC, as a Guarantor | ||
IQVIA COMMERCIAL TRADING CORP., as a Guarantor MARKET RESEARCH MANAGEMENT, INC. as a Guarantor QCARE SITE SERVICES, INC., as a Guarantor IQVIA RDS ASIA INC., as a Guarantor IQVIA BIOSCIENCES HOLDINGS LLC, as a Guarantor IQVIA RDS BT INC., as a Guarantor QUINTILES COMMERCIAL US, INC., as a Guarantor IQVIA RDS CONSULTING INC., as a Guarantor IQVIA RDS LATIN AMERICA LLC, as a Guarantor IQVIA MARKET INTELLIGENCE LLC, as a Guarantor IQVIA MEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS & CONSULTING INC., as a Guarantor | ||
IQVIA MEDICAL EDUCATION INC., as a Guarantor IQVIA PHARMA SERVICES CORP., as a Guarantor IQVIA PHARMA INC., as a Guarantor IQVIA PHASE ONE SERVICES LLC, as a Guarantor IQVIA RDS TRANSFER LLC, as a Guarantor | ||
VCG&A, INC., as a Guarantor | ||
VCG-BIO, INC., as a Guarantor OUTCOME SCIENCES, LLC, as a Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: President |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
IQVIA COMMERCIAL LICENSING ASSOCIATES LLC, as a Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Responsible Officer | ||
IQVIA GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS INC., as a Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
NOVELLA CLINICAL LLC, as a Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Secretary | ||
IQVIA RDS INC., as a Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
COORDINATED MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS, L.L.C., as a Guarantor | ||
COORDINATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC., as a Guarantor | ||
SPARTAN LEASING CORPORATION, as a Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx XxXxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx XxXxxxx | ||
Title: President |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
Consented to by: | ||
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Replacement Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Executive Director |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
XX XXXXXX XXXXX BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH, as Euro Replacement Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Executive Director |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
Schedule I
Name of Lender |
Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Commitment |
Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitment |
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
$ | 950,000,000 | N/A | |||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. , London Branch |
N/A | € | 583,000,000 | |||||
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Total: |
$ | 950,000,000 | € | 583,000,000 | ||||
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[Sch. II]
ANNEX A
LENDER ADDENDUM1
By executing this signature page:
(i) as an Extended Maturity Term A Dollar Lender and/or an Extended Maturity Term A Euro Lender, the undersigned institution unconditionally and irrevocably (x) agrees, with respect to all outstanding Loans and Commitments held by such Lender as of the Consent Effective Date (as defined below), to the terms of Amendment No. 4 to the Fourth Amended & Restated Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”) (including the Term A Amendments) and (y) agrees that upon giving effect to the Amendment, the Loans and Commitments of such Extended Maturity Term A Lender may be reduced in the sole discretion of the Lead Arrangers, and such reductions shall be effected by the assignments described in Section 15(b) of the Amendment; and/or
(ii) as an Extended Maturity U.S. Revolving Credit Lender, Extended Maturity Japanese Revolving Credit Lender and/or Extended Maturity Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender, the undersigned institution unconditionally and irrevocably (x) agrees, with respect to all outstanding Loans and Commitments held by such Lender as of the Consent Effective Date, to the terms of the Amendment (including the Revolving Credit Amendments) and (y) agrees that upon giving effect to the Amendment, the Loans and Commitments of such Extended Maturity Revolving Credit Lender may be reduced in the sole discretion of the Lead Arrangers, and such reductions shall be effected by the assignments described in Section 15(b) of the Amendment; and/or
(iii) as an Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lender, the undersigned institution unconditionally and irrevocably agrees (A) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Amendment, to fund Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to its Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Commitment as reflected opposite its name on Schedule I to the Amendment, and (B) immediately after giving effect to its Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Commitment on the Incremental Effective Date, with respect to all outstanding Loans and Commitments held by such Lender on the Consent Effective Date and its Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Commitment, to the terms of the Amendment; and/or
(iv) as an Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lender, the undersigned institution unconditionally and irrevocably agrees (A) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Amendment, to fund Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to its Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitment as reflected opposite its name on Schedule I to the Amendment, and (B) immediately after giving effect to its Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitment on the Incremental Effective Date, with respect to all outstanding Loans and Commitments held by such Lender on the Consent Effective Date and its Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitment, to the terms of the Amendment.
The date on which a Lender or Additional Lender executes this signature page is referred to as the “Consent Effective Date” with respect to such Lender or Additional Lender.
1 | All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Lender Addendum shall have the meaning set forth in Amendment No. 4 to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”). |
A-1
Name of Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Executing as an Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lender: | ||
by |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
For any Institution requiring a second signature line: | ||
by |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Lender signature pages on file with the Administrative Agent.
A-2
Name of Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
Executing as an Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lender: | ||
by |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
For any Institution requiring a second signature line: | ||
by |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Lender signature pages on file with the Administrative Agent.
ANNEX B
CREDIT AGREEMENT
(CONFORMED THROUGH AMENDMENT NO. 4)
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of October 3, 2016
among
IMS HEALTH INCORPORATEDIQVIA Inc.,
as the Parent Borrower,
which on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date shall be
the surviving corporation of a merger with Quintiles Transnational Corp.
and
renamed Quintiles IMS Incorporated in connection therewith
IMSIQVIA AG,
as a Borrower,
IMSIQVIA SOLUTIONS JAPAN K.K.,
as a Borrower,
HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLC,
which on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date shall be merged with and
into
QUINTILES IMSIQVIA HOLDINGS, INC.,
with Quintiles IMS
Holdings, Inc. surviving such merger as Holdings,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender
and L/C Issuer,
and
THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO
XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK USA, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC. and
XXXXX FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Lead Bookrunners.
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., FIFTH THIRD BANK,
MIZUHO BANK, LTD., THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,
SUNTRUST BANK, TD BANK, N.A., BNP PARIBAS, COMPASS BANK,
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK,
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, and AMALGAMATED BANK,
as Co-Documentation Agents
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms |
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SECTION 1.02. Other Interpretive
Provisions |
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SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms |
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SECTION 1.04. Rounding |
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SECTION 1.05. References to Agreements, Laws,
Etc |
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SECTION 1.06. Times of Day |
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SECTION 1.07. Timing of Payment of
Performance |
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SECTION 1.08. Pro Forma and Other
Calculations |
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SECTION 1.09. Currency Generally |
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SECTION 1.10. Letters of Credit |
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SECTION 1.11. Effect of Fourth Restatement |
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ARTICLE II. THE COMMITMENTS AND BORROWINGS |
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SECTION 2.01. The Loans |
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SECTION 2.02. Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans |
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SECTION 2.03. Letters of Credit |
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SECTION 2.04. Swing Line Loans |
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SECTION 2.05. Prepayments |
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SECTION 2.06. Termination or Reduction of Commitments |
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SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Loans |
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SECTION 2.08. Interest |
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SECTION 2.09. Fees |
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SECTION 2.10. Computation of Interest and
Fees |
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SECTION 2.11. Evidence of Indebtedness |
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SECTION 2.12. Payments Generally |
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SECTION 2.13. Sharing of Payments, Etc |
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SECTION 2.14. Incremental Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.15. Refinancing Amendments |
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SECTION 2.16. Extensions of Loans |
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SECTION 2.17. Defaulting Lenders |
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SECTION 2.18. XXXX Event |
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ARTICLE III. TAXES, INCREASED COSTS PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY |
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SECTION 3.01. Taxes |
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SECTION 3.02. Illegality or Impracticability of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans |
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SECTION 3.03. Inability to Determine Rates |
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SECTION 3.04. Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans |
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SECTION 3.05. Funding Losses |
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SECTION 3.06. Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation. |
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SECTION 3.07. Replacement of Lenders under Certain
Circumstances |
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SECTION 3.08. Survival |
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ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
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SECTION 4.01. Fourth Restatement Effective
Date |
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SECTION 4.02. Conditions to All Credit
Extensions |
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ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 5.01. Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with
Laws |
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SECTION 5.02. Authorization; No
Contravention |
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SECTION 5.03. Governmental Authorization |
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SECTION 5.04. Binding Effect |
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SECTION 5.05. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect |
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SECTION 5.06. Litigation |
SECTION 5.07. Labor Matters |
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SECTION 5.08. Ownership of Property; Liens |
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SECTION 5.09. Environmental Matters. |
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SECTION 5.10. Taxes |
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SECTION 5.11. ERISA Compliance |
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SECTION 5.12. Subsidiaries |
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SECTION 5.13. Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act |
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SECTION 5.14. Disclosure |
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SECTION 5.15. Intellectual Property; Licenses,
Etc |
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SECTION 5.16. Solvency |
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SECTION 5.17. Subordination of Subordinated
Financing |
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SECTION 5.18. USA PATRIOT Act and OFAC |
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SECTION 5.19. Collateral Documents |
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ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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SECTION 6.01. Financial Statements |
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SECTION 6.02. Certificates; Other
Information |
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SECTION 6.03. Notices |
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SECTION 6.04. Payment of Taxes |
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SECTION 6.05. Preservation of Existence,
Etc |
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SECTION 6.06. Maintenance of Properties |
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SECTION 6.07. Maintenance of Insurance |
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SECTION 6.08. Compliance with Laws |
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SECTION 6.09. Books and Records |
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SECTION 6.10. Inspection Rights |
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SECTION 6.11. Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give
Security |
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SECTION 6.12. Compliance with Environmental
Laws |
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SECTION 6.13. Further Assurances |
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SECTION 6.14. Designation of Subsidiaries |
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SECTION 6.15. Maintenance of Ratings |
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SECTION 6.16. Use of Proceeds |
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SECTION 6.17. Swiss Withholding Tax Rules |
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ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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SECTION 7.01. Liens |
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SECTION 7.02. [Reserved] |
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SECTION 7.03. Indebtedness, Disqualified Equity Interests and Preferred
Stock |
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SECTION 7.04. Fundamental Changes |
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SECTION 7.05. Dispositions |
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SECTION 7.06. Restricted Payments |
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SECTION 7.07. Change in Nature of Business |
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SECTION 7.08. Transactions with Affiliates |
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SECTION 7.09. Burdensome Agreements |
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SECTION 7.10. [Reserved] |
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SECTION 7.11. Change in Fiscal Year |
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SECTION 7.12. Modification of Terms of Junior
Financing |
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SECTION 7.13. Financial Covenants |
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SECTION 7.14. Holdings |
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ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
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SECTION 8.01. Events of Default |
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SECTION 8.02. Remedies upon Event of
Default |
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SECTION 8.03. Application of Funds |
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SECTION 8.04. Parent Borrower’s Right to
Cure |
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ARTICLE IX. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER AGENTS |
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SECTION 9.01. Appointment and Authority |
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SECTION 9.02. Rights as a Lender |
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SECTION 9.03. Exculpatory Provisions |
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SECTION 9.04. Reliance by the Administrative
Agent |
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SECTION 9.05. Delegation of Duties |
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SECTION 9.06. Resignation of the Administrative
Agent |
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SECTION 9.07. Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and Other
Lenders |
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SECTION 9.08. No Other Duties, Etc |
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SECTION 9.09. The Administrative Agent May File Proofs of
Claim |
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SECTION 9.10. Collateral and Guaranty
Matters |
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SECTION 9.11. Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge
Agreements |
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SECTION 9.12. Withholding Tax Indemnity |
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SECTION 9.13. Lenders’ Representation, Warranties and
Acknowledgement |
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ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 10.01. Amendments, Etc |
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SECTION 10.02. Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile
Copies |
181 | |||
SECTION 10.03. No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies |
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SECTION 10.04. Attorney Costs and Expenses |
183 | |||
SECTION 10.05. Indemnification by the
Borrowers |
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SECTION 10.06. Marshaling; Payments Set
Aside |
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SECTION 10.07. Successors and Assigns |
185 | |||
SECTION 10.08. Confidentiality |
192 | |||
SECTION 10.09. Setoff |
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SECTION 10.10. Interest Rate Limitation |
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SECTION 10.11. Counterparts; Integration;
Effectiveness |
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SECTION 10.12. Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other
Documents |
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SECTION 10.13. Survival of Representations and
Warranties |
194 | |||
SECTION 10.14. Severability |
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SECTION 10.15. GOVERNING LAW, SERVICE OF
PROCESS |
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SECTION 10.16. WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY
JURY |
195 | |||
SECTION 10.17. Binding Effect |
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SECTION 10.18. [Reserved] |
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SECTION 10.19. [Reserved] |
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SECTION 10.20. Use of Name, Logo, Etc |
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SECTION 10.21. USA PATRIOT Act Notice |
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SECTION 10.22. Service of Process |
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SECTION 10.23. No Advisory or Fiduciary
Responsibility |
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SECTION 10.24. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions |
196 | |||
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196 | |||
SECTION 10.26. Flood Insurance Matters |
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APPENDICES |
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A |
Revolving Commitments | |
SCHEDULES |
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I |
Guarantors | |
II |
Swiss Guarantors | |
1.1A |
Foreign Collateral Documents | |
1.1B |
Permitted Investments | |
5.01 |
Compliance with Laws | |
5.06 |
Litigation | |
5.08 |
Ownership of Property | |
5.12 |
Subsidiaries | |
6.14 |
Unrestricted Subsidiaries | |
7.01 |
Liens | |
7.03 |
Indebtedness | |
7.08 |
Transactions with Affiliates | |
10.02 |
Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices | |
EXHIBITS |
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Form of |
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A |
Committed Loan Notice | |
B |
Swing Line Loan Notice | |
C-1 |
Term Note | |
C-2 |
U.S. Revolving Credit Note | |
C-3 |
Japanese Revolving Credit Note | |
C-4 |
Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Note | |
C-5 |
Swing Line Note | |
D |
Compliance Certificate | |
E-1 |
Assignment and Assumption | |
E-2 |
Notice of Affiliate Assignment | |
E-3 |
Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption | |
F-1 |
U.S. Guaranty | |
F-2 |
Swiss Guaranty | |
G |
Security Agreement | |
H |
Certificate re Non-Bank Status | |
I-1 |
Global Intercompany Note | |
I-2 |
Japanese Intercompany Note | |
I-3 |
Swiss Intercompany Note | |
J |
Solvency Certificate | |
K |
Discount Range Prepayment Notice | |
L |
Discount Range Prepayment Offer | |
M |
Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice | |
N |
Acceptance and Prepayment Notice | |
O |
Specified Discount Prepayment Notice | |
P |
Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer | |
Q |
Specified Discount Prepayment Response | |
R |
Letter of Credit Report | |
S |
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement | |
T |
First Lien Intercreditor Agreement |
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FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of October 3, 2016, among IMS HEALTHIQVIA Inc. (formerly known as Quintiles IMS
Incorporated), a Delaware corporation (which on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date shall bewas the surviving corporation in a merger with
Quintiles Transnational Corp. and renamed Quintiles IMS Incorporated in connection therewith) (the “Parent
Borrower”), HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (which on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date shall be merged with
and into QUINTILES IMS HOLDINGS,IQVIA Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, with Quintiles IMS (“Holdings, Inc. surviving such merger as Holdings),”), IQVIA AG (formerly known as IMS AG), a Swiss corporation and a subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (the “Swiss
Subsidiary Borrower”), IQVIA Solutions Japan K.K. (formerly known as IMS Japan K.K.), a Japanese stock corporation (kabushiki kaisha) and a subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (the “Japanese Subsidiary
Borrower” and together with the Parent Borrower and the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral
agent (in such capacity, including any successor thereto, the “Administrative Agent”) under the Credit Documents, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the
“Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in these preliminary statements shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.01;
WHEREAS, the Borrowers and Holdings were party to that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to March 16, 2011, the “Original Credit Agreement”), with the lenders party thereto from time to time (the “Original Lenders”) and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent, swingline lender and issuing bank and the other agents party thereto, pursuant to which the Original Lenders extended or committed to extend certain credit facilities to Borrowers;
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, Holdings, the Administrative Agent and the lenders party thereto entered into the First Amendment, dated as of March 16, 2011 under which the Original Credit Agreement was amended and restated (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to October 24, 2012, the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to that Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2012, among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was amended and restated (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Effective Date, the “Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to that Amendment No. 2 to the Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2014 (the “Amendment”), among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto, the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was amended and restated (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Fourth Restatement Effective Date, including by Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2 (each as defined in the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement), the “Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to that Amendment No. 3 to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto and upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth therein, the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is being amended and restated in the form of this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and the agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
Definitions and Accounting Terms
SECTION
1.01.SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
“Acceptable Discount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(2).
“Acceptable Prepayment Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Acceptance and Prepayment Notice” means a notice of the Parent Borrower’s acceptance of the Acceptable Discount in substantially the form of Exhibit N.
“Acceptance Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(2).
“Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person,
(a) 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, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, amalgamating or consolidating with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person, and
(b) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
“Acquisition” means the acquisition of the Parent Borrower pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement.
“Acquisition Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 5, 2009, among the Parent Borrower, Healthcare Technology Holdings, Inc. and Healthcare Technology Acquisition, Inc., together with all exhibits, schedules, documents, agreements, and instruments executed and delivered in connection therewith, as the same may be amended, or modified in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof.
“Additional Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).
“Additional Refinancing Lender” means, at any time, any bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor that, in any case, is not an existing Lender and that agrees to provide (a) any portion of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with Section 2.15 or (b) Replacement Term Loans pursuant to the third-to-last paragraph of Section 10.01, provided that each Additional Refinancing Lender shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, to the extent that any such consent would be required from the Administrative Agent under Section 10.07(b)(i)(B) for an assignment of Loans to such Additional Refinancing Lender and in the case of Other Revolving Credit Commitments with respect to the applicable Revolving Credit Facility, the applicable Swing Line Lender and applicable L/C Issuer, solely to the extent such consent would be required for any assignment to such Lender.
“Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address (which may include one or more separate offices with respect to Foreign Currencies) and, as appropriate, account as specified on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Parent Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
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“Affected Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02.
“Affected Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Lead Arrangers, the Agents or their respective lending affiliates or any entity acting as an L/C Issuer hereunder shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
“Affiliated Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that is (i) a Sponsor and (ii) any Non-Debt Fund Affiliate of any Sponsor, but in any event excluding (x) Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any of the Parent Borrower’s Subsidiaries and (y) any Debt Fund Affiliate.
“Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(h)(vi).
“Affiliated Lender Cap” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(h)(iv).
“Agent Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(d).
“Agent-Related Persons” means the Agents, together with their respective Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, agents, attorney-in-fact, partners, trustees and advisors of such Persons and of such Persons’ Affiliates.
“Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, each Co-Documentation Agent, each Bookrunner and the Lead Arrangers.
“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Agreement” means this Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“All-In Yield” means, as to any Indebtedness, the yield thereof, whether in the form of interest rate, margin, OID, upfront fees, a Eurocurrency Rate or Base Rate floor (in the case of any Incremental Term B Commitments solely to the extent greater than 1.00% or 2.00%, respectively or, in the case of an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or an Incremental Term A Commitment, to the extent the operation of such floor would increase the yield on drawn amounts on the proposed date of incurrence thereof), or otherwise, in each case, incurred or payable by the applicable Borrowers generally to all the lenders of such Indebtedness; provided that OID and upfront fees shall be equated to interest rate assuming a 4-year life to maturity (or, if less, the stated life to maturity at the time of its incurrence of the applicable Indebtedness); and provided, further, that “All-In Yield” shall not include ticking fees or unused line fees accruing prior to the funding of such Indebtedness, amendment fees, arrangement fees, structuring fees, commitment fees, underwriting fees and similar fees (regardless of whether paid in whole or in part to any or all lenders) or other fees not paid generally to all lenders of such Indebtedness.
“Amended and Restated Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements hereto.
“Amendment” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements hereto.
“Amendment No. 1” means Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2017.
“Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” means March 7, 2017, the date of effectiveness of Amendment No. 1.
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“Amendment No. 2” means Amendment No. 2 to this Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2017.
“Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” means September 18, 2017, the date of effectiveness of Amendment No. 2.
“Amendment No. 3” means Amendment No. 3 to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 3, 2016.
“Amendment No. 3 Effective Date” means April 6, 2018.
“Amendment No. 4” means Amendment No. 4 to this Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2018.
“Annual Financial Statements” means the (i) audited consolidated balance sheets of IMS Health Holdings as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of income, statements of stockholders’ equity and cash flows for IMS Health Holdings for the fiscal years then ended and (ii) the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Parent Borrower as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income, statements of stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the Parent Borrower for the fiscal years then ended.
“Applicable Discount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(2).
“Applicable Disposition Percentage” means, on any date, (a) 100% if the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recent Test Period is greater than 2.00 to 1.00 and (b) 50% if the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recent Test Period is equal to or less than 2.00 to 1.00.
“Applicable ECF Percentage” means, for any fiscal year, (a) 50% if the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is greater than 3.50 to 1.00, (b) 25% if the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 and greater than 3.00 to 1.00 and (c) 0% if the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00.
“Applicable Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Weighted Average Life to Maturity.”
“Applicable Rate” means a percentage per annum equal to:
(a) with respect to Term B-1 Dollar Loans and Term B-2 Dollar Loans, (x) for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, 2.00% and (y) for Base Rate Loans, 1.00%;
(b) with respect to Term B-3 Dollar Loans, (x) for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, 1.75% and (y) for Base Rate Loans, 0.75%;
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(b) with respect to Term B-1 Euro Loans
and Term B-2 Euro Loans, 2.00%;
(d) (c) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, unused
Revolving Credit Commitments and Term A Loans, (i) from the Fourth
RestatementExtension Effective Date until the first Business Day following delivery of financial statementsthe Compliance Certificate for the
first fiscal quarter ending after the Fourth RestatementExtension Effective Date pursuant to Section 6.016.02(a), (A) for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, 2.001.75%, (B) for Base Rate Loans, 1.000.75%, and (C) for unused commitment fees payable pursuant to Section 2.09(a), 0.30%, and (ii) thereafter, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Total Net Leverage Ratio as specified in
the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a):
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Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Total Net Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a); provided that “Pricing Level 1” in clause (c) above shall apply as of (x) the first Business Day after the date on which a Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered but was not delivered, and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which such Compliance Certificate is so delivered (and thereafter the pricing level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply) and (y) at the option of the Administrative Agent or the Required Facility Lenders under the applicable Facility, as of the first Business Day after an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) shall have occurred and be continuing, and shall continue to so apply to but excluding the date on which such Event of Default is cured or waived (and thereafter the pricing level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).
“Applicable Refinanced Debt” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Refinancing Indebtedness.”
“Applicable Revolving Credit Lenders” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(g).
“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Foreign Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Foreign Currency as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Loans of any Class, the Lenders of such Class, (b) with respect to any Letters of Credit, (i) the relevant L/C Issuers and (ii) the relevant U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Facility, (i) the Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a), the relevant U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Fund that is administered, advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
“Assignee” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(b).
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attorney Costs” means all reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
“Auction Agent” means (a) the Administrative Agent or (b) any other financial institution or advisor employed by the Parent Borrower (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v); provided that the Parent
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Borrower shall not designate the Administrative Agent as the Auction Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Agent); provided, further, that neither the Parent Borrower nor any of its Affiliates may act as the Auction Agent.
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iv).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, 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 for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association, acting in its individual capacity, and its successors and assigns.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its “prime rate” and (c) the one-month Eurocurrency Rate, plus 1.00% (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that (i) the Base Rate with respect to Term B-1 Dollar Loans and Term B-2 Dollar Loans that bear interest based on the Base Rate will be deemed not to be less than 2.00% per annum and (ii) the Base Rate with respect to Term B-3 Dollar Loans that bear interest based on the Base Rate will be deemed not to be less than 1.00% per annum. The “prime rate” is a rate set by the Administrative Agent based upon various factors including the Administrative Agent’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 rate announced by the Administrative Agent shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Big Boy Letter” means a letter from a Lender either (x) acknowledging that (1) an Affiliated Lender may have information regarding the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries, their ability to perform the Obligations or any other material information that has not previously been disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (“Excluded Information”), (2) the Excluded Information may not be available to such Lender, (3) such Lender has independently and without reliance on any other party made its own analysis and determined to assign Term Loans to an Affiliated Lender pursuant to Section 10.07(h) notwithstanding its lack of knowledge of the Excluded Information and (4) such Lender waives and releases any claims it may have against the Administrative Agent, such Affiliated Lender, Holdings, the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to the nondisclosure of the Excluded Information; or (y) otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Affiliated Lender and assigning Lender.
“Board of Directors” means, for any Person, the board of directors or other governing body of such Person or, if such Person does not have such a board of directors or other governing body and is owned or managed by a single entity, the Board of Directors of such entity, or, in either case, any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided, “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Parent Borrower.
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“Bookrunner” means (a) with respect to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, each of Bank of America, N.A., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, each in its capacity as a joint lead bookrunner under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and (b) with respect to this Agreement, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or its designated affiliate), Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC each in its capacity as a joint lead bookrunner under this Agreement.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment” means the offer by any Company Party to make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a Specified Discount to par pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(B).
“Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers” means the solicitation by any Company Party of offers for, and the corresponding acceptance by a Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a specified range of discounts to par pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(C).
“Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers” means the solicitation by any Company Party of offers for, and the subsequent acceptance, if any, by a Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a discount to par pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(D).
“Borrowers” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing or a Term Borrowing, as the context may require.
“Broker-Dealer Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is registered as a broker-dealer under the Exchange Act or any other applicable Laws requiring such registration.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, New York, New York or the jurisdiction where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and:
(a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market;
(b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euros, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such date that is also a TARGET Day;
(c) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euros, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for such currency; and
(d) if such day relates to (i) any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Dollars or Euros in respect of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euros, or (ii) any other dealings in any currency other than Dollars or Euros to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day that is also a day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.
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“Canadian Dollars” means Canadian dollars, the lawful currency of Canada.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capitalized Leases) by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as capital expenditures on the consolidated statement of cash flows of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease 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 on the Effective Date (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 Effective Date that would otherwise require such obligations to be recharacterized (on a prospective or retroactive basis or otherwise) as Capitalized Lease Obligations.
“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.
“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (or any Subsidiary thereof).
“Cash Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Collateral Account” means a blocked account at Bank of America (or any successor the Administrative Agent or another commercial bank selected by the Administrative Agent) in the name of the Administrative Agent and under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, and otherwise established in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary:
(a) Dollars;
(b) (1) Euros, Yen, Canadian Dollars, Sterling, Swiss Francs or any national currency of any Participating Member State of the EMU;
(2) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary or any jurisdiction in which the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries conducts business, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business and not for speculation;
(c) readily marketable direct obligations issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
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(d) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition, demand deposits, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding two years and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 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 non-U.S. banks;
(e) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (c) and (d) above or clause (g) below entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (d) above;
(f) commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Xxxxx’x or at least A-2 by S&P (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Parent Borrower) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of acquisition;
(g) marketable short-term money market and similar liquid funds having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Xxxxx’x or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Parent Borrower);
(h) readily marketable direct obligations issued by (i) any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or (ii) any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof; provided, that each such readily marketable direct obligations shall have an Investment Grade Rating from either Xxxxx’x or S&P (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Parent Borrower) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(i) Investments with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Xxxxx’x (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Parent Borrower); and
(j) investment funds investing substantially all of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (i) above.
In the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the United States, Cash Equivalents shall also include (i) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (j) (other than clause (h)(ii) above) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (ii) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (a) through (j) and in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those specified in clauses (a) and (b) above, provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clause (a) or (b) above as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that is a Lender or Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or Agent, or was a Lender or Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or Agent on the Original Closing Date or at the time it initially provides any Cash Management Services under a Secured Cash Management Agreement, whether or not such Person subsequently ceases to be a Lender or Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or Agent.
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“Cash Management Services” means any agreement or arrangement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit card processing, credit or debit card, purchase card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.
“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property.
“Certificate re Non-Bank Status” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty (excluding the taking effect after the date of this Agreement of a law, rule, regulation or treaty adopted prior to the date of this Agreement), (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority. It is understood and agreed that (i) the Xxxx–Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub.L. 111-203, H.R. 4173), all Laws relating thereto, all interpretations and applications thereof and any compliance by a Lender with any request or directive relating thereto and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall, in each case, for the purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to be adopted subsequent to the date of this Agreement; provided that it is the applicable Lender’s general policy or practice to demand compensation in similar circumstances under comparable provisions of other financing agreements.
“Change of Control” means the earliest to occur after the Fourth Restatement Effective Date of:
(a) (1) any Person (other than a Permitted Holder) or (2) Persons (other than one or more Permitted Holders) constituting a “group” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person and its Subsidiaries, and any Person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests representing more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Parent Borrower and the percentage of aggregate ordinary voting power so held is greater than the percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the Equity Interests of the Parent Borrower beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate by the Permitted Holders; unless (x) 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 or the Parent Borrower or (y) Holdings or the Parent Borrower shall become the wholly owned Subsidiary of a Parent Company; or
(b) any “Change of Control” (or any comparable term) in any document pertaining to any of the Senior Notes, any of the Senior Notes Indentures, any indenture governing notes constituting Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the Senior Notes or any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) with an aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or
(c) the Parent Borrower ceases to be a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of Holdings other than in connection with the Parent Company Restructuring.
“Class” (a) when used with respect to Lenders, refers to whether such Lenders have Loans or Commitments with respect to a particular Class of Loans or Commitments, (b) when used with respect to Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are Term A Dollar Commitments, Term A Euro Commitments, Term B-1 Dollar Commitments, Term B-2 Dollar Commitments, Incremental Term X-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx X-0 Dollar Commitments, Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Commitments, Incremental Term X-0 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx X-0
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Euro Commitments, Incremental Term X-0 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx X-0 Euro Commitments, U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments, Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments, Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Term Commitments, Replacement Term Loan Commitments or Commitments in respect of a Class of Loans to be made pursuant to a given Extension Series or Other Term Loan Commitments of a given Refinancing Series, in each case not designated part of another existing Class and (c) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Term A Dollar Loans, Term A Euro Loans, Term B-1 Dollar Loans, Term B-2 Dollar Loans, Term B-3 Dollar Loans, Term B-1 Euro Loans, Term B-2 Euro Loans, U.S. Revolving Credit Loans, Japanese Revolving Credit Loans, Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, Other Revolving Credit Loans, Replacement Term Loans, Extended Term Loans, Loans made pursuant to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Other Term Loans made pursuant to a given Refinancing Series, in each case not designated part of another existing Class. Commitments (and, in each case, the Loans made pursuant to such Commitments) that have different terms and conditions shall be construed to be in different Classes. Commitments (and, in each case, the Loans made pursuant to such Commitments) that have the same terms and conditions shall be construed to be in the same Class.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Co-Documentation Agent” means PNC Bank, National Association, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Fifth Third Bank, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., SunTrust Bank, TD Bank, N.A., BNP Paribas, Compass Bank, The Huntington National Bank, The Northern Trust Company and Amalgamated Bank, each in its capacity as Co-Documentation Agent under this Agreement.
“Collateral” means all the “Collateral” as defined in the Security Agreement and all the “Collateral” or “Pledged Assets” (or equivalent term) pledged pursuant to any other Collateral Document and shall include the Mortgaged Properties.
“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, the requirement that:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received each Collateral Document required to be delivered on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date pursuant to Section 4.01 or pursuant to the Collateral Documents, Section 6.11 or Section 6.13 at such time as is designated therein, duly executed by each Loan Party thereto;
(b) (i) all Obligations shall have been unconditionally guaranteed by Holdings, each direct wholly owned Material Domestic Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is not an Excluded Subsidiary, including those that are listed on Schedule I hereto (each, a “Guarantor”), (ii) all Obligations of the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower shall have been unconditionally guaranteed by each Material Swiss Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary, including those that are listed on Schedule II hereto (each, a “Swiss Guarantor”) and (iii) all Obligations of the Japanese Subsidiary Borrower and the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower shall have been unconditionally guaranteed by the Parent Borrower;
(c) the Obligations and the U.S. Guaranty shall have been secured by a first-priority security interest (subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.01) in (i) all the Equity Interests of the Parent Borrower, (ii) all Equity Interests of each direct, wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary that is a Material Domestic Subsidiary (other than a Material Domestic Subsidiary described in the following clause (iii)(A)) that is directly owned by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and (iii) 66% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of (A) each Restricted Subsidiary that is a wholly owned Material Domestic Subsidiary that is directly owned by the Parent Borrower or by any Subsidiary Guarantor and that is treated as a disregarded entity for United States federal income tax purposes and substantially all of the assets of which consist of Equity Interests and/or Indebtedness of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs and any other assets incidental thereto and (B) each Restricted Subsidiary that is a wholly owned Material Foreign Subsidiary that is directly owned by the Parent Borrower or by any Subsidiary Guarantor;
(d) except to the extent otherwise provided hereunder, including subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.01, or under any Collateral Document, the Obligations and the U.S. Guaranty shall have been secured by a perfected first-priority security interest (to the extent such security interest may be perfected by delivering certificated
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securities or instruments, filing financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code or the equivalent statute in the applicable jurisdiction or making any necessary filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office or to the extent required in the Security Agreement) in substantially all tangible and intangible personal property of the Parent Borrower and each Guarantor (including accounts (other than deposit accounts, other bank (other than cash collateral accounts for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in such capacity) or securities accounts and any Securitization Assets), inventory, equipment, investment property, contract rights, applications and registrations of intellectual property filed in the United States, other general intangibles and proceeds of the foregoing), in each case, with the priority required by the Collateral Documents, in each case subject to exceptions and limitations otherwise specified in this Agreement and the Collateral Documents;
(e) the Swiss Obligations and the Swiss Guaranty shall have been secured by a perfected first priority security interest (subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.01) granted by the Swiss Loan Parties pursuant to the applicable Foreign Collateral Documents (or analogous agreements);
(f) the Japanese Obligations shall have been secured by a perfected first priority security interest (subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.01) granted by the Japanese Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to the applicable Foreign Collateral Documents (or analogous agreements); and
(g) the Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts of a Mortgage and other documentation required to be delivered with respect to each Material Real Property pursuant to Sections 6.11 and/or 6.13.
The foregoing definition shall not require, and the Credit Documents shall not contain any requirements as to, the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, Mortgages on, or the obtaining of title insurance, surveys, abstracts or appraisals or taking other actions with respect to any Excluded Assets.
The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for the perfection of security interests in, or the delivery of the Mortgages and the obtaining of title insurance and surveys with respect to, particular assets and the delivery of assets (including extensions beyond the Fourth Restatement Effective Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Parent Borrower, that perfection cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the Collateral Documents.
Except for actions required under the Laws of Switzerland with respect to the security interests granted by the Swiss Loan Parties and the pledge of Equity Interests in the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower by IMS Netherlands Holding B.V. and actions required under the Laws of Japan with respect to the security interests granted by the Japanese Subsidiary Borrower and the pledge of Equity Interests in the Japanese Subsidiary Borrower by the Parent Borrower, no actions required by the Laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction shall be required in order to create any security interests in any assets or to perfect such security interests (including any intellectual property registered in any non-U.S. jurisdiction) (it being understood that, except for the Foreign Collateral Documents (including any amendments or supplements thereto), there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the Laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction). No actions shall be required with respect to assets requiring perfection through control agreements or perfection by “control” (as defined in the UCC) (other than in respect of certain intercompany Indebtedness owing to the Loan Parties and certificated Equity Interests of the Parent Borrower and wholly owned Restricted Subsidiaries that are Material Subsidiaries otherwise required to be pledged pursuant to the provisions of the Security Agreement).
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, (x) the Parent Borrower may in its sole discretion cause: (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to Guarantee the U.S. Obligations, in which case such Restricted Subsidiary shall be treated as a Guarantor hereunder for all purposes and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Swiss Guarantor to Guarantee the Swiss Obligations, in which case such Restricted Subsidiary shall be treated as a Swiss Guarantor hereunder for all purposes and (y) in connection with the Parent Company Restructuring, the security interest in the Equity Interests of the Parent Borrower shall only be required to be perfected by Holdings.
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“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the Mortgages, collateral assignments, Security Agreement Supplements, the Foreign Collateral Documents, security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Sections 4.01, 6.11 or 6.13, the Intercreditor Agreements (if any) and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien or Guarantee in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties or in favor of the Secured Parties.
“Collateral Questionnaire” means the collateral disclosure schedule attached to the Security Agreement that provides information with respect to the personal or mixed property of each Loan Party.
“Commitment” means a U.S. Revolving Credit Commitment, Japanese Revolving Credit Commitment, Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment, Incremental Term Commitment, Other Revolving Credit Commitment, Other Term Loan Commitment, Term A Dollar Commitment, Term A Euro Commitment, Term B-1 Dollar Commitment, Term B-2 Dollar Commitment, Incremental Term X-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx X-0 Dollar Commitment, Incremental Term X-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx X-0 Euro Commitment, Incremental Term X-0 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx X-0 Euro Commitment, Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitment, Term Commitment, Replacement Term Loan Commitment, Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of a given Extension Series or Extended Term Loan Commitment of a given Extension Series, as the context may require.
“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of a Borrower or the Parent Borrower, on behalf of such Borrower.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Company Parties” means the collective reference to Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including the Parent Borrower, and “Company Party” means any one of them.
“Compensation Period” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(c)(ii).
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D and which certificate shall in any event be a certificate of a Financial Officer (a) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and is continuing and, if applicable, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (b) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations, in the case of financial statements delivered under Section 6.01(a), beginning with the financial statements for the fiscal year of the Parent Borrower ending December 31, 2017, of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year and (c) commencing with the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a) for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, setting forth calculations of the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, Total Net Leverage Ratio and the Interest Coverage Ratio as of the end of the most recent Test Period.
“Consent” has the meaning specified in the Amendment.
“Consolidated Current Assets” means, as at any date of determination, the total assets of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents, the current portion of income taxes, including prepaid income taxes and income tax refunds receivable, and deferred income taxes, assets held for sale, loans (permitted) to third parties, pension assets, deferred bank fees and derivative financial instruments and the effects of adjustments pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of recapitalization accounting or purchase accounting, as the case may be, in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition.
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“Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, as at any date of determination, the total liabilities of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP, excluding (A) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (B) the current portion of interest, (C) accruals for current or deferred taxes based on income or profits, (D) accruals of any costs or expenses related to restructuring reserves or severance, (E) Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans, L/C Obligations or any other revolving loans, swingline loans or letter of credit obligations under any revolving credit facility, (F) the current portion of any Capitalized Lease Obligation, (G) deferred revenue arising from cash receipts, (H) liabilities in respect of unpaid earn-outs, (I) the current portion of any other long-term liabilities, (J) accrued litigation settlement costs and (K) amounts related to derivative financial instruments and assets held for sale, and, furthermore, excluding the effects of adjustments pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of recapitalization accounting or purchase accounting, as the case may be, in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition.
“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the amortization of intangible assets, deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and amortization of Capitalized Software Expenditures of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period:
(a) increased (without duplication) by the following, in each case (other than in the case of clauses (vii) and (ix)) to the extent deducted (and not added back) in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(i) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, federal, state, franchise, property, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including any future taxes or other levies which replace or are intended to be in lieu of such taxes and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) and the net tax expense associated with any adjustments made pursuant to clauses (a) through (o) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income,” plus
(ii) Fixed Charges for such period (including (x) net losses under Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, (y) bank fees and other deferred financing fees, and (z) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, plus amounts excluded from Consolidated Interest Expense as set forth in clauses (a)(A) through (J) in the definition thereof), plus
(iii) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense for such period, plus
(iv) any other non-cash charges, including any write-offs or write-downs reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, (1) the Parent Borrower may determine not to add back such non-cash charge in the current period and (2) to the extent the Parent Borrower does decide to add back such non-cash charge, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), plus
(v) the amount of any reductions in arriving at Net Income resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 810, Consolidation, plus
(vi) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, transaction, advisory and other fees (including termination fees) and indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period under the Sponsor Management Agreement or otherwise to the Permitted Holders or other Persons with a similar interest in the Parent Borrower or its direct or indirect parents to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 7.08, plus
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(vii) the amount of “run rate” net cost savings, synergies and operating expense reductions (other than any of the foregoing related to Specified Transactions) projected by the Parent Borrower in good faith to result from actions taken, committed to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected in good faith to be taken no later than twenty-four (24) months after the end of such period (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies had been realized on the first day of the period for which Consolidated EBITDA is being determined and if such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies were realized during the entirety of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided, that such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable in the good faith judgment of the Parent Borrower (it is understood and agreed that “run-rate” means the full recurring benefit for a period that is associated with any action taken, committed to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected in good faith to be taken); provided, that the aggregate amount of cost savings and synergies added pursuant to this clause (vii) shall be subject to limitation to the extent provided in Section 1.08(c), plus
(viii) the amount of loss on sale of receivables, Securitization Assets and related assets to any Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing, plus
(ix) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b) below for any previous period and not added back, plus
(x) any costs or expenses incurred pursuant to any management equity plan, stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan, agreement or any stock subscription or stockholders agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of such Person or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of such Person (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) solely to the extent that such cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 7.06(a)(iii), plus
(xi) any net loss from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations (excluding held for sale discontinued operations until actually disposed of); plus
(xii) Specified Legal Expenses; and
(b) decreased (without duplication) by the following, in each case to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(i) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, excluding any non-cash gains that represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for any anticipated cash charges in any prior period (other than any such accrual or reserve that has been added back to Consolidated Net Income in calculating Consolidated EBITDA in accordance with this definition), plus
(ii) any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period unless such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period, plus
(iii) any net income from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations (excluding held for sale discontinued operations until actually disposed of); and
(c) increased (by losses) or decreased (by gains), as applicable, without duplication, in each case, except for the adjustments set forth in the proviso to this clause (c), to the extent included in computing Consolidated Net Income for such period:
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(i) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from Swap Contracts and the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 815, Derivatives and Hedging;
(ii) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from a sale of Securitization Assets to a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;
(iii) any realized or unrealized gains or losses in such period from (A) balance sheet currency translation, (B) currency translation of assets or liabilities that are not denominated in the functional currency of a Person into the functional currency of that Person and (C) Swap Contracts that are designated by a Person as a hedge of an asset or liability in clause (iii)(A) or (B); and
(iv) any adjustments resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 460, Guarantees, or any comparable regulation;
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated EBITDA shall include (without duplication) (i) any net realized gain or loss from any Swap Contracts accounted for as cash flow xxxxxx of intercompany royalties and (ii) any net realized gain or loss from any Swap Contracts that are designated by the Issuer as Consolidated EBITDA xxxxxx, except to the extent any such Swap Contracts are terminated by such Person prior to their scheduled maturity. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of determining Consolidated EBITDA under this Agreement for any period that includes any of the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2016, March 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and September 30, 2015, Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarters shall be $458,000,000, $454,000,000, $465,000,000 and $447,000,000, respectively, in each case, as may be subject to addbacks and adjustments (without duplication) pursuant to clauses (vii) above, clause (a) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income” and Section 1.08(c) for the applicable Test Period.
For the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated, including pro forma adjustments, in accordance with Section 1.08.
“Consolidated First Lien Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date that is secured by a Lien on any asset or property of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary but excluding (a) any such Indebtedness of a Non-Loan Party (other than a Loan Party) secured only by the assets of a Non-Loan Party and (b) any such Indebtedness in which the applicable Liens are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations, minus an aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents included in the consolidated balance sheet (excluding the notes thereto) of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “Restricted” on such balance sheet; provided that for purposes of determining the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for purposes of Sections 2.14, 7.01(gg) and 7.03(r) only, the cash proceeds of any Incremental Loan, Incremental Equivalent Debt and/or other Indebtedness incurred under such Sections at the time of such determination shall not be deemed to be included on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:
(a) consolidated 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 (i) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (ii) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (iii) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the xxxx to market valuation of obligations under Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (iv) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and (v) net payments, if any, made (less net payments, if any, received), pursuant to interest rate Swap Contracts with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (A) any prepayment premium or penalty, (B) annual agency fees paid to the administrative agents and collateral agents under any credit facilities or other debt instruments or document, (C) costs associated with Swap Contracts and breakage costs in respect of Swap Contracts related to interest rates, (D) any expense resulting from the discounting of any indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting in
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connection with the Transactions or any acquisition (or purchase of assets), (E) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (F) any “additional interest” or “liquidated damages” with respect to any of the Senior Notes or other securities, (G) amortization or expensing of deferred financing fees, amendment and consent fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and any other fees related to the Transactions or any acquisitions (or purchases of assets) after the Effective Date, (H) any amortization or expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and any other fees related to the Transactions or any acquisitions (or purchases of assets) after the Original Closing Date, (I) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Qualified Securitization Financing and (J) any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities (other than Indebtedness except to the extent arising from the application of purchase accounting)); plus
(b) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less
(c) interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date, minus an aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents included in the consolidated balance sheet (excluding the notes thereto) of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “Restricted” on such balance sheet; provided that for purposes of determining the Total Net Leverage Ratio for purposes of Sections 7.01(gg) and 7.03(r) only, the cash proceeds of any Incremental Equivalent Debt and/or other Indebtedness incurred under such Sections at the time of such determination shall not be deemed to be included on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, 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, however, that, without duplication:
(a) any net after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses, charges or expenses (including relating to any multi-year strategic initiatives), Transaction Expenses, restructuring costs and reserves, duplicative running costs, relocation costs, expenses related to any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternative uses, Public Company Costs, facility consolidation and closing costs, severance costs and expenses, one-time compensation charges, costs relating to pre-opening and opening costs for facilities, signing, retention or completion bonuses, executive recruiting costs, costs incurred in connection with any strategic initiatives, transition costs, costs incurred in connection with non-ordinary course product and intellectual property development, costs incurred in connection with acquisitions (or purchases of assets) prior to or after the Original Closing Date (including integration costs), other business optimization expenses (including costs and expenses relating to business optimization programs, and new systems design, retention charges, system establishment costs and implementation costs and project start-up costs), accruals and reserves, operating expenses attributable to the implementation of cost-savings initiatives, consulting fees and curtailments and modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans shall be excluded;
(b) 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 whether effected through a cumulative effect adjustment or a retroactive application, in each case in accordance with GAAP, shall be excluded;
(c) any net after-tax effect of gains or losses on disposal, abandonment (including asset retirement costs) or discontinuance of disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations, as applicable, shall be excluded;
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(d) any net after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees, expenses and charges relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments or the sale or other disposition of any Equity Interests of any Person other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Parent Borrower, shall be excluded;
(e) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be excluded, and, solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 7.06(a)(iii)(A) and the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of a Person 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) to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;
(f) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 7.06(a)(iii)(A) and the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor or Swiss Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders (other than restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released); provided that Consolidated Net Income of a 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 the amount that could have been paid in cash without violating any such restriction or requiring any such approval, to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein;
(g) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in such Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP (including in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, intangible assets, in process research and development, deferred revenue and debt line items) attributable to the application of recapitalization accounting or purchase accounting, as the case may be, in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition or joint venture investment or the amortization or write-off or write-down of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;
(h) any net after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment or conversion of (a) Indebtedness, (b) Swap Contracts or (c) other derivative instruments shall be excluded;
(i) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;
(j) any equity based or non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge or expense arising from grants of stock appreciation, equity incentive programs or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights to, and any cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration, or payout of, Equity Interests by management of such Person or of a Restricted Subsidiary or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with the Transactions, shall be excluded;
(k) any fees, expenses or charges incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Disposition or other transfer, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering and issuance of any of the Senior Notes and the syndication and incurrence of any securities or credit facilities), issuance of Equity Interests, recapitalization, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of any of the Senior Notes and other securities and any credit facilities) and including, in each case, any such transaction whether consummated on, after or prior to the Fourth 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, in each case whether or not successful or consummated (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the effects of expensing all transaction related expenses in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 805, Business Combinations), shall be excluded;
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(l) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within twelve months after the Fourth Restatement Effective Date that are so required to be established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions (or within twelve months after the closing of any acquisition that are so required to be established as a result of such acquisition) in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded;
(m) any expenses, charges or losses to the extent covered by insurance or indemnity and actually reimbursed, or, so long as such Person has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer or indemnifying party and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of the insurable or indemnifiable event (net of any amount so added back in any prior period to the extent not so reimbursed within the applicable 365-day period), shall be excluded;
(n) any noncash compensation expense resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation or Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 505-50, Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees, shall be excluded; and
(o) the following items shall be excluded:
(i) research and development expenses and charges to the extent expensed; and
(ii) earn-out and contingent consideration obligations (including to the extent accounted for as bonuses or otherwise) and adjustments thereof and purchase price adjustments.
In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of proceeds received from business interruption insurance and reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any acquisition, Investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 7.06 only (other than Section 7.06(a)(iii)(D)), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which constitute Restricted Investments by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any sale of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06(a)(iii)(D).
“Consolidated Senior Secured Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date that is secured by a Lien on any asset or property of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary but excluding any such Indebtedness of a Non-Loan Party (other than a Loan Party) secured only by the assets of a Non-Loan Party, minus an aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents included in the consolidated balance sheet (excluding the notes thereto) of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “Restricted” on such balance sheet.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, in an amount that would be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet (excluding the notes thereto) prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions, any Permitted Acquisition, Investment or any other acquisition permitted hereunder), consisting only of Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases or other purchase money indebtedness, and debt obligations evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, promissory notes or similar instruments and guarantees of Indebtedness of such type by a third Person, plus, without duplication, in connection with the incurrence of Designated Commitments on such date of determination, if applicable, other than for purposes of determining compliance with Section 7.13 (including pro forma compliance with Section 7.13), the aggregate undrawn amount of Designated Commitments in effect on such date; provided that Consolidated Total Debt shall not include Indebtedness in respect of (i) any Qualified Securitization
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Financing, (ii) any letter of credit, except to the extent of obligations in respect of drawn standby letters of credit (which have not been reimbursed within two (2) Business Days after such amount is drawn (it being understood that any borrowing, whether automatic or otherwise, to fund such reimbursement shall be counted)) and (iii) obligations under Swap Contracts, except any unpaid termination payments thereunder.
“Consolidated Working Capital” means, as at any date of determination, the excess of Consolidated Current Assets over Consolidated Current Liabilities.
“Contingent Obligations” means, 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 any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor;
(b) to advance or supply funds
(1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation, or
(2) 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
(3) 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.
“Contract Consideration” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow.”
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate.”
“Controlled Investment Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person, other than any Sponsor, which directly or indirectly is in Control of, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person Controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity or debt investments in the Parent Borrower and/or other companies.
“Corrective Extension Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(g).
“CPP” means CPP Investment Board Private Holdings Inc. and its Affiliates and all investment funds advised by any of the foregoing (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, their portfolio companies or other operating companies affiliated with CPP Investment Board Private Holdings Inc.).
“Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means any (a) Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt, (b) Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt, (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt or (d) other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, in each case, issued, incurred or otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace, repurchase, retire or refinance, in whole or part, existing Loans or Commitments hereunder, or any then-existing Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (“Refinanced Debt”); provided that (i) such exchanging, extending, renewing, replacing, repurchasing, retiring or refinancing Indebtedness is in an original aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Refinanced Debt except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest, premiums (including tender premium), fees and penalties thereon plus reasonable upfront fees, expenses and OID on such exchanging, extending, renewing, replacing, repurchasing, retiring or refinancing Indebtedness,
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plus other fees, expenses and costs in connection with such exchange, modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement, repurchase, retirement or extension, (ii) such Indebtedness has a maturity no earlier, and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater, than the Refinanced Debt, (iii) the terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (except as otherwise provided in clause (ii) above and with respect to pricing, premiums and optional prepayment or redemption terms) are either (x) substantially identical to, or (taken as a whole) are no more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness, than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt (taken as a whole) being refinanced (except for (A) covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness and (B) any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant, provided the Administrative Agent is given prompt written notice of such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant and this Agreement is modified on or prior to the date of the incurrence (it being understood the consent of the Required Lenders shall not be required for such modification) of such exchanging, extending, renewing, replacing, repurchasing, retiring or refinancing Indebtedness to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Facility (provided, however, that if (I) both the applicable Refinanced Debt and the applicable exchanging, extending, renewing, replacing, repurchasing, retiring or refinancing Indebtedness include a revolving credit facility and/or a term A loan facility (whether or not the documentation therefor includes any other facilities) and (II) the applicable Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant is a financial maintenance covenant solely for the benefit of the revolving credit facility and/or term A loan facility thereunder, the Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant shall not be required to be included in this Agreement for the benefit of any Term B Facility hereunder), it being understood that upon the amendment of this Agreement to include any such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant, any subsequent amendment, modification or waiver to this Agreement as it pertains to such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant shall only be permitted in the manner described in Section 10.01 (and, Section 10.01(h) solely to the extent such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant is not included for the benefit of any Term B Facility hereunder) or (y) with respect to Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt, Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt and Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt, reflect market terms and conditions at the time of issuance or incurrence (provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Parent Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of this clause (iii) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Parent Borrower within such five (5) Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees)), and (iv) such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, repurchased, retired, defeased or satisfied and discharged, and all accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties in connection therewith shall be paid, (x) on or prior to the date that is three (3) Business Days after receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that refinances existing Loans or Commitments hereunder and (y) on or prior to the date that is two (2) Business Days after receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that refinances any then-existing Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.
“Credit Documents” means, collectively, (a) this Agreement, (b) the Notes, (c) any Refinancing Amendment, Incremental Amendment or Extension Amendment, (d) the U.S. Guaranty, (e) Swiss Guaranty, (f) the Collateral Documents, (g) the Swiss Reaffirmation, (h) each Letter of Credit Application, and (i) each amendment and joinder to this Agreement that is referred to as a Credit Document by its terms.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Cure Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 8.04(a).
“Cure Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 8.04(a).
“Debt Fund Affiliate” means any Affiliate of a Sponsor that is a bona fide diversified debt fund that is not (a) a natural person or (b) Holdings, the Parent Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
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“Declined Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vi).
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) with respect to the amount of any principal of any Loan not paid when due, the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan (giving effect to Section 2.02(c)) plus 2.0% per annum or (b) with respect to all other overdue amounts (including overdue interest), the Base Rate, plus the Applicable Rate applicable to Revolving Credit Loans which are Base Rate Loans, plus 2.0% per annum.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.17(b), any Lender that, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans, within one Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or (iv) becomes the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.
“Designated Commitments” means any commitments to make loans or extend credit on a revolving basis to the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person other than the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that have been designated pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent as “Designated Commitments.”
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 7.05(j) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the fair market value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash or Cash Equivalents within one hundred eighty (180) days following the consummation of the applicable Disposition).
“Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Parent Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company thereof (in each case other than Disqualified Equity Interests) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) and is designated as Designated Preferred Stock pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower on or promptly after the issue date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 7.06(a)(iii).
“Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(2).
“Discount Range” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Discount Range Prepayment Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Discount Range Prepayment Notice” means a written notice of a Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(C) substantially in the form of Exhibit K.
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“Discount Range Prepayment Offer” means the irrevocable written offer by a Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit L, submitted in response to an invitation to submit offers following the Auction Agent’s receipt of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice.
“Discount Range Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Discount Range Proration” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(3).
“Discounted Prepayment Determination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Discounted Prepayment Effective Date” means in the case of a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment, Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offer or Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offer, five (5) Business Days following the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date, the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date or the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, as applicable, in accordance with Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1), Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1) or Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1), respectively, unless a shorter period is agreed to between the Parent Borrower and the Auction Agent.
“Discounted Term Loan Prepayment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(A).
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any sale or issuance of Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions; provided, that “Disposition” and “Dispose” shall: (i) be deemed to exclude any issuance by the Parent Borrower of any of its Equity Interests to another Person and (ii) exclude any transaction or series of related transactions unless the fair market value of such transaction or series of transactions exceeds $10,000,000.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than (i) contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and (ii) Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements) and the termination of the Commitments and the termination of all outstanding Letters of Credit (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized, back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer or deemed reissued under another agreement reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer)), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests and other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than (i) contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and (ii) Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements) and the termination of the Commitments and the termination of all outstanding Letters of Credit (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized, back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer or deemed reissued under another agreement reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer)), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in the case of each of clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of issuance of such Equity Interests; provided, that if such Equity Interests are issued to any plan for the benefit of future, current or former employees, directors, officers, members of management or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, directors, officers, members of management or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be directly or indirectly repurchased by the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s,
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director’s, officer’s, management member’s or consultant’s termination, death or disability; provided, further, that any Equity Interests held by any future, current or former employee, director, officer, member of management or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Parent Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any other entity in which the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary has an Investment and is designated in good faith as an “affiliate” by the Board of Directors (or the compensation committee thereof), in each case pursuant to any stock subscription or shareholders’ agreement, management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be directly or indirectly repurchased by the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s, director’s, officer’s, management member’s or consultant’s termination, death or disability.
“Disqualified Institutions” means (a) those Persons that have been specified in writing by the Parent Borrower or any Sponsor to the Administrative Agent prior to February 11, 2014 and (b) those Persons that are competitors that are operating companies and their Affiliates that have been subsequently identified in writing by the Parent Borrower to the Administrative Agent (other than any Affiliate that is (i) a financial investor in such competitor and is not an operating company or an Affiliate of an operating company (other than such competitor) and (ii) a bona fide diversified debt fund).
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Dollars or an amount denominated in Dollars, such amount and (b) with respect to an amount of any Foreign Currency or an amount denominated in such Foreign Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Foreign Currency.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is organized under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of the Credit Documents, the Japanese Subsidiary Borrower shall not be considered a Domestic Subsidiary.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Date” means March 17, 2014.
“Eligible Assignee” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(a).
“Eligible Japanese Investor” means:
(a) (i) any Person receiving, under any of the Credit Documents, interest, all of which is not subject to withholding of Japanese income tax (gensen shotokuzei) under the Laws of Japan, excluding Japanese Tax Treaties, (ii) a Japanese permanent establishment of a non-Japanese Person receiving, under any of the Credit Documents, interest, all of which becomes exempt from withholding of Japanese income tax (gensen shotokuzei) under the Laws of Japan, excluding Japanese Tax Treaties, by presenting a withholding tax exemption certificate (gensen-choushuu no menjo shoumeisho) (“Japanese PE”), or (iii) any Person receiving, under any of the Credit Documents, interest, all which may not be taxed by Japan by virtue of the provisions of an applicable Japanese Tax Treaty (“Japanese Treaty Person”); and
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(b) in case of an assignment of Japanese Revolving Credit Loans or Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments, (i) any Japanese Person who (x) has a banking license under the Japanese Banking Act (ginko-ho, Act No. 59 of 1981, as amended) (the “Licensed Japanese Bank”), (y) is registered as money lender under the Japanese Money Lending Business Act (kashikin gyo ho, Act No. 32 of 1983) or (z) is qualified to lend money in Japan under other Japanese laws, or (ii) any non-Japanese Person (x) acting through its Japanese branch which has a license for a foreign bank under the Japanese Banking Act (the “Licensed Japanese Branch”) or is registered as money lender under the Japanese Money Lending Business Act, or (y) acting through its non-Japanese branch (including its head office, the “Principal Foreign Bank”) for which its Licensed Japanese Branch or affiliated Licensed Japanese Bank is authorized to engage in the foreign bank agency services (gaikoku ginko dairi gyomu) on behalf of the Principal Foreign Bank under the Banking Act.
“Eligible Swiss Bank” means any Lender who carries out genuine banking activities with its own infrastructure and staff as its principal business purpose and qualifies as a bank and has a banking license in full force and effect in the jurisdiction of incorporation, or if acting through a branch, of the office where its Loans, Notes or Commitments or any participating interests therein are booked, as set forth in the Guidelines.
“EMU” means the economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.
“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
“Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
“Environmental Claim” means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations or proceedings with respect to any Environmental Liability, including (i) by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law and (ii) by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Laws relating to the protection of the Environment or, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities) of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the Environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares, interests, rights, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests or units in) such Person and all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase, acquisition or exchange from such Person of any of the foregoing (including through convertible securities); but excluding from the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Equity Interests, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Equity Interests.
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“Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Parent Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (excluding Disqualified Equity Interests), other than:
(1) | public offerings with respect to the Parent Borrower’s or any direct or indirect parent company’s common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8; and |
(2) | issuances to any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower. |
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that together with any Loan Party is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, Section 4001 of ERISA or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) with respect to any Pension Plan, the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard applicable to such Pension Plan under Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived, which could result in liability to any Loan Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates; (c) a withdrawal by any Loan Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (d) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Loan Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan, written notification of any Loan Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates imposing Withdrawal Liability or written notification of a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or is in reorganization within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or is in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA); (e) the filing under Section 4041(c) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or the treatment of a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the imposition by the PBGC of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, other than for the payment of plan contributions or PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Loan Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates; (g) the application for a minimum funding waiver under Section 302(c) of ERISA with respect to a Pension Plan; (h) the imposition of a lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan; (i) the occurrence of a nonexempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) which could result in liability to any Loan Party; or (j) a determination that any Pension Plan is in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 303 of ERISA).
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Euro Unit” means the currency unit of the Euro.
“Eurocurrency Rate” means:
(a) with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars or a Foreign Currency, the rate per annum equal to the offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited or such other rate per annum as is widely recognized as the successor thereto if the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited is no longer making a London Interbank Offer Rate available (“LIBOR”), as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and
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(b) for any rate calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to: LIBOR, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time determined two Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day;
provided that (i) the Eurocurrency Rate with respect to the Term
BB-1 Dollar Loans (other than theand Term B-2 Dollar1 Euro Loans) that bear interest at a rate based on clause (a) of this definition will be deemed to be not less than 0.75% per annum,
(ii) the Eurocurrency Rate with respect to the Term B-2 Euro Loans that bear interest at a rate based on clause (a) of this definition will be deemed to be not less than
0.50% per annum, (iii) if the Eurocurrency Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement and (iiiiv) to the extent the Eurocurrency Rate set forth
in clause (a) or (b) above is not available, the Eurocurrency Rate shall be a comparable or successor rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Parent Borrower.
“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate.”
“Euros” means the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of:
(a) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) Consolidated Net Income of the Parent Borrower for such period;
(ii) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, but excluding any such non-cash charges representing an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period;
(iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period; provided that (x) any such decreases arising from dispositions by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period and the effect of reclassification during such period of current assets to long-term assets and current liabilities to long-term liabilities shall be excluded and (y) there shall be included with respect to any acquisition during such period an amount (which may be a negative number) by which the Consolidated Working Capital acquired in such acquisition as at the time of such acquisition exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital at the end of such period;
(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on dispositions by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;
(v) the amount deducted as tax expense in determining Consolidated Net Income to the extent in excess of cash taxes paid in such period;
(vi) cash receipts in respect of Swap Contracts during such fiscal year to the extent not otherwise included in such Consolidated Net Income; and
(vii) expenses deducted from Consolidated Net Income during such period in respect of expenditures made during any prior period for which a deduction from Excess Cash Flow, in an amount equal to such expense, was made in such period pursuant to clause (b)(xi) below, over
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(b) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (but excluding any non-cash credit to the extent representing the reversal of an accrual or reserve described in clause (a)(ii) above) and cash charges, expenses and losses excluded by virtue of clauses (a) through (o) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income;”
(ii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Capital Expenditures, Capitalized Software Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property accrued or made in cash during such period, in each case except to the extent financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than revolving Indebtedness);
(iii) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Leases and (B) the amount of any scheduled repayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.07 and mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii) to the extent required due to a Disposition or Casualty Event that resulted in an increase to such Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase, but excluding (W) all other prepayments of Term Loans (other than prepayments referred to in clause (B) above)), (X) all prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans, (Y) all prepayments in respect of any other revolving credit facility, except to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder and (Z) payments of any Subordinated Indebtedness (except to the extent permitted to be paid pursuant to Section 7.06) made during such period, in each case of clauses (A) and (B) above, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of other long term Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than revolving Indebtedness));
(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on dispositions by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;
(v) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period; provided that (x) any such increases arising from dispositions by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period and the effect of reclassification during such period of current assets to long-term assets and current liabilities to long-term liabilities shall be excluded and (y) there shall be included with respect to any acquisition during such period an amount (which may be a negative number) by which the Consolidated Working Capital acquired in such acquisition as at the time of such acquisition exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital at the end of such period;
(vi) cash payments by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness) to the extent such payments are not expensed during such period or are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than revolving Indebtedness);
(vii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clauses (viii) and (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Investments made pursuant to clauses (c), (e), (g), (h), (m), (o), (p), (r) (with respect to any joint venture), (s), (t) and (x) of the definition of “Permitted Investment” and Section 7.06(a)(iii), (b)(x) and (b)(xvii) and acquisitions made during such period, in each case except to the extent financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than revolving Indebtedness);
(viii) the amount of Restricted Payments paid during such period pursuant to Sections 7.06(a)(iii), (b)(i), (b)(iv), (b)(v), (b)(vi), (b)(viii), (b)(x), (b)(xi), (b)(xii), (b)(xiii), (b)(xiv), (b)(xvi) and (b)(xviii) in each case to the extent such Restricted Payments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(ix) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries from internally generated cash flow of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period or are not deducted (or were excluded) in calculating Consolidated Net Income;
(x) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by Holdings, the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness to the extent such payments are not expensed during such period or are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income;
(xi) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods and, at the option of the Parent Borrower, the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Parent Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period relating to Permitted Acquisitions or other Investments, Capital Expenditures, Capitalized Software Expenditures, acquisitions of intellectual property or non-ordinary course acquisitions of other assets to be consummated or made during the fiscal year following such period; provided that the Parent Borrower may make a good faith estimate of such amount to the extent such amount is unable to be definitively determined at the date of determination of Excess Cash Flow for the applicable period; provided, further, that, to the extent the aggregate amount of cash flow (except to the extent financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than revolving Indebtedness)) actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions, other Investments, Capital Expenditures, Capitalized Software Expenditures, acquisitions of intellectual property or non-ordinary course acquisitions of other assets during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters,
(xii) the amount of cash taxes paid or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period;
(xiii) cash expenditures in respect of Swap Contracts during such fiscal year to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income; and
(xiv) the amount of any increases (but not decreases) in advances from customers accounted for as unearned income in accordance with GAAP.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Term B-1 Dollar Commitment” means, as to each Exchange Term B-1 Dollar Lender, its agreement to exchange the principal amount of its Term B Dollar Loans set forth on the signature page to such Term B-1 Dollar Lender’s Lender Addendum (as defined in Amendment No. 1) for an equal principal amount of the Term B-1 Dollar Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
“Exchange Term B-1 Dollar Lender” means a Person that exchanges Term B Dollar Loans into Term B-1 Dollar Loans of the Parent Borrower on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
“Exchange Term B-1 Euro Commitment” means, as to each Exchange Term B-1 Euro Lender, its agreement to exchange the principal amount of its Term B Euro Loans set forth on the signature page to such Term B-1 Euro Lender’s Lender Addendum (as defined in Amendment No. 1) for an equal principal amount of the Term B-1 Euro Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
“Exchange Term B-1 Euro Lender” means a Person that exchanges Term B Euro Loans into Term B-1 Euro Loans of the Parent Borrower on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
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“Excluded Accounts” means any deposit account or securities account used exclusively as (a) payroll and other employee wage and benefit accounts, (b) tax accounts, including sales tax accounts, (c) escrow, fiduciary or trust accounts, (d) zero balance accounts and (e) the funds or other property held in or maintained in any such account identified in clauses (a) through (d).
“Excluded Assets” means (i) any fee-owned real property (other than Material Real Property) and any leasehold rights and interests in real property (including landlord waivers, estoppels and collateral access letters), (ii) motor vehicles, aircraft and other assets subject to certificates of title, (iii) letter of credit rights, except (A) to the extent constituting support obligations for other Collateral as to which perfection of the security interest granted by the Loan Parties in such other Collateral is accomplished solely by the filing of a UCC financing statement or the equivalent filing in the applicable jurisdiction or (B) to the extent not requiring any perfection steps other than the execution of the applicable Foreign Collateral Documents (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights, other than the filing of a UCC financing statement or the equivalent filing in the applicable jurisdiction), (iv) commercial tort claims where the amount of damages claimed by the applicable Grantor does not exceed $15,000,000, (v) any governmental or regulatory licenses, federal, state or local franchises, certificates, charters, consents and authorizations, in each case, to the extent that the grant (or perfection) of a security interest therein, or the assignment thereof, is prohibited or restricted thereby or under applicable Laws (including, without limitation, rules and regulations of any Governmental Authority or agency) or would require governmental consent, approval, license or authorization (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been obtained), other than to the extent such prohibition, limitation or restriction is ineffective under the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable Law, (vi) any particular asset or right under contract if the pledge thereof or the security interest therein (A) is prohibited or restricted by applicable Law (including any requirement to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority or third party), other than to the extent such prohibition is rendered ineffective by the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable Law or (B) to the extent and for as long as it would violate the terms of any written agreement, license, lease or similar arrangement with respect to such asset or would require consent, approval, license or authorization (other than such consent, approval, license or authorization of a Loan Party or which has been obtained) (in each case, after giving effect to the relevant anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable Law) or would give rise to a termination right pursuant to any “change of control” or other similar provision under such written agreement, license or lease (except to the extent such provision is overridden by the applicable anti-assignment provisions UCC or other applicable Laws), in each case, (a) excluding any such written agreement that relates to Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and (b) only to the extent that such limitation on such pledge or security interest is otherwise permitted under Section 7.09, (vii) (1) Margin Stock, (2) Equity Interests in any Person other than any wholly owned Material Subsidiary directly owned by a Loan Party, but only to the extent (x) the Organization Documents or other agreement with respect to the Equity Interests of such Person with other equity holders (other than any such agreement where all of the equity holders party thereto are Loan Parties) do not permit or restrict the pledge of such Equity Interests or (y) the pledge of such Equity Interests (including any exercise of remedies) would result in a change of control, repurchase obligation or other adverse consequence to any of the Loan Parties or such Person, (3) Equity Interests in any wholly owned Material Foreign Subsidiary that is directly owned by the Parent Borrower or any Guarantor in excess of 66% of such Material Foreign Subsidiary’s issued and outstanding Equity Interests, (4) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary (other than a Swiss Subsidiary of the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower), (5) Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, any special purpose securitization vehicle (or similar entity), including any Securitization Subsidiary, any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, any not-for-profit Subsidiary, and (6) Equity Interests in IMS Government Solutions, Inc., (viii) any contract, lease, instrument, license or other document or any property subject to a purchase money security interest or similar arrangement to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such contract, lease, instrument, license or other document or purchase money or similar arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than a Loan Party), after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC, or violate any applicable Law (or would require governmental approval, consent or authorization (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code or other equivalent Law)), other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC or other applicable Laws notwithstanding such prohibition, (ix) the creation or perfection of pledges of, or security interests in, any property or assets that would result in material adverse tax consequences to Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as reasonably determined by the Parent Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, (x) any intent-to-use trademark application prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security
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interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark application under applicable Law, (xi) particular assets if and for so long as, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Parent Borrower, the cost, burden or consequences (including adverse tax consequences) of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interest in such assets or obtaining title insurance, surveys, abstracts or appraisals in respect of such assets exceed the practical benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (xii) cash and Cash Equivalents (other than (A) proceeds of Collateral as to which perfection of the security interest granted in such proceeds by the Loan Parties is accomplished solely by the filing of a UCC financing statement or the equivalent filing in the applicable jurisdiction or (B) to the extent not requiring any perfection steps other than the execution of the applicable Foreign Collateral Documents), deposit and other bank and securities accounts (including securities entitlements and related assets) (in each case, other than (A) proceeds of Collateral held in such accounts as to which perfection of the security interest granted by the Loan Parties in such proceeds is accomplished solely by the filing of a UCC financing statement or the equivalent filing in the applicable jurisdiction or (B) to the extent not requiring any perfection steps other than the execution of the applicable Foreign Collateral Documents) and (xiii) Excluded Accounts; provided, however, that Excluded Assets shall not include any Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Assets referred to in clause (i) through (xiii) (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would independently constitute Excluded Assets referred to in clauses (i) through (xiii)).
“Excluded Contribution” means the amount of capital contributions to the Parent Borrower or Net Cash Proceeds from the sale or issuance of Qualified Equity Interests (or issuances of debt securities that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Equity Interests) (other than any Designated Preferred Stock or any amount to the extent used in the Cure Amount) and designated by the Parent Borrower to the Administrative Agent as an Excluded Contribution on or promptly after the date such capital contributions are made or such Equity Interests are sold or issued.
“Excluded Information” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Big Boy Letter.”
“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, (b) with respect to the U.S. Guaranty, (i) any Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) any Subsidiary that is treated as a disregarded entity for United States federal income tax purposes and substantially all of whose assets consist of Equity Interests and/or Indebtedness of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs and any other assets incidental thereto, and (iii) any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of (A) a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC or (B) a Subsidiary that is treated as a disregarded entity for United States federal income tax purposes and substantially all of whose assets consist of Equity Interests and/or Indebtedness of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs and any other assets incidental thereto, (c) with respect to the Swiss Guaranty, any Subsidiary of the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower that is not a Material Swiss Subsidiary, (d) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable Law or Contractual Obligation existing on the Effective Date (or in the case of any future acquisition, of the acquired company and as in effect as of the closing date of such acquisition) from providing a Guaranty or if such Guaranty would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to grant such Guaranty or third party consent to grant such Guaranty, (e) any special purpose securitization vehicle (or similar entity), including any Securitization Subsidiary, (f) any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (f) any not-for-profit Subsidiary, (g) any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, (h) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower, the burden or cost (including any adverse tax consequences) of providing the Guaranty shall outweigh the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom and (i) each Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the U.S. Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant under a Credit Document by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any U.S. Guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder (determined after giving effect to Section 2.11 of the U.S. Guaranty and any other “keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Guarantors) at the time the U.S. Guaranty of such Guarantor, or a grant by such Guarantor of a security interest, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such U.S. Guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof).
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“Excluded Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b).
“Existing Revolver Tranche” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Existing Term Loan Tranche” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“Expiring Credit Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(g).
“Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Extended Term Loan Commitment” means a Commitment to provide an Extended Term Loan.
“Extended Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“Extending Revolving Credit Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(c).
“Extending Term Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(c).
“Extension” means the establishment of an Extension Series by amending a Loan pursuant to Section 2.16 and the applicable Extension Amendment.
“Extension Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(d).
“Extension Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Amendment No. 4
“Extension Election” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(c).
“Extension Request” means any Term Loan Extension Request or a Revolver Extension Request, as the case may be.
“Extension Series” means any Term Loan Extension Series or a Revolver Extension Series, as the case may be.
“Facility” means any Term A Facility, any Term B Facility, the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility, the Japanese Revolving Credit Facility, the Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility, a given Extension Series of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, a given Refinancing Series of Other Term Loans, a given Extension Series of Extended Term Loans, a given Class of Incremental Term Loans, a given Class of Replacement Term Loan Commitments, a given Class of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, or any given Class of Other Revolving Credit Loans (or Commitments) as the context may require.
“fair market value” means, with respect to any asset or liability, the fair market value of such asset or liability as determined by the Parent Borrower in good faith.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as in effect on the Effective Date or any successor provision that is substantively the equivalent thereof and not materially more onerous to comply with (and, in each case, any regulations promulgated thereunder or official interpretations thereof).
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System as published by the Federal Reserve Bank on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average 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.
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“Financial Covenants” has the meaning specified in Section 7.13.
“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, the treasurer or other financial officer, as appropriate, of the Parent Borrower.
“First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit T (which agreement in such form or with immaterial changes thereto the Administrative Agent is authorized to enter into) together with any material changes thereto in light of prevailing market conditions, which material changes shall be posted to the Lenders not less than five (5) Business Days before execution thereof and, if the Required Lenders shall not have objected to such changes within five (5) Business Days after posting, then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have agreed that the Administrative Agent’s entry into such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) is reasonable and to have consented to such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) and to the Administrative Agent’s execution thereof.
“First Restatement Transaction Costs” means all fees, expenses and other amounts incurred or paid by or on behalf of the Parent Borrower or any other Loan Parties in connection with the First Restatement Transactions.
“First Restatement Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the amendment and restatement of the Original Credit Agreement, including the execution and delivery of such amendment and any Credit Documents contemplated thereby, including (i) borrowing of the Term Loans under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, (ii) the refinancing, repayment or replacement of the term loans under the Original Credit Agreement, and (iii) the amendment and extension of the revolving credit commitments under the Original Credit Agreement, and (b) all other transactions contemplated by such amendment or in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (1) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period to (2) the Fixed Charges for such Test Period, in each case for the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication:
(a) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period;
(b) all cash dividends or other cash distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock during such period; and
(c) all cash dividends or other cash distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Equity Interests during such period.
“Flood Insurance Laws” means, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (v) the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
“Foreign Casualty Event” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vii).
“Foreign Collateral Documents” means each of the documents set forth on Schedule 1.1A and including all amendments, supplements or joinders thereto and each other Collateral Document governed by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11.
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“Foreign Currency” means (a) Euros, (b) Swiss Francs, (c) Yen and (d) each other currency that is approved in accordance with Section 1.09(c).
“Foreign Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Foreign Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Foreign Currency with Dollars.
“Foreign Currency Loan” means any Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency.
“Foreign Disposition” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vii).
“Foreign Plan” means any material employee benefit plan maintained or contributed to by, or entered into with, Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings with respect to employees employed outside the United States (other than benefit plans, programs or agreements that are mandated by applicable Laws).
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fourth Restatement Effective Date” means October 3, 2016.
“Fourth Restatement Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the amendment and restatement of the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, including the execution and delivery of Amendment No. 3 and any Credit Documents contemplated hereby, (b) the borrowing of Loans on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date, (c) the prepayment of certain Indebtedness outstanding under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, (d) the IMS-Quintiles Transactions, and (e) all other transactions contemplated by Amendment No. 3 or in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Fourth Restatement Transaction Costs” means all fees, expenses and other amounts incurred or paid by or on behalf of the Parent Borrower or any other Loan Parties in connection with the Fourth Restatement Transactions.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to an L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided under this Agreement of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided under this Agreement of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one (1) year from the date of its creation or matures within one (1) year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one (1) year from such date 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 (1) year from such date, including Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Parent Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Parent Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Effective Date in GAAP or in the application thereof (including through conforming changes made consistent with IFRS) on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Parent Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given
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before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof (including through conforming changes made consistent with IFRS), 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.
“Global Intercompany Note” means a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state, local or otherwise, 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” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(g).
“Grantor” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, without duplication, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Fourth 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 shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.”
“Guaranty” means the U.S. Guaranty or the Swiss Guaranty, or both of them, as the context may require.
“Guidelines” means, together, (i) Guideline S-02.123 in relation to interbank loans of September 22, 1986 (Circulaire relative à l’impôt anticipé sur les intérêts des avoirs en banque dont les créanciers sont des banques – avoirs interbancaires –, du 22 septembre 1986), (ii) Guideline S-02.122.1 in relation to bonds of April 1999 (Circulaire sur les obligations, d’avril 1999), (iii) Guideline S-02.128 in relation to syndicated credit facilities of January 2000 (Circulaire sur le traitement fiscal des prêts consortiaux, reconnaissances de dette, effets de change et sous-participations, de janvier 2000), and (iv) Circular letter No 34 of 26 July 2011 in relation to deposits, in each case as issued, amended or substituted from time to time by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes, all hazardous or toxic substances, and all chemicals, wastes, pollutants or contaminants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and infectious or medical wastes regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
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“Hedge Bank” means any Person party to a Secured Hedge Agreement that is an Agent or a Lender or an Affiliate of any Agent or Lender, or was an Agent or Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent or Lender on the Original Closing Date or at the time it enters into such Secured Hedge Agreement, in its capacity as a party thereto, whether or not such Person subsequently ceases to be an Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing.
“Holdco Notes” means $750,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the 7.375%/8.125% senior PIK toggle notes due 2018 issued by Healthcare Technology Intermediate, Inc.
“Holdings” means: (a) prior to the IMS-Quintiles
Merger, Healthcare Technology Intermediate Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and (b) after giving effect to the IMS-Quintiles Merger, Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Honor Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Identified Participating Lenders” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(3).
“Identified Qualifying Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“IFRS” means international accounting standards as promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Board.
“Immediate Family Members” means with respect to any individual, such individual’s child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
“IMS Health Holdings” shall mean IMS Health Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“IMS-Quintiles Merger” shall mean, collectively, the merger of IMS Health Holdings with and into Quintiles Holdings, the merger of Holdings with and into Quintiles Holdings immediately thereafter, and the merger of Quintiles Corp with and into the Parent Borrower.
“IMS-Quintiles Merger Agreement” shall mean that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 3, 2016, among IMS Health Holdings and Quintiles Holdings.
“IMS-Quintiles Transactions” shall mean, collectively, (i) the IMS-Quintiles Merger, (ii) the termination of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2015, by and among Quintiles Corp, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent, swing line lender and L/C issuer, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., as swing line lender and L/C issuer and Barclays Bank PLC, as L/C issuer and the termination of the liens in respect thereof (the “Quintiles Refinancing”) and (iii) the other transactions contemplated thereby.
“Incremental Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(f).
“Incremental Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Amendment No. 4.
“Incremental Equivalent Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 7.03(r).
“Incremental Facility Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(d).
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“Incremental Lenders” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).
“Incremental Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b).
“Incremental Loan Request” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).
“Incremental Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b).
“Incremental Term A Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Term A Loans” means the Loans made by an Incremental Lender pursuant to its Incremental Term A Commitments.
“Incremental Term B Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Term B Loans” means the Loans made by an Incremental Lender pursuant to its Incremental Term B Commitments.
“Incremental Term B-1 Euro Commitment” means, with respect to an Incremental Term B-1 Euro Lender, the commitment of such Incremental Term B-1 Euro Lender to have made an Incremental Term B-1 Euro Loan on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, in the amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule I to the Lender Addendum (as defined in Amendment No. 1).
“Incremental Term B-1 Euro Lender” means a Person with an Incremental Term B-1 Euro Commitment to make Incremental Term B-1 Euro Loans to the Parent Borrower on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, which for the avoidance of doubt may be an existing Term Lender.
“Incremental Term B-1 Euro Loan” means a Loan that was made pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(iv) of this Agreement.
“Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Commitment” means, with respect to an Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Lender, the commitment of such
Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Lender to makehave made
an Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Loan on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, in the amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule I to the Lender Addendum (as defined in Amendment No. 2).
“Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Lender” means a Person with an Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Commitment to make Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Loans to the Parent Borrower on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, which for the avoidance of doubt may be an existing Term Lender.
“Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(vi) of this Agreement.
“Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitment” means, with respect to an Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lender, the commitment of such Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lender to make an Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loan on the Incremental Effective Date, in the amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule I to Amendment No. 4.
“Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lender” means a Person with an Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitment to make Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans to the Parent Borrower on the Incremental Effective Date, which for the avoidance of doubt may be an existing Term Lender.
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“Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loan” means a Loan that was made pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(viii) of this Agreement.
“Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Commitment” means, with respect to an Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lender, the commitment of such Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lender to make an Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loan on the Incremental Effective Date, in the amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule I to Amendment No. 4.
“Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lender” means a Person with an Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Commitment to make Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans to the Parent Borrower on the Incremental Effective Date, which for the avoidance of doubt may be an existing Term Lender.
“Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(vii) of this Agreement.
“Incremental Term Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Term Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).
“Incremental Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b).
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) the maximum amount (after giving effect to any prior drawings or reductions that may have been reimbursed) of all outstanding letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;
(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property (other than (i) trade accounts and accrued expenses payable in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and is not paid within thirty (30) days after becoming due and payable and (iii) accruals for payroll and other liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) all Attributable Indebtedness;
(g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests; and
(h) to the extent not otherwise included above, all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
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For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include (A) the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent such Person’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness would be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt and (B) in the case of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, exclude loans and advances made by Loan Parties having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness shall not include royalty payments.
“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05.
“Indemnified Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).
“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05.
“Independent Assets or Operations” means, with respect to any direct or indirect parent of the Parent Borrower, that such parent’s total assets, revenues, income from continuing operations before income taxes and cash flows from operating activities (excluding in each case amounts related to its investment in the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries), determined in accordance with GAAP and as shown on the most recent balance sheet of such parent, is more than 3.0% of such parent’s corresponding consolidated amount.
“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Parent Borrower, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged and that is independent of the Parent Borrower and its Affiliates.
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.08.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreements” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Intercreditor Agreements” means the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, collectively, in each case to the extent in effect.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA of the Parent Borrower for such Test Period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense of the Parent Borrower paid or payable in cash during such Test Period.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.
“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter or, to the extent agreed by each Lender of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, twelve months or less than one month thereafter, as selected by the Parent Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
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(b) any Interest Period (other than an Interest Period having a duration of less than one month) that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the applicable Maturity Date.
“Investment” means, 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, credit card and debit card receivables, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel and similar advances to employees, directors, officers, members of management, manufacturers and consultants, in each case made in the ordinary course of business) and purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and the covenants described under Sections 6.14 and 7.06:
(a) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Parent Borrower’s Equity Interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Parent Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:
(i) the Parent Borrower’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less
(ii) the portion (proportionate to the Parent Borrower’s Equity Interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(b) 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 in cash or Cash Equivalents by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Xxxxx’x and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Parent Borrower.
“Investment Grade Securities” means:
(a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);
(b) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or debt instruments constituting loans or advances among the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(c) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (a) and (b) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and
(d) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments.
“IP Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 5.15.
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“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by any L/C Issuer and the Parent Borrower (or any of its Subsidiaries) or in favor of such L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Japanese Intercompany Note” means a promissory note or loan agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2.
“Japanese LOB Tax Treaty” means the Convention between Japan and the United States for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income signed on November 6, 2003 or any other Japanese Tax Treaty with a limitation of benefits clause similar to Article 22 of said Convention.
“Japanese Obligations” means all Obligations of Japanese Subsidiary Borrower.
“Japanese PE” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eligible Japanese Investor.”
“Japanese Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Japanese Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period, made by each of the Japanese Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(c)(ii).
“Japanese Revolving Credit Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund any Japanese Revolving Credit Loan and “Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s Japanese Revolving Credit Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A or in the applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement, as applicable, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate Dollar Equivalent of the Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date is $225,000,000.
“Japanese Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“Japanese Revolving Credit Lender” means each Lender with a Japanese Revolving Credit Commitment.
“Japanese Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c)(ii).
“Japanese Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit C-3 (with such modifications thereto as may be necessary to reflect different Classes of Revolving Credit Loans), as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Japanese Secured Parties” means the Administrative Agent and each Japanese Revolving Credit Lender.
“Japanese Subsidiary Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Japanese Tax Treaty” means any bilateral convention for the avoidance of double taxation to which the Government of Japan is a party.
“Japanese Treaty Person” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eligible Japanese Investor.”
“Joinder” has the meaning specified in the Amendment.
“Junior Financing” means any Subordinated Indebtedness.
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“Junior Financing Documentation” means any documentation governing any Junior Financing.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a U.S. Revolving Credit Borrowing.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Issuer” means Bank of America, and/or (as the context requires) any other Lender that becomes an L/C Issuer in accordance with Section 2.03(l) in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts in respect of Letters of Credit, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.10. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity date of any Incremental Term Loan Commitment, any Other Term Loan Commitment, any Extended Term Loan, any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, any Incremental Term Loans, any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or any Other Revolving Credit Commitments, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
“LCT Election” shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.08(f).
“LCT Test Date” shall mean the date specified in the LCT Election; provided, that (a) with respect to any prepayment of Indebtedness, such date shall be the date of the irrevocable prepayment notice and (b) with respect to all other Limited Condition Transactions, such date shall be the date of the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction.
“Lead Arrangers” means (a) with respect to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, Bank of
America, N.A., Xxxxxxx Sachs Bank USA, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, each in its capacity as a joint
lead arranger under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, (b) with respect to this Agreement, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or its designated affiliate), Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, HSBC Securities
(USA) Inc. and Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger under this Agreement, (c) with respect to Amendment No. 1, the Amendment No. 1 Lead Arrangers (as defined in Amendment No. 1) and, (d) with respect to Amendment No. 2, the
Amendment No. 2 Lead Arrangers (as defined in Amendment No. 2) and (e) with respect to Amendment No. 4, the Lead Arrangers (as defined in Amendment
No. 4).
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“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and, as the context requires, includes any L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender, and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a “Lender.” For avoidance of doubt, each Additional Lender and Additional Refinancing Lender shall be deemed a “Lender” for purposes of this Agreement and each other Credit Document, to the extent any such Person has executed and delivered a Refinancing Amendment, an Incremental Amendment or an amendment in respect of Replacement Term Loans, as the case may be, and to the extent such Refinancing Amendment, Incremental Amendment or amendment in respect of Replacement Term Loans shall have become effective in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
“Lender Addendum” has the meaning specified in Amendment No. 3.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, such office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the relevant L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is five (5) days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date then in effect for the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $100,000,000 and (b) the U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Leverage Covenant” has the meaning specified in Section 7.13(a).
“LGP” means Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Partners, L.P. and its Affiliates and all investment funds advised by any of the foregoing (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, their portfolio companies or other operating companies affiliated with Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Partners, L.P.).
“LIBOR” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate.”
“Licensed Japanese Bank” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eligible Japanese Investor.”
“Licensed Japanese Branch” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eligible Japanese Investor.”
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing); provided that in no event shall an operating lease in and of itself be deemed a Lien.
“Limited Condition Transaction” means any (a) Permitted Acquisition or other investment permitted hereunder by the Parent Borrower or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third-party financing and (b) any redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness requiring irrevocable notice in advance of such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment.
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“Limited Originator Recourse” means a letter of credit, cash collateral account or other such credit enhancement issued in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness by a Securitization Subsidiary under a Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Loan” means an extension of credit under Article II by a Lender (x) in the form of a Term Loan, and (y) in the form of a Revolving Credit Loan or a Swing Line Loan.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, (a) Holdings, (b) each Borrower, (c) each other Guarantor and (d) each Swiss Guarantor.
“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Management Stockholders” means the members of management of Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries who are investors in Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof.
“Margin Stock” has the meaning specified in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, or any successor thereto.
“Master Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Swap Contract.”
“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse effect on the business, assets, financial condition or operations of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material adverse effect on the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Credit Document or (c) a material adverse effect on the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform any of their payment obligations under any Credit Document to which the Parent Borrower or any of the other Loan Parties is a party.
“Material Domestic Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each of the Parent Borrower’s Domestic Subsidiaries (a) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of Total Assets at such date or (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Parent Borrower 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 Effective Date, Domestic Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors solely because they do not meet the thresholds specified in clauses (a) or (b) comprise in the aggregate more than 5.0% of Total Assets as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Parent Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 or more than 5.0% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, then the Parent Borrower shall, not later than forty-five (45) days after the date by which financial statements for such fiscal quarter are required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), (i) designate in writing to the Administrative Agent one or more of such Domestic Subsidiaries as “Material Domestic Subsidiaries” to the extent required such that the foregoing condition ceases to be true and (ii) comply with the provisions of Section 6.11 applicable to such designated Subsidiary.
“Material Foreign Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each of the Parent Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries (a) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of Total Assets at such date or (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Material Real Property” means any fee-owned real property located in the United States that is owned by the Parent Borrower or any Guarantor or located in Japan that is owned by the Japanese Subsidiary Borrower, in each case, with a fair market value in excess of $35,000,000 (at the Effective Date or, with respect to fee-owned real property located in the United States that is acquired after the Effective Date, at the time of acquisition).
“Material Subsidiary” means any Material Domestic Subsidiary or any Material Foreign Subsidiary.
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“Material Swiss Subsidiary” means (a) each Swiss Subsidiary that is listed on Schedule II hereto and (b) any Material Foreign Subsidiary that is organized under the Laws of Switzerland and is directly, wholly owned by the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower.
“Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to the Term B-1 Dollar Loans and the Term B-1 Euro Loans, the seventh anniversary
of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date; (b) with respect to the Term B-2 Dollar Loans, January 18, 2025; (c) with respect to the Term B-2 Euro Loans and the Term B-3
Dollar Loans, the seventh anniversary of the Incremental Effective Date, (d) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facilities, the fifth anniversary of the Fourth RestatementExtension Effective Date; (de) with respect to the Term A Loans, the fifth anniversary
of the Fourth RestatementExtension Effective
Date, (ef) with respect to any tranche of
Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the final maturity date as specified in the applicable Extension Request accepted by the respective Lender or Lenders,
(fg) with respect to any Other Term Loans or
Other Revolving Credit Commitments, the final maturity date as specified in the applicable Refinancing Amendment, (gh) with respect to any Incremental Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, the final maturity date as specified in the applicable
Incremental Amendment and (hi) with respect to
any Replacement Term Loans, the final maturity date as specified in the applicable amendment to this Agreement; provided that (i), in each case, if such day is not a Business Day, the applicable Maturity Date shall be the Business Day immediately preceding such
day and (ii) in the case of clauses (c) and (d), such date shall automatically become September 17, 2020 if on September 17, 2020 more than $250,000,000 in
aggregate principal amount of Term B Loans shall have a maturity date earlier than 91 days after the fifth anniversary of the Fourth Restatement Effective
Date..
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 10.10.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Mortgage Policies” has the meaning specified in Section 6.13(b)(ii).
“Mortgaged Properties” means each Material Real Property requiring delivery of a Mortgage pursuant to Sections 6.11 and 6.13(b).
“Mortgages” means collectively, the deeds of trust, trust deeds, hypothecs and mortgages made by the Loan Parties in favor or for the benefit of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case with such provisions as shall be necessary to conform such document to applicable local law, executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 6.11 and 6.13(b), in each case, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA and subject to Title IV of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“National Currency Unit” means a fraction or multiple of one Euro Unit expressed in units of the former national currency of a Participating Member State.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means:
(a) with respect to the Disposition of any asset (including issuance or Disposition of Equity Interests by or of Subsidiaries) by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Casualty Event, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (including any cash and Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received and, with respect to any Casualty Event, any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event actually received by or paid to or for the account of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) less (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest, breakage costs and other amounts on any Indebtedness that is secured by the asset subject to such Disposition or Casualty Event and required to be repaid in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (other than Indebtedness
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under the Credit Documents and Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness), (B) the out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees) actually incurred by the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event, (C) taxes, or distributions made pursuant to Section 7.06(b)(xiv)(b), in each case paid or reasonably estimated to be payable in connection therewith (including taxes imposed on the distribution or repatriation of any such Net Cash Proceeds), (D) in the case of any Disposition or Casualty Event by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (D)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Parent Borrower or a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof, and (E) any reserve for adjustment in respect of (x) the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP and (y) any liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction, it being understood that “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include the amount of any reversal (without the satisfaction of any applicable liabilities in cash in a corresponding amount) of any reserve described in this clause (E); provided that (x) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds unless such net cash proceeds shall exceed $25,000,000 and (y) no such net cash proceeds shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds under this clause (a) in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds in such fiscal year shall exceed $50,000,000 (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds under this clause (a)); and
(b) with respect to the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any sale or issuance of Qualified Equity Interests by the Parent Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Parent Borrower, the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of the cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such incurrence or issuance less (B) all taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof, fees (including investment banking fees, underwriting fees and discounts), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case incurred by the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such sale, incurrence or issuance (and with respect to any sale or issuance of Qualified Equity Interests by any direct or indirect parent of the Parent Borrower, the amount of cash from such sale or issuance of Qualified Equity Interests contributed to the capital of the Parent Borrower).
“Net Income” means, 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.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
“Non-Debt Fund Affiliate” means any Affiliate of any Sponsor other than (a) Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower, (b) any Debt Fund Affiliate and (c) any natural person.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.
“Non-Eligible Swiss Bank” or “Non-Eligible Swiss Banks” means any Person who does not qualify as an Eligible Swiss Bank.
“Non-Expiring Credit Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(g).
“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Non-Harmful Subparticipation” means an arrangement of a Lender with another Person under which such Lender substantially transfers its exposure under this Agreement to that other Person, unless under such arrangement throughout the life of such arrangement (x) the relationship between the Lender and that other Person is that of a debtor and creditor (including in the bankruptcy or similar event of the Lender) and (y) the other Person will have no proprietary interest in the benefit of this Agreement or in any monies received by the Lender under or in relation to this Agreement and (z) the other Person will under no circumstances be subrogated to, or substituted in respect of, the Lender’s claims under this Agreement and have otherwise any contractual relationship with, or rights against, the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower under or in relation to this Agreement.
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“Non-Loan Party” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Non-Reinstatement Deadline” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iv).
“Note” means a Term Note, U.S. Revolving Credit Note, Japanese Revolving Credit Note, Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Note or Swing Line Note, as the context may require.
“Notice of Intent to Cure” has the meaning specified in Section 8.04(a).
“Obligations” means all (a) advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Credit Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, (b) obligations of any Loan Party arising under any Secured Hedge Agreement (and all obligations of any Loan Party under any Credit Document with respect thereto, including pursuant to any Guaranty) other than Excluded Swap Obligations and (c) obligations of any Loan Party arising under any Secured Cash Management Agreements (and all obligations of any Loan Party under any Credit Document with respect thereto, including pursuant to any Guaranty). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Credit Documents include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, fees (including Letter of Credit fees), reimbursement obligations, charges, expenses, Attorney Costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party under any Credit Document. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other Credit Document, the obligations of Holdings, any Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Borrower under any Secured Hedge Agreement and under any Secured Cash Management Agreement shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Collateral Documents and any Guaranty only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed.
“OFAC” has the meaning specified in Section 5.18(c).
“Offered Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
“Offered Discount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
“OID” means original issue discount.
“Organization Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation or organization and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Original Closing Date” means February 26, 2010.
“Original Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements hereto.
“Original Lenders” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements hereto.
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“Original Transaction Costs” means the fees, costs and expenses payable by Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any of the Parent Borrower’s Subsidiaries on or before the date that is 24 months after the Original Closing Date in connection with the Transactions, including payments to officers, employees and directors as change of control payments, severance payments, special or retention bonuses and charges for repurchase or rollover of, or modifications to, stock options.
“Original Transactions” means the incurrence of the Indebtedness under the Original Credit Agreement on the Original Closing Date and the issuance of the Senior Notes (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement), the Equity Contribution (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement), the Acquisition and the refinancing of the Parent Borrower’s existing debt (other than Indebtedness set forth in Schedule 6.1 to the Original Credit Agreement) and other transactions contemplated thereby.
“Other Applicable Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(ii).
“Other Revolving Credit Commitments” means one or more Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Other Revolving Credit Loans” means one or more Classes of Revolving Credit Loans that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise, property or similar taxes, similar charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Credit Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document (and any interest or penalties related thereto).
“Other Term Loan Commitments” means one or more Classes of term loan commitments hereunder to fund Other Term Loans of the applicable Refinancing Series hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Other Term Loans” means one or more Classes of Term Loans that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to the Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans (including any refinancing of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing under such Class) and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the outstanding principal amount thereof on such date after giving effect to any related L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes thereto as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under related Letters of Credit (including any refinancing of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under related Letters of Credit or related L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under related Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
“Overall Net Income Tax” means, 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 Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its net income (however denominated), and franchise and similar taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), (b) any Taxes imposed by a jurisdiction as a result of any connection between the recipient and such jurisdiction other than any connections arising from executing, delivering, being a party to, receiving or perfecting a security interest under, engaging in any transactions pursuant to, performing its obligations under, or enforcing, any Credit Document, (c) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the applicable Borrower is located and (d) any United States federal withholding Tax imposed pursuant to FATCA.
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“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer, or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in a Foreign Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Foreign Currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of Bank of America in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.
“Parent Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Parent Company” means any Person so long as such Person directly or indirectly holds 100% of the total voting power of the Equity Interests of the Parent Borrower (except during the Parent Company Restructuring), and at the time such Person acquired such voting power, no Person and no “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), including any such group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the Exchange Act ) (other than any Permitted Holder), shall have beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 and 13(d)-5(b)(1) of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such Person.
“Parent Company Restructuring” means the internal restructuring transactions of Holdings, the Parent Borrower and IMS Software Services, Ltd. (or any successor thereto) by which Holdings will acquire its Equity Interests owned by, its indirect, wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, IMS Software Services, Ltd. (or any successor thereto).
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(d).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(e).
“Participating Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(2).
“Participating Member State” means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by any Loan Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates or to which any Loan Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time in the preceding five plan years.
“Permitted Acquisitions” means any Investment permitted under clause (c) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” and any Investment or other acquisition constituting an acquisition of assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of, another Person (including the long-term exclusive license of rights to a product line), including, for the avoidance of doubt, the IMS-Quintiles Merger.
“Permitted Foreign Subsidiary Restructuring” means one or more internal restructuring transactions among the Parent Borrower and/or any of its directly or indirectly wholly owned Restricted Subsidiaries in which (i) any assets of, or Equity Interests in, a directly or indirectly wholly owned Foreign Subsidiary (other than a Borrower) are sold, contributed or otherwise transferred to the Parent Borrower or to a directly or indirectly wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) no Loan Party makes an Investment in connection with such transactions other than (x) a sale, contribution or other transfer of Equity Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary as described in clause (i) or (y) as otherwise permitted by Section 7.06 and (iii) the applicable requirements of Sections 6.11 and 6.13 shall be complied with in respect of any Equity Interests or other assets acquired by a Loan Party.
“Permitted Holder” means any of the Sponsors and the Management Stockholders.
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“Permitted Investments” means:
(a) any Investment in the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, that any Investment by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in Non-Loan Parties (other than any Investment constituting a Permitted Foreign Subsidiary Restructuring) after the Fourth Restatement Effective Date, together with, but without duplication of, Investments made by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in Non-Loan Parties pursuant to clause (c) below, shall not exceed an aggregate amount outstanding from time to time equal to the greater of (x) $600,000,000 and (y) 3.00% of Total Assets;
(b) any Investment in assets that were Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities when such Investment was made;
(c) any Investment by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person that is engaged in a business permitted pursuant to Section 7.07 if as a result of such Investment:
(i) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or
(ii) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is amalgamated, merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that the aggregate amount of Investments made by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in Persons that do not become Loan Parties after the Fourth Restatement Effective Date, together with, but without duplication of, Investments by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in Non-Loan Parties pursuant to clause (a) above, shall not exceed an aggregate amount outstanding from time to time equal to the greater of (x) $600,000,000 and (y) 3.00% of Total Assets;
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, amalgamation, consolidation or transfer;
(d) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with a Disposition made pursuant to the provisions described under Section 7.05 or any other disposition of assets not constituting a Disposition;
(e) any Investment existing on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date, in each case set forth on Schedule 1.1B, or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification, replacement, renewal or reinvestment of any such Investment or binding commitment existing on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date; provided, that the amount of any such Investment or binding commitment may be increased (a) as required by the terms of such Investment or binding commitment as in existence on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities), (b) as a result of any change in the Dollar equivalent of any Investment denominated in a foreign currency or (c) as otherwise permitted hereunder;
(f) any Investment acquired by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:
(i) in exchange for any other Investment, accounts receivable or indorsements for collection or deposit held by the Parent Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against, the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable (including any trade creditor or customer);
(ii) in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons;
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(iii) as a result of a foreclosure by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default; or
(iv) as a result of the settlement, compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates.
(g) Swap Contracts permitted under Section 7.03(f);
(h) any Investment in a business permitted pursuant to Section 7.07 taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (h) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $200,000,000 and (b) 2.5% of Total Assets;
(i) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Parent Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companies; provided, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 7.06(a)(iii);
(j) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03, performance guarantees and Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and the creation of liens on the assets of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with Section 7.01;
(k) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.08 (except transactions described in clauses (j), (l), (o), (r) and (v) of such Section);
(l) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material, services, or intellectual property, or equipment or the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to any distribution, service, joint marketing, co-branding, co-distribution or other similar arrangements with other Persons, however denominated;
(m) Investments taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (m) 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, or have not been subsequently sold or transferred for, Cash Equivalents or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (x) $225,000,000 and (y) 3.0% of Total Assets;
(n) Investments in or relating to a Securitization Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the Parent Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect or maintain any Qualified Securitization Financing or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith;
(o) loans and advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of officers, directors, employees, consultants and members of management not in excess of $25,000,000 outstanding at any one time, in the aggregate
(p) loans and advances to employees, directors, officers, members of management and consultants for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses or payroll advances, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices or to future, present and former employees, directors, officers, members of management and consultants (and their Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members) to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Parent Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company thereof;
(q) advances, loans or extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(r) any Investment in any Subsidiary or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business;
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(s) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of assets or services in the ordinary course of business;
(t) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client contacts and loans or advances made to distributors in the ordinary course of business;
(u) Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers compensation, performance and similar deposits entered into as a result of the operations of the business in the ordinary course of business;
(v) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(w) any Investment by any Captive Insurance Subsidiary in connection with its provision of insurance to the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which Investment is made in the ordinary course of business of such Captive Insurance Subsidiary, or by reason of applicable law, rule, regulation or order, or that is required or approved by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Captive Insurance Subsidiary or its business, as applicable;
(x) Investments made by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the extent that such Investments are financed with the proceeds received by such Restricted Subsidiary from an Investment in such Restricted Subsidiary permitted by this Agreement; and
(y) Guarantees by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of leases (other than Capitalized Leases) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business.
“Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt” means any secured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Parent Borrower in the form of one or more series of second lien (or other junior lien) secured notes or second lien (or other junior lien) secured loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a second priority (or other junior priority) basis to the liens securing the Obligations and the obligations in respect of any Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness may be secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and the obligations in respect of any Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness,” (iii) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to or otherwise subject to the provisions of a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement; provided that if such Indebtedness is the initial Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt incurred by the Parent Borrower, then Holdings, the Parent Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Senior Representative for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (iv) such Indebtedness meets the Permitted Other Debt Conditions. Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
“Permitted Non-Eligible Swiss Bank” means any lender that is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets, that is (A) not an Eligible Swiss Bank and (B) by virtue of being a Lender as of the date hereof, by its accession to this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.07 as an additional Lender or through the receipt of a participation or sub-participation under Section 10.07 or otherwise does not increase the number of Persons that are not Eligible Swiss Banks with respect to Loans to the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement to a number that is greater than ten (10).
“Permitted Other Debt Conditions” means that such applicable debt (i) does not mature or have scheduled amortization or payments of principal and is not subject to mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment or sinking fund obligations (except customary asset sale, event of loss or change of control provisions that provide for the prior repayment in full of the Loans and the other Obligations and a customary acceleration right after an event
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of default), in each case prior to the Maturity Date of the Class of Indebtedness being refinanced, (ii) is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors or Swiss Guarantors, and (iii) to the extent secured, the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness (taken as a whole) are substantially the same as or more favorable to the Loan Parties than the Collateral Documents (with such differences as are customary to reflect different priorities or as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).
“Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt” means any secured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Parent Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors or Swiss Guarantors, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature or have scheduled amortization or payments of principal (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and a customary acceleration right after an event of default) prior to the Maturity Date of the Class of Indebtedness being refinanced, (iv) the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness (taken as a whole) are substantially the same as or more favorable to the Loan Parties than the Collateral Documents (with such differences as are customary to reflect different priorities or as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (v) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to or otherwise subject to the provisions of a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; provided that if such Indebtedness is the initial Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt incurred by the Parent Borrower, then the Parent Borrower, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Senior Representative for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
“Permitted Ratio Debt” means Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) incurred or shares of Disqualified Equity Interests issued by the Parent Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary or shares of Preferred Stock issued by any Restricted Subsidiary, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Parent Borrower for the Parent Borrower’s most recently ended Test Period preceding the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock is issued (or, in the case of Indebtedness under Designated Commitments, on the date such Designated Commitments are established after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of the entire committed amount of Indebtedness thereunder, in which case such committed amount under such Designated Commitments may thereafter be borrowed (and, with respect to Designated Commitments consisting of commitments to make loans or extend credit on a revolving basis, reborrowed), in whole or in part, from time to time, without further compliance with Section 7.03) would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00, determined on a Pro Forma Basis; provided, that Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Loan Parties may not incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock pursuant to this definition if, after giving Pro Forma Effect to such incurrence or issuance, the aggregate amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Equity Interests and Preferred Stock in each case of Non-Loan Parties incurred or issued pursuant to this paragraph then outstanding would exceed the greater of (x) $500,000,000 and (y) 2.5% of Total Assets at such time.
“Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt” means unsecured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Parent Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior unsecured notes or loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and (ii) meets the Permitted Other Debt Conditions.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any material “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), other than a Foreign Plan, sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Pledged Debt” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
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“Pledged Equity Interests” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.
“Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant” means, at any time, any financial maintenance covenant that is not included in the Credit Documents at such time.
“Principal Foreign Bank” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eligible Japanese Investor.”
“Pro Forma Basis” and “Pro Forma Effect” mean, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant or calculation of any ratio hereunder, the determination or calculation of such test, covenant or ratio (including in connection with Specified Transactions) in accordance with Section 1.08.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender at any time a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitments and, if applicable and without duplication, Term Loans of such Lender under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments under the applicable Facility or Facilities and, if applicable and without duplication, Term Loans under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time; provided that, in the case of a Revolving Credit Facility, if such Commitments have been terminated, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Proceeding” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05.
“Proceeds” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Projections” shall have the meaning specified in Section
6.01(c).
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Company Costs” shall mean costs relating to, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and other costs, fees and expenses (including legal, accounting and other professional fees) relating to compliance with provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable to companies with equity securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity securities, directors’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees in each case to the extent arising solely by virtue of the initial listing of IMS Health Holdings’ or Holdings’ equity securities on a national securities exchange.
“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Qualified Holding Company Debt” means unsecured Indebtedness of Holdings (A) that is not subject to any Guarantee by any Subsidiary of Holdings, (B) that at the time of incurrence does not have a maturity date earlier than the latest Maturity Date with respect to the Term B Loans then in effect, (C) that has no scheduled amortization or scheduled payments of principal and is not subject to mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment or sinking fund obligation (it being understood that such Indebtedness may have mandatory prepayment, repurchase or redemption provisions satisfying the requirements of clause (E) below), (D) that does not require any payments in cash of interest or other amounts in respect of the principal thereof prior to the earlier to occur of (1) the date that is four (4) years from the date of the issuance or incurrence thereof and (2) the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect on the date of such issuance or incurrence, and (E) that has mandatory prepayment, repurchase or redemption, covenant, default and remedy provisions customary for senior discount notes of an
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issuer that is the parent of a borrower under senior secured credit facilities, and in any event, with respect to covenant, default and remedy provisions, no more restrictive (taken as a whole) than those set forth in this Agreement (taken as a whole) (except in a manner customary for holding company debt securities, including senior discount notes); provided that the Parent Borrower shall have delivered a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Parent Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirements (and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirements unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Parent Borrower within such five (5) Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees)); provided, further, that any such Indebtedness shall constitute Qualified Holding Company Debt only if immediately after giving effect to the issuance or incurrence thereof and the use of proceeds thereof, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
“Qualified Securitization Financing” means any Securitization Financing of a Securitization Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (a) such Qualified Securitization Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Parent Borrower and the Securitization Subsidiary and (b) all sales and/or contributions of Securitization Assets and related assets to the Securitization Subsidiary are made at fair market value (it being understood that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Quintiles Receivables Facility is deemed to be a Qualified Securitization Financing). The grant of a security interest in any Securitization Assets of the Parent Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to secure Indebtedness under this Agreement prior to engaging in any Securitization Financing shall not be deemed a Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Qualifying IPO” means the issuance by Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings of its common Equity Interests in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering).
“Qualifying Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Quarterly Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Parent Borrower for the most recent fiscal quarters after the date of the Annual Financial Statements (other than the fourth fiscal quarter of the Parent Borrower’s fiscal year) and ended at least forty-five (45) days prior to the Effective Date.
“Quintiles Corp” shall mean Quintiles Transnational Corp., a North Carolina corporation.
“Quintiles Holdings” shall mean Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc., a North Carolina corporation.
“Quintiles Receivables Facility” means the receivables facility pursuant to (a) that certain Receivables Financing Agreement, dated December 5, 2014, among Quintiles Funding LLC, as borrower, Quintiles, Inc., as initial servicer, PNC Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, and the additional persons from time to time party thereto as lenders, as amended by that certain First Amendment to the Receivables Financing Agreement, dated on or around September 29, 2016, among Quintiles Funding LLC, as borrower, Quintiles Inc., as initial servicer and PNC Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, and (b) that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated December 5, 2014, as amended, among Quintiles, Inc., as originator and initial servicer, Quintiles Commercial US, Inc., as originator, and Quintiles Funding LLC, as buyer, in each case, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time so long as such amendments, modifications and supplements are either, taken as a whole, not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders as determined in good faith by the Parent Borrower or consented to by the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and any extension thereof to receivables of the Parent Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries.
“Quintiles Refinancing” has the meaning specified in the definition of “IMS-Quintiles Transactions.”
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“Quotation Day” means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined, two Business Days before the first day of that period.
“Refinanced Debt” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.”
“Refinanced Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
“Refinancing Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement executed by each of (a) the Parent Borrower, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) each Additional Refinancing Lender and (d) each Lender that agrees to provide any portion of Other Term Loans, Other Term Loan Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Commitments or Other Revolving Credit Loans incurred pursuant thereto, in accordance with Section 2.15.
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means (x) Indebtedness incurred by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (y) Disqualified Equity Interests issued by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (z) Preferred Stock issued by any Restricted Subsidiary, which, in each case, serves to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease any Indebtedness, Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock, so long as
(a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness, the amount of such new Preferred Stock or the liquidation preference of such new Disqualified Equity Interests does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Indebtedness, the amount of, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends on, the Preferred Stock, or the liquidation preference of, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends on, the Disqualified Equity Interests, being so extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased (such Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock, the “Applicable Refinanced Debt”), plus the amount of any tender premium or penalty or premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument or documents governing such Applicable Refinanced Debt and any defeasance costs and any fees, expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees or similar fees) and other costs incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Indebtedness, Preferred Stock or Disqualified Equity Interests or the extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance of such Applicable Refinanced Debt;
(b) such Refinancing Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased;
(c) such Refinancing Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Indebtedness, Preferred Stock or Disqualified Equity Interests being so extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased (or, if earlier, the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date);
(d) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness extends, replaces, refunds, refinances, renews or defeases (i) Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Indebtedness assumed or acquired in an acquisition and not created in contemplation thereof) such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased or (ii) Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock, respectively; and
(e) Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include:
(i) Indebtedness, Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is not a Guarantor or a Swiss Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests of the Parent Borrower;
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(ii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is not a Guarantor or a Swiss Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock of a Guarantor or a Swiss Guarantor; or
(iii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests of the Parent Borrower or Indebtedness, Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
and, provided, further, that clauses (b) and (c) of this definition will not apply to any extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance of any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness incurred under Section 7.03(b) or (s).
“Refinancing Series” means all Other Term Loans or Other Term Loan Commitments that are established pursuant to the same Refinancing Amendment (or any subsequent Refinancing Amendment to the extent such Refinancing Amendment expressly provides that the Other Term Loans or Other Term Loan Commitments provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Refinancing Series) and that provide for the same All-In Yield and amortization schedule.
“Refunding Capital Stock” has the meaning specified in Section 7.06(b)(ii).
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(c).
“Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in an offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act, substantially identical notes (having the same guarantees) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
“Rejection Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vi).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharge, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing or migration into the Environment.
“Replacement Term Loan Commitment” means, as to each Lender (including an Additional Refinancing Lender), its commitment to make Replacement Term Loans pursuant to Section 10.01.
“Replacement Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
“Reportable Event” means, with respect to any Pension Plan, any of the events specified in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.
“Repricing Transaction” shall mean (i) the prepayment, refinancing, substitution or replacement of all or a portion of
the Term B-23 Dollar Loans or Term B-2 Euro Loans with the incurrence by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary of any debt financing, the primary purpose of which
is to reduce the All-In Yield of such debt financing relative to the Term B-23 Dollar Loans or Term B-2 Euro Loans, as applicable, so repaid, refinanced, substituted or
replaced and (ii) any amendment to this Agreement the primary purpose of which is to reduce the All-In Yield applicable to the Term B-23 Dollar Loans or Term B-2 Euro Loans, as applicable.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
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“Required Facility Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to one or more Facilities, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of (a) the Total Outstandings under such Facility or Facilities (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, as applicable, under such Facility or Facilities being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) the aggregate unused Commitments under such Facility or Facilities; provided that (i) the unused Commitments of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings under such Facility or Facilities held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of the Required Facility Lenders, (ii) to the same extent specified in Section 10.07(i) with respect to determination of Required Lenders, the Loans of any Affiliated Lender shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Facility Lenders and (iii) with respect to amendments, waivers or modifications to Section 7.13 or the defined terms used solely for purposes of Section 7.13, including waivers of any Default resulting from a breach of Section 7.13, Required Facility Lenders shall include the Revolving Credit Lenders and Term A Lenders, if any, voting together as one Facility.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition), (b) aggregate unused Term Commitments and (c) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that any unused Term Commitment and unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders; provided, further, that, to the extent set forth in Section 10.07(i) and 10.07(k) with respect to determination of Required Lenders, the Loans of any Affiliated Lender or Debt Fund Affiliate, as applicable, shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders as set forth in Section 10.07(i) and 10.07(k).
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, chief administrative officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary or other similar officer or Person performing similar functions of a Loan Party or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Responsible Officer” shall refer to a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower.
“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Payments” has the meaning specified in Section 7.06(a).
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Revaluation Date” means (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following: (i) each date of a borrowing of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency, (ii) each date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency pursuant to Section 2.02, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably determine or the Required Lenders shall require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof (solely with respect to the increased amount), (iii) each date of any payment by an L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency, and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer shall reasonably determine or the Required Lenders shall require.
“Revolver Extension Requests” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(b).
“Revolver Extension Series” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(b).
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“Revolving Commitment Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a U.S. Revolving Credit Borrowing, Japanese Revolving Credit Borrowing, Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Borrowing, or any of them, as the context may require.
“Revolving Credit Commitments” means a U.S. Revolving Credit Commitment, Japanese Revolving Credit Commitment or Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment, or any of them, as the context may require. The aggregate Dollar Equivalent of the Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date is $1,500,000,000.
“Revolving Credit Facilities” means the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility, Japanese Revolving Credit Facility or Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility, or any of them, as the context may require.
“Revolving Credit Lenders” means each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender, Japanese Revolving Credit Lender or Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender, or any of them, as the context may require.
“Revolving Credit Loans” means the U.S. Revolving Credit Loans, Japanese Revolving Credit Loans or Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans, or any of them, as the context may require.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in a Foreign Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Foreign Currency.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified set forth in the preliminary statements hereto.
“Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit S (which agreement in such form or with immaterial changes thereto the Administrative Agent is authorized to enter into) together with any material changes thereto in light of prevailing market conditions, which material changes shall be posted to the Lenders not less than five (5) Business Days before execution thereof and, if the Required Lenders shall not have objected to such changes within five (5) Business Days after posting, then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have agreed that the Administrative Agent’s entry into such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) is reasonable and to have consented to such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) and to the Administrative Agent’s execution thereof.
“Second Restatement Transaction Costs” means all fees, expenses and other amounts incurred or paid by or on behalf of the Parent Borrower or any other Loan Parties in connection with the Second Restatement Transactions.
“Second Restatement Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the amendment and restatement of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, including the execution and delivery of such amendment and any Credit Documents contemplated thereby, and upon effectiveness thereof, borrowing of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i) of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, (b) the issuance of the New Senior Notes (as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement), (c) the Consent Solicitation and Exchange Offer (as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) and the exchange of all or a portion of the Senior Notes (as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) for the Senior Exchange Notes pursuant thereto, (d) the making of Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 6.4(l) of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement on or about the Second Restatement Effective Date (as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) and (e) all other transactions contemplated by such amendment or in connection with any of the foregoing.
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“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement for the provision of Cash Management Services that is entered into by and between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Cash Management Bank; and in the case of such agreements with any Non-Loan Party, designated in writing by the Cash Management Bank to the Administrative Agent as a “Secured Cash Management Agreement.”
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Contract permitted under Section 7.03(f) that is entered into by and between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank; and in the case of such agreements with any Non-Loan Party, designated in writing by the Hedge Bank to the Administrative Agent as a “Secured Hedge Agreement.”
“Secured Parties” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securitization Assets” means (a) the accounts receivable, royalty or other revenue streams and other rights to payment and other assets related thereto subject to a Qualified Securitization Financing and the proceeds thereof and (b) contract rights, lockbox accounts and records with respect to such accounts receivable and any other assets customarily transferred together with accounts receivable in a securitization financing.
“Securitization Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel) paid to a Person that is not a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Securitization Financing” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Securitization Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Securitization Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any Securitization Assets of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing such Securitization Assets, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such Securitization Assets, proceeds of such Securitization Assets and other assets that are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving Securitization Assets.
“Securitization Subsidiary” means a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Securitization Financing in which the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower makes an investment and to which the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower transfers Securitization Assets and related assets) that engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Securitization Assets of the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contingent and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the Board of Directors or such other Person (as provided below) as a Securitization Subsidiary and (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or Limited Originator Recourse), (ii) is recourse to or obligates Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or Limited Originator Recourse or (iii) subjects any property or asset of Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings and Limited Originator Recourse, (b) with which none of Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Parent Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to Holdings, the
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Parent Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Parent Borrower and (c) to which none of Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation by the Board of Directors or such other Person shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors or such other Person giving effect to such designation and a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
“Security Agreement” means, collectively, the Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement executed by the Parent Borrower and the Guarantors, substantially in the form of Exhibit G, together with each other Security Agreement Supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11.
“Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Senior Exchange Notes” means $999,570,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Parent Borrower’s 12.50% senior unsecured exchange notes due 2018 and any Registered Equivalent Notes having substantially identical terms and issued pursuant to the Senior Exchange Notes Indenture in exchange for the initial unregistered senior unsecured exchange notes.
“Senior Exchange Notes Indenture” means the indenture dated as of October 24, 2012, by and among the Parent Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee relating to the issuance of Senior Exchange Notes, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified.
“Senior Non-Exchanged Notes” means $430,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Parent Borrower’s 12.50% senior unsecured notes due 2018 and any Registered Equivalent Notes having substantially identical terms and issued pursuant to the Senior Non-Exchanged Notes Indenture in exchange for the initial unregistered senior unsecured notes.
“Senior Non-Exchanged Notes Indenture” means the indenture dated as of February 26, 2010, by and among the Parent Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee relating to the issuance of Senior Non-Exchanged Notes, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified.
“Senior Notes” means the Senior 5.0% Notes, the Senior 3.5% Notes, the Senior 4.125% Notes, the Senior 4.875% Notes, the Senior 6% Notes, the Senior Exchange Notes and the Senior Non-Exchanged Notes.
“Senior Notes Indentures” means the Senior 5.0% Notes/Senior 3.5% Notes Indenture, the Senior 4.125% Notes Indenture, the Senior 4.875% Senior Notes Indenture, the Senior 6% Notes Indenture, the Senior Exchange Notes Indenture and the Senior Non-Exchanged Notes Indenture.
“Senior 5.0% Notes means $1,050,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Parent Borrower’s senior unsecured notes due 2026 and any Registered Equivalent Notes having substantially identical terms and issued pursuant to the Senior 5.0% Notes/Senior 3.5% Notes Indenture in exchange for the initial unregistered senior unsecured notes.
“Senior 3.5% Notes” means €625,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Parent Borrower’s senior unsecured notes due 2024, and any Registered Equivalent Notes having substantially identical terms and issued pursuant to the Senior 5.0% Notes/Senior 3.5% Notes Indenture in exchange for the initial unregistered senior unsecured notes.
“Senior 4.125% Notes” means €275,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Parent Borrower’s senior unsecured notes due 2023 and any Registered Equivalent Notes having substantially identical terms and issued pursuant to the Senior 4.125% Notes Indenture in exchange for the initial unregistered senior unsecured notes.
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“Senior 4.875% Notes” means $800,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the senior unsecured notes due 2023 of the Parent Borrower (as successor by merger with Quintiles Corp) and any Registered Equivalent Notes having substantially identical terms and issued pursuant to the Senior 4.875% Notes Indenture in exchange for the initial unregistered senior unsecured notes.
“Senior 6% Notes” means $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Parent Borrower’s senior unsecured notes due 2020 and any Registered Equivalent Notes having substantially identical terms and issued pursuant to the Senior 6% Notes Indenture in exchange for the initial unregistered senior unsecured notes.
“Senior 5.0% Notes/Senior 3.5% Notes Indenture” means the indenture dated as of September 28, 2016, by and among the Parent Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee relating to the issuance of the Senior 5.0% Notes and the Senior 3.5% Notes, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified.
“Senior 4.125% Notes Indenture” means the indenture dated as of March 30, 2015, by and among the Parent Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Trustee Company Limited, as trustee, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as paying agent and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., as registrar and transfer agent relating to the issuance of the Senior 4.125% Notes, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified.
“Senior 4.875% Notes Indenture” means the indenture dated as of May 12, 2015, among the Parent Borrower (as successor by merger with Quintiles Corp), the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association as trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified.
“Senior 6% Notes Indenture” means the indenture dated as of October 24, 2012, by and among the Parent Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee relating to the issuance of the Senior 6% Notes, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified.
“Senior Representative” means, with respect to any series of Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt or Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under the indenture or agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or otherwise obtained, as the case may be, and each of their successors in such capacities.
“Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Net Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Parent Borrower for such Test Period.
“Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Net Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Parent Borrower for such Test Period.
“Solicited Discount Proration” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice” means a written notice of the Parent Borrower of Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(D) substantially in the form of Exhibit M.
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer” means the irrevocable written offer by each Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit P, submitted following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice.
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
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“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to the Parent Borrower on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the assets of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, exceeds their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability, on a consolidated basis, of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (c) the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such liabilities become absolute and matured and (d) the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are not engaged in, and are not about to engage in, business for which they have unreasonably small capital. The amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that would reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability.
“SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(g).
“Special Notice Currency” means at any time a Foreign Currency, other than the currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at such time located in North America or Europe.
“Specified Discount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1).
“Specified Discount Prepayment Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1).
“Specified Discount Prepayment Notice” means a written notice of the Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(B) substantially in the form of Exhibit O.
“Specified Discount Prepayment Response” means the irrevocable written response by each Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit Q, to a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice.
“Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1).
“Specified Discount Proration” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(3).
“Specified Legal Expenses” means, to the extent not constituting an extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual loss, charge or expense, all attorneys’ and experts’ fees and expenses and all other costs, liabilities (including all damages, penalties, fines and indemnification and settlement payments) and expenses paid or payable in connection with any threatened, pending, completed or future claim, demand, action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation (whether civil, criminal, administrative, governmental or investigative) either (i) arising from, or related to, facts and circumstances existing on or prior to the Effective Date or (ii) arising out of or related to antitrust, Federal Trade Commission or Department of Justice proceedings or securities law.
“Specified Representations” shall mean those representations and warranties made by the Parent Borrower in Sections 5.01(a) (with respect to organizational existence only of the Loan Parties), 5.01(b)(ii), 5.02(a), 5.02(b)(i), 5.02(b)(iii), 5.04, 5.13, 5.16, 5.18(a) and 5.19.
“Specified Transaction” means (a) solely for the purposes of determining the applicable cash balance, any contribution of capital, including as a result of an Equity Offering, to the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) any designation of operations or assets of the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary as discontinued operations (as defined under GAAP) (excluding held for sale discontinued operations until actually disposed of), (c) any Investment that results in a Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (d) any designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (e) any Permitted Acquisition, (f) any Disposition that results in a Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower or any Disposition of a business unit, line of business or division or product line of the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case whether by merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise, (g) or any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility or line of credit in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes), issuance of Preferred Stock or Restricted Payment that by the terms of this Agreement requires such test to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis or after giving Pro Forma Effect.
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“Sponsors” means each of (a) TPG Group, (b) CPP, (c) LGP, (d) Xxxx Capital Investors LLC, (e) 3i Corporation and (f) Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and his Immediate Family Members, the Xxxxxxxx Family Limited Partnership, the GFEF Limited Partnership, GF Management Company, LLC and the Xxxxxxxx Family Foundation and their respective Affiliates and funds or partnerships managed or advised by any of them or any of their respective Affiliates, including for the avoidance of doubt, any co-investment vehicle controlled by any of the foregoing, but not including, however, any portfolio company of any of the foregoing.
“Sponsor Management Agreement” means the management agreement, dated as of the Original Closing Date, among one or more of the Sponsors or their advisors, if applicable, and Holdings, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, but only to the extent that any such amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification does not, directly or indirectly, increase the obligations of Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to make any payments thereunder.
“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided further that such L/C Issuer may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency.
“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that are customary in a Securitization Financing.
“Sterling” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Submitted Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Submitted Discount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Subordinated Financing Documentation” means any documentation governing any Subordinated Indebtedness.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Obligations,
(a) | any Indebtedness of the Borrowers which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, and |
(b) | any Indebtedness of any Guarantor or Swiss Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the U.S. Guaranty or Swiss Guaranty, as applicable, of such entity of the Obligations. |
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person: (a) any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50.0% of the total voting power of shares of Equity Interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, members of management or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; and (b) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which: (i) more than 50.0% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or
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limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and (ii) such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Guarantor other than Holdings.
“Successor Borrower” has the meaning specified in Section 7.04(d).
“Successor Parent Borrower” has the meaning specified in Section 7.04(d).
“Successor Subsidiary Borrower” has the meaning specified in Section 7.04(d).
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Swing Line Facility” means the swing line facility made available by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B, or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower.
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“Swing Line Note” means a promissory note of the Parent Borrower payable to the Swing Line Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-5, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower to the Swing Line Lender resulting from the Swing Line Loans.
“Swing Line Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding.
“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $75,000,000 and (b) the U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Swiss Federal Tax Administration” means the Swiss federal tax authorities referred to in Article 34 of the Swiss Withholding Tax Act.
“Swiss Franc” means the lawful money of the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein.
“Swiss Guarantor” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.”
“Swiss Guaranty” means the Guaranty Agreement to be executed by each Swiss Guarantor substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2.
“Swiss Intercompany Note” means a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit I-3.
“Swiss Loan Party” means the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower and each Swiss Guarantor.
“Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period, made by each of the Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(c)(iii).
“Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund any Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loan and “Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A or in the applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement, as applicable, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate Dollar Equivalent of the Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date is $600,000,000.
“Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender” means each Lender with a Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment.
“Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(c)(iii).
“Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit C-4 (with such modifications thereto as may be necessary to reflect different Classes of Revolving Credit Loans), as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Swiss Obligations” means all Obligations of the Swiss Loan Parties.
“Swiss Reaffirmation” means the reaffirmation made by the Swiss Guarantors dated as of the Fourth Restatement Effective Date.
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“Swiss Secured Parties” means the Administrative Agent and each Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender.
“Swiss Subsidiary Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Swiss Tax Deduction” means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Swiss Withholding Tax from a payment under this Agreement.
“Swiss Withholding Tax” means the Taxes levied pursuant to the Swiss Withholding Tax Act.
“Swiss Withholding Tax Act” means the Swiss federal act on withholding tax, of October 13, 1965.
“Swiss Withholding Tax Rules” means, together, the Ten Non-Bank Rule and/or the Twenty Non-Bank Rule.
“TARGET Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euros.
“Taxes” means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee, deduction or withholding of any nature and whatever called, by any Governmental Authority, on whomsoever and wherever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed (and any interest and penalties related thereto).
“Ten Non-Bank Rule” means the rule according to which the aggregate number of Lenders participants and/or sub-participants (except in the case of a Non-Harmful Subparticipation) under this Agreement (respectively under any Facility if the Swiss Federal Tax Administration has confirmed that each applicable Facility can be considered as a separate financing for Swiss Withholding Tax purposes) which are not Eligible Swiss Banks must not at any time exceed ten (10), in each case in accordance with the meaning of the Guidelines.
“Term A Commitment” means the Term A Dollar Commitments and the Term A Euro Commitments, or either of them, as the context may require.
“Term A Dollar Commitment” means, as to each Term A Dollar Lender, its obligation to make a Term A Dollar Loan to the Parent Borrower hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Term A Dollar Loan to be made by such Term A Dollar Lender under this Agreement, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to (i) assignments by or to such Term A Dollar Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, (ii) an Incremental Amendment, (iii) a Refinancing Amendment or (iv) an Extension. The initial amount of each Term A Dollar Lender’s Term A Dollar Commitment as of the Fourth Restatement Effective Date is the sum of the amounts specified on Schedule I to the Lender Addendum under the caption “Incremental Term A-3 Dollar Commitment” and “Extended Maturity Term A Dollar Commitment” or, otherwise, in the Assignment and Assumption, Incremental Amendment, Refinancing Amendment or Extension Amendment pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term A Dollar Commitment, as the case may be. The aggregate amount of the Term A Dollar Commitments as of the Fourth Restatement Effective Date is $900,000,000.10.
“Term A Dollar Lender” means any Lender that has a Term A Dollar Commitment or a Term A Dollar Loan at such time.
“Term A Dollar Loans” means the Loans made by the Term A Dollar Lenders pursuant to their respective Term A Dollar Commitments.
“Term A Euro Commitment” means, as to each Term A Euro Lender, its obligation to make a Term A Euro Loan to the Parent Borrower hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Term A Euro Loan to be made by such Term A Euro Lender under this Agreement, as such commitment may
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be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to (i) assignments by or to such Term A Euro Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, (ii) an Incremental Amendment, (iii) a Refinancing Amendment or (iv) an Extension. The initial amount of each Term A Euro Lender’s Term A Euro Commitment as of the Fourth Restatement Effective Date is the sum of the amounts specified on Schedule I to the Lender Addendum under the caption “Incremental Term A-3 Euro Commitment” and “Extended Maturity Term A Euro Commitment” or, otherwise, in the Assignment and Assumption, Incremental Amendment, Refinancing Amendment or Extension Amendment pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term A Euro Commitment, as the case may be. The aggregate amount of the Term A Euro Commitments as of the Fourth Restatement Effective Date is €403,298,082.08.
“Term A Euro Lender” means any Lender that has a Term A Euro Commitment or a Term A Euro Loan at such time.
“Term A Euro Loans” means the Loans made by the Term A Euro Lenders pursuant to their respective Term A Euro Commitments.
“Term A Facility” means any Facility consisting of Term A Dollar Loans, Term A Euro Loans, Term A Dollar Commitments, Term A Euro Commitments, or any of them, as the context may require.
“Term A Loan” means the Term A Dollar Loans and the Term A Euro Loans.
“Term A Loan Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Term B Dollar Loan” means a Loan that was made pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(i), as in effect on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
“Term B Euro Loan” means a Loan that was made pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(ii) or (iv), each as in effect on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
“Term B-1 Dollar Commitment” means each Exchange Term B-1 Dollar Commitment, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to (i) assignments by or to such Term B-1 Dollar Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, (ii) an Incremental Amendment, (iii) a Refinancing Amendment or (iv) an Extension. The initial amount of each Term B-1 Dollar Lender’s Term B-1 Dollar Commitment as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date is specified on the signature page to such Term B-1 Dollar Lender’s Consent or, otherwise, in the Assignment and Assumption, Incremental Amendment, Refinancing Amendment or Extension Amendment pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term B-1 Dollar Commitment, as the case may be. The aggregate amount of the Term B-1 Dollar Commitments as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, after giving effect to the prepayment of Term B-1 Dollar Loans pursuant to Section 2(e) of Amendment No. 1, was $1,200,000,000.
“Term B-1 Dollar Lender” means any Lender that has a Term B-1 Dollar Commitment or a Term B-1 Dollar Loan at such time.
“Term B-1 Dollar Loans” means the Loans made by the Term B-1 Dollar Lenders pursuant to their respective Term B-1 Dollar Commitments.
“Term B-1 Euro Commitment” means each Incremental Term B-1 Euro Commitment and Exchange Term B-1 Euro Commitment, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to (i) assignments by or to such Term B-1 Euro Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, (ii) an Incremental Amendment, (iii) a Refinancing Amendment or (iv) an Extension. The initial amount of each Term B-1 Euro Lender’s Term B-1 Euro Commitment as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date is specified on the signature page to such Term B-1 Euro Lender’s Consent or, otherwise, in the Assignment and Assumption, Incremental Amendment, Refinancing Amendment or Extension Amendment pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term B-1 Euro Commitment, as the case may be. The aggregate amount of the Term B-1 Euro Commitments as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date was €1,200,000,000.
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“Term B-1 Euro Lender” means any Lender that has a Term B-1 Euro Commitment or a Term B-1 Euro Loan at such time.
“Term B-1 Euro Loans” means the Loans made by the Term B-1 Euro Lenders pursuant to their respective Term B-1 Euro Commitments.
“Term B-2 Dollar Commitment” means each Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Commitment, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to (i) assignments by or to such Term B-2 Dollar Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, (ii) an Incremental Amendment, (iii) a Refinancing Amendment or (iv) an Extension. The initial amount of each Term B-2 Dollar Lender’s Term B-2 Dollar Commitment as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date is specified on the signature page to such Term B-2 Dollar Lender’s Lender Addendum (as defined in Amendment No. 2) or, otherwise, in the Assignment and Assumption, Incremental Amendment, Refinancing Amendment or Extension Amendment pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term B-2 Dollar Commitment, as the case may be. The aggregate amount of the Term B-2 Dollar Commitments as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date was $750,000,000.
“Term B-2 Dollar Lender” means any Lender that has a Term B-2 Dollar Commitment or a Term B-2 Dollar Loan at such time.
“Term B-2 Dollar Loans” means the Loans made by the Term B-2 Dollar Lenders pursuant to their respective Term B-2 Dollar Commitments.
“Term B-2 Euro Commitment” means each Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitment, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to (i) assignments by or to such Term B-2 Euro Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, (ii) an Incremental Amendment, (iii) a Refinancing Amendment or (iv) an Extension. The initial amount of each Term B-2 Euro Lender’s Term B-2 Euro Commitment as of the Incremental Effective Date is specified on Schedule I to Amendment No. 4 or, otherwise, in the Assignment and Assumption, Incremental Amendment, Refinancing Amendment or Extension Amendment pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term B-2 Euro Commitment, as the case may be. The aggregate amount of the Term B-2 Euro Commitments as of the Incremental Effective Date was €583,000,000.
“Term B-2 Euro Lender” means any Lender that has a Term B-2 Euro Commitment or a Term B-2 Euro Loan at such time.
“Term B-2 Euro Loans” means the Loans made by the Term B-2 Euro Lenders pursuant to their respective Term B-2 Euro Commitments.
“Term B-3 Dollar Commitment” means each Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Commitment, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to (i) assignments by or to such Term B-3 Dollar Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, (ii) an Incremental Amendment, (iii) a Refinancing Amendment or (iv) an Extension. The initial amount of each Term B-3 Dollar Lender’s Term B-3 Dollar Commitment as of the Incremental Effective Date is specified on Schedule I to Amendment No. 4 or, otherwise, in the Assignment and Assumption, Incremental Amendment, Refinancing Amendment or Extension Amendment pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term B-3 Dollar Commitment, as the case may be. The aggregate amount of the Term B-3 Dollar Commitments as of the Incremental Effective Date was $950,000,000.
“Term B-3 Dollar Lender” means any Lender that has a Term B-3 Dollar Commitment or a Term B-3 Dollar Loan at such time.
“Term B-3 Dollar Loans” means the Loans made by the Term B-3 Dollar Lenders pursuant to their respective Term B-3 Dollar Commitments.
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“Term B Facility” means any Facility consisting of Term B-1 Dollar Loans, Term B-2 Dollar Loans, Term B-3 Dollar Loans, Term B-1 Euro Loans, Term B-2 Euro Loans, Term X-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx X-0 Dollar Commitments, Incremental Term X-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx X-0 Dollar Commitments, Incremental Term X-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx X-0 Euro Commitments, Incremental Term X-0 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx X-0 Euro Commitments, Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitments or any of them, as the context may require.
“Term B Loan” means the Term B-1 Dollar Loans, the Term B-2 Dollar Loans and, the Term B-3 Dollar Loans, the Term B-1 Euro
Loans and the Term B-2 Euro Loans.
“Term B Loan Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Term Borrowing” means a Borrowing of any Term Loans.
“Term Commitment” means the Term A Dollar Commitments, the Term A Euro Commitments, the Term B-1 Dollar Commitments, the Term B-2 Dollar Commitments, the Term B-3 Dollar Commitments, the Term B-1 Euro Commitments, the Term B-2 Euro Commitments, Incremental Term Commitments, Other Term Loan Commitments, Replacement Term Loan Commitments or Extended Term Loan Commitments of a given Extension Series, or any of them, as the context may require.
“Term Facility” means any Facility consisting of Term Loans and/or Term Commitments.
“Term Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Term Commitment or a Term Loan at such time.
“Term Loan” means any Term A Loan, Term B Loan, Incremental Term Loan, Other Term Loan, Extended Term Loan or Replacement Term Loan, as the context may require.
“Term Loan Extension Request” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(a).
“Term Loan Extension Series” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(a).
“Term Loan Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Term Loan Refinancing Debt” means (a) Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt, (b) Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt and (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt and, in each case, any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof.
“Term Note” means a promissory note of one or more of the Borrowers payable to any Term Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of such Borrowers to such Term Lender resulting from the Term Loans made by such Term Lender.
“Test Period” in effect at any time means the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Parent Borrower ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), as applicable; provided that, prior to the first date that financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) after the Fourth Restatement Effective Date, the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Parent Borrower ended September 30, 2016. A Test Period may be designated by reference to the last day thereof (i.e., the “September 30, 2016 Test Period” refers to the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Parent Borrower ended September 30, 2016), and a Test Period shall be deemed to end on the last day thereof.
“Third Restatement Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the amendment and restatement of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, including the execution and delivery of the Amendment and any Credit Documents contemplated hereby and, upon the effectiveness thereof, the borrowing of the Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.02 and (b) all other transactions contemplated by the Amendment or in connection with any of the foregoing.
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“Third Restatement Transaction Costs” means all fees, expenses and other amounts incurred or paid by or on behalf of the Parent Borrower or any other Loan Parties in connection with the Third Restatement Transactions.
“Threshold Amount” means $100,000,000.
“Total Assets” means the total assets of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Parent Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) (and, in the case of any determination relating to any incurrence of Indebtedness or any Investment or other acquisition, on a Pro Forma Basis including any property or assets being acquired in connection therewith) or, prior to the time any such statements are so delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), initially, $21,546,000,000 (which such amount reflects the pro forma Total Assets as shown on the balance sheet of the pro forma surviving corporation as of June 30, 2016 pursuant to Amendment No. 3 to Form S-4 Registration Statement of Quintiles Holdings) and, after filing of Holdings’ Form 10-Q with the SEC with respect to the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2016 until the delivery of any such statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), the total assets of Holdings on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2016 after giving effect to the IMS-Quintiles Transactions as specified in such Form 10-Q.
“Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Net Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Parent Borrower for such Test Period.
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“TPG” means TPG Capital, L.P.
“TPG Group” means TPG and its Affiliates and all investment funds advised by any of the foregoing (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt their portfolio companies or other operating companies affiliated with TPG).
“Transaction Expenses” means the Original Transaction Costs, the First Restatement Transaction Costs, the Second Restatement Transaction Costs, the Third Restatement Transaction Costs and the Fourth Restatement Transaction Costs.
“Transactions” means, collectively, the Original Transactions, First Restatement Transactions, the Second Restatement Transactions, the Third Restatement Transactions and the Fourth Restatement Transactions.
“Treasury Capital Stock” has the meaning specified in Section 7.06(b)(ii).
“Twenty Non-Bank Rule” means the rule according to which the aggregate number of creditors (including the Lenders), other than Eligible Swiss Banks, of the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower under all its outstanding debt instruments relevant for classification as debenture must not at any time exceed twenty (20), all in accordance with the meaning of the Guidelines.
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
“U.S. Guaranty” means (a) the guaranty made by the Parent Borrower, Holdings and the other Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties pursuant to clause (b)(i) and (iii) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement,” substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1 and (b) each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.11(a)(i).
“U.S. Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(f).
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“U.S. Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous U.S. Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period, made by each of the U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(c)(i).
“U.S. Revolving Credit Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund any U.S. Revolving Credit Loan and “U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s U.S. Revolving Credit Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A or in the applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement, as applicable, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date is $675,000,000.
“U.S. Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender, the sum of the amount of the Outstanding Amount of such U.S. Revolving Credit Lender’s U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the amount of the L/C Obligations and the Swing Line Obligations at such time.
“U.S. Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders” means, at any time, any Lender that has a U.S. Revolving Credit Commitment at such time or, if the U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated, the U.S. Revolving Credit Exposure.
“U.S. Revolving Credit Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c)(i).
“U.S. Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit C-2 (with such modifications thereto as may be necessary to reflect different Classes of Revolving Credit Loans), as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code or any successor provision thereof as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code or any successor provision thereof (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) each Securitization Subsidiary, (ii) any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14 subsequent to the Effective Date, in each case, until such Person ceases to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower in accordance with Section 6.14 or ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower and (iii) any existing Subsidiary set forth on Schedule 6.14. No Subsidiary shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it owns Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Parent Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary.
“USA PATRIOT Act” means The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment; by (b) the sum of all such payments; provided that for
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purposes of determining the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Indebtedness that is being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased (the “Applicable Indebtedness”), the effects of any amortization or prepayments made on such Applicable Indebtedness prior to the date of the applicable extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance shall be disregarded.
“wholly owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than (x) director’s qualifying shares and (y) nominal shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Withdrawal Liability” means the liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Withholding Exemption Document” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(h).
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, 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.
“Yen” means the lawful currency of Japan.
SECTION
1.02.SECTION 1.02. Other 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) References in this Agreement to an Exhibit, Schedule, Article, Section, clause or subclause refer (A) to the appropriate Exhibit or Schedule to, or Article, Section, clause or subclause in this Agreement or (B) to the extent such references are not present in this Agreement, to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.
(d) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(e) The word “or” is not exclusive.
(f) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(g) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(h) Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
(i) For purposes of determining compliance with any Section of Article VII, in the event that any Lien, Investment, Indebtedness, Disposition, Restricted Payment, Affiliate transaction, Contractual Obligation, or prepayment of Indebtedness meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of transactions permitted pursuant to any clause of such Sections, such transaction (or portion thereof) at any time, shall be permitted under one or more of such clauses as determined by the Parent Borrower in its sole discretion at such time.
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SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined
herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, except as otherwise
specifically prescribed herein. SECTION 1.03.
SECTION 1.04. Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Parent Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than
the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number). SECTION 1.04.
SECTION
1.05. References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly
provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other
modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Credit Document; (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory
provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law and (c) references to any Person shall include the successors and permitted assigns of such Person. SECTION 1.05.
SECTION
1.06. Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein
to times of day shall be references to New York, New York time. SECTION 1.06.
SECTION
1.07. Timing of Payment of Performance. When the payment of any
obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of “Interest Period”)
or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day. SECTION 1.07.
SECTION
1.08. Pro Forma and Other Calculations. SECTION 1.08.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, financial ratios and tests, including the Interest Coverage Ratio, the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the determination of any basket or covenant based on Total Assets shall be calculated in the manner prescribed by this Section 1.08; provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clauses (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this Section 1.08, when calculating the Interest Coverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio and the Total Net Leverage Ratio, each as applicable, for purposes of (i) the definition of “Applicable Rate”, (ii) the definition of “Applicable ECF Percentage” and (iii) Section 7.13 (other than for the purpose of determining pro forma compliance with Section 7.13), the events described in this Section 1.08 that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period shall not be given pro forma effect. In addition, whenever a financial ratio or test or determination of Total Assets is to be calculated on a pro forma basis, the reference to “Test Period” for purposes of calculating such financial ratio or test or determination of Total Assets shall be deemed to be a reference to, and shall be based on, the most recently ended Test Period for which internal financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available (as determined in good faith by the Parent Borrower) (it being understood that for purposes of determining pro forma compliance with Section 7.13, if no Test Period with an applicable level cited in Section 7.13 has passed, the applicable level shall be the level for the first Test Period cited in Section 7.13 with an indicated level). For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the foregoing sentence shall not apply for purposes of calculating the Interest Coverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio or the Total Net Leverage Ratio, each as applicable, for purposes of (i) the definition of “Applicable Rate”, (ii) the definition of “Applicable ECF Percentage” and (iii) Section 7.13 (other than for the purpose of determining pro forma compliance with Section 7.13), each of which shall be based on the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), as applicable, for the relevant Test Period.
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(b) For purposes of calculating any financial ratio or test (or Total Assets), Specified Transactions (with any incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness in connection therewith to be subject to clause (d) of this Section 1.08) that have been made (i) during the applicable Test Period or (ii) if applicable as described in clause (a) above, subsequent to such Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio or test (or Total Assets) is made shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Specified Transactions (and any increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA and the component financial definitions used therein attributable to any Specified Transaction) had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period (or, in the case of Total Assets, on the last day of the applicable Test Period). If since the beginning of any applicable Test Period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such Test Period shall have made any Specified Transaction that would have required adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.08, then such financial ratio or test (or Total Assets) shall be calculated to give pro forma effect thereto in accordance with this Section 1.08.
(c) Whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a Specified Transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Parent Borrower and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies resulting from or relating to any Specified Transaction (including the Transactions) which is being given pro forma effect that have been realized or are expected to be realized and for which the actions necessary to realize such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies are taken, committed to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Parent Borrower) (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period and as if such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies were realized during the entirety of such period and “run-rate” means the full recurring benefit for a period that is associated with any action taken, committed to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Parent Borrower) (including any savings expected to result from the elimination of a public target’s compliance costs with public company requirements) net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions, and any such adjustments shall be included in the initial pro forma calculations of such financial ratios or tests and during any subsequent Test Period in which the effects thereof are expected to be realized) relating to such Specified Transaction; provided that (A) such amounts are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable in the good faith judgment of the Parent Borrower, (B) such actions are taken, committed to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken no later than twenty-four (24) months after the date of such Specified Transaction, (C) no amounts shall be added to the extent duplicative of any amounts that are otherwise added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA (or any other components thereof), whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, with respect to such period and (D) the aggregate amount of cost savings, synergies and operating expense reductions added pursuant to this clause (c) and clause (a)(vii) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” in any Test Period shall not exceed an amount equal to 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (calculated prior to giving effect to any adjustments pursuant to this Section 1.08(c) and clause (a)(vii) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”); provided that such 20% cap shall not apply to, and shall be determined after giving effect to, any such adjustments resulting from actions taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or were committed to be taken prior to the Fourth Restatement Effective Date (notwithstanding that such actions may actually be taken after the Fourth Restatement Effective Date) to the extent relating to items identified to the Lead Arrangers prior to the Fourth Restatement Effective Date or cost savings assumed in any forecasts, projections or model delivered to the Lead Arrangers prior to the Fourth Restatement Effective Date.
(d) In the event that (w) the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs (including by assumption or guarantees) or repays (including by redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment) any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes), (x) the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary issues, repurchases or redeems Disqualified Equity Interests, (y) any Restricted Subsidiary issues, repurchases or redeems Preferred Stock or (z) the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary establishes (or designates) any Designated Commitments, (i) during the applicable Test Period or (ii) subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made, then such financial ratio or test shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock or such establishment of Designated Commitments, in each case to the extent required, as if the same had occurred on the last day of the applicable Test Period (except in the case of the Interest Coverage Ratio or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (or similar ratio), in which case such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness or such issuance,
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repurchase or redemption of Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock will be given effect, as if the same had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period) and, with respect to the calculation of compliance with any covenant determined by reference to a financial ratio or test on the date of determination (other than compliance with Section 7.13) in connection with the incurrence of any Designated Commitments, such covenant shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to the full amount of such Designated Commitments as if such full amount of Indebtedness thereunder had been incurred thereunder throughout such period.
(e) 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 the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any interest hedging arrangements applicable to such Indebtedness). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of the computation above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed on the average daily balances of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a Eurocurrency Rate interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be determined to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Parent Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary may designate.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Loan Document to the contrary, when (a) calculating any applicable ratio, Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated EBITDA in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness, the issuance of Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock, the creation of Liens, the making of any Disposition, the making of an Investment, the making of a Restricted Payment, the designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary or the repayment of Indebtedness, Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock, (b) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires that no Default or Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would result therefrom, (c) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires compliance with any representations and warranties set forth herein or (d) determining the satisfaction of all other conditions precedent to the incurrence of Indebtedness, the issuance of Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock, the creation of Liens, the making of any Disposition, the making of an Investment, the making of a Restricted Payment, the designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary or the repayment of Indebtedness, Disqualified Equity Interests or Preferred Stock, in each case in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, the date of determination of such ratio or other provisions, determination of whether any Default or Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would result therefrom, determination of compliance with any representations or warranties or the satisfaction of any other conditions shall, at the option of the Parent Borrower (the Parent Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”), be 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 as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Test Period ending prior to the LCT Test Date (or, in the case of any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (except in the case of the Interest Coverage Ratio (or similar ratio)), as if incurred (or repaid, as applicable) on the last day of the applicable Test Period), the Parent Borrower could have consummated such Limited Condition Transaction on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio or other provision, such ratio or other provision shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if, following the LCT Test Date, any of such ratios or other provisions are exceeded or breached as a result of fluctuations in such ratio (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA or other components of such ratio) or other provision at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Transaction, such ratios and other provisions will not be deemed to have been failed to have been satisfied or exceeded, respectively, as a result of such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether the Limited Condition Transaction and related transactions are permitted hereunder and (ii) such ratios and other provisions shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, unless (x) on such date an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or, solely with respect to the Borrowers, Section 8.01(f) shall be continuing or (y) the Parent Borrower subsequently elects, in its sole discretion, to test such ratios and baskets on the date such Limited Condition Transaction and related transactions are consummated. If the Parent Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or other provision (other than testing actual compliance with the Financial Covenants) 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
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consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio or other provision 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 applicable Limited Condition Transaction has actually closed or the definitive agreement with respect thereto has been terminated or expired.
SECTION 1.09. Currency Generally. SECTION 1.09.
(a) Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.
(i) The Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions and amounts outstanding hereunder denominated in Foreign Currencies. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by the Loan Parties hereunder or calculating any incurrence or financial covenant hereunder (including baskets related thereto) or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Credit Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent as so determined by the Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer, as applicable.
(ii) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such borrowing, Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in a Foreign Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Foreign Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Foreign Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the relevant L/C Issuer, as the case may be.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.05 and 7.06 and the definition of “Permitted Investments” with respect to any amount of Indebtedness, Investment, Restricted Payment, Lien or Disposition in a currency other than Dollars, no Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of currency exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness, Investment, Restricted Payment, Lien or Disposition is incurred or made; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.09(a) shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness, Investment, Restricted Payment, Lien or Disposition may be incurred or made at any time under such Sections.
(iv) For purposes of calculating the Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Dollar equivalent of any Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars will be converted into Dollars based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred (after giving effect to the currency translation effects, determined in accordance with GAAP, of Hedging Agreements permitted hereunder for currency exchange risks with respect to the applicable currency in effect on the date of determination of the applicable amount of such Indebtedness); provided, however, that the Dollar-equivalent principal amount of all Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency, including for the avoidance of doubt, any such Term Loans incurred prior to the Fourth Restatement Effective Date and any Revolving Credit Loans incurred under Revolving Credit Commitments provided prior to the Fourth Restatement Effective Date, shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date.
(v) For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of a Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency, all interest shall accrue and be payable thereon based on the actual amount outstanding in such Foreign Currency (without any translation into the Dollar Equivalent thereof).
(b) Redenomination of Certain Foreign Currencies and Computation of Dollar Equivalents.
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(i) Each obligation of a Borrower to make a payment denominated in the National Currency Unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the Original Closing Date shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation). If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any Credit Extension in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Credit Extension, at the end of the then current Interest Period.
(ii) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify in consultation with the Parent Borrower to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.
(iii) Each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify in consultation with the Parent Borrower to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in currency.
(c) Additional Foreign Currencies.
(i) The Parent Borrower may from time to time request that Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans that are Eurocurrency Rate Loans be made and/or Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Foreign Currency”; provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. In the case of any such request with respect to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender; and in the case of any such request with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer.
(ii) Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), twenty Business Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer, in its or their sole discretion). In the case of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender thereof; and in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable L/C Issuer thereof. Each Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Loans) or L/C Issuer (in the case of a request pertaining to Letters of Credit) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), ten Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.
(iii) Any failure by a Lender or a L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to permit Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all the Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lenders consent to making Eurocurrency Rate Loans in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Parent Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be a Foreign Currency hereunder for purposes of any borrowings of Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans; and if the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Parent Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be a Foreign Currency hereunder for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.09(c), the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Parent Borrower.
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SECTION 1.10. Letters of Credit. SECTION 1.10.
Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent amount of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent amount of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
SECTION 1.11. Effect of Fourth Restatement. SECTION 1.11.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement set forth in Section 5 of the Amendment, this Agreement shall be binding on the Borrowers, the Agents, the Lenders and the other parties hereto, and the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the provisions thereof shall be replaced in their entirety by this Agreement and the provisions hereof; provided that (a) the Obligations (as defined in the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) of the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents (in each case, as further amended from time to time) that remain unpaid and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement shall continue to exist under and be evidenced by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (b) all Letters of Credit existing immediately prior to the Fourth Restatement Effective Date shall continue as Letters of Credit under this Agreement, (c) the Collateral and the Credit Documents shall continue to secure, guarantee, support and otherwise benefit the Obligations (as defined in the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) and the Obligations of the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, in each case, as amended hereby, (d) all Swap Contracts entered into prior to the Fourth Restatement Effective Date that constitute Obligations (as defined in the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) and remain outstanding as of the date of this Agreement shall continue to constitute Obligations hereunder, and (e) any Person entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 of the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of the corresponding provisions of this Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, each Credit Document that was in effect immediately prior to the date of this Agreement shall continue to be effective and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to the Original Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement or the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contained therein shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement.
ARTICLE II.
The Commitments and Borrowings
SECTION
2.01. The Loans. SECTION 2.01.
(a) Term A Borrowings.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date, each Term A Dollar Lender severally agrees to make to the Parent Borrower a Term A Dollar Loan in an aggregate amount equal to such Term Lender’s Term A Dollar Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a)(i) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term A Dollar Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(ii) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date, each Term A Euro Lender severally agrees to make to the Parent Borrower a Term A Euro Loan in an aggregate amount equal to such Term Lender’s Term A Euro Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a)(ii) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term A Euro Loans shall be Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
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(b) Term B Borrowings.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement and set forth in Amendment Xx. 0, xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx X-0 Dollar Lender having an Exchange Term B-1 Dollar Commitment on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date exchanged its Term B Dollar Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date for a principal amount of Term B-1 Dollar Loans equal to the amount of such Term Lender’s Exchange Term B-1 Dollar Commitment on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. Amounts borrowed as described in this Section 2.01(b)(i) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term B-1 Dollar Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(ii) Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement and set forth in Amendment Xx. 0, xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx X-0 Euro Lender having an Exchange Term B-1 Euro Commitment on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date exchanged its Term B Euro Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date for a principal amount of Term B-1 Euro Loans equal to the amount of such Term Lender’s Exchange Term B-1 Euro Commitment on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. Amounts borrowed as described in this Section 2.01(b)(ii) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term B-1 Euro Loans shall be Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
(iii) [Reserved].
(iv) Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement and set forth in Amendment Xx. 0, xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx X-0 Euro Lender made to the Parent Borrower a Term B-1 Euro Loan on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such Term Lender’s Incremental Term B-1 Euro Commitment on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. Amounts borrowed as described in this Section 2.01(b)(iv) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term B-1 Euro Loans made as described in this Section 2.01(b)(iv) shall be Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(v) All Term B-1 Dollar Loans and Term B-1 Euro Loans made on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date had the Interest Periods specified in the Request for Credit Extension delivered in connection therewith (notwithstanding the required periods set forth in the definition of “Interest Period”). All accrued and unpaid interest on the Term B Dollar Loans and the Term B Euro Loans to, but not including the Effective Date, was payable on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, but no amounts were payable on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date under Section 3.05.
(vi) Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement and set forth in Amendment Xx. 0, xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx X-0
Dollar Lender severally agrees to makemade to the
Parent Borrower an Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Loan on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in an aggregate amount notequal to exceed the amount of such Term Lender’s Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Commitment on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date. Amounts borrowed as described in this Section 2.01(b)(vi) and repaid or prepaid may not
be reborrowed. Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Loans made as described in this Section 2.01(b)(vi) shall be Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(vii) Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement and set forth in Amendment Xx. 0, xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx X-0 Dollar Lender severally agrees to make to the Parent Borrower an Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loan on the Incremental Effective Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Term Lender’s Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Commitment on the Incremental Effective Date. Amounts borrowed as described in this Section 2.01(b)(vii) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loans made as described in this Section 2.01(b)(vii) may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
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(viii) Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement and set forth in Amendment Xx. 0, xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx X-0 Euro Lender severally agrees to make to the Parent Borrower an Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loan on the Incremental Effective Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Term Lender’s Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitment on the Incremental Effective Date. Amounts borrowed as described in this Section 2.01(b)(viii) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loans made as described in this Section 2.01(b)(viii) shall be Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(c) The Revolving Credit Borrowings.
(i) Each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans denominated in Dollars (each such loan, a “U.S. Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Parent Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the period from the Fourth Restatement Effective Date until the Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s U.S. Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that after giving effect to any U.S. Revolving Credit Borrowing, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the U.S. Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the Outstanding Amount of (x) all L/C Obligations and (y) all Swing Line Loans, shall not exceed such Lender’s U.S. Revolving Credit Commitment;
(ii) Each Japanese Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans denominated in Dollars and/or Yen (each such loan, a “Japanese Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Parent Borrower and the Japanese Subsidiary Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the period from the Fourth Restatement Effective Date until the Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Japanese Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that after giving effect to any Japanese Revolving Credit Borrowing, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Japanese Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Japanese Revolving Credit Commitment;
(iii) Each Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans denominated in Dollars and/or Foreign Currencies (other than Yen) (each such loan, a “Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Parent Borrower and the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the period from the Fourth Restatement Effective Date until the Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that after giving effect to any Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Borrowing, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment; and
(iv) Within the limits of each Lender’s applicable Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.01(c), prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(c). The Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Foreign Currencies shall be Eurocurrency Rate Loans, in each case, as further provided herein.
SECTION
2.02. Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans. SECTION 2.02.
(a) Each Term Borrowing, each Revolving Credit Borrowing, each conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans of a given Class from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon the applicable Borrower’s irrevocable notice or the Parent Borrower’s irrevocable notice, on behalf of the applicable Borrower, to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone or (B) a Committed Loan Notice. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (1) three (3) Business Days (or at least four (4) Business Days in the case of a Foreign Currency Loan not denominated in a Special Notice Currency or at least five (5) Business Days in the case of a Foreign Currency Loan in a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or any conversion of Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (2) on the requested date of any U.S. Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans and (3) one Business Day prior to the requested date of any Japanese
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Revolving Credit Borrowing or Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided that the notice referred to in subclause (1) above may be delivered no later than the Business Day immediately prior to the Fourth Restatement Effective Date in the case of the initial Credit Extensions of Term A Dollar Loans; provided, further, that no Foreign Currency Loan may be converted into a Base Rate Loan or into a Foreign Currency Loan of a different Foreign Currency. Each telephonic notice by the requesting Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Committed Loan Notice. Except as provided in Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a minimum Dollar Equivalent amount of $1,000,000, or a whole Dollar Equivalent multiple of $100,000, in excess thereof. Except as provided in Section 2.03(c), 2.04(b) or 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a minimum Dollar Equivalent amount of $500,000 or a whole Dollar Equivalent multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice shall specify (i) whether the requesting Borrower(s) are requesting a Term Borrowing, a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the currency and principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Class and Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto, (vi) if applicable, which Class of Revolving Credit Commitments is to be borrowed and (vii) wire instructions of the account(s) to which funds are to be disbursed. If the requesting Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then (x) the applicable Term B-1 Dollar Loans, Term B-2 Dollar Loans, Term B-3 Dollar Loans, Term A Dollar Loans or Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans and (y) the applicable Term A Euro Loans, Term B-1 Euro Loans, Term B-2 Euro Loans or Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Foreign Currencies shall be made as, or converted to, Eurocurrency Rate Loans with an Interest Period of one (1) month. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans with an Interest Period of one (1) month shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the requesting Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the applicable Class of Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the applicable Borrower(s), the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of each Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than (x) 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice in the case of any Revolving Credit Loan denominated in Dollars and (y) the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of any Revolving Credit Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and if, such Borrowing is on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the applicable Borrowers in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account(s) of the applicable Borrowers on the books of the Administrative Agent with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided by the applicable Borrower or the Parent Borrower, on behalf of such Borrower, to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent; provided that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to a Borrowing under the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility is given by the Parent Borrower, there are Swing Line Loans or L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowing, second, to the payment in full of any such Swing Line Loans, and third, to the Parent Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan unless the Borrowers pay the amount due, if any, under Section 3.05 in connection therewith. During the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Facility Lenders under the applicable Facility may require by notice to the Parent Borrower that: (i) no Loans denominated in Dollars under the applicable Facility may be converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (ii) any Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency under the applicable Facility shall be continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan with an Interest Period of one (1) month.
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(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Parent Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Eurocurrency Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of demonstrable error. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Parent Borrower and the Lenders of any change in the Administrative Agent’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Term Borrowings, all Revolving Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Term
Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than
twentytwenty-five (2025) Interest Periods in effect unless otherwise
agreed between the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent; provided that after the establishment of any new Class of Loans pursuant to an Incremental Amendment (including for Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments), Refinancing
Amendment or Extension Amendment, the number of Interest Periods otherwise permitted by this Section 2.02(e) shall increase by three (3) Interest Periods for each applicable Class so established.
(f) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.
(g) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing, or in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 1:00 p.m. on the date of such Borrowing, that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with paragraph (b) above, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrowers on such date a corresponding amount. If the Administrative Agent shall have so made funds available, then, to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such portion available to the Administrative Agent, each of such Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the applicable Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the Overnight Rate plus any administrative, processing, or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the foregoing. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.02(g) shall be conclusive in the absence of demonstrable error. If such Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the applicable Borrower the amount of such interest paid by such Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by a Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
2.03. Letters of Credit. SECTION 2.03.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitments.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit at sight denominated in Dollars or in one or more Foreign Currencies for the account of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit and (B) the U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Section 2.03; provided that no L/C Issuer shall be obligated to make any L/C Credit
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Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Lender shall be obligated to participate in any Letter of Credit if as of the date of such L/C Credit Extension, (x) the U.S. Revolving Credit Exposure of any U.S. Revolving Credit Lender would exceed such Lender’s U.S. Revolving Credit Commitment or (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Parent Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Parent Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.
(ii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or direct that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Effective Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Effective Date (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder);
(B) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last renewal, unless (1) each Appropriate Lender has approved of such expiration date or (2) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations in respect of such requested Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized or back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer;
(C) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless (1) each Appropriate Lender has approved of such expiration date or (2) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations in respect of such requested Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized or back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer;
(D) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate any policies of such L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(E) any U.S. Revolving Credit Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Parent Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which such L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion;
(F) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $250,000; or
(G) the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or a Foreign Currency.
(iii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
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(iv) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article IX included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Parent Borrower delivered to an L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application may be sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the L/C Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to the L/C Issuer. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the relevant L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. at least two (2) Business Days prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be; or, in each case, such later date and time as the relevant L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer: (a) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (b) the currency and amount thereof; (c) the expiry date thereof; (d) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (e) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (f) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (g) such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the relevant L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Parent Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Upon receipt by the relevant L/C Issuer of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that the requested issuance or amendment is permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Parent Borrower (or its applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the relevant L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such U.S. Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Parent Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the relevant L/C Issuer shall agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the relevant L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve month period to be agreed upon by the L/C Issuer and the Parent Borrower at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the relevant L/C Issuer, the Parent Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the relevant L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the relevant
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L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the applicable Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations in respect of such requested Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized or back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer; provided that the relevant L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the relevant L/C Issuer has determined that it would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its extended form under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.03(a)(ii) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven (7) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, any U.S. Revolving Credit Lender or the Parent Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied.
(iv) If the Parent Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the relevant L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that permits the automatic reinstatement of all or a portion of the stated amount thereof after any drawing thereunder (each, an “Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit”). Unless otherwise directed by such L/C Issuer, the Parent Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such L/C Issuer to permit such reinstatement. Once an Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit has been issued, except as provided in the following sentence, the U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the relevant L/C Issuer to reinstate all or a portion of the stated amount thereof in accordance with the provisions of such Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit permits the relevant L/C Issuer to decline to reinstate all or any portion of the stated amount thereof after a drawing thereunder by giving notice of such non-reinstatement within a specified number of days after such drawing (the “Non-Reinstatement Deadline”), such L/C Issuer shall not permit such reinstatement if it has received a notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven (7) Business Days before the Non-Reinstatement Deadline (A) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Facility Lenders under U.S. Revolving Credit Facility have elected not to permit such reinstatement or (B) from the Administrative Agent, any U.S. Revolving Credit Lender or the Parent Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied (treating such reinstatement as a Credit Extension for purposes of this clause) and, in each case, directing the relevant L/C Issuer not to permit such reinstatement.
(v) Promptly after issuance of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall notify promptly the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency, Parent Borrower shall reimburse the respective L/C Issuer in such Foreign Currency, unless (A) such L/C Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, Parent Borrower shall have notified such L/C Issuer promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that Parent Borrower will reimburse such L/C Issuer in Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency, the relevant L/C Issuer shall notify the Parent Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than 12:00 p.m. on the first Business Day immediately following any payment by an L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on the first Business Day immediately following any payment by an L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in a Foreign Currency, in each case, with notice to the Parent Borrower (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Parent Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing in the applicable currency; provided that if such reimbursement is not made on the date of drawing, the Borrowers shall pay interest to the relevant L/C Issuer on such amount at the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans for U.S. Revolving Credit Loans (without duplication of interest payable on L/C Borrowings).
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The applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Parent Borrower of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination or revaluation thereof. If the Parent Borrower fails to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such U.S. Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement thereof. In such event, in the case of an Unreimbursed Amount under a Letter of Credit, the Parent Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a U.S. Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans but subject to the requirements for the amount of the unutilized portion of the U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by an L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender (including any Lender acting as an L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer in Dollars at the Administrative Agent’s Office for payments in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a U.S. Revolving Credit Loan that is a Base Rate Loan to the Parent Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the relevant L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a U.S. Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Parent Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the relevant L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.
(iv) Until each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender funds its U.S. Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of such amount shall be solely for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer.
(v) Each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make U.S. Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse an L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the relevant L/C Issuer, the Parent Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default; or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make U.S. Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Parent Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Parent Borrower to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
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(vi) If any U.S. Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. A certificate of the relevant L/C Issuer submitted to any U.S. Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) If, at any time after an L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any U.S. Revolving Credit Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Parent Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the amount received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) or Section 2.03(c)(ii) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The Obligations of the U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders under this Section 2.03(d)(ii) shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Parent Borrower to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit issued by it and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Credit Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that any Loan Party may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the relevant L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;
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(v) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the U.S. Guaranty or any other guarantee, for all or any of the Obligations of the Parent Borrower or any Guarantor in respect of such Letter of Credit; or
(vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party;
(vii) waiver by the L/C Issuer of any requirement that exists for the L/C Issuer’s protection and not the protection of the Company or any waiver by the L/C Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Company;
(viii) honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft; or
(ix) any payment made by the L/C Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under, such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC or the ISP;
provided that the foregoing shall not excuse any L/C Issuer from liability to the Parent Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are waived by the Parent Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable Law) suffered by the Parent Borrower that are caused by acts or omissions by such L/C Issuer constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such L/C Issuer as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(f) Role of L/C Issuers. Each Lender and the Parent Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuers, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders or the Required Facility Lenders with respect to the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. The Parent Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Parent Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 2.03(e); provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Parent Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Parent Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential damages suffered by the Parent Borrower which the Parent Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit in each case as determined by a final and non appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and no L/C Issuer shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
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(g) Cash Collateral.
(i) (A) If, as of any Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any applicable Letter of Credit issued to the Parent Borrower may for any reason remain outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn or (B) if an Event of Default set forth under Section 8.01(f) occurs and is continuing, the Parent Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all of its relevant L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to such Outstanding Amount determined as of the date of such Event of Default or the applicable Letter of Credit Expiration Date, as the case may be), and shall do so not later than 2:00 p.m. on (x) in the case of the immediately preceding clause (A), (1) the Business Day that the Parent Borrower receives notice thereof, if such notice is received on such day prior to 12:00 p.m. or (2) if clause (1) above does not apply, the Business Day immediately following the day that the Parent Borrower receives such notice and (y) in the case of the immediately preceding clause (B) the Business Day on which as Event of Default set forth under Section 8.01(f) occurs, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such day. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Parent Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender). For purposes hereof, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the relevant L/C Issuer and the U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral for the relevant L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances (“Cash Collateral”) pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the relevant L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Parent Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuers and the U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked accounts at the Administrative Agent and may be invested in readily available Cash Equivalents selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are expressly subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all relevant L/C Obligations, the Parent Borrower will, forthwith upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited and held in the deposit accounts at the Administrative Agent as aforesaid, an amount equal to the excess of (a) such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (b) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative Agent reasonably determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under applicable Law, to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer. To the extent the amount of any Cash Collateral exceeds the then Outstanding Amount of such relevant L/C Obligations and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the excess shall be refunded to the Parent Borrower. To the extent any Event of Default giving rise to the requirement to Cash Collateralize any Letter of Credit pursuant to this Section 2.03(g) is cured or otherwise waived, then so long as no other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the amount of any Cash Collateral pledged to Cash Collateralize such Letter of Credit shall be refunded to the Parent Borrower.
(ii) In addition, if Administrative Agent notifies the Parent Borrower at any time that the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations at such time exceeds 105% of the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect (unless such excess arises solely in connection with the change in the Dollar Equivalent of L/C Obligations denominated in Foreign Currencies on any Revaluation Date specified in clause (b)(iv) of the definition thereof), within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, Parent Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an amount equal to the amount by which the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations exceeds the Letter of Credit Sublimit.
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(iii) Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time after the initial deposit of such Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.03(g), request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order to protect against the results of exchange rate fluctuations.
(h) Applicability of ISP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Parent Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit.
(i) Letter of Credit Fees. The Parent Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement a Letter of Credit fee for each Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement equal to the Applicable Rate for Revolving Credit Loans that are Eurocurrency Rate Loans times the daily maximum Dollar Equivalent amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (regardless of whether the conditions for drawing could then be met and whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit); provided, however, any Letter of Credit fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Pro Rata Shares allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.17(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the L/C Issuer for its own account. Such Letter of Credit fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such Letter of Credit fees shall be due and payable in Dollars on the last Business Day of each of March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuers. The Parent Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by it equal to 0.125% per annum (or such other lower amount as may be mutually agreed by the Parent Borrower and the applicable L/C Issuer) of the maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit) or such lesser fee as may be agreed with such L/C Issuer. Such fronting fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fees shall be due and payable in Dollars on the first Business Day after the end of each of March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. In addition, the Parent Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account with respect to each Letter of Credit issued for the account of the Parent Borrower the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within ten (10) Business Days of demand and are nonrefundable.
(k) Conflict with Letter of Credit Application. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application, in the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.
(l) Addition of an L/C Issuer. A U.S. Revolving Credit Lender reasonably acceptable to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent may become an additional L/C Issuer hereunder pursuant to a written agreement among the Parent Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such U.S. Revolving Credit Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders of any such additional L/C Issuer.
(m) Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments. If the Letter of Credit Expiration Date in respect of any tranche or Class of U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments occurs prior to the expiry date of any Letter of Credit, then (i) if consented to by such L/C Issuer which issued such Letter of Credit, if one or more other tranches or Classes of U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments under which Letters of Credit are issued in respect of which the Letter of Credit Expiration Date shall not have so occurred are then in effect, such Letters of Credit for
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which consent has been obtained shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to Sections 2.03(c) and (d)) under (and ratably participated in by U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to) the U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of such non-terminating tranches or Classes up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of the unutilized U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i) and unless provisions reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer for the treatment of such Letter of Credit as a letter of credit under a successor credit facility have been agreed upon, the Parent Borrower shall, on or prior to the applicable Maturity Date, cause all such Letters of Credit to be replaced and returned to the applicable L/C Issuer undrawn and marked “cancelled” or to the extent that the Parent Borrower is unable to so replace and return any Letter(s) of Credit, such Letter(s) of Credit shall be secured by a “back to back” letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer or the Parent Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 2.03(g). Commencing with the Maturity Date of any tranche or Class of U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments, the sublimit for Letters of Credit shall be agreed solely with such L/C Issuer.
(n) Letter of Credit Reports. For so long as any Letter of Credit issued by an L/C Issuer is outstanding, such L/C Issuer shall deliver to the Administrative Agent on the last Business Day of each calendar month, and on each date that an L/C Credit Extension occurs with respect to any such Letter of Credit, a report in the form of Exhibit R, appropriately completed with the information for every outstanding Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer.
(o) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a subsidiary, the Parent Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Parent Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Parent Borrower, and that the Parent Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such subsidiaries.
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2.04. Swing Line Loans. SECTION 2.04.
(a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Bank of America, in its capacity as Swing Line Lender agrees to make loans in Dollars to the Parent Borrower (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”), from time to time on any Business Day during the period beginning on the Business Day after the Effective Date and until the Maturity Date of the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the Outstanding Amount of U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Swing Line Lender’s U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that, after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the U.S. Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the aggregate U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the U.S. Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender (other than the Swing Line Lender), plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect; provided, further, that the Parent Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Parent Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
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(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Parent Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone or (B) a Swing Line Loan Notice. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000 (and any amount in excess of $100,000 shall be an integral multiple of $50,000) and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a Swing Line Loan Notice. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic notice or Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, such Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any U.S. Revolving Credit Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Parent Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.04 or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Swing Line Lender shall not be obligated to make any Swing Line Loan at a time when a U.S. Revolving Credit Lender is a Defaulting Lender unless the Swing Line Lender has entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to it and the Parent Borrower to eliminate the Swing Line Lender’s Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender’s or Defaulting Lenders’ participation in such Swing Line Loans, including by Cash Collateralizing, or obtaining a backstop letter of credit from an issuer reasonably satisfactory to the Swing Line Lender to support, such Defaulting Lender’s or Defaulting Lenders’ Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Swing Line Loans.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Parent Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes such Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the amount of Swing Line Loans of the Parent Borrower then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but not in excess of the unutilized portion of the aggregate U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments and subject to the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Parent Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a U.S. Revolving Credit Loan that is a Base Rate Loan to the Parent Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a U.S. Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by such Swing Line Lender that each of the U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
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(iii) If any U.S. Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by the Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. If such U.S. Revolving Credit Lender pays such amount, the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s U.S. Revolving Credit Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make U.S. Revolving Credit Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Parent Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make U.S. Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) (but not to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans) is subject to the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Parent Borrower to repay the applicable Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any U.S. Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, such Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by such Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by such Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to such Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders under this clause (d)(ii) shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Parent Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Parent Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
(g) Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments. If the Maturity Date shall have occurred in respect of any tranche of U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments (the “Expiring Credit Commitment”) at a time when another tranche or tranches of U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments is or are in effect with a longer Maturity Date (each a “Non-Expiring Credit Commitment” and collectively, the “Non-Expiring Credit Commitments”), then with respect to each outstanding Swing Line
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Loan, if consented to by the applicable Swing Line Lender, on the earliest occurring Maturity Date such Swing Line Loan shall be deemed reallocated to the tranche or tranches of the Non-Expiring Credit Commitments on a pro rata basis; provided that (x) to the extent that the amount of such reallocation would cause the aggregate credit exposure to exceed the aggregate amount of such Non-Expiring Credit Commitments, immediately prior to such reallocation (after giving effect to any repayments of U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and any reallocation of Letter of Credit participations as contemplated in Section 2.03(m)) the amount of Swing Line Loans to be reallocated equal to such excess shall be repaid and (y) notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Parent Borrower shall still be obligated to pay Swing Line Loans allocated to the U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders holding the Expiring Credit Commitments at the Maturity Date of the Expiring Credit Commitment or if the Loans have been accelerated prior to the maturity date of the Expiring Credit Commitment. Commencing with the Maturity Date of any tranche or Class of U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments, the sublimit for Swing Line Loans shall be agreed solely with the Swing Line Lender.
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2.05. Prepayments. SECTION 2.05.
(a) Optional.
(i) Any Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent by such Borrower or the Parent Borrower, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay any Class or Classes of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans of any Class or Classes in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (1) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (A) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, (B) four (4) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency other than a Special Notice Currency, (C) five (5) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in a Special Notice Currency and (D) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (2) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a minimum Dollar Equivalent amount of $1,000,000, or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding; and (3) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a minimum Dollar Equivalent amount of $500,000 or a whole Dollar Equivalent multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Class(es) and Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid (and, for the avoidance of doubt, may indicate the prepayments by more than one Borrower on such date in such amounts so specified, which, individually may be below any minimum or multiple but which in aggregate amount on any given date shall satisfy such minimum and multiple requirements). The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Parent Borrower, the applicable Borrower(s) shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. In the case of each prepayment of the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a), the prepaying Borrower or the Parent Borrower on its behalf may in its sole discretion select the Class or Classes of the Borrowing or Borrowings (and the order of maturity of principal payments) to be repaid, and such payment shall be paid to the Appropriate Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement.
(ii) The Parent Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (1) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (2) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $10,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Parent Borrower, the Parent Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
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(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the applicable Borrower or the Parent Borrower on its behalf may rescind any notice of prepayment under Section 2.05(a)(i) or 2.05(a)(ii) if such prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of all or a portion of the applicable Facility, which refinancing shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed.
(iv) Voluntary prepayments of any Class of Term Loans permitted hereunder shall be applied to the remaining scheduled installments of principal thereof pursuant to Sections 2.07(a) and (b) in a manner determined at the discretion of the Parent Borrower and specified in the notice of prepayment and the Parent Borrower may elect to apply voluntary prepayments of Term Loans to one or more Class or Classes of Term Loans selected by the Parent Borrower. In the event that the Parent Borrower does not specify the order in which to apply prepayments to reduce scheduled installments of principal or as between Classes of Term Loans, the Parent Borrower shall be deemed to have elected that such proceeds be applied to reduce the scheduled installments of principal in direct order of maturity on a pro rata basis among the Classes of Term Loans.
(v) Notwithstanding anything in any Credit Document to the contrary, so long as (x) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) purchases or payments of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v) are not funded with the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans, any Company Party may (1) purchase outstanding Term Loans on a non-pro rata basis through open market purchases or (2) prepay the outstanding Term Loans (which shall, in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, be automatically and permanently canceled immediately upon acquisition by the Company Parties and in the case of this clause (2) only, which shall be prepaid) on the following basis (provided that no Lender shall be obligated to participate in any voluntary prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v) and each Lender’s decision to participate shall be made in its sole discretion):
(A) Any Company Party shall have the right to make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a discount to par pursuant to a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment, Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers or Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers (any such prepayment, the “Discounted Term Loan Prepayment”), in each case made in accordance with this Section 2.05(a)(v); provided that no Company Party shall initiate any action under this Section 2.05(a)(v) in order to make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment unless (I) at least ten (10) Business Days shall have passed since the consummation of the most recent Discounted Term Loan Prepayment as a result of a prepayment made by a Company Party on the applicable Discounted Prepayment Effective Date; or (II) at least three (3) Business Days shall have passed since the date the Company Party was notified that no Term Lender was willing to accept any prepayment of any Term Loan at the Specified Discount, within the Discount Range or at any discount to par value, as applicable, or in the case of Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers, the date of any Company Party’s election not to accept any Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers.
(B) (1) Subject to the proviso to subsection (A) above, any Company Party may from time to time offer to make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment by providing the Auction Agent with five (5) Business Days’ notice in the form of a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice; provided that (I) any such offer shall be made available, at the sole discretion of the Company Party, to (x) each Term Lender and/or (y) each Term Lender with respect to any tranche of Term Loans on an individual tranche basis, (II) any such offer shall specify the aggregate principal amount offered to be prepaid (the “Specified Discount Prepayment Amount”) with respect to each applicable tranche, the tranche or tranches of Term Loans subject to such offer and the specific percentage discount to par (the “Specified Discount”) of such Term Loans to be prepaid (it being understood that different Specified Discounts and/or Specified Discount Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different tranches of Term Loans and, in such event, each such offer will be treated as a separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)), (III) the Specified Discount Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount not less than $5,000,000 and whole Dollar Equivalent increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (IV) each such offer shall remain outstanding through the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each Appropriate Lender with a copy of such Specified Discount Prepayment Notice and a form of the Specified Discount Prepayment Response to be completed and returned by each such Term Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 p.m., on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to such Lenders (the “Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date”).
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(1) Each Term Lender receiving such offer shall notify the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date whether or not it agrees to accept a prepayment of any of its applicable then outstanding Term Loans at the Specified Discount and, if so (such accepting Lender, a “Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender”), the amount and the tranches of such Lender’s Term Loans to be prepaid at such offered discount. Each acceptance of a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment by a Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender shall be irrevocable. Any Term Lender whose Specified Discount Prepayment Response is not received by the Auction Agent by the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept the applicable Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment.
(2) If there is at least one Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender, the relevant Company Party will make a prepayment of outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this paragraph (B) to each Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender in accordance with the respective outstanding amount and tranches of Term Loans specified in such Lender’s Specified Discount Prepayment Response given pursuant to subsection (2) above; provided that, if the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans accepted for prepayment by all Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders exceeds the Specified Discount Prepayment Amount, such prepayment shall be made pro rata among the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders in accordance with the respective principal amounts accepted to be prepaid by each such Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender and the Auction Agent (in consultation with such Company Party and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Specified Discount Proration”). The Auction Agent shall promptly, and in any case within three (3) Business Days following the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date, notify (I) the relevant Company Party of the respective Term Lenders’ responses to such offer, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and the aggregate principal amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the tranches to be prepaid, (II) each Term Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, and the aggregate principal amount and the tranches of Term Loans to be prepaid at the Specified Discount on such date and (III) each Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender of the Specified Discount Proration, if any, and confirmation of the principal amount, tranche and Type of Term Loans of such Lender to be prepaid at the Specified Discount on such date. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to the Company Party and such Term Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent demonstrable error. The payment amount specified in such notice to the Company Party shall be due and payable by such Company Party on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with subsection (F) below (subject to subsection (K) below).
(C) (1) Subject to the proviso to subsection (A) above, any Company Party may from time to time solicit Discount Range Prepayment Offers by providing the Auction Agent with five (5) Business Days’ notice in the form of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice; provided that (I) any such solicitation shall be extended, at the sole discretion of such Company Party, to (x) each Term Lender and/or (y) each Term Lender with respect to any tranche of Term Loans on an individual tranche basis, (II) any such notice shall specify the maximum aggregate principal amount of the relevant Term Loans (the “Discount Range Prepayment Amount”), the tranche or tranches of Term Loans subject to such offer and the maximum and minimum percentage discounts to par (the “Discount Range”) of the principal amount of such Term Loans with respect to each relevant tranche of Term Loans willing to be prepaid by such Company Party (it being
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understood that different Discount Ranges and/or Discount Range Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different tranches of Term Loans and, in such event, each such offer will be treated as separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)), (III) the Discount Range Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount not less than $5,000,000 and whole Dollar Equivalent increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (IV) each such solicitation by a Company Party shall remain outstanding through the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each Appropriate Lender with a copy of such Discount Range Prepayment Notice and a form of the Discount Range Prepayment Offer to be submitted by a responding Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 p.m., on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to such Lenders (the “Discount Range Prepayment Response Date”). Each Term Lender’s Discount Range Prepayment Offer shall be irrevocable and shall specify a discount to par within the Discount Range (the “Submitted Discount”) at which such Lender is willing to allow prepayment of any or all of its then outstanding Term Loans of the applicable tranche or tranches and the maximum aggregate principal amount and tranches of such Lender’s Term Loans (the “Submitted Amount”) such Term Lender is willing to have prepaid at the Submitted Discount. Any Term Lender whose Discount Range Prepayment Offer is not received by the Auction Agent by the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment of any of its Term Loans at any discount to their par value within the Discount Range.
(1) The Auction Agent shall review all Discount Range Prepayment Offers received on or before the applicable Discount Range Prepayment Response Date and shall determine (in consultation with such Company Party and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its reasonable discretion) the Applicable Discount and Term Loans to be prepaid at such Applicable Discount in accordance with this subsection (C). The relevant Company Party agrees to accept on the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date all Discount Range Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date, in the order from the Submitted Discount that is the largest discount to par to the Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par, up to and including the Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par within the Discount Range (such Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par within the Discount Range being referred to as the “Applicable Discount”) which yields a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lower of (I) the Discount Range Prepayment Amount and (II) the sum of all Submitted Amounts. Each Term Lender that has submitted a Discount Range Prepayment Offer to accept prepayment at a discount to par that is larger than or equal to the Applicable Discount shall be deemed to have irrevocably consented to prepayment of Term Loans equal to its Submitted Amount (subject to any required proration pursuant to the following subsection (3)) at the Applicable Discount (each such Term Lender, a “Participating Lender”).
(2) If there is at least one Participating Lender, the relevant Company Party will prepay the respective outstanding Term Loans of each Participating Lender in the aggregate principal amount and of the tranches specified in such Lender’s Discount Range Prepayment Offer at the Applicable Discount; provided that if the Submitted Amount by all Participating Lenders offered at a discount to par greater than the Applicable Discount exceeds the Discount Range Prepayment Amount, prepayment of the principal amount of the relevant Term Loans for those Participating Lenders whose Submitted Discount is a discount to par greater than or equal to the Applicable Discount (the “Identified Participating Lenders”) shall be made pro rata among the Identified Participating Lenders in accordance with the Submitted Amount of each such Identified Participating Lender and the Auction Agent (in consultation with such Company Party and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Discount Range Proration”). The Auction Agent shall promptly, and in any case within five (5) Business Days following the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date, notify (I) the relevant Company Party of the
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respective Term Lenders’ responses to such solicitation, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Applicable Discount, and the aggregate principal amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the tranches to be prepaid, (II) each Term Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Applicable Discount, and the aggregate principal amount and tranches of Term Loans to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, (III) each Participating Lender of the aggregate principal amount and tranches of such Term Lender to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, and (IV) if applicable, each Identified Participating Lender of the Discount Range Proration. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to the relevant Company Party and Term Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent demonstrable error. The payment amount specified in such notice to the Company Party shall be due and payable by such Company Party on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with subsection (F) below (subject to subsection (K) below).
(D) (1) Subject to the proviso to subsection (A) above, any Company Party may from time to time solicit Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers by providing the Auction Agent with five (5) Business Days’ notice in the form of a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice; provided that (I) any such solicitation shall be extended, at the sole discretion of such Company Party, to (x) each Term Lender and/or (y) each Lender with respect to any tranche of Term Loans on an individual tranche basis, (II) any such notice shall specify the maximum aggregate amount of the Term Loans (the “Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount”) and the tranche or tranches of Term Loans the applicable Company Party is willing to prepay at a discount (it being understood that different Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different tranches of Term Loans and, in such event, each such offer will be treated as separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)), (III) the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount not less than $5,000,000 and whole Dollar Equivalent increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (IV) each such solicitation by a Company Party shall remain outstanding through the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each Appropriate Lender with a copy of such Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice and a form of the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer to be submitted by a responding Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 p.m., on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to such Term Lenders (the “Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date”). Each Term Lender’s Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer shall (x) be irrevocable, (y) remain outstanding until the Acceptance Date, and (z) specify both a discount to par (the “Offered Discount”) at which such Term Lender is willing to allow prepayment of its then outstanding Term Loan and the maximum aggregate principal amount and tranches of such Term Loans (the “Offered Amount”) such Term Lender is willing to have prepaid at the Offered Discount. Any Term Lender whose Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer is not received by the Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined prepayment of any of its Term Loans at any discount.
(1) The Auction Agent shall promptly provide the relevant Company Party with a copy of all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received on or before the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date. Such Company Party shall review all such Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers and select the smallest of the Offered Discounts specified by the relevant responding Term Lenders in the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers that is acceptable to the Company Party (the “Acceptable Discount”), if any. If the Company Party elects to accept any Offered Discount as the Acceptable Discount, then as soon as practicable after the determination of the Acceptable Discount, but in no event later than by the third Business Day after the date of receipt by such Company Party from the Auction Agent of a copy of all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers pursuant to the first sentence of this subsection (2) (the “Acceptance Date”), the Company Party shall submit an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice to the Auction Agent setting forth the Acceptable Discount. If the Auction Agent shall fail to receive an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice from the Company Party by the Acceptance Date, such Company Party shall be deemed to have rejected all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers.
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(2) Based upon the Acceptable Discount and the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, within three (3) Business Days after receipt of an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice (the “Discounted Prepayment Determination Date”), the Auction Agent will determine (in consultation with such Company Party and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its reasonable discretion) the aggregate principal amount and the tranches of Term Loans (the “Acceptable Prepayment Amount”) to be prepaid by the relevant Company Party at the Acceptable Discount in accordance with this Section 2.05(a)(v)(D). If the Company Party elects to accept any Acceptable Discount, then the Company Party agrees to accept all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, in the order from largest Offered Discount to smallest Offered Discount, up to and including the Acceptable Discount. Each Term Lender that has submitted a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer with an Offered Discount that is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount shall be deemed to have irrevocably consented to prepayment of Term Loans equal to its Offered Amount (subject to any required pro rata reduction pursuant to the following sentence) at the Acceptable Discount (each such Lender, a “Qualifying Lender”). The Company Party will prepay outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this subsection (D) to each Qualifying Lender in the aggregate principal amount and of the tranches specified in such Lender’s Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer at the Acceptable Discount; provided that if the aggregate Offered Amount by all Qualifying Lenders whose Offered Discount is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount exceeds the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount, prepayment of the principal amount of the Term Loans for those Qualifying Lenders whose Offered Discount is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount (the “Identified Qualifying Lenders”) shall be made pro rata among the Identified Qualifying Lenders in accordance with the Offered Amount of each such Identified Qualifying Lender and the Auction Agent (in consultation with such Company Party and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Solicited Discount Proration”). On or prior to the Discounted Prepayment Determination Date, the Auction Agent shall promptly notify (I) the relevant Company Party of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and Acceptable Prepayment Amount comprising the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the tranches to be prepaid, (II) each Term Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Acceptable Discount, and the Acceptable Prepayment Amount of all Term Loans and the tranches to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, (III) each Qualifying Lender of the aggregate principal amount and the tranches of such Term Lender to be prepaid at the Acceptable Discount on such date, and (IV) if applicable, each Identified Qualifying Lender of the Solicited Discount Proration. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to such Company Party and Term Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent demonstrable error. The payment amount specified in such notice to such Company Party shall be due and payable by such Company Party on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with subsection (F) below (subject to subsection (K) below).
(E) In connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment, the Company Parties and the Term Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Auction Agent may require as a condition to any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment, the payment of customary fees and expenses from a Company Party in connection therewith.
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(F) If any Term Loan is prepaid in accordance with subsections (B) through (D) above, a Company Party shall prepay such Term Loans on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. The relevant Company Party shall make such prepayment to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders, Participating Lenders, or Qualifying Lenders, as applicable, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. (or, in the case of Term Loans denominated in Foreign Currencies, not later than the Applicable Time) on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and all such prepayments shall be applied to the remaining principal installments of the relevant tranche of Loans on a pro rata basis across such installments. The Term Loans so prepaid shall be accompanied by all accrued and unpaid interest on the par principal amount so prepaid up to, but not including, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. Each prepayment of the outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v) shall be paid to the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders, Participating Lenders, or Qualifying Lenders, as applicable, and shall be applied to the relevant Loans of such Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement. The aggregate principal amount of the tranches and installments of the relevant Term Loans outstanding shall be deemed reduced by the full par value of the aggregate principal amount of the tranches of Term Loans prepaid on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment.
(G) In connection with each prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v), the relevant Company Party shall make a customary representation to the assigning Term Lenders, as applicable, that it does not possess material non-public information (or material information of the type that would not be public if a Borrower or any Parent Company were a public reporting company) with respect to Holdings and its Subsidiaries or the securities of any of them that either (1) has not been disclosed to the Term Lenders generally (other than Term Lenders who have elected not to receive such information) or (2) if not disclosed to the Term Lenders, would reasonably be expected to have a material effect on, or otherwise be material to (A) a Term Lender’s decision to participate in such Discounted Term Loan Prepayment or (B) the market price of such Term Loans (for the avoidance of doubt, no such representation will be required in the case of open market purchases by Company Parties, which may possess such material non-public information), or shall make a statement that such representation cannot be made and shall waive any right to bring any action against the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as such, in connection with any such Discounted Term Loan Repayment.
(H) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Term Loan Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to procedures consistent with the provisions in this Section 2.05(a)(v), established by the Auction Agent acting in its reasonable discretion and as reasonably agreed by the applicable Company Party.
(I) Notwithstanding anything in any Credit Document to the contrary, for purposes of this Section 2.05(a)(v), each notice or other communication required to be delivered or otherwise provided to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) shall be deemed to have been given upon Auction Agent’s (or its delegate’s) actual receipt during normal business hours of such notice or communication; provided that any notice or communication actually received outside of normal business hours shall be deemed to have been given as of the opening of business on the next Business Day.
(J) Each of the Company Parties and the Term Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Auction Agent may perform any and all of its duties under this Section 2.05(a)(v) by itself or through any Affiliate of the Auction Agent and expressly consents to any such delegation of duties by the Auction Agent to such Affiliate and the performance of such delegated duties by such Affiliate. The exculpatory provisions pursuant to this Agreement shall apply to each Affiliate of the Auction Agent and its respective activities in connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment provided for in this Section 2.05(a)(v) as well as activities of the Auction Agent.
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(K) Each Company Party shall have the right, by written notice to the Auction Agent, to revoke in full (but not in part) its offer to make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and rescind the applicable Specified Discount Prepayment Notice, Discount Range Prepayment Notice or Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice therefor at its discretion at any time on or prior to the applicable Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date (and if such offer is revoked pursuant to the preceding clauses, any failure by such Company Party to make any prepayment to a Lender, as applicable, pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v) shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Section 8.01 or otherwise).
(vi) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that, on or prior to the date which is six (6) months after the Amendment No. 2Incremental Effective Date, any
Borrower (x) prepays, refinances, substitutes or replaces any Term B-23 Dollar Loans made on the Amendment No.or Term B-2 Effective DateEuro Loans pursuant to a Repricing Transaction (including, for avoidance of doubt, any prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii) that constitutes a Repricing Transaction), or (y) effects any amendment of
this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction, the Parent Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Term
B-23 Dollar Lenders or Term B-2 Euro Lenders, as applicable, (I) in the case of clause (x), a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount
of the Term B-23 Dollar Loans or Term B-2 Euro Loans, as applicable, so prepaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced and (II) in the case of clause (y), a fee equal to
1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Term B-23 Dollar Loans or Term B-2 Euro Loans, as applicable, outstanding immediately prior to such
amendment that is subject to such Repricing Transaction. Such amounts shall be due and payable on the date of effectiveness of such Repricing Transaction.
(b) Mandatory.
(i) Within the later of five (5) Business Days after the financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) for each fiscal year and ninety (90) days after the end of such fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017), the Borrowers shall, subject to clauses (b)(vi) and (b)(vii) of this Section 2.05, cause to be prepaid an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to (A) the Applicable ECF Percentage of Excess Cash Flow, if any, for the fiscal year covered by such financial statements minus (B) the sum of (1) all voluntary prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v), in an amount equal to the discounted amount actually paid in respect of the principal amount of such Term Loans, during such fiscal year or after year-end and prior to when such Excess Cash Flow prepayment is due, (2) all other voluntary prepayments of Term Loans during such fiscal year or after year-end and prior to when such Excess Cash Flow prepayment is due and (3) all voluntary prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans and loans under any other revolving credit facility secured by the Collateral in whole or in part on a pari passu basis (but without regard to control of remedies) with the Revolving Credit Facilities during such fiscal year or after year-end and prior to when such Excess Cash Flow prepayment is due, to the extent the Revolving Credit Commitments or such other revolving commitments, as applicable, are permanently reduced by the amount of such payments and, in the case of each of the immediately preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3), to the extent such prepayments are not funded with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness); provided, however, that a prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(i) shall only be required in the amount (if any) by which the ECF Payment Amount for such fiscal year exceeds $30,000,000.
(ii) (A) If (1) the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Disposes of any property or assets (other than any Disposition of any property or assets permitted by Sections 7.05(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (i), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q), (r) and (s)) or (2) any Casualty Event occurs, which results in the realization or receipt by the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary of Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrowers shall cause to be prepaid on or prior to the date which is ten (10) Business Days after the date of the realization or receipt by the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Net Cash Proceeds, subject to clauses (b)(vi) and (b)(vii) of this Section 2.05, an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to the Applicable Disposition Percentage of such Net Cash Proceeds received; provided that if at the time that any such prepayment would be required, the Borrowers (or any Restricted Subsidiary) are required to offer to repurchase any Indebtedness secured on a pari passu basis (but without regard to control of remedies) with the Obligations (other than any Indebtedness of the type described in clause (a)(ii)(A) of the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds” that was required to be prepaid or repaid and that
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resulted in a reduction in the applicable Net Cash Proceeds) pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such Indebtedness with the net proceeds of such Disposition or Casualty Event (such Indebtedness required to be offered to be so repurchased, “Other Applicable Indebtedness”), then the Borrowers (or any Restricted Subsidiary) may apply such Net Cash Proceeds on a pro rata basis (determined on the basis of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and Other Applicable Indebtedness at such time; provided that the portion of such net proceeds allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness shall not exceed the amount of such net proceeds required to be allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof, and the remaining amount, if any, of such net proceeds shall be allocated to the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof) to the prepayment of the Term Loans and to the repurchase or prepayment of Other Applicable Indebtedness, and the amount of prepayment of the Term Loans that would have otherwise been required pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A) shall be reduced accordingly; provided, further, that to the extent the holders of Other Applicable Indebtedness decline to have such indebtedness repurchased or prepaid, the declined amount shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after the date of such rejection) be applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, further, that no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A) with respect to such portion of such Net Cash Proceeds that the Borrowers (or such Restricted Subsidiary) shall have reinvested (or entered into a binding commitment to reinvest) in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(ii)(B); and
(B) With respect to any Net Cash Proceeds realized or received with respect to any Disposition (other than any Disposition specifically excluded from the application of Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A)) or any Casualty Event, at the option of the Parent Borrower, the Parent Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary) may use all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries or to make Permitted Acquisitions or any acquisition or Investments in a business permitted under Section 7.07, in each case, (x) within twelve (12) months following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds or (y) if the Parent Borrower (or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) enters into a legally binding commitment to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds within twelve (12) months following receipt thereof, within eighteen (18) months following receipt thereof; provided, that if any Net Cash Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested at any time after a reinvestment election, and subject to clauses (vi) and (vii) of this Section 2.05(b), an amount equal to any such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied within five (5) Business Days after the Parent Borrower reasonably determines that such Net Cash Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested to the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in this Section 2.05.
(iii) If the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs or issues any Indebtedness after the Effective Date (A) not permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 7.03 or (B) that constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of which the Refinanced Debt consists of Term Loans, the Borrowers shall cause to be prepaid an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom on or prior to the date which is five (5) Business Days after the receipt by the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Net Cash Proceeds.
(iv) If for any reason the aggregate Outstanding Amount of U.S. Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations at any time exceeds 105% of the aggregate U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, the Parent Borrower shall promptly prepay U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided that the Parent Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(iv) unless after the prepayment in full of the U.S. Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans such aggregate Outstanding Amount exceeds 105% of the aggregate U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect. If for any reason the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Japanese Revolving Credit Loans at any time exceeds 105% of the aggregate Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, the applicable Borrowers shall promptly prepay Japanese Revolving Credit Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess. If for any reason the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans exceeds 105% of the aggregate Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, the applicable Borrowers shall promptly prepay Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
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(v) Except with respect to Loans incurred in connection with any Refinancing Amendment, Term Loan Extension Request, or any Incremental Amendment, (A) each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) shall be applied ratably to each Class of Term Loans then outstanding (provided that (i) any prepayment of Term Loans with the Net Cash Proceeds of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be applied solely to each applicable Class of Refinanced Debt as directed by the Parent Borrower, and (ii) any Class of Incremental Term Loans, Extended Term Loans, Other Term Loans and Replacement Term Loans may specify that one or more other Classes of Term Loans may be prepaid prior to such Class of Incremental Term Loans, Extended Term Loans, Other Term Loans and Replacement Term Loans); (B) with respect to each Class of Term Loans prepaid pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 2.05(b), such prepayment shall be applied to the scheduled installments of principal thereof (following the date of prepayment) pursuant to Sections 2.07(a) and (b) in a manner determined at the discretion of the Parent Borrower and specified to the Administrative Agent and, if not specified, in direct order of maturity; (C) considering each Class of Term Loans being prepaid separately, any prepayment thereof shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, in each case in a manner that minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by the Parent Borrower pursuant to Section 3.05 and (D) each such prepayment shall be paid to the Appropriate Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares of such prepayment, subject to clauses (vi) and (vii) of this Section 2.05(b).
(vi) The Parent Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)(A) of this Section 2.05(b) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the aggregate amount of such prepayment to be made by the Borrowers. Such notice may also further specify a portion of such prepayment to come from more than one Borrower so long as, in the aggregate, all such separate amounts together equal the full amount of such required prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the contents of the Parent Borrower’s prepayment notice and of such Appropriate Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the prepayment. Each Term Lender may reject all or a portion of its Pro Rata Share of any mandatory prepayment (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”) of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)(A) of this Section 2.05(b) by providing written notice (each, a “Rejection Notice”) to the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower no later than 5:00 p.m. one Business Day after the date of such Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. Each Rejection Notice from a given Lender shall specify the principal amount of the mandatory repayment of Term Loans to be rejected by such Lender. If a Term Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above or such Rejection Notice fails to specify the principal amount of the Term Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds shall be retained by the Borrowers.
(vii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.05, (i) to the extent that any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition by a Foreign Subsidiary (“Foreign Disposition”), the Net Cash Proceeds of any Casualty Event from a Foreign Subsidiary (a “Foreign Casualty Event”) or Excess Cash Flow attributable to Foreign Subsidiaries are prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States, the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.05(b) but may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Parent Borrower hereby agreeing to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be promptly effected and an amount equal to such repatriated Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than two (2) Business Days after such repatriation) applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) to the extent provided herein and (ii) to the extent that the Parent Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Foreign Disposition or any Foreign Casualty Event or Excess Cash Flow attributable to Foreign Subsidiaries would have material adverse tax consequences with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.05(b) but may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary.
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(c) Interest, Funding Losses, Etc. All prepayments under this Section 2.05 shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with, in the case of any such prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a date prior to the last day of an Interest Period therefor, any amounts owing in respect of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan pursuant to Section 3.05.
Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section 2.05, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans is required to be made under this Section 2.05, prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, in lieu of making any payment pursuant to this Section 2.05 in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the Borrowers may, in their sole discretion, deposit an amount sufficient to make any such prepayment otherwise required to be made thereunder together with accrued interest to the last day of such Interest Period into a Cash Collateral Account until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Parent Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of such Loans in accordance with this Section 2.05. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall also be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Parent Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of the outstanding Loans in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Section 2.05. Such deposit shall be deemed to be a prepayment of such Loans by the Borrowers for all purposes under this Agreement.
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2.06. Termination or Reduction of Commitments. SECTION 2.06.
(a) Optional. The Parent Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the unused Commitments of any Class, or from time to time permanently reduce the unused Commitments of any Class, in each case without premium or penalty; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent three (3) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount of $1,000,000, or any whole Dollar Equivalent multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the entire amount thereof and (iii) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Commitments under the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility, such sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. Except as provided above, the amount of any such Revolving Credit Commitment reduction shall not be applied to the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit unless otherwise specified by the Parent Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parent Borrower may rescind or postpone any notice of termination of any Commitments if such termination would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the applicable Facility, which refinancing shall not be consummated or otherwise shall be delayed. For the avoidance of doubt, any Borrower or the Parent Borrower on its behalf shall be permitted, at its selection, to permanently repay and terminate commitments of any Class of Revolving Credit Facility on a greater than a pro rata basis as compared to any other Class with a later maturity date than such Class.
(b) Mandatory.
(i) The Revolving Credit Commitments of the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders in respect of a Revolving Credit Facility shall automatically and permanently terminate on the Maturity Date for such Revolving Credit Facility.
(ii) The Term A Commitments of the Term A Lenders shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the funding of the Term A Loans on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date.
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(iii) The Term B-1 Dollar Commitment of each Exchange Term B-1 Dollar Lender was automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the exchange of the Term B Dollar Loans held by such Exchange Term B-1 Dollar Lender into Term B-1 Dollar Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(i). The Term B-1 Euro Commitment of each Exchange Term B-1 Euro Lender was automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the exchange of the Term B Euro Loans held by such Exchange Term B-1 Euro Lender into Exchange Term B-1 Euro Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(ii).
(iv) The Incremental Term B-1 Euro Commitment of each Incremental Term B-1 Euro Lender was automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the funding of such Incremental Term B-1 Euro Loan made by it on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(iv).
(v) The Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Commitment of each Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Lender shall bewas automatically and permanently reduced to $0
upon the funding of such Incremental Term B-2 Dollar Loan to be made by it on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(vi).
(vi) The Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Commitment of each Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the funding of such Incremental Term B-3 Dollar Loan to be made by it on the Incremental Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(vii).
(vii) The Incremental Term B-2 Euro Commitment of each Incremental Term B-2 Euro Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to €0 upon the funding of such Incremental Term B-2 Euro Loan to be made by it on the Incremental Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(viii).
(c) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Appropriate Lenders of any termination or reduction of unused portions of the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit or the unused Commitments of any Class under this Section 2.06. Upon any reduction of unused Commitments of any Class, the Commitment of each Lender of such Class shall be reduced by such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount by which such Commitments are reduced (other than the termination of the Commitment of any Lender as provided in Section 3.07). All commitment fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of any of the Revolving Credit Commitments of a Class or the Term A Commitments of a Class, as applicable, shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
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2.07. Repayment of Loans. SECTION 2.07.
(a) Term A Loans. The Parent Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders
(A) on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December commencing December 31,
2016September 30, 2018, an aggregate principal amount equal to 1.25% of the Term A Loans outstanding on the Fourth RestatementExtension Effective Date and (B) on
the Maturity Date for the Term A Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all Term A Loans outstanding on such date.
(b) Term B Loans.
(i) The Parent Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders (A) on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December commencing with June 30, 2014, an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term B-1 Dollar Loans and Term B-1 Euro Loans outstanding on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (which payments shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.05) and (B) on the Maturity Date for the Term B-1 Dollar Loans and the Term B-1 Euro Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all Term B-1 Dollar Loans and Term B-1 Euro Loans outstanding on such date.
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(ii) The Parent Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders (A) on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December commencing with December 31, 2017, an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term B-2 Dollar Loans outstanding on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (which payments shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.05) and (B) on the Maturity Date for the Term B-2 Dollar Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all Term B-2 Dollar Loans outstanding on such date.
(iii) The Parent Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders (A) on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December commencing with September 30, 2018, an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term B-3 Dollar Loans outstanding on the Incremental Effective Date (which payments shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.05) and (B) on the Maturity Date for the Term B-3 Dollar Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all Term B-3 Dollar Loans outstanding on such date.
(iv) The Parent Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders (A) on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December commencing with September 30, 2018, an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term B-2 Euro Loans outstanding on the Incremental Effective Date (which payments shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.05) and (B) on the Maturity Date for the Term B-2 Euro Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all Term B-2 Euro Loans outstanding on such date.
(c) Revolving Credit Loans. The applicable Borrowers shall, jointly and severally, repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders on the applicable Maturity Date for the applicable Revolving Credit Facility the aggregate principal amount of all of its Revolving Credit Loans under such Facility outstanding on such date.
(d) Swing Line Loans. The Parent Borrower shall repay the aggregate principal amount of each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the date five (5) Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the Maturity Date for the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility.
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2.08. Interest. SECTION 2.08.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b), (i) each Eurocurrency Rate Loan (other than a Swing Line Loan) shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate, for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for U.S. Revolving Credit Loans.
(b) During the continuance of a Default under Section 8.01(a), each Borrower shall pay interest on past due amounts owing by it hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws; provided that no interest at the Default Rate shall accrue or be payable to a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. Accrued and unpaid interest on such amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
(d) The parties agree that, pursuant to the provisions of the Swiss Withholding Tax Act and the current practice of the Swiss tax authorities (and based on the representations set forth in Section 6.17 and Section 9.13), notably of the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, no Swiss Withholding Tax applies to interest payments made by the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower provided that the Swiss Withholding Tax Rules are complied with.
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Therefore, the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the interest rates which are set out in and are calculated in accordance with this Section 2.08 shall constitute a “minimum interest rate” and that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if Swiss Tax Deduction is required by law in respect of any interest payable under this Agreement by the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower and should it be unlawful for such Swiss Subsidiary Borrower to comply with Section 3.01 below for any reason:
(i) then the applicable interest rate in relation to that interest payment to the relevant Lender shall be (i) the interest rate which would have applied to that interest payment as provided for in this Section 2.08 divided by (ii) one (1) minus the rate at which the relevant Swiss Tax Deduction is required to be made under Swiss domestic tax law and/or applicable double taxation treaties; and
(ii) the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower shall (without duplication) (i) calculate the relevant interest with respect to the relevant Lender at the adjusted rate in accordance with paragraph (i) above, (ii) make the Swiss Tax Deduction on the interest so recalculated and (iii) all references to a rate of interest under this Agreement with respect to Loans to the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower shall be construed with respect to the relevant Lender accordingly.
(e) The parties acknowledge that the provisions of the Swiss Withholding Tax Act and the current practice of the Swiss tax authorities, notably of the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, may change in future and agree that it is in the best interest of all parties hereto that no Swiss Withholding Tax will be payable on the interest payments made with respect to the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement. In the event that the Swiss Withholding Tax Act and the practice of the Swiss tax authorities, notably of the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, are modified in a manner that would require the payment of such Swiss Withholding Tax, the Loan Parties and each relevant Lender agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to amend this Agreement to ensure that no Swiss Withholding Tax applies to payments in respect of such interest payments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 10.01, any such amendments necessary or desirable to limit Swiss Withholding Tax (i) shall be effective with the consent of the Parent Borrower, the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower and each relevant Lender and (ii) shall not be construed to obligate any Loan Party to assume additional or different payment, guaranty or other economic burdens then as currently set forth herein. If, for any reason, this Agreement is not or cannot be amended to limit Swiss Withholding Tax, the parties further agree that to the extent that interest payable by the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement becomes subject to Swiss Withholding Tax, each relevant Lender and the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower shall promptly co-operate in completing any procedural formalities (including submitting forms and documents required by the appropriate tax authority) to the extent possible and necessary for the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower to obtain authorization (i) to make interest payments without them being subject to Swiss Withholding Tax or (ii) to being subject to Swiss Withholding Tax at a rate reduced under applicable double taxation treaties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Swiss Withholding Tax is required in respect of any interest payable by the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower, then the applicable interest rate shall be adjusted as set forth in Section 2.08(d), subject to the conditions set forth herein.
(f) Notwithstanding Sections 2.08(d) and 2.08(e) above, the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower shall not be required to comply with the increased interest rule such as set out under Section 2.08(d) above in respect of a specific Lender or participant if it has breached the Swiss Withholding Tax Rules as a direct result of (x) the failure by such specific Lender to satisfy the Ten Non-Bank Rule as of the Original Closing Date or (y) such specific Lender or participant breaching:
(i) its representation as to its status pursuant to Section 9.13 of this Agreement or Section 9.10 of the Original Credit Agreement on the later of the date of the relevant agreement or the date it became a party thereto (as relevant); or
(ii) the requirements and limitations for assignments, transfers, participations and sub-participations (and other obligations) under Section 10.07 of this Agreement or Section 10.6 of the Original Credit Agreement.
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For the avoidance of doubt, the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower shall be required to comply with the increased interest rule such as set out under Section 2.08(d) above in respect of all Lenders or participants that have complied with their obligations under all provisions referred to under this Section 2.08(f).
For the avoidance of doubt, the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower shall be required to comply with the increased interest rule such as set out under Section 2.08(d) above in respect of any Lender if it has otherwise breached the Swiss Withholding Tax Rules or if it does not comply with the covenant provided for by Section 6.17.
The principles of Section 3.01 shall apply with respect to refunds or credits received on account of additional interest paid under this Section 2.08.
SECTION 2.09. Fees. In addition to certain fees described in Section 2.03(i): SECTION 2.09.
(a) Commitment Fee.
(i) The Parent Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the U.S. Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement, commitment fees equal to (1) the daily difference between (a) the U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments and (b) (x) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding U.S. Revolving Credit Loans (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding Swing Line Loans) plus (y) the L/C Obligations, times (2) the Applicable Rate.
(ii) The Parent Borrower and the Japanese Subsidiary Borrower, jointly and severally, agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Japanese Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement, commitment fees equal to (1) the daily difference between (a) the Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments and (b) the aggregate Dollar Equivalent principal amount of all outstanding Japanese Revolving Credit Loans times (2) the Applicable Rate.
(iii) The Parent Borrower and the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower, jointly and severally, agree to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement, commitment fees equal to (1) the daily difference between (a) the Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments and (b) the aggregate Dollar Equivalent principal amount of all outstanding Swiss/Multicurrency Revolving Credit Loans times (2) the Applicable Rate.
(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.09(a), any commitment fee which accrued with respect to any Revolving Credit Commitment of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Parent Borrower, the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower or the Japanese Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be, so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such commitment fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Parent Borrower, the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower or the Japanese Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be, prior to such time; and provided, further, that no such commitment fee shall accrue on any Revolving Credit Commitment of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender.
(v) The commitment fee on each Revolving Credit Facility shall accrue at all times from the Fourth Restatement Effective Date until the Maturity Date for such Facility, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Section 4.02 is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each of March, June, September and December, commencing with the last Business Day of December 2016, and on the Maturity Date for such Facility. The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
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(b) Other Fees. The Parent Borrower shall pay to the Agents such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever (except as expressly agreed between the Parent Borrower and the applicable Agent).
SECTION 2.10. Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans
(including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate) shall be made on the basis of a year of three hundred sixty-five (365) days, or three hundred sixty-six (366) days, as applicable, and actual days elapsed. All
other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed; provided that in the case of interest in respect of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a Foreign
Currency as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, computation of fees and interest shall be made in accordance with market practice. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a
Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one (1) day. Each
determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent demonstrable error. SECTION 2.10.
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2.11. Evidence of Indebtedness. SECTION 2.11.
(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and evidenced by one or more entries in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent, acting solely for purposes of United States Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c), as agent for the Borrowers, in each case in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be prima facie evidence absent demonstrable error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrowers and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrowers hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent, as set forth in the Register, in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of demonstrable error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the applicable Borrower(s) shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note payable to such Lender, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.11(a), each U.S. Revolving Credit Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records and, in the case of the Administrative Agent, entries in the Register, evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
(c) Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) and (b), and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) and (b), shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, absent manifest error; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the Register or such account or accounts shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
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SECTION 2.12. Payments Generally. SECTION 2.12.
(a) All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. (or, in the case of Obligations in a Foreign Currency, not later than the Applicable Time) on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Appropriate Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s applicable Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m.(or, in the case of Obligations in a Foreign Currency, after the Applicable Time) shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) Unless the applicable Borrower or the Parent Borrower on its behalf or any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent, prior to the date, or in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 1:00 p.m. on the date of such Borrowing, any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder (in the case of the Borrowers, for the account of any Lender or an L/C Issuer hereunder or, in the case of the Lenders, for the account of any Swing Line Lender, L/C Issuer or Borrower hereunder), that such Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds, then:
(i) if the Borrowers failed to make such payment, each Lender or L/C Issuer shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender or L/C Issuer in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender or L/C Issuer to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.
(ii) if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the “Compensation Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. When such Lender makes payment to the Administrative Agent (together with all accrued interest thereon), then such payment amount (excluding the amount of any interest which may have accrued and been paid in respect of such late payment) shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the applicable Borrowing. If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the Parent Borrower, and the Parent Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent or the Parent Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Parent Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this Section 2.12(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(d) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Section 4.02 are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(e) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans and to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to fund any such participation on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan or purchase its participation.
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(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
(g) Whenever any payment received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents is insufficient to pay in full all amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents on any date, such payment shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent and applied by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the order of priority set forth in Section 8.03. If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Credit Documents under circumstances for which the Credit Documents do not specify the manner in which such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may (to the fullest extent permitted by mandatory provisions of applicable Law), but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Lenders in accordance with such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the sum of (a) the Outstanding Amount of all Loans outstanding at such time and (b) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations outstanding at such time, in repayment or prepayment of such of the outstanding Loans or other Obligations then owing to such Lender.
SECTION
2.13. Sharing of Payments, Etc. If, other than as expressly provided
elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain payment in respect of any principal or interest on account of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans held by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary,
through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase
from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them and/or, if such Lender is a U.S. Revolving Credit Lender, such subparticipations in the participations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans held by them, as the case may be, as
shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of any principal or interest on such Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided that if all or any portion
of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase
shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the
amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered,
without further interest thereon. For avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by the Borrowers pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement as in
effect from time to time (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender) or (B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any
assignee or participant permitted hereunder. Each Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of
setoff, but subject to Section 10.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrowers in the amount of such participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be
conclusive and binding in the absence of demonstrable error) of participations purchased under this Section 2.13 and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments. Each Lender that purchases a participation
pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the
same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased. SECTION 2.13.
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SECTION 2.14. Incremental Borrowings. SECTION 2.14.
(a) Incremental Commitments. The Parent Borrower (on its own behalf or, with respect to Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, on behalf of any Borrower or with respect to Incremental Term Commitments, in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount of up to $400,000,000, on behalf of the Swiss Subsidiary Borrower) may at any time or from time to time after the Effective Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent (an “Incremental Loan Request”), request (A) one or more new commitments which may be of the same Class as any outstanding Term A Loans (a “Term A Loan Increase”) or a new Class of term A loans (collectively with any Term A Loan Increase, the “Incremental Term A Commitments”), (B) one or more new commitments which may be of the same Class as any outstanding Term B Loans (a “Term B Loan Increase” and, together with any Term A Loan Increase, a “Term Loan Increase”) or a new Class of term B loans (collectively with any Term B Loan Increase, the “Incremental Term B Commitments” and, together with any Incremental Term A Commitments, the “Incremental Term Commitments”), and/or (C) one or more increases in the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class (a “Revolving Commitment Increase”) or the establishment of one or more new revolving credit commitments (any such new commitments, collectively with any Revolving Commitment Increases, the “Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments” and the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, collectively with any Incremental Term Commitments, the “Incremental Commitments”), whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders.
(b) Incremental Loans. Any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments effected through the establishment of one or more new revolving credit commitments or new Term Loans made on an Incremental Facility Closing Date shall be designated a separate Class of Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, for all purposes of this Agreement. On any Incremental Facility Closing Date on which any Incremental Term Commitments of any Class are effected (including through any Term Loan Increase), subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions in this Section 2.14, (i) each Incremental Term Lender of such Class shall make a Loan to the Parent Borrower (an “Incremental Term Loan”) in an amount equal to its Incremental Term Commitment of such Class and (ii) each Incremental Term Lender of such Class shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the Incremental Term Commitment of such Class and the Incremental Term Loans of such Class made pursuant thereto. On any Incremental Facility Closing Date on which any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class are effected through the establishment of one or more new revolving credit commitments (including through any Revolving Commitment Increase), subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions in this Section 2.14, (i) each Incremental Revolving Credit Lender of such Class shall make its Commitment available to the applicable Borrower (when borrowed, an “Incremental Revolving Loan” and collectively with any Incremental Term Loan, an “Incremental Loan”) in an amount equal to its Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class and (ii) each Incremental Revolving Credit Lender of such Class shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class and the Incremental Revolving Loans of such Class made pursuant thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Incremental Term Loans may have identical terms to any of the Term Loans and be treated as the same Class as any of such Term Loans.
(c) Incremental Loan Request. Each Incremental Loan Request from the Parent Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments. Incremental Term Loans may be made, and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments may be provided, by any existing Lender (but no existing Lender will have an obligation to make any Incremental Commitment and any Lender that fails to respond to a request for an Incremental Commitment will be deemed to have declined to make an Incremental Commitment, nor will the Parent Borrower have any obligation to approach any existing Lenders to provide any Incremental Commitment) or by any other bank or other financial institution or other institutional lenders (any such other bank, other financial institution or other institutional lenders being called an “Additional Lender”) (each such existing Lender or Additional Lender providing such Commitment or Loan, an “Incremental Revolving Credit Lender” or “Incremental Term Lender,” as applicable, and, collectively, the “Incremental Lenders”); provided that (i) the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender and each L/C Issuer shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Additional Lender’s making such Incremental Term Loans or providing such Revolving Commitment Increases to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under Section 10.07(b) for an assignment of Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, to such Additional Lender, (ii) with respect to Incremental Term Commitments, any Affiliated Lender providing an Incremental Term Commitment shall be subject to the same restrictions set forth in Section 10.07(h) as they would otherwise be subject to with respect to any purchase by or assignment to such Affiliated Lender of Term Loans and (iii) Affiliated Lenders may not provide Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments.
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(d) Effectiveness of Incremental Amendment. The effectiveness of any Incremental Amendment, and the Incremental Commitments thereunder, shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (the “Incremental Facility Closing Date”) of each of the following conditions:
(i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist after giving effect to such Incremental Commitments; provided that, with respect to any Incremental Amendment the primary purpose of which is to finance an acquisition permitted by this Agreement, the requirement pursuant to this clause (d)(i) shall be that no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or (f) shall exist after giving effect to such Incremental Commitments;
(ii) the representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in Article V and in each other Credit Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Incremental Facility Closing Date with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates; provided further that, with respect to any Incremental Amendment the primary purpose of which is to finance an acquisition permitted by this Agreement, only the Specified Representations (and not any other representations or warranties in Article V or any of the Credit Documents or otherwise) shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Incremental Facility Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates;
(iii) each Incremental Term Commitment shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than the Dollar Equivalent of $10,000,000 and shall be in a Dollar Equivalent increment of $1,000,000 (provided that such amount may be less than the Dollar Equivalent of $10,000,000 if such amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth in the next sentence) and each Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than the Dollar Equivalent of $10,000,000 and shall be in a Dollar Equivalent increment of $1,000,000 (provided that such amount may be less than the Dollar Equivalent of $10,000,000 if such amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth in the next sentence); and
(iv) the aggregate amount of the Incremental Term Loans and the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall not exceed (A) the Dollar Equivalent of $300,000,000 in the aggregate pursuant to this clause (A) or (B) at the option of the Parent Borrower, up to an amount of Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments so long as the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio is no more than 4.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended, after giving effect to any such incurrence on a Pro Forma Basis, and, in each case, with respect to any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment proposed to be incurred at such time, assuming a borrowing of the maximum amount of Loans available thereunder (it being understood that: (x) any Incremental Facility may be incurred under clause (B) regardless of whether there is capacity under clause (A) and (y) if such Incremental Facility may be incurred under both clauses (A) and (B) and the Parent Borrower does not make an election, the Parent Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred such Incremental Facility under clause (B)); provided, however, that for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the proceeds of any Indebtedness are intended to be applied to finance a Limited Condition Transaction for which a LCT Election has been made, the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall be tested in accordance with Section 1.08(f).
(e) Required Terms. The terms, provisions and documentation of the Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Term Commitments or the Incremental Revolving Loans and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, as the case may be, of any Class shall be as agreed between the Parent Borrower and the applicable Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Commitments, and except as otherwise set forth herein, to the extent not identical to the Term A Loans, Term B Loans or any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, each
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existing on the Incremental Facility Closing Date, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that in the case of a Term A Loan Increase, a Term B Loan Increase or a Revolving Commitment Increase of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, the terms, provisions and documentation of such Term A Loan Increase, Term B Loan Increase or Revolving Commitment Increase shall be identical (other than with respect to upfront fees, OID or similar fees) to the applicable Term A Loans, Term B Loans or Class of Revolving Credit Commitments being increased, in each case, as existing on the Incremental Facility Closing Date. In any event:
(i) the Incremental Term Loans:
(A) shall rank pari passu in right of payment and of security with the Revolving Credit Loans and the Term Loans,
(B) (i) with respect to Incremental Term A Loans, shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date with respect to the Term A Loans made on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date (prior to giving effect to any extensions thereof) and (ii) with respect to Incremental Term B Loans, shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date with respect to the Term B Loans made on the Effective Date (prior to giving effect to any extensions thereof),
(C) (i) with respect to Incremental Term A Loans, shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity not shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term A Loans on the date of incurrence of such Incremental Term A Loans (except by virtue of amortization or prepayment of the Term A Loans prior to the time of such incurrence) and (ii) with respect to Incremental Term B Loans, shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity not shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term B Loans on the date of incurrence of such Incremental Term B Loans (except by virtue of amortization or prepayment of the Term B Loans prior to the time of such incurrence),
(D) shall have an Applicable Rate and, subject to clauses (e)(i)(B) and (e)(i)(C) above and clause (e)(iii) below, amortization determined by the Parent Borrower and the applicable Incremental Term Lenders, and
(E) may participate on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis, except as expressly provided herein) in any mandatory prepayments of Term Loans hereunder, as specified in the applicable Incremental Amendment.
(ii) the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and Incremental Revolving Loans:
(A) shall rank pari passu in right of payment and of security with the Revolving Credit Loans and the Term Loans,
(B) shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date with respect to the Revolving Credit Facilities established on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date (prior to giving effect to any extensions thereof),
(C) [Reserved],
(D) shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.03(m) and 2.04(g) to the extent dealing with Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit which mature or expire after a Maturity Date when there exists Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments with a longer Maturity Date, all Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Commitments in accordance with their percentage of the U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments existing on the Incremental Facility Closing Date (and except as provided in Section 2.03(m) and Section 2.04(g), without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier Maturity Date with respect to Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit theretofore incurred or issued),
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(E) shall provide that the permanent repayment of Revolving Credit Loans with respect to, and termination of, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments after the associated Incremental Facility Closing Date shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments existing on the Incremental Facility Closing Date, except that the Parent Borrower shall be permitted to permanently repay and terminate commitments of any such Class on a greater than a pro rata basis as compared to any other Class with a later maturity date than such Class,
(F) shall provide that assignments and participations of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and Incremental Revolving Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans existing on the Incremental Facility Closing Date,
(G) shall provide that any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments may constitute a separate Class or Classes, as the case may be, of Commitments from the Classes constituting the applicable Revolving Credit Commitments prior to the Incremental Facility Closing Date; provided at no time shall there be Revolving Credit Commitments under a Revolving Credit Facility hereunder (including Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and any original Revolving Credit Commitments) which have more than nine (9) different Maturity Dates unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent; and
(H) shall have an Applicable Rate determined by the Parent Borrower and the applicable Incremental Revolving Credit Lenders.
(iii) the amortization schedule applicable to any Incremental Term Loans and the All-In Yield applicable to the Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loans of each Class shall be determined by the Parent Borrower and the applicable new Lenders and shall be set forth in each applicable Incremental Amendment; provided, however, that with respect to any Loans made under Incremental Term B Commitments, the All-In Yield applicable to such Incremental Term B Loans shall not be greater than the applicable All-In Yield payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement as amended through the date of such calculation with respect to the Term B Loans established on the Effective Date plus 50 basis points per annum unless the interest rate (together with, as provided in the proviso below, the Eurocurrency Rate or Base Rate floor) with respect to the Term B Loans established on the Effective Date is increased so as to cause the then applicable All-In Yield under this Agreement on such Term B Loans to equal the All-In Yield then applicable to the Incremental Term B Loans minus 50 basis points; provided that any increase in All-In Yield to such Term B Loan due to the application of a Eurocurrency Rate or Base Rate floor on any Incremental Term B Loan shall be effected solely through an increase in (or implementation of, as applicable) any Eurocurrency Rate or Base Rate floor applicable to such Term B Loan.
(f) Incremental Amendment. Commitments in respect of Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall become Commitments (or in the case of an Incremental Commitment to be provided by an existing Lender, an increase in such Lender’s applicable Class of Commitments), under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Credit Documents, executed by the applicable Borrowers, each Incremental Lender providing such Commitments and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Amendment may, without the consent of any other Loan Party, Agent or Lender, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.14. The Borrowers will use the proceeds of the Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement. No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments unless it so agrees.
(g) Reallocation of Revolving Credit Loans. Upon any Incremental Facility Closing Date on which a Revolving Commitment Increase is effected pursuant to this Section 2.14, each of the Revolving Credit Lenders in respect of the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments that is being increased (the “Applicable Revolving Credit Lenders”) shall assign to each of the Incremental Revolving Credit Lenders and each of the Incremental Revolving Credit Lenders shall purchase from each of the Applicable Revolving Credit Lenders, at the principal amount thereof,
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such interests in the Revolving Credit Loans of the applicable Class outstanding on such Incremental Facility Closing Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, such Revolving Credit Loans will be held by the Applicable Revolving Credit Lenders and Incremental Revolving Credit Lenders ratably in accordance with their Revolving Credit Commitments for such Class after giving effect to the Revolving Commitment Increase, (b) each Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Credit Commitment and each Loan made thereunder shall be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolving Credit Loan, and (c) each Incremental Revolving Credit Lender shall become a Lender with respect to the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and all matters relating thereto. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing and prepayment requirements in Section 2.02 and 2.05(a) of this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.
(h) This Section 2.14 shall supersede any provisions in Sections 2.12, 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, any of the provisions of Section 2.14 may be amended with the consent of the Required Lenders.
SECTION 2.15.
Refinancing Amendments. SECTION 2.15.
(a) On one or more occasions after the Effective Date, the Borrowers may obtain, from any Lender or any Additional Refinancing Lender, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of all or any portion of any Class or Classes of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments) then outstanding under this Agreement (which for purposes of this clause (a) will be deemed to include any then outstanding Other Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans Extended Term Loans, Replacement Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Loans, Other Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Extension Series), in the form of Other Term Loans, Other Term Loan Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Commitments or Other Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that Lenders shall not be obligated to provide such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness; provided further that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15 or otherwise, with respect to Revolving Credit Commitments and Other Revolving Credit Commitments available to the same Borrowers and in the same currencies, (1) the borrowing and repayment (except for (A) payments of interest and fees at different rates on such Other Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings), (B) repayments required upon the Maturity Date of such Other Revolving Credit Commitments and (C) repayment made in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments (subject to clause (3) below)) of Loans with respect to such Other Revolving Credit Commitments after the date of obtaining any Other Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with the Revolving Credit Commitments available to the same Borrowers and in the same currencies as such Other Revolving Credit Commitments, (2) subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(m) and 2.04(g) to the extent dealing with Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit which mature or expire after a Maturity Date when there exist Extended Revolving Credit Commitments with a longer Maturity Date, all Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Commitments in accordance with their percentage of the U.S. Revolving Credit Commitments (and except as provided in Section 2.03(m) and Section 2.04(g), without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier Maturity Date with respect to Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit theretofore incurred or issued), (3) the permanent repayment of Revolving Credit Loans with respect to, and termination of, Other Revolving Credit Commitments after the date of obtaining any Other Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments, except that the Borrowers shall be permitted to permanently repay and terminate commitments of any such Class on a greater than a pro rata basis as compared to any other Class with a later Maturity Date than such Class and (4) assignments and participations of Other Revolving Credit Commitments and Other Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans.
(b) The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) customary legal opinions, board resolutions and officers’ certificates consistent with those delivered on the Fourth Restatement Effective Date (conformed as appropriate) other than changes to such legal opinions resulting from a change in law, change in fact or change to counsel’s form of opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (ii) reaffirmation agreements and/or such amendments to the Collateral Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order to ensure that such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is provided with the benefit of the applicable Credit Documents.
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(c) Each issuance of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness under Section 2.15(a) shall be in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount that is not less than $25,000,000.
(d) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that this Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be amended pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, without the consent of any other Lenders, to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to (i) reflect the existence and terms of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto and (ii) effect such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.15, and the Required Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any such Refinancing Amendment.
(e) This Section 2.15 shall supersede any provisions in Sections 2.12, 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, any of the provisions of Section 2.15 may be amended with the consent of the Required Lenders.
SECTION 2.16.
Extensions of Loans. SECTION 2.16.
(a) Extension of Term Loans. The Parent Borrower may, on behalf of the Borrowers, at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Term Loans of a given Class or Classes (each, an “Existing Term Loan Tranche”) be amended to extend the scheduled Maturity Date(s) with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so amended, “Extended Term Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.16. In order to establish any Extended Term Loans, the Parent Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders under the applicable Existing Term Loan Tranche) (each, a “Term Loan Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which shall (x) be identical as offered to each Lender under such Existing Term Loan Tranche (including as to the proposed interest rates payable) and offered pro rata to each Lender under such Existing Term Loan Tranche (provided that any Lender that fails to respond to a Term Loan Extension Request will be deemed to have declined to make an Extended Term Loan) and (y) be identical to the Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Tranche from which such Extended Term Loans are to be amended, except that: (i) all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; (ii) the All-In Yield with respect to the Extended Term Loans (whether in the form of interest rate margin, upfront fees, original issue discount or otherwise) may be different than the All-In Yield for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche, in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; (iii) the Extension Amendment may provide for other covenants and terms that apply solely to any period after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the effective date of the Extension Amendment (immediately prior to the establishment of such Extended Term Loans); and (iv) Extended Term Loans may have call protection as may be agreed by the Parent Borrower and the Lenders thereof; provided, however, that (A) any such Extended Term Loans (and the Liens securing the same) shall be permitted by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements (to the extent any Intercreditor Agreement is then in effect), (B) all documentation in respect of such Extension Amendment shall be consistent with the foregoing and (C) any Extended Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or less than a pro rata basis (but not greater than a pro rata basis, except as expressly provided for herein) in any mandatory repayments or prepayments hereunder, in each case as specified in the respective Term Loan Extension Request. Any Extended Term Loans amended pursuant to any Term Loan Extension Request shall be designated a series (each, a “Term Loan Extension Series”) of Extended Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that any Extended Term Loans amended from an Existing Term Loan Tranche may, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any previously established Term Loan Extension Series with respect to such Existing Term Loan Tranche. Each request for a Term Loan Extension Series of Extended Term Loans proposed to be incurred under this Section 2.16 shall be in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount that is not less than $25,000,000 (it being understood that the actual principal amount thereof provided by the applicable Lenders may be lower than such minimum amount).
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(b) Extension of Revolving Credit Commitments. The Parent Borrower may, on behalf of the Borrowers, at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Class (each, an “Existing Revolver Tranche”) be amended to extend the Maturity Date with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Revolving Credit Commitments (any such Revolving Credit Commitments which have been so amended, “Extended Revolving Credit Commitments”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.16. In order to establish any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Parent Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders under the applicable Existing Revolver Tranche) (each, a “Revolver Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to be established, which shall (x) be identical as offered to each Lender under such Existing Revolver Tranche (including as to the proposed interest rates payable) and offered pro rata to each Lender under such Existing Revolver Tranche and (y) be identical to the Revolving Credit Commitments under the Existing Revolver Tranche from which such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments are to be amended, except that: (i) the Maturity Date of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be delayed to a later date than the Maturity Date of the Revolving Credit Commitments of such Existing Revolver Tranche, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; provided, however, that at no time shall there be Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments under any Revolving Credit Facility hereunder (including Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) which have more than nine (9) different Maturity Dates (unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent); (ii) the All-In Yield with respect to extensions of credit under the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (whether in the form of interest rate margin, upfront fees, original issue discount or otherwise) may be different than the All-In Yield for extensions of credit under the Revolving Credit Commitments of such Existing Revolver Tranche, in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; (iii) the Extension Amendment may provide for other covenants and terms that apply solely to any period after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the effective date of the Extension Amendment (immediately prior to the establishment of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments); and (iv) all borrowings under the applicable Revolving Credit Commitments (i.e., the Existing Revolver Tranche and the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of the applicable Revolver Extension Series) and repayments thereunder shall be made on a pro rata basis (except for (I) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings) and (II) repayments required upon the Maturity Date of the non-extending Revolving Credit Commitments); provided, further, that (A) any such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and the Liens securing the same) shall be permitted by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements (to the extent any Intercreditor Agreement is then in effect) and (B) all documentation in respect of such Extension Amendment shall be consistent with the foregoing. Any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments amended pursuant to any Revolver Extension Request shall be designated a series (each, a “Revolver Extension Series”) of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that any Extended Revolving Credit Commitme