CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF OCTOBER 17, 2013 AMONG CINEDIGM CORP. AS THE BORROWER, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO, SG AMERICAS SECURITIES, LLC AS LEAD ARRANGER AND BOOKRUNNER
EXHIBIT 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN OMITTED BASED ON A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
OMITTED PORTIONS HAVE BEEN SEPARATELY FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 17, 2013
AMONG
AS THE BORROWER,
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE,
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
AND
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
SG AMERICAS SECURITIES, LLC
AS LEAD ARRANGER AND BOOKRUNNER
Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx llp
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CINEDIGM CORP. OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 24B-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I.
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DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
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1
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Section 1.1.
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Defined Terms
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1
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Section 1.2.
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UCC Terms
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41
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Section 1.3.
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Accounting Terms and Principles
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41
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Section 1.4.
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Payments
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42
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Section 1.5.
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Interpretation
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42
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ARTICLE II.
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THE CREDIT
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43
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Section 2.1.
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Commitments
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43
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Section 2.2.
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Loans and Borrowings
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Section 2.3.
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Borrowing Procedures
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44
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Section 2.4.
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Letters of Credit
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47
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Section 2.5.
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Repayment of Obligations
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52
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Section 2.6.
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Termination and Reduction of Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount
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53
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Section 2.7.
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Revolving Borrowing Base.
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54
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Section 2.8.
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Voluntary Prepayments
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54
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Section 2.9.
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Mandatory Prepayments
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54
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Section 2.10.
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Interest
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56
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Section 2.11.
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Conversion and Continuation Options
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56
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Section 2.12.
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Fees
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57
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Section 2.13.
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Application of Payments
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58
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Section 2.14.
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Payments and Computations
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59
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Section 2.15.
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Evidence of Debt
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60
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Section 2.16.
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Suspension of Eurodollar Rate Option
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61
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Section 2.17.
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Breakage Costs; Increased Costs; Capital Requirements
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62
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Section 2.18.
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Taxes
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64
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Section 2.19.
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Substitution of Lenders
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67
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Section 2.20.
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Incremental Commitments
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68
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ARTICLE III.
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CONDITIONS TO LOANS
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71
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Section 3.1.
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Conditions Precedent to Closing
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71
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Section 3.2.
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Determinations of Initial Borrowing Conditions
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75
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Section 3.3.
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Additional Conditions to Each Borrowing
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75
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ARTICLE IV.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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76
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Section 4.1.
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Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law
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76
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Section 4.2.
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Power and Authority; No Conflicts; Due Execution, Delivery and Enforceability
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77
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Section 4.3.
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Ownership of Group Members
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77
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Section 4.4.
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Financial Statements
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78
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Section 4.5.
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Material Adverse Effect
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78
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Section 4.6.
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Solvency
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78
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Section 4.7.
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Litigation
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78
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Section 4.8.
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Taxes
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79
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Section 4.9.
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Margin Regulations
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79
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Section 4.10.
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No Burdensome Obligations; No Defaults
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79
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Section 4.11.
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Investment Company Act
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79
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Section 4.12.
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Labor Matters
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79
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Section 4.13.
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ERISA
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80
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Section 4.14.
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Environmental Matters
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80
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Section 4.15.
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Intellectual Property
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81
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Section 4.16.
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Title; Real Property
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81
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Section 4.17.
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Full Disclosure
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81
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Section 4.18.
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Agreements and Other Documents
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82
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Section 4.19.
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Use of Proceeds
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82
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Section 4.20.
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Anti-Terrorism; Anti-Money Laundering; Corrupt Practices
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82
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ARTICLE V.
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FINANCIAL COVENANTS
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83
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Section 5.1.
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Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio
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Section 5.2.
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Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
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84
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Section 5.3.
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Minimum Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA
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84
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Section 5.4.
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Term Borrowing Base Covenant
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84
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ARTICLE VI.
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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85
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Section 6.1.
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Reporting
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85
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Section 6.2.
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Other Events
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89
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Section 6.3.
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Copies of Notices and Reports
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89
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Section 6.4.
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Taxes
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90
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Section 6.5.
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Labor Matters
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90
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Section 6.6.
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ERISA Matters
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90
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Section 6.7.
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Environmental Matters
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90
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Section 6.8.
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Other Information
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91
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Section 6.9.
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Maintenance of Corporate Existence
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91
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Section 6.10.
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Compliance with Laws, Etc.
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91
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Section 6.11.
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Payment of Obligations
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91
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Section 6.12.
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Maintenance of Property
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91
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Section 6.13.
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Maintenance of Insurance
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92
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Section 6.14.
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Keeping of Books
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92
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Section 6.15.
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Access to Books and Property; Audit Rights
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92
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Section 6.16.
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Environmental
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93
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Section 6.17.
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Use of Proceeds
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93
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Section 6.18.
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Additional Collateral and Guaranties
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94
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Section 6.19.
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USA Patriot Act
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95
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Section 6.20.
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Required Hedging
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95
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Section 6.21.
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Corporate Separateness
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95
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Section 6.22.
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Cinedigm Lockbox Accounts and Concentration Account
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96
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ARTICLE VII.
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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98
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Section 7.1.
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Indebtedness
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98
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Section 7.2.
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Liens
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98
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Section 7.3.
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Investments
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99
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Section 7.4.
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Asset Sales; Stock Issuances
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100
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Section 7.5.
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Restricted Payments
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100
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Section 7.6.
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Prepayment of Indebtedness
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101
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Section 7.7.
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Fundamental Changes
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101
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Section 7.8.
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Change in Nature of Business
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101
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Section 7.9.
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Transactions with Affiliates
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102
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Section 7.10.
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Third-Party Restrictions on Indebtedness, Liens, Investments or Restricted Payments
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102
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Section 7.11.
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Modification of Certain Documents
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102
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Section 7.12.
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Accounting Changes; Fiscal Year
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102
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Section 7.13.
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Margin Regulations
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102
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Section 7.14.
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Compliance with ERISA
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103
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Section 7.15.
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Hazardous Materials
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103
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Section 7.16.
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Consolidated Capital Expenditures
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103
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Section 7.17.
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No Foreign Subsidiaries
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103
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Section 7.18.
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Bank Accounts
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103
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ARTICLE VIII.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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103
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Section 8.1.
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Events of Default
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103
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Section 8.2.
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Remedies
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105
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ARTICLE IX.
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THE AGENTS
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106
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Section 9.1.
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Appointment and Authorization of the Agents
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106
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Section 9.2.
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Binding Effect
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107
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Section 9.3.
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Use of Discretion
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107
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Section 9.4.
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Delegation of Rights and Duties
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107
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Section 9.5.
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Reliance and Liability
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108
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Section 9.6.
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Agents Individually
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109
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Section 9.7.
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Lender Credit Decision
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109
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Section 9.8.
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Expenses; Indemnities
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109
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Section 9.9.
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No Other Duties
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110
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Section 9.10.
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Resignation of Collateral Agent
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110
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Section 9.11.
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Resignation of Administrative Agent
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111
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Section 9.12.
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Release of Collateral or Guarantors
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111
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Section 9.13.
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Additional Secured Parties
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112
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Section 9.14.
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Removal of Agents
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113
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ARTICLE X.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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113
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Section 10.1.
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Amendments, Waivers, Etc.
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113
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Section 10.2.
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Assignments and Participations; Binding Effect
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115
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Section 10.3.
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Costs and Expenses
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117
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Section 10.4.
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Indemnities
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118
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Section 10.5.
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Survival
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119
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Section 10.6.
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Limitation of Liability for Certain Damages
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119
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Section 10.7.
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Lender-Creditor Relationship
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119
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Section 10.8.
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Right of Setoff
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119
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Section 10.9.
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Sharing of Payments, Etc.
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120
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Section 10.10.
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Marshaling; Payments Set Aside
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120
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Section 10.11.
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Notices
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120
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Section 10.12.
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Electronic Transmissions
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121
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Section 10.13.
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Governing Law
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122
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Section 10.14.
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Jurisdiction
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122
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Section 10.15.
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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123
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Section 10.16.
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Severability
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123
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Section 10.17.
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Execution in Counterparts
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123
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Section 10.18.
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Entire Agreement
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123
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Section 10.19.
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Use of Name
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124
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Section 10.20.
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Non-Public Information; Confidentiality
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124
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Section 10.21.
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USA Patriot Act; OFAC
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125
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule III
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Cinedigm Lockbox Account Details
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Schedule 1.1
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Excess Cash Flow Scheduled Payment Exceptions
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Schedule 4.18
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Material GVE Agreements, Distribution
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Agreements and OLC Agreements
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Schedule 6.13
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Insurance
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Schedule 7.18
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Bank Accounts
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Schedule 8.1(i)
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Intercompany Agreements
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit B-2
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Form of Revolving Note
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Exhibit E
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Exhibit F
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Exhibit G
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Form of Tax Forms
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Exhibit H
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Reserved
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Exhibit I
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Form of Revolving Borrowing Base Certificate
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Exhibit J
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Form of Request for Letter of Credit Issuance
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Exhibit K
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Form of Blocked Account Control Agreement
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Exhibit L
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Form of Lockbox Control Agreement
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Exhibit M
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Form of Escrow Agreement
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Exhibit N
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Account Roll-Forward Computations
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CINEDIGM CORP. OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 24B-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
This CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of October 17, 2013, is entered into among CINEDIGM CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders, and SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE (“SG”), as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
Pursuant to the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Borrower, as buyer, and Gaiam Americas, Inc., as seller (the “Seller”), the Borrower will acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests of NewCo (the “Acquisition”).
To finance and consummate among other things, the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Borrower has requested the Lenders to make the extensions of credit set forth below available to it.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and of the loans, extensions of credit and commitments hereinafter referred to, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
Section 1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
“Acceptable Appraiser” means FTI Consulting, The Xxxxxx Group or any other third party appraiser acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (unless during the pendency of a Default) in consultation with the Borrower.
“Account Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 6.22.
“Accounts Detail Report” means a report setting forth the amount of Receivables of the Loan Parties showing, by Customer, the aggregate amount of Receivables due by aging bucket and including reasonable detail on chargebacks, open credit and returns memoranda, and amounts due and unpaid by 30-day aging categories and showing Receivables unpaid more than 90 days after the original due date (but, in any event, not to exceed 120 days after the original invoice date).
“Accounts Report” means a valuation report detailing the aggregate amount of Eligible Receivables of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, after applying the criteria for Eligible Receivables set forth herein to the Receivables set forth on the Accounts Detail Report.
“Acquisition” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Additional Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10(d).
“Additional Revolving Loan Commitment” means one or more Revolving Loan Commitments made pursuant to Section 2.20.
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“Additional Revolving Loan Commitment Amount” means, at any time, the excess, if any, of (a) $15,000,000 over the sum of (b)(i) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Term Loan Commitments established prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.20 plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all additional Revolving Loan Commitments established prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.20.
“Additional Revolving Loan Commitment Assumption Agreement” means an Additional Revolving Loan Commitment Assumption Agreement among, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or more Lenders providing Additional Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 2.20.
“Additional Revolving Loans” means any Revolving Loan made to the Borrower under an Additional Revolving Loan Commitment.
“Adjusted Gross Margin” means, during the period of any Fiscal Quarter, in respect of any Distributed and Licensed Content or Owned Library Content, the net revenues received by the Loan Parties in respect thereof, less the costs of goods sold, royalties paid, sales and marketing expenses and freight and fulfillment expenses and an overhead allocation of 8% of net revenues as reasonably determined by the Borrower and confirmed by an Acceptable Appraiser, pursuant to any Distribution Agreements (but only if such Distribution Agreements are pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents).
“Administrative Agent” means SG, in its capacity as administrative agent under the Loan Documents.
“Affected Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(a).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, each officer, director, general partner or joint-venturer of such Person and any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person; provided, however, that no Secured Party shall be an Affiliate of the Borrower. For purpose of this definition, “control” means the possession of either (a) the power to vote, or the beneficial ownership of, 10% or more of the Voting Stock of such Person or (b) the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
“Agents” means, collectively, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent, and “Agent” means any of them.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means any Requirements of Law related to money laundering, including (a) 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957; and (b) the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311 et seq., as amended by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (the “PATRIOT Act”) of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56), and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “Bank Secrecy Act”).
“Anti-Terrorism Laws” means any Requirements of Law related to terrorism financing and economic sanctions, including the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), the
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International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 X.X.X. §0000 et seq.) and Executive Order 13224 (effective September 24, 2001), and their implementing regulations.
“Applicable Fronting Exposure” means, with respect to any Issuing Bank at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank that remains available for drawing at such time and (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements made by such Issuing Bank that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time.
“Applicable Increased Term Loan Spread” means, at any time, with respect to any then-existing Tranche of Term Loans at the time of the provision of any new Tranche of Incremental Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.20 that is subject to an Effective Yield less than the Effective Yield applicable to such new Tranche of Incremental Term Loans by more than 0.50%, the amount per annum (expressed as a percentage) determined in good faith by Administrative Agent (and notified to the Lenders) as the amount per annum required to cause the Effective Yield applicable to such then-existing Tranche of Term Loans to equal (a) the Effective Yield applicable to such newly created Tranche of Incremental Term Loans minus (b) 0.25%. Each determination of the “Applicable Increased Term Loan Spread” shall be made by the Administrative Agent taking into account the relevant factors outlined in Section 2.20 and shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders absent manifest error.
“Applicable Margin” means for the Loans: (a) in respect of Eurodollar Rate Loans, 4.0% per annum; and (b) in respect of Base Rate Loans, 3.0% per annum. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) the Applicable Margin of certain Term Loans shall be increased as, and to the extent, necessary to comply with the provisions of Section 2.20, and (ii) the Applicable Margins for any Tranche of Incremental Term Loans shall be (A) in the case of Incremental Term Loans added to an existing Tranche, the same as the Applicable Margins for such existing Tranche, and (B) otherwise, as specified in the respective Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement; provided that (x) on and after the date of the most recent incurrence of any Tranche of Incremental Term Loans which gives rise to a determination of a new Applicable Increased Term Loan Spread, the Applicable Margins for any Tranche of Term Loans (other than such new Tranche of Incremental Term Loans) shall be the higher of (a) the Applicable Increased Term Loan Spread for such Tranche of Term Loans and (b) the Applicable Margin for such Tranche of Term Loans as otherwise determined above in the absence of this clause (x).
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage of the Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount represented by such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Maximum Credit Amount at such time. The initial Applicable Percentages of the Lenders are set forth on Annex I. If the Revolving Loan Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Loan Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments pursuant to this Agreement and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.
“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person (other than a natural Person) that (a) is or will be engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and (b) is advised or managed by (i) such Lender, (ii) any Affiliate of such Lender or (iii) any Person (other than an individual) or any Affiliate of any Person (other than an individual) that administers or manages such Lender.
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“Arranger” means SG Americas Securities, LLC, in its capacity as lead arranger and bookrunner with respect to the Loan Documents.
“Assignment” means an assignment agreement entered into by a Lender, as assignor, and any prospective assignee thereof and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit A.
“Available Amount” means, at any time of determination (the applicable “Reference Date”), an amount equal to, without duplication:
(x) the sum of:
(i) the cumulative amount of Excess Cash Flow (which amount shall not be less than zero for any Fiscal Year) not required to be paid to Lenders under Section 2.9(a) commencing with the Fiscal Year ending March 31, 2015 and prior to the Reference Date with respect to which a certification of Excess Cash Flow has been delivered to the Administrative Agent;
(ii) Net Cash Proceeds of Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) sold by the Borrower;
(iii) without duplication of amounts included in clauses (i) or (ii) above, the amount of any returns received by the Borrower or any Loan Party in respect of any Investments;
(iv) the amount of Net Cash Proceeds arising from any Sale or other disposition by any Group Member of any of its property not required to be paid to Lenders under Section 2.9(c); and
(v) the Net Cash Proceeds from any Permitted Excluded Subsidiary Disposition;
minus:
(y) that portion of the Available Amount that has been spent on Investments prior to the Reference Date.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the rate last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the nation’s largest banks” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519)(Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent), (b) the sum of 0.50% per annum and the Federal Funds Rate, and (c) the sum of (i) the Eurodollar Rate (based on an Interest Period of one month determined two Business Days prior to such day) plus (ii) 1.00%. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in any of the foregoing shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the “base” rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Eurodollar Rate for an interest period of one month, as the case may be.
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CINEDIGM CORP. OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 24B-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
“Base Rate Loan” means any Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Benefit Plan” means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (whether governed by the laws of the United States or otherwise) to which any Group Member incurs or otherwise has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.
“Blocked Account Control Agreement” means the Blocked Account Control Agreement between the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and Société Générale, as account bank in respect of the Concentration Account, substantially in the form of Exhibit K.
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Borrowing” means a borrowing of the Term Loans, the Revolving Loans, the Incremental Term Loans or the Additional Revolving Loans, or any or all of them, as the case may be.
“Budget” means, with respect to any period, an annual operating budget showing quarterly detail for the Group Members, including an income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows (as well as additional revenue details that are provided on a monthly basis to the Board of Directors of the Borrower), including all line item categories, line items and cumulative amounts (with a detailed breakout of Consolidated Capital Expenditures), details and a statement of underlying assumptions and estimates.
“Business Day” means any day of the year that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks are required or authorized to close in New York City and, when determined in connection with notices and determinations in respect of any Eurodollar Rate or Eurodollar Rate Loan or any funding, conversion, continuation, Interest Period or payment of any Eurodollar Rate Loan, that is also a day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are carried on in the London interbank market.
“Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of, or other arrangement conveying the right to use, any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee that has been or is required to be accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means, at any time, with respect to any Capital Lease, any lease entered into as part of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction or any synthetic lease of any Person, the amount of all obligations of such Person that is (or that would be required to be, if such synthetic lease or other lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease) capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Equivalents” means (a) any readily-marketable securities (i) issued by, or directly, unconditionally and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States federal government or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States federal government the obligations of which are fully backed by the full faith and credit of the United States federal government, (b) any readily-marketable direct obligations issued by any other agency of the United States federal government, any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case having a rating of at least “A-1” from S&P or at least
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“P-1” from Moody’s, (c) any commercial paper rated at least “A-1” by S&P or “P-1” by Moody’s and issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States, (d) any Dollar-denominated time deposit, certificate of deposit, overnight bank deposit or bankers’ acceptance issued or accepted by any Lender or any commercial bank that is, in each case, rated investment grade by both S&P and Moody’s, (e) interests in any money market fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above with maturities as set forth in the proviso below, (ii) has net assets in excess of $500,000,000 and (iii) has obtained from either S&P or Moody’s the highest rating obtainable for money market funds in the United States, and (f) other cash equivalents determined by the Administrative Agent to have a risk equivalent to items rated at least “A-1” by S&P or “P-1” by Moody’s and otherwise acceptable from time to time to the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the maturities of all obligations specified in any of clauses (a) through (d) above shall not exceed 365 days.
“CERCLA” means the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.).
“Change of Control” means any event or circumstance, for whatever reason, whereby (a) any Person or group of Persons acting in concert acquires control of the Borrower (whether directly or indirectly); (b) except as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder, the Borrower fails to own or control (whether directly or indirectly) a minimum of 100% of the economic and voting rights associated with ownership of the outstanding Voting Stock of all classes of Voting Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary or (c) the majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the Board of Directors of the Borrower cease to be occupied by Persons who either (i) were members of the Board of Directors of the Borrower on the date hereof or (ii) were nominated for election by the Board of Directors of the Borrower, a majority of whom were directors on the date hereof or whose election or nomination for election was previously approved by a majority of such directors; provided that: (A) a Sale of up to 100% of the Stock of Hollywood Software, Inc. shall not be deemed a “Change of Control” so long as it is a Permitted Software Disposition and the Borrower is in full compliance with Section 2.9(c)(A)-(C) and (B) a Sale of up to 100% of the Stock of any Excluded Subsidiary shall not be deemed a “Change of Control” so long as it is a Permitted Excluded Subsidiary Disposition. For the purpose of this definition, “control” of a Person means: (x) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof) of Stock representing 35% or more of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Stock in the Borrower; (y) the power to appoint or remove all or a majority of the members of the board of directors of such Person or (z) otherwise directly or indirectly to direct or have the power to direct the affairs and policies of such Person.
“Cinedigm Lockbox Accounts” shall mean the deposit accounts of the Borrower and any associated lockbox address described on Schedule III attached hereto (including the Operating Accounts) and such other accounts of the Borrower and any associated lockbox address as may be agreed to by the Lenders after the Closing Date to which Customers are directed to make payment.
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“Closing Date” means the date as of which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1 have been satisfied or waived in accordance therewith, which shall also be the date of the initial Borrowing.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Collateral” means all property and interests in property and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by such Loan Party (except for any property and interests in property and proceeds of the Excluded Subsidiaries) in or upon which a Lien is granted or purported or required to be granted pursuant to any Loan Document.
“Collateral Agent” means SG in its capacity as collateral agent under the Loan Documents.
“Commitment” means any Term Loan Commitment, Revolving Loan Commitment, Incremental Term Loan Commitment or Additional Revolving Loan Commitment.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
“Concentration Account” shall mean an account of the Borrower maintained with SG, as account bank and controlled by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Blocked Account Control Agreement into which funds are deposited from time to time (including funds from the Cinedigm Lockbox Accounts).
“Connection Income Taxes” means with respect to any Secured Party, Taxes imposed on its net income or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes arising solely as a result of a present or former connection between such Secured Party and the jurisdiction imposing such Taxes (other than connections arising that are related to a Secured Party being a party to any Loan Document).
“Consigned Inventory” means any Inventory of the Borrower or any Loan Party that is in the possession of another Person on a consignment, sale or return, or other basis that does not constitute a final sale and acceptance of such Inventory.
“Consolidated” means, with respect to any Person, the financial results of such Person and its Subsidiaries consolidated in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for any period, Consolidated EBITDA, plus in the case of the first four full Fiscal Quarters following the Closing Date, such calculation shall also include in respect of the Acquisition, the sum of: (i) non-recurring charges and severance charges incurred during the period after the Closing Date through March 31, 2015 not to exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate, and (ii) “run-rate” cost savings certified by a Responsible Officer and validated by an Acceptable Appraiser that result from (A) actions taken on or prior to such period including cost savings and operating expense reductions related to mergers and other business combinations, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, cost-savings initiatives and other similar initiatives, and expected to result in such period (with such cost savings included in this clause (ii)(A) calculated on an annualized basis) and (B) specific identifiable actions
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expected to be generated prior to the end of the fourth full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date; and in the case of clauses (ii)(A) and (ii)(B), in an aggregate amount not to exceed the lesser of $2,500,000 and 15% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period prior to giving effect to this add-back.
“Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for any period, the sum of the aggregate of all expenditures (including that principal portion of Capital Leases that is capitalized on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and excluding normal replacements and maintenance that are properly charged to current operations) during that period that, in conformity with GAAP, are included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” or comparable items reflected in the Consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries. For purposes of this definition, (a) the purchase price of equipment that is purchased (i) within 30 days of the trade-in of existing equipment, (ii) with the Net Cash Proceeds of any asset disposition or casualty, condemnation or taking or any insurance or the net proceeds of any indemnity payments received from any third party (to the extent permitted hereunder), (iii) with the proceeds of the issuance of Stock or any equity capital contribution (to the extent permitted under Section 2.9(b) and Section 7.4) or (iv) with the proceeds of the issuance of Indebtedness permitted under Section 2.9(b) and Section 7.1 shall be included in Consolidated Capital Expenditures only to the extent of the gross amount of such purchase price less the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time, the amount of such net proceeds, the amount funded with the proceeds of such equity issuance or equity capital contribution or the amount funded with the proceeds of such issuance of Indebtedness, as the case may be, and (b) acquisition costs in respect of the Acquisition or Permitted Investments permitted under Section 7.3 shall be excluded from Consolidated Capital Expenditures.
“Consolidated Capital Expenditure Allowance” has the meaning specified in Section 7.16.
“Consolidated Cash Interest Expense” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Interest Expense for such period less the sum of, in each case to the extent included in the definition of Consolidated Net Interest Expense, (a) the amortized amount of debt discount and debt issuance costs, (b) charges relating to write-ups or write-downs in the book or carrying value of existing Consolidated Total Debt, (c) interest payable in issuances of Indebtedness or by addition to the principal of the related Indebtedness and (d) other non-cash interest expense.
“Consolidated Current Assets” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of any date of determination, all amounts (other than cash, Cash Equivalents and any Indebtedness owing to them by Affiliates) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet at such date.
“Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of any date of determination, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like
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caption) on a consolidated balance sheet at such date, but excluding the principal amount of the Loans then outstanding, to the extent otherwise included therein.
“Consolidated Debt Service” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense and (b) scheduled principal payments on Consolidated Total Debt for the four Fiscal Quarters most recently ended.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for any period (other than in respect of a Discontinued Operation), (a) the net income before Taxes for the four Fiscal Quarters most recently ended plus (b) the sum of, in each case to the extent included in the calculation of such net income before Taxes but without duplication, (i) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, amortization of debt discount and commissions and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness, (ii) any loss from extraordinary items, (iii) any depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, and (iv) pre-releasing costs incurred for Owned Library Content, but only while the relevant item of Owned Library Content is included in Library Value under clause (y)(b)(C) of the definition thereof, minus (c) the sum of, in each case to the extent included in the calculation of such net income before Taxes, (i) any interest income and (ii) any gain from extraordinary items.
“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, in each case for the four Fiscal Quarters most recently ended, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, minus the sum of Consolidated Capital Expenditures and Consolidated Net Content Advances (excluding any portion thereof any made through Permitted Reinvestments pursuant to a Sale in accordance with Section 2.9(c)) to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges.
“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, as of any date of determination, in each case in respect of the four Fiscal Quarters most recently ended, the sum of (a) Consolidated Debt Service and (b) Consolidated Income Tax Liability in respect of the four Fiscal Quarter period most recently ended.
“Consolidated Income Tax Liability” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for any period (other than in respect of a Discontinued Operation), the total liability for United States federal income taxes and other taxes measured by net income actually paid or, without duplication, payable in cash for such period.
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means as of any date of determination and for such period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA.
“Consolidated Net Content Advances” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated Basis as of any date of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (a) production costs capitalized during such period, net of capitalized production costs charged to income during such period, (b) advertising costs deferred during such period, net of deferred advertising costs charged to income during such period, (c) the net cash flow impact of advance payments made with respect to Distributed and Licensed Content pursuant to Distribution Agreements during such period, and (d) advances or purchase consideration made to acquire feature films or other items of content for distribution as Owned Library Content, net of
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advances amortized and charged to income during such period, in each case as reported in Consolidated cash flow statements in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Outstanding Content Advances” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for each Fiscal Quarter, for each of Distributed and Licensed Content and Owned Library Content, the amount shown in the most recent Monthly CNCA Report.
“Consolidated Net Interest Expense” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for any period, (a) Consolidated total interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) for such period and including, in any event, (i) interest capitalized during such period and net recurring costs under Interest Rate Contracts permitted hereunder for such period including the amortized portion of any premium paid for any such Interest Rate Contract containing a premium payment (but excluding, for avoidance of doubt, all payments that would be required to be made in respect of any Interest Rate Contract in the event of a termination (including an early termination thereof)) and (ii) all fees, charges, commissions, discounts and other similar obligations (other than reimbursement obligations) with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, banker’s acceptances, surety bonds and performance bonds (whether or not matured) payable during such period minus (b) the sum of (i) net recurring amounts received under Interest Rate Contracts permitted hereunder for such period (other than amounts that would be received in respect of any Interest Rate Contract in the event of a termination (including an early termination thereof)) and (ii) Consolidated interest income for such period.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of any date of determination, all Indebtedness of a type described in clause (a), (b), (c)(i), (d) or (f) of the definition thereof (including the Mezzanine Financing and with the Revolving Loans being measured utilizing the aggregate principal amount outstanding at the end of any Fiscal Quarter) and, without duplication, all Guaranty Obligations with respect to any such Indebtedness, but excluding: (x) obligations consisting of undrawn letter of credit backing liabilities already reflected on the balance sheet or backing obligations that would be considered an expense item when calculating Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, (y) up to $2,000,000 of Consolidated Working Capital adjustments paid on or before December 31, 2013 and (z) any payment to Shout Factory set forth on Schedule 1.1.
“Consolidated Working Capital” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of any date of determination, Consolidated Current Assets at such date minus Consolidated Current Liabilities at such date.
“Constituent Documents” means, with respect to any Person, collectively and, in each case, together with any modification of any term thereof, (a) the articles of incorporation, certificate of incorporation, constitution or articles or certificate of organization or formation of such Person, (b) the bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement or joint venture agreement of such Person, (c) any other constitutive, organizational or governing document of such Person, whether or not equivalent, and (d) any other document setting forth the manner of election or duties of the directors, officers, managers, managing members or partners of such
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Person or the designation, amount or relative rights, limitations and preferences of any Stock of such Person.
“Contractual Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by such Person or of any document or undertaking (other than a Loan Document) to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or to which any of its property is subject, including all Distribution Agreements and OLC Agreements.
“Copyrights” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to copyrights and all mask work, database and design rights, whether or not registered or published, all registrations and recordations thereof and all applications in connection therewith.
“Corporate Chart” means a document setting forth, as of a date set forth therein, for each Person that is a Loan Party, that is subject to Section 6.18 or that is a Subsidiary or joint venture of any of them, (a) the full legal name of such Person, (b) the jurisdiction of organization and any organizational number and tax identification number of such Person, (c) the location of such Person’s chief executive office (or, if applicable, sole place of business) and (d) the number of shares of each class of Stock of such Person authorized, the number outstanding and the number and percentage of such outstanding shares for each such class owned, directly or indirectly, by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any of them.
“Customer” means the account debtor with respect to any Receivable or prospective purchaser of goods, services or both with respect to any contract or contract right, or any party who enters into or proposes to enter into any contract or other arrangement with the Borrower or any other Loan Party, pursuant to which the Borrower or such Loan Party is to deliver any personal property to perform any services.
“Customer Receipts” shall mean any and all payments received from Customers in respect of Receivables.
“Customary Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person, any of the following:
(a) Liens (i) with respect to the payment of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or (ii) of suppliers, carriers, materialmen, warehousemen, workmen or mechanics and other similar Liens, in each case imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business, and, for each of the Liens in clauses (i) and (ii) above, for amounts that are not yet overdue or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate reserves are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
(b) pledges or cash deposits made in the ordinary course of business (i) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other types of social security benefits (other than any Lien imposed by ERISA), (ii) to secure the performance of bids, tenders, leases (other than Capital Leases) sales or other trade contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or (iii) made in lieu of, or to secure the performance of, surety, customs, reclamation or performance bonds (in each case not related to judgments or litigation);
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(c) judgment liens (other than for the payment of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges) securing judgments and other proceedings not constituting a Default under Section 8.1(f) and pledges or cash deposits made in lieu of, or to secure the performance of, judgment or appeal bonds in respect of such judgments and proceedings;
(d) Liens (i) arising by reason of zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, restrictions, covenants, rights-of-way, encroachments, minor defects or irregularities in title (including leasehold title) and other similar encumbrances on the use of real property or (ii) consisting of leases, licenses or subleases granted by a lessor, licensor or sublessor on its property (in each case other than Capital Leases) otherwise permitted under Section 7.4 that, for each of the Liens in clauses (i) and (ii) above, do not, in the aggregate, materially impair the value or marketability of such real property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business conducted and proposed to be conducted at such real property;
(e) Liens of landlords and mortgagees of landlords (i) arising by statute or under any lease or related Contractual Obligation entered into in the ordinary course of business, (ii) on fixtures and movable tangible property located on the real property leased or subleased from such landlord, (iii) for amounts not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and (iv) for which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP; and
(f) the title and interest of a lessor or sublessor in and to personal property permitted to be leased or subleased under this Agreement (other than through a Capital Lease), in each case extending only to such personal property.
“Default” means any Event of Default and any event that, with the passing of time or the giving of notice or both, would become an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10(c).
“Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, a Lender as to which the Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower that (a) such Lender has failed for three or more Business Days to comply with its obligations under this Agreement to make a Loan or other payment obligation including in respect of its participations under a Letter of Credit (a “funding obligation”), (b) such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent, or has stated publicly, that it will not comply with a funding obligation hereunder, or has defaulted on its funding obligations under any other loan agreement or credit agreement or other similar/other financing agreement, (c) such Lender has, for three or more Business Days, failed to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent, in response to a written request of the Administrative Agent, that it will comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or (d) a Lender Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Lender. Any determination that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (d) above will be made by the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Administrative Agent will promptly send to all parties hereto a copy of any notice to the Borrower provided for in this definition.
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“Defaulting Lender Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to an Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding Letter of Credit obligations owed to such Issuing Bank other than such Letter of Credit 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.
“Disclosure Documents” means, collectively, (a) all confidential information memoranda and related written materials prepared by or on behalf of (and with the consent or at the direction of) a Loan Party in connection with the syndication of the Loans and (b) all other documents filed by any Group Member with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Discontinued Operation” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is irrevocably designated by the Board of the Directors of the Borrower as discontinued or for Sale, or designated as such on the Borrower’s Financial Statements in accordance with Section 6.1(a) or Section 6.1(b).
“Disqualified Stock” means any Stock that by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Stock 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 Stock which is not otherwise Disqualified Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Stock which is not otherwise Disqualified Stock), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments or dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Term Maturity Date.
“Distributed and Licensed Content” means theatrical feature films, television productions and other traditional or non-traditional video content, for which a Group Member obtains the rights via Distribution Agreements to be exploited in various manners, including one or more of theatrical distribution, DVDs, Blu-Ray, internet or digital distribution, pay-television, cable television and broadcast television.
“Distribution Agreements” means each agreement between a Group Member and a Person other than a Group Member in respect of Distributed and Licensed Content that grants such Group Member a right to distribute or market the Distributed and Licensed Content of such other Person.
“Documentation Agent” means an entity to be determined by the Lenders in consultation with the Borrower, if applicable.
“Dollars” and the sign “$” each mean the lawful money of the United States.
“Domestic Person” means any “United States person” under and as defined in Section 770l(a)(30) of the Code.
“E-Fax” means any system used to receive or transmit faxes electronically.
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“E-Signature” means the process of attaching to or logically associating with an Electronic Transmission an electronic symbol, encryption, digital signature or process (including the name or an abbreviation of the name of the party transmitting the Electronic Transmission) with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such Electronic Transmission.
“E-System” means any electronic system, including Intralinks® and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent, any of its Related Persons or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or another reasonably adequate security system.
“Effective Yield” means, as to any Term Loans of any Tranche, the effective yield on such Term Loans as determined by the Administrative Agent (which shall be conclusive absent manifest error), taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate floors or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or original issue discount (amortized over the shorter of (x) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Term Loans and (y) the three years following the date of incurrence thereof) payable generally to Lenders making such Term Loans, but excluding any arrangement, structuring or other fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the relevant Lenders and customary consent fees paid generally to consenting Lenders.
“Electronic Transmission” means each document, instruction, authorization, file, information and any other communication transmitted, posted or otherwise made or communicated by e-mail or E-Fax, or otherwise to or from an E-System or other equivalent service.
“Eligible Assignee” means any commercial bank, institutional investor or other financial institution organized under the laws of the United States or any of the countries parties to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or any political subdivision of any thereof other than the Borrower, any Affiliate of the Borrower, or any other holder of Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower which Stock constitutes (or, in the case of Stock Equivalents, would constitute if exercised) 5% or more of the Voting Stock of the Borrower or such Affiliate.
“Eligible Inventory” means and includes Inventory, excluding work in process, with respect to each Loan Party, valued at the lower of cost or market value, determined on a first-in-first-out basis, which is not, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable opinion, obsolete, slow moving (not reasonably saleable in 90 days or less) or unmerchantable. In addition, Inventory shall not be Eligible Inventory if it (a) does not conform in all material respects to all standards imposed by any Governmental Authority that has regulatory authority over such goods or the use or sale thereof, (b) is in-transit, (c) is located outside the continental United States or at a location that is not otherwise in compliance with the Loan Documents, (d) constitutes Consigned Inventory, (e) is the subject of an intellectual property claim, (f) is subject to a license agreement or other agreement that limits, conditions or restricts any Loan Party’s or Secured Party’s right to sell or otherwise dispose of such Inventory, unless such Party is a party to a licensor/agent agreement with the licensor under such license agreement, (g) is situated at a location not owned by a Loan Party unless the owner or occupier of such location has executed in favor of the Agents a lien waiver agreement and a bailee agreement (in form and substance reasonably
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satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) between the Collateral Agent, the relevant owner or occupier, and the Borrower is in full force and effect, or (h) or if the sale of such Inventory would result in an ineligible Receivable.
“Eligible Library Value” means, as of any date of determination, that portion of the Library Value on such date for which a Group Member is (a) the Copyright owner or (b) a licensee under a Distribution Agreement to the extent the terms of such Distribution Agreement transfer an interest in the asset licensed under such Distribution Agreement to such Group Member for a period of time (reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) that survives or is assumable in bankruptcy.
“Eligible Receivables” means with respect to each Loan Party, each of its Receivables arising in the ordinary course of business, provided that a Receivable shall not be deemed eligible unless such Receivable is subject to the Secured Parties’ first priority perfected security interest and no other Lien (other than Customary Permitted Liens), and is evidenced by an invoice or other documentary evidence and provided, further that (x) in no event shall any Receivable where is the account debtor (as of the date hereof in the amount of approximately $5.16 million) be considered an Eligible Receivable while such Receivable is encumbered by any Lien that is in favor of the Seller or while such Receivable is not subject to Secured Parties’ first priority perfected security interest and (y) if the Receivables of any Customers are subject to a Lien permitted by the Loan Documents, in order for any Receivables of such Customer to meet the eligibility requirements under this definition and be designated an “Eligible Receivable”, the Borrower must ensure that any such Receivables of such Customer that are subject to a Lien or otherwise similarly encumbered shall have a different customer number or other customer designation from any such Receivables of such Customer that are not subject to a Lien. In addition, no Receivable shall be an Eligible Receivable if:
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such Receivable arises out of a sale made by a Loan Party to an Affiliate of such Loan Party or to a Person controlled by an Affiliate of such Loan Party;
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such Receivable is due or unpaid more than 90 days after the original due date (not to exceed 120 days after the original invoice date);
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the amount with respect to such Receivable for any Customer is attributable to the excess of chargebacks for returned or rejected items, bona fide requests for credit, adjustments, disputes or liability, over the amount of credit memoranda or return credits previously issued in connection therewith (but only to the extent of such excess);
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any covenant, representation or warranty contained in the Loan Documents with respect to such Receivable has been breached;
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any Customer with respect to such Receivable shall (i) apply for, suffer, or consent to the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property or call a meeting of its creditors, (ii) admit in writing its inability, or be generally unable, to pay its debts as they become due or cease operations of its present business, (iii) make a general
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assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) commence a voluntary case or proceeding under any state or federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect), (v) be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (vi) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any other law providing for the relief of debtors, (vii) acquiesce to, or fail to have dismissed, any petition which is filed against it in any involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws, or (viii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
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the sale of such Receivable is to a Customer outside the continental United States of America or Canada, unless the sale is on letter of credit, guaranty or acceptance terms, in each case reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
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the sale of such Receivable to the Customer (other than VMI accounts) is on a xxxx-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-and-return, sale on approval, consignment or any other repurchase or return basis or is evidenced by chattel paper;
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the Customer of such Receivable is the United States of America, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of any of them, unless the Loan Party assigns its right to payment of such Receivable to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 (31 U.S.C. Sub-Section 3727 et seq. and 41 U.S.C. Sub-Section 15 et seq.) or has otherwise complied with other applicable statutes or ordinances;
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the goods giving rise to such Receivable have not been delivered to and accepted by the Customer or the services giving rise to such Receivable have not been performed by the Loan Party and accepted by the Customer or the Receivable otherwise does not represent a final sale;
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such Receivable is subject to any offset, deduction, defense, dispute, or counterclaim (but only to the extent of such offset, deduction, defense or counterclaim) or the Receivable is contingent in any respect or for any reason;
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a Loan Party has made any agreement with any Customer for any deduction from such Receivable (but only to the extent of such deduction), except for discounts or allowances made in the ordinary course of business for prompt payment, all of which discounts or allowances are reflected in the calculation of the face value of each respective invoice related thereto;
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such Receivable is not payable to a Loan Party;
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such Receivable is in connection with a Discontinued Operation that is no longer a going concern (it being understood that any such Receivable, so long as it meets the other requirements of this definition, shall be an Eligible Receivable for so long as it is connection with a Discontinued Operation that is currently a going concern); or
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the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that collection of such Receivable could be in doubt either by reason of increased returns by a Customer (to the exent of such increase) or by reason of the Customer’s financial inability to pay.
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CINEDIGM CORP. OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 24B-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
“Embargoed Person” means any party that (a) is publicly identified on the most current list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” published by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), is a “designated national” pursuant to OFAC's Cuban Assets Control Regulations (31 C.F.R. 515.305), or resides, is organized or chartered, or has a place of business in a country or territory that is prohibited pursuant to the OFAC sanctions programs or (b) is publicly identified as prohibited from doing business with the United States under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Trading With the Enemy Act, or any other Requirements of Law.
“Environmental Laws” means all Requirements of Law and Permits imposing liability or standards of conduct for or relating to the regulation and protection of human health, safety, the environment and natural resources or hazardous material, transportation, reuse, recycling, potential resale or disposal of the Digital Systems, including CERCLA, the SWDA, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. §§ 5101 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300(f) et seq.), Basel Convention on the control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (BASEL), the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 27 January 2003, and any other similar federal, state or local laws relating to the foregoing, all regulations promulgated under any of the foregoing, all analogous Requirements of Law and Permits and any environmental transfer of ownership notification or approval statutes.
“Environmental Liabilities” means all Liabilities (including costs of Remedial Actions, natural resource damages and costs and expenses of investigation and feasibility studies), contingent or otherwise, imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any Group Member as a result of, or related to, any claim, suit, action, investigation, proceeding or demand by any Person, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute or common law or otherwise, arising under any Environmental Law or in connection with any environmental, health or safety condition or with any Release and (a) arising out of the use, transportation, sale, recycling or disposal of any property of a Group Member or (b) resulting from the ownership, lease, sublease or other operation or occupation of property by any Group Member, whether on, prior or after the date hereof.
“ERISA” means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, collectively, any Group Member, and any Person under common control, or treated as a single employer, with any Group Member, within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means any of the following: (a) a reportable event described in Section 4043 of ERISA (other than those events with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement has been duly waived under the applicable regulations) with respect to a Title IV Plan, (b) the withdrawal of any ERISA Affiliate from a Title IV 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
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CINEDIGM CORP. OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 24B-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
ERISA, (c) the complete or partial withdrawal of any ERISA Affiliate from any Multiemployer Plan, (d) with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the filing of a notice of reorganization, insolvency or termination (or treatment of a plan amendment as termination) under Section 4041A of ERISA, (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Title IV Plan (or treatment of a plan amendment as termination) under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, (f) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC, (g) the failure to make any required contribution to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan when due, (h) the imposition of a lien under Section 412 of the Code or Section 303 or 4068 of ERISA on any property (or rights to property, whether real or personal) of any ERISA Affiliate, (i) the failure of a Benefit Plan or any trust thereunder intended to qualify for tax exempt status under Section 401 or 501 of the Code or other Requirements of Law to qualify thereunder or (j) any other event or condition that might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for a distress or involuntary termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or for the imposition of any liability upon any ERISA Affiliate under Title IV of ERISA other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent.
“Escrow Agreement” means the Escrow Agreement, dated on or about the Closing Date, between the Borrower, the Seller and SG, as escrow agent, in respect of the Escrow Account, substantially in the form of Exhibit M.
“Escrow Account” means the independent third-party account to which the proceeds in the GVE Account are transferred in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement.
“Eurodollar Base Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the greater of (a) the offered rate per annum for deposits of Dollars for such Interest Period that appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period and (b) 1.00%. If no such offered rate exists, such rate will be the rate of interest per annum as determined by the Administrative Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) at which deposits of Dollars in immediately available funds are offered at 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period by major financial institutions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in the London interbank market for such Interest Period and for an amount equal or comparable to the principal amount of the Loans borrowed, converted or continued as Eurodollar Rate loans on such date of determination.
“Eurodollar Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Period and for any Eurodollar Rate Loan, an interest rate per annum determined as the ratio of (a) the Eurodollar Base Rate with respect to such Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan to (b) the difference between the number one and the Eurodollar Reserve Requirements with respect to such Interest Period and for such Eurodollar Rate Loan.
“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means any Loan that bears interest based on the Eurodollar Rate.
“Eurodollar Reserve Requirements” means, with respect to any Interest Period and for any Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate per annum equal to the aggregate, without duplication, of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal number) of reserve requirements in effect two Business
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CINEDIGM CORP. OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 24B-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) under any regulations of the Federal Reserve Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board) maintained by a member bank of the United States Federal Reserve System; provided, that if no Lender is a member bank at the time of determination, the Eurodollar Reserve Requirement shall be deemed to be zero.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.1.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for any period, (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period, minus (b) without duplication, (i) any scheduled cash principal payment on the Loans during such period (but only, in the case of payment in respect of Revolving Loans, to the extent that the Revolving Loan Commitments are permanently reduced by the amount of such payment) other than any mandatory prepayment required pursuant to Section 2.9(a) because of the existence of Excess Cash Flow, (ii) up to $2,000,000 of Consolidated Working Capital adjustments paid on or before December 31, 2013 pursuant to clause (y) of the definition of Consolidated Total Debt (it being understood that this shall not limit any other adjustments in Consolidated Working Capital otherwise set forth in this definition), (iii) any scheduled or other mandatory cash principal payment made by a Loan Party during such period on any Capitalized Lease Obligation or other Indebtedness (but only, if such Indebtedness may be reborrowed, to the extent such payment results in a permanent reduction in commitments thereof), (iv) any Consolidated Capital Expenditures and Consolidated Net Content Advances (to the extent positive), during such period to the extent permitted by this Agreement, excluding any such Capital Expenditure to the extent financed through the incurrence of Capitalized Lease Obligations or any long-term Indebtedness other than the Obligations and any Capitalized Lease Obligations and any scheduled payments set forth on Schedule 1.1, (v) the Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for such period, (vi) any cash losses from extraordinary items, (vii) any cash payment made during such period to satisfy obligations for United States federal income taxes or other taxes measured by net income, (viii) any increase in the Consolidated Working Capital during such period (measured as the excess of such Consolidated Working Capital at the end of such period over such Consolidated Working Capital at the beginning of such period), (ix) Restricted Payments made in cash to the extent permitted to be made under Section 7.5 and financed with internally generated cash flow of the Loan Parties (other than Restricted Payments only among Loan Parties as permitted hereunder), (x) cash costs in connection with the Acquisition incurred and not paid with the proceeds of the Loans, (xi) cash used to consummate an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.3(d), (e) and (f) to the extent not financed with the proceeds of long term Indebtedness, equity issuances or other proceeds from a financing transaction that would not be included in Consolidated EBITDA or resulting from Net Cash Proceeds from any Sale, and (xii) cash expenses to the extent added back in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period; and plus (c) without duplication, (i) to the extent included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, any provision for United States federal income taxes or other taxes measured by net income, (ii) any interest income and (iii) any decrease in Consolidated Working Capital during such period (measured as the excess of such Consolidated Working Capital at the beginning of such period over such Consolidated Working Capital at the end thereof).
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CINEDIGM CORP. OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 24B-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
“Excluded Subsidiaries” means Cinedigm DC Holdings, LLC; Access Digital Media, Inc.; Christie/AIX, Inc.; Cinedigm Digital Funding I, LLC; Access Digital Cinema Phase 2 Corp.; Access Digital Cinema Phase 2 B/AIX Corp.; CDF2 Holdings, LLC; Cinedigm Digital Funding 2, LLC; Cinedigm Digital Cinema Australia Pty Ltd; and their respective Subsidiaries.
“Excluded Taxes” means with respect to any Secured Party, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income or profits (including branch profits Taxes) and franchise Taxes imposed in lieu of net income Taxes, in each case imposed on any Secured Party as a result of a present or former connection between such Secured Party and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such Tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than such connection arising solely from any Secured Party having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, any Loan Document); (b) in the case of a Lender or Issuing Bank, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment, Letter of Credit or unreimbursed LC Disbursement pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender or Issuing Bank acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment or unreimbursed LC Disbursement or participation in a Letter of Credit (other than pursuant to a substitution under Section 2.19) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.18, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office; (c) Taxes that are directly attributable to the failure by any Secured Party to deliver the documentation required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.18(f) or (d) if this Agreement (as it may be modified) is not treated as a Grandfathered Obligation, any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Liens” means the Liens set forth on Schedule 7.2.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq.).
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System and any successor thereto.
“Fee Letters” means (a) the letter agreement dated August 29, 2013, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Arranger and (b) the Fee Letter dated on or about the date hereof.
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CINEDIGM CORP. OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 24B-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
“Financial Statement” means the Initial Financial Statements and each financial statement delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a), (b) or (c).
“Fiscal Quarter” means each three-month fiscal period ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31.
“Fiscal Year” means each twelve month period ending on March 31.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Person.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from time to time, set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, in the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and in such other statements by such other Person as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession in the United States that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination. Subject to Section 1.3, all references to “GAAP” shall be to GAAP applied consistently with the principles used in the preparation of the audited Initial Financial Statements referred to in clause (a) of the definition of Initial Financial Statements.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, taxing, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including any central bank, stock exchange, regulatory body, arbitrator, public sector entity, supra-national entity (including the European Union and the European Central Bank) and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).
“Grandfathered Obligation” has the meaning provided to it under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i)(A)(1).
“Group Members” means, collectively, the Loan Parties.
“Group Members’ Accountants” means Xxxxxx LLP or any nationally-recognized independent registered certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Guaranty Agreement” means the Guaranty Agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit F, among the Collateral Agent, the Borrower and other Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto.
“Guaranty Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person for any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation (the “primary obligation”) of another Person (the “primary obligor”), if the purpose or intent of such Person in incurring such liability, or the economic effect thereof, is to guarantee such primary obligation or provide support, assurance or comfort to the holder of such primary obligation or to protect or indemnify such holder against loss with respect to such primary obligation, including (a) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (other than for collection or
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CINEDIGM CORP. OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 24B-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of any primary obligation, (b) the incurrence of reimbursement obligations with respect to any letter of credit or bank guarantee in support of any primary obligation, (c) the existence of any Lien, or any right, contingent or otherwise, to receive a Lien, on the property of such Person securing any part of any primary obligation or (d) any liability of such Person for a primary obligation through any Contractual Obligation (contingent or otherwise) or other arrangement (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such primary obligation or any security therefor or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such primary obligation (whether in the form of a loan, advance, stock purchase, capital contribution or otherwise), (ii) to maintain the solvency, working capital, equity capital or any balance sheet item, level of income or cash flow, liquidity or financial condition of any primary obligor, (iii) to make take-or-pay or similar payments, if required, regardless of non-performance by any other party to any Contractual Obligation, (iv) to purchase, sell or lease (as lessor or lessee) any property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the primary obligor to satisfy such primary obligation or to protect the holder of such primary obligation against loss or (v) to supply funds to or in any other manner invest in, such primary obligor (including to pay for property or services irrespective of whether such property is received or such services are rendered); provided, however, that “Guaranty Obligations” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or product warranties given in the ordinary course of business. The outstanding amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall equal the outstanding amount of the primary obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported or, if lower, the stated maximum amount for which such Person may be liable under such Guaranty Obligation.
“GVE Account” means the existing lockbox account at PNC where account debtors of GVE are instructed to make payment in respect of GVE’s receivables and where certain Customers will be instructed to make payments during the Transition Period until the earlier of (i) the end of the Transition Period and (ii) the assignment of a new vendor number in respect of such Customer.
“GVE Agreements” means the agreements set forth on Schedule 4.18.
“Hazardous Material” means (a) any substance, material or waste that is classified, regulated or otherwise characterized under any Environmental Law as hazardous, toxic, a contaminant or a pollutant or by other words of similar meaning or regulatory effect, including petroleum or any fraction thereof, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and radioactive substances or (b) electronic waste and parts or materials destined for recycling or disposal but not for direct reuse that consists of lead or beryllium containing circuit boards, cathode ray tubes (CRTs), CRT glass (processed and unprocessed), as well as computers, monitors, peripherals and other electronics containing such circuit boards and/or CRTs.
“Hedging Agreement” means any Interest Rate Contract, foreign exchange, swap, option or forward contract, spot, cap, floor or collar transaction, any other derivative instrument, and any other similar transaction and any other similar agreement or arrangement designed to provide protection against fluctuations in any interest rate.
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CINEDIGM CORP. OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 24B-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
“Incremental Term Borrowing” means a Borrowing consisting of Incremental Term Loans.
“Incremental Term Loan Amount” means, at any time, the excess, if any, of (a) $15,000,000 over the sum of (b)(i) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Term Loan Commitments established prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.20 plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all Additional Revolving Loan Commitments established prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.20.
“Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement” means an Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement among, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or more Incremental Term Loan Lenders (to the extent a party thereto).
“Incremental Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.20, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower.
“Incremental Term Loan Lender” means a Lender with an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.
“Incremental Term Loan Repayment Dates” means the dates scheduled for the repayment of principal of any Incremental Term Loan, as set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement.
“Incremental Term Loans” means Term Loans made by one or more Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.20. Incremental Term Loans may be made in the form of any then-outstanding Tranches of Term Loans or, to the extent permitted by Section 2.20 and provided for in the relevant Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement, any additional Tranche of Term Loans.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, any of the following, whether or not matured: (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) all reimbursement and other obligations with respect to (i) letters of credit (whether drawn or undrawn), bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances or (ii) surety, customs, reclamation or performance bonds (in each case not related to judgments or litigation) other than those entered into in the ordinary course of business, (d) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business, (e) all obligations created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, regardless of whether the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property, (f) all Capitalized Lease Obligations, (g) all obligations, whether or not contingent, to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any of its own Stock or Stock Equivalents (or any Stock or Stock Equivalent of a direct or indirect parent entity thereof) prior to the date that is 180 days after the Term Maturity Date, valued at, in the case of redeemable preferred Stock, the greater of the voluntary liquidation preference and the involuntary liquidation preference of such Stock plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (h) all payments that would be required to be made in respect of any Hedging Agreement in the event
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CINEDIGM CORP. OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 24B-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
of a termination (including an early termination) on the date of determination, or (i) all Guaranty Obligations for obligations of any other Person constituting Indebtedness of such other Person; provided, however, that the items in each of clauses (a) through (i) above shall constitute “Indebtedness” of such Person solely to the extent, directly or indirectly, (x) such Person is liable for any part of any such item, (y) any such item is secured by a Lien on such Person’s property or (z) any other Person has a right, contingent or otherwise, to cause such Person to become liable for any part of any such item or to grant such a Lien.
“Indemnified Matter” has the meaning specified in Section 10.4.
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 10.4.
“Initial Financial Statements” means (a) the audited Consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the Group Members for the Fiscal Year ending March 31, 2013 and related Consolidated and consolidating statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow for such Fiscal Year and (b) the Consolidated and consolidating unaudited balance sheet of the Group Members for the Fiscal Quarters ending June 30, 2013 and related Consolidated and consolidating statements of income and cash flow for each such Fiscal Quarter and that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of each such Fiscal Quarter.
“Initial Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date” means, for any Tranche of Incremental Term Loans, the final maturity date set forth for such Tranche of Incremental Term Loans in the respective Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement relating thereto, provided that the initial final maturity date for all Incremental Term Loans of a given Tranche shall be the same date.
“Initial Library Value Report” means the report from the Acceptable Appraiser delivered on the Closing Date setting forth the aggregate value of the Distributed and Licensed Content and Owned Library Content (based on five-year discounted cash flow criteria and five-year ultimates value of Adjusted Gross Margin) as of June 30, 2013.
“Initial Operating Account” means the following account of the Borrower: Bank Name: Citibank, Bank Address: 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Account Name: New Video Group, ABA (Routing) Number: 000000000, Account Number: , Swift Code: XXXXXX00.
“Initial Projections” means a financial forecast for the Group Members prepared by or on behalf of Borrower’s management and dated on or around the date hereof demonstrating on a quarterly basis for the first twelve months after the date hereof, and on an annual basis thereafter through the one-year anniversary of the Term Maturity Date, compliance with all financial covenants through the Term Maturity Date.
“Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means (a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under the United States Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Loan Party, (b) any
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other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Loan Party or with respect to a material portion of its respective assets, (c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Loan Party whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (d) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of any Loan Party.
“Intellectual Property” means all rights, title and interests in or relating to intellectual property and industrial property arising under any Requirement of Law and all IP Ancillary Rights relating thereto, including all Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, Internet Domain Names, Trade Secrets and IP Licenses.
“Intercompany Agreements” means all agreements among the Borrower, any Loan Party or any Excluded Subsidiary evidencing indebtedness or obligations in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate and including: (a) the Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2013, between the Borrower, as administrative servicer, and Cinedigm Digital Cinema Holdings, Inc. and (b) any software license agreements between Hollywood Software, Inc. and any Excluded Subsidiary.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is made or converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan or, if such loan is continued, on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period therefor and, in each case, ending one, two or three months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower pursuant hereto; provided, however, that (v) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless the result of such extension would be to extend such Interest Period into the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day, (w) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month, (x) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans ending after the Term Maturity Date, (y) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period in respect of Loans having an aggregate principal amount of less than $1,000,000 and (z) there shall be outstanding at any one time no more than six Interest Periods for Eurodollar Rate Loans.
“Interest Rate Contracts” means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, agreement for the repurchase of the imbedded Eurodollar floor, interest rate collar agreement and interest rate insurance entered into with a Secured Hedging Counterparty or otherwise acceptable to the Administrative Agent that protects against increases in the Eurodollar Rate or the Base Rate, as the case may be, as such rates would reasonably impact the Loans.
“Internet Domain Names” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to Internet domain names.
“Inventory” means all of any Loan Party’s now owned or hereafter acquired goods, merchandise and other personal property, wherever located, to be furnished under any consignment arrangement, contract of service or held for sale or lease, all raw materials, work in
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process, finished goods and materials and supplies of any kind, nature or description that are or might be used or consumed in such Loan Party’s business or used in selling or furnishing such goods, merchandise and other personal property, and all documents of title or other documents representing them.
“Inventory Log” means a valuation report of the Eligible Inventory of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, (a) the ownership, purchase or other acquisition, in each case whether beneficially or otherwise, of any investment in, including any interest in, any Security of any other Person (other than any evidence of any Obligation), (b) the purchase or other acquisition, whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions, of all or a significant part of the property of any other Person or a business conducted by any other Person or all or substantially all of the assets constituting the business of a division, branch, brand or other unit operation of any other Person, (c) to incur, or to remain liable under, any Guaranty Obligation for Indebtedness of any other Person, to assume the Indebtedness of any other Person or to make, hold, purchase or otherwise acquire, in each case directly or indirectly, any deposit, loan, advance, commitment to lend or advance, or other extension of credit (including by deferring or extending the date of, in each case outside the ordinary course of business, the payment of the purchase price for Sales of property or services to any other Person, to the extent such payment obligation constitutes Indebtedness of such other Person), excluding deposits with financial institutions available for withdrawal on demand and prepaid expenses, accounts receivable and similar items created in the ordinary course of business, (d) to make, directly or indirectly, any contribution to the capital of any other Person or (e) to Sell any property for less than fair market value (including a disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents in exchange for consideration of lesser value); provided, however, that such Investment shall be valued at the difference between the value of the consideration for such Sale and the fair market value of the property Sold. The outstanding amount of any Investment shall be calculated as the excess of (x) the initial cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto (without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write ups, write downs or write offs with respect to such Investment) over (y) the sum of (A) without duplication of amounts included in the Available Amount, any amount paid, repaid, returned, distributed or otherwise received in cash or Cash Equivalents from such Investment and (B) all liabilities of the investing Person constituting all or a portion of the initial cost of such Investment expressly transferred prior to such time in connection with the Sale of such Investment, but only to the extent that the investing Person is fully released from such liability by such transfer.
“IP Ancillary Rights” means, with respect to any other Intellectual Property, as applicable, all foreign counterparts to, and all divisionals, reversions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, renewals and extensions of, such Intellectual Property and all income, royalties, proceeds and Liabilities at any time due or payable or asserted under or with respect to any of the foregoing or otherwise with respect to such Intellectual Property, including all rights to xxx or recover at law or in equity for any past, present or future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or other impairment thereof, and, in each case, all rights to obtain any other IP Ancillary Right.
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“IP License” means all Contractual Obligations (and all related IP Ancillary Rights), whether written or oral, granting any right, title and interest in or relating to any Intellectual Property.
“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States.
“Issuing Bank” means SG and each Revolving Lender that shall have become an Issuing Bank hereunder as provided in Section 2.4(k) (other than any Person that shall have ceased to be an Issuing Bank as provided in Section 2.4(l)), each in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
“LC Disbursement” means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit that remains available for drawing at such time and (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the International Standby Practices (ISP98), such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
“Lender” or “Lenders” means, collectively, any Person that (a) is listed on the signature pages hereof as a “Term Lender” or “Revolving Lender” or (b) from time to time becomes a party hereto by execution of an Assignment, an Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement or an Additional Revolving Loan Commitment Assumption Agreement.
“Lender Insolvency Event” means that (a) a Lender or its Lender Parent Company is insolvent, or is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (b) such Lender or its Lender Parent Company is the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or similar proceeding, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, intervenor or sequestrator or the like has been appointed for such Lender or its Lender Parent Company, or such Lender or its Lender Parent Company has taken any action in furtherance of or indicating its consent to or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment.
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“Lender Parent Company” means, with respect to a Lender, the bank holding company (as defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y), if any, of such Lender, or any Person owning, beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares of such Lender.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant to this Agreement.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to $10,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of and not in addition to the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments.
“Liabilities” means all claims, actions, suits, judgments, damages, losses, liability, obligations, responsibilities, fines, penalties, sanctions, costs, fees, taxes, commissions, charges, disbursements and expenses, in each case of any kind or nature (including interest accrued thereon or as a result thereto and fees, charges and disbursements of financial, legal and other advisors and consultants), whether joint or several, whether or not indirect, contingent, consequential, actual, punitive, treble or otherwise.
“Library Value” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (x) the amount shown as the Library Value in the then-most recently delivered Library Value Report (the “Current Report”), but only if the Current Report is dated within the 90 days immediately preceding such date of determination, or (y) if such date of determination is more than 90 days after the date of the Current Report, then an amount equal to:
(a) the aggregate value of the Distributed and Licensed Content and Owned Library Content (based on five-year discounted cash flow criteria and five-year ultimates value of Adjusted Gross Margin), including the value of Permitted Unreleased Content, all as shown in the Current Report (each calculated utilizing a methodology consistent with that utilized on the Closing Date), minus the present value of net cash flow in respect of such Distributed and Licensed Content, Owned Library Content and Permitted Unreleased Content that was projected in the Current Report to be received by the Credit Parties during the period from the date of the Current Report through such date of determination (the “Subsequent Period”), plus
(b) on the occurrence after the date of the Current Report of an acquisition of Distributed and Licensed Content or Owned Library Content that does not result in a Material Library Value Event, the sum (whether positive or negative and without duplication) of (A) 80% of the five-year discounted cash flow value of the Adjusted Gross Margin for previously released Distributed and Licensed Content and Permitted Unreleased Content, not to exceed the Net Content Advance for such Permitted Unreleased Content for newly executed or renewed Distributed and Licensed Content agreements (subject to an aggregate cap for amounts in this clause (A) of $10,000,000), (B) 80% of the Borrower’s five-year ultimates value computed in a manner consistent with the Current Report computations for Owned Library Content released after the Current Report and more than 30 days prior to such determination date, (subject to an aggregate cap for amounts in this clause (B) of $5,000,000) and (C) 50% of cash proceeds paid
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by a Credit Party to acquire and release such Owned Library Content (subject to the aggregate cap for amounts in this clause (C) of $5,000,000) not released or released less than 30 days prior to such determination date; minus
(c) the value attributable to any assets reflected in the Library Value as set forth in the Current Report that are sold or otherwise disposed of during the Subsequent Period, and minus
(d) the value of Distribution Agreements reflected in the Library Value as set forth in the Current Report, to the extent the same are terminated or not renewed during the Subsequent Period.
provided, however, that in the event that clause (y) results in an amount that is higher than the Library Value shown in the Current Report, the Library Value shall be as stated in the Current Report.
“Library Value Report” means the Initial Library Value Report and each additional report provided pursuant to Section 6.1(j).
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, lien (statutory or other), security interest or other security arrangement and any other preference, priority or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to any asset, including any conditional sale contract or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease and any synthetic or other financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.
“Loan” means, collectively, loans made pursuant to Section 2.1 and any Incremental Term Loans.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Fee Letters, each Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement, each Additional Revolving Loan Commitment Assumption Agreement, any Notes, any Letter of Credit, the Guaranty Agreement, the Security Documents, the Escrow Agreement, and, when executed, each document executed by a Loan Party (including any certificate or instrument delivered by or on behalf of a Loan Party in connection with or pursuant to any Loan Document) and delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender in connection with or pursuant to any of the foregoing or the Obligations (other than any Secured Hedging Document), together with any modification of any term, or any waiver with respect to, any of the foregoing.
“Loan Party” means the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Lockbox Control Agreements” means the account control agreements between the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and the relevant account banks, in respect of the Cinedigm Lockbox Accounts, substantially in the form of Exhibit L.
“Management Report” means the management report delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a)
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“Material Adverse Effect” means an effect that results in or causes a material adverse change in any of (a) the condition (financial or otherwise), business, performance, prospects, operations or property of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, or the Group Members, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party or (c) the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the rights and remedies of any Agent, the Lenders or any other Secured Party under any Loan Document.
“Material DL OLC Agreement” means any Distribution Agreement, OLC Agreement or GVE Agreement that has generated in excess of $250,000 in net cash revenues in the preceding 12-month period or is reasonably expected to generate in excess of $250,000 in net cash revenues in the immediately following 12-month period.
“Material Environmental Liabilities” means Environmental Liabilities exceeding $500,000 in the aggregate.
“Material Library Value Event” means (a) an acquisition made by a Loan Party that (i) such Loan Party reasonably believes increases the Library Value by an amount that is greater than or equal to 50% or (ii) increases the Library Value by an amount that is greater than or equal to $25,000,000, as determined by an appraisal from an Acceptable Appraiser in connection with such acquisition or (b) a sale or other disposition of the Distributed and Licensed Content and Owned Library Content used to compute the Library Value that decreases the Library Value by an amount that is greater than or equal to 25%.
“Mezzanine Financing” means unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower pursuant to the Subordinated Note (subordinated on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), dated on or about the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of up to $5,000,000 with an interest coupon of 9.0% per annum and a five year maturity.
“Mortgage” means any mortgage, deed of trust or other document executed or required herein to be executed by any Loan Party and granting a security interest over real property in favor of the Collateral Agent as security for the Obligations.
“Mortgage Supporting Documents” means, with respect to any Mortgage for a parcel of real property, each document (including title policies or marked-up unconditional insurance binders (in each case, together with copies of all documents referred to therein), maps, ALTA (or TLTA, if applicable) as-built surveys (in form and as to date that is sufficiently acceptable to the title insurer issuing title insurance to the Collateral Agent for such title insurer to deliver endorsements to such title insurance as reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent), environmental assessments and reports and evidence regarding recording and payment of fees, insurance premium and taxes) that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, to create, register, perfect, maintain, evidence the existence, substance, form or validity of or enforce a valid lien on such parcel of real property in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject only to Customary Permitted Liens.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 400l(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any ERISA Affiliate incurs or otherwise has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.
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“Net Cash Proceeds” means proceeds received in cash from (a) any Sale of, or Property Loss Event with respect to, property, any casualty insurance or any business interruption insurance, net of (i) the customary out-of-pocket cash costs, fees and expenses paid or required to be paid in connection therewith, (ii) taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof and (iii) any amount required to be paid or prepaid on Indebtedness (other than the Obligations and Indebtedness owing to any Group Member) secured by such property or (b) any sale or issuance of Stock or incurrence of Indebtedness, in each case net of brokers’, advisors’ and investment banking fees and other customary out-of-pocket underwriting discounts, commissions and other customary out-of-pocket cash costs, fees and expenses, in each case to the extent actually incurred in connection with such transaction; provided, however, that any such proceeds received by any Loan Party that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower shall constitute “Net Cash Proceeds” only to the extent of the aggregate direct and indirect beneficial ownership interest of the Borrower therein.
“NewCo” means GVE NewCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, formed to hold assets to be acquired pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, which includes the entertainment division of Gaiam, Inc., known as “Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment”.
“Non-U.S. Lender Party” means each of the Agents, each Lender, each SPV and each participant, in each case that is not a Domestic Person.
“Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower, in substantially the form of (a) Exhibit B-1, payable to a Term Lender in an original principal amount equal to the aggregate initial principal amount of such Term Lender’s Term Loan and (b) Exhibit B-2, payable to a Revolving Lender in an original principal amount equal to the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, and any promissory note issued in replacement or extension thereof.
“Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
“Notice of Conversion or Continuation” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11.
“Obligations” means (a) all amounts, obligations, liabilities, covenants and duties of every type and description owing by any Loan Party to the Agents, any Lender, any Issuing Bank, any Secured Party, any other Indemnitee, any participant or any SPV, in each case arising out of, under, or in connection with, any Loan Document, whether direct or indirect (regardless of whether acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, whether liquidated or not, now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired, and whether or not evidenced by any instrument or for the payment of money, including, without duplication, (i) if such Loan Party is the Borrower, all Loans, amounts due in respect of Letters of Credit and unreimbursed participations in LC Disbursements, (ii) all interest, whether or not accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or after the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, and whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in any such proceeding, and (iii) all other fees, expenses (including fees, charges and disbursement of counsel), interest, commissions, charges, costs, disbursements, indemnities and reimbursement of amounts paid and other sums chargeable to such Loan Party
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under any Loan Document and (b) all Secured Hedging Obligations owing to a Secured Hedging Counterparty.
“OLC Agreement” means an agreement entered into by a Loan Party providing for the rights to release Owned Library Content for a time-period greater than or equal to ten years in the United States or the United States and other international jurisdictions.
“Operating Accounts” means the Initial Operating Account and when created, the Secondary Operating Account.
“Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(b).
“Owned Library Content” means theatrical feature films, television productions and other traditional or non-traditional video content, owned by a Group Member and either (a) exploited by such Group Member in various manners, including one or more of theatrical distribution, DVDs, Blu-Ray, internet or digital distribution, pay-television, cable television and broadcast television or otherwise or (b) licensed by the applicable Group Member to a third party pursuant to OLC Agreements.
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).
“Patents” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to letters patent and applications therefor.
“Payoff Letter” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(a)(xv).
“PBGC” means the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor thereto.
“Permit” means, with respect to any Person, any permit, approval, authorization, license, registration, certificate, concession, grant, franchise, variance or permission from, and any other Contractual Obligations with, any Governmental Authority and applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Permitted Excluded Subsidiary Disposition” means any sale, transfer or series of related sale or transfer transactions of 50.1% or more of the Stock of an Excluded Subsidiary or substantially all of the assets of an Excluded Subsidiary, for which at least 75% of the proceeds received are in cash.
“Permitted Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of any Group Member that is permitted by Section 7.1.
“Permitted Investment” means any Investment of any Group Member that is permitted by Section 7.3.
“Permitted Lien” means any Lien on or with respect to the property of any Group Member that is permitted by Section 7.2.
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“Permitted Refinancing” means Indebtedness constituting a refinancing or extension of Permitted Indebtedness that (a) has an aggregate outstanding principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of such Permitted Indebtedness outstanding at the time of such refinancing or extension, (b) has a weighted average maturity (measured as of the date of such refinancing or extension) and maturity no shorter than that of such Permitted Indebtedness, (c) is not entered into as part of a Sale and Leaseback transaction, (d) is not secured by any property or any Lien other than those securing such Permitted Indebtedness and (e) is otherwise on terms no less favorable to the Group Members, taken as a whole, than those of such Permitted Indebtedness; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Guaranty Obligation for such Indebtedness shall constitute part of such Permitted Refinancing unless similar Guaranty Obligations with respect to such Permitted Indebtedness existed and constituted Permitted Indebtedness prior to such refinancing or extension.
“Permitted Reinvestment” means, with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of any Sale or Property Loss Event, to acquire (or make Consolidated Capital Expenditures to finance the acquisition, repair, improvement or construction of), to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, property useful in the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including through a Permitted Investment) or, if such Property Loss Event involves loss or damage to property, to repair such loss or damage.
“Permitted Software Disposition” means any sale, transfer or series of related sale or transfer transactions of 50.1% or more of the Stock of Hollywood Software, Inc. or substantially all of the assets of Hollywood Software, Inc., for which: (x) at least 75% of the proceeds received are in cash; and (y) the Net Cash Proceeds are equal to or greater than the current balance of Eligible Receivables that consist of software (as set forth on the most recent Accounts Report) plus $1,000,000.
“Permitted Unreleased Content” means Distributed and Licensed Content for which an advance has been made by a Loan Party and with a known “street-date” that occurs within: (a) other than for scheduled sporting events, six months of the relevant date of determination, and (b) for scheduled sporting events, within the term of the applicable Distribution Agreement. For the purposes of computing Library Value, the value of Permitted Unreleased Content shall be in an amount not to exceed the lesser of (x) the unrecouped balance of such advance and (y) the Adjusted Gross Margin reasonably expected by the Borrower to be generated by such Distributed and Licensed Content.
“Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust and a public benefit corporation), joint stock company, estate, association, firm, enterprise, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture, successors and assigns and any other entity or Governmental Authority.
“Potential Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, a Lender (a) as to which the Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower that an event of the kind referred to in the definition of “Lender Insolvency Event” has occurred and is continuing in respect of any Subsidiary or financial institution Affiliate of such Lender, (b) as to which the Administrative Agent has in good faith determined and notified the Borrower that such Lender or its Lender Parent Company or a Subsidiary or financial institution Affiliate thereof has notified the
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Administrative Agent, or has stated publicly, that it will not comply with its funding obligations under any other loan agreement or credit agreement or other similar/other financing agreement or (c) that has, or whose Lender Parent Company has, a non-investment grade rating from an ationally recognized rating agency. Any determination that a Lender is a Potential Defaulting Lender under either of clause (b) or (c) above will be made by the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Administrative Agent will promptly send to all parties hereto a copy of any notice to the Borrower provided for in this definition.
“Principal Payment Date” means each date set forth in Section 2.5 or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Projections” means, collectively, the Initial Projections and any additional forecasts delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(f).
“Property Loss Event” means, with respect to any property of any Group Member, any loss of or damage to such property or any taking of such property or condemnation thereof.
“Purchase Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Receivable” means all of any Loan Party’s “accounts”, as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(2) of the UCC, contract rights, instruments (including those evidencing indebtedness owed to such Loan Party by its Affiliates), documents, chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper), general intangibles relating to accounts, drafts and acceptances, credit card receivables and all other forms of obligations owing to such Loan Party arising out of or in connection with the sale or lease of Inventory or the rendition of services, all supporting obligations, guarantees and other security therefor, whether secured or unsecured, now existing or hereafter created, and whether or not specifically sold or assigned to a Secured Party hereunder.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(b).
“Reinvestment Prepayment Amount” means, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds on the Reinvestment Prepayment Date therefor, the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds less any amount paid or required to be paid by any Group Member to make Permitted Reinvestments with such Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to a Contractual Obligation entered into prior to such Reinvestment Prepayment Date with any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower.
“Reinvestment Prepayment Date” means, with respect to any portion of any Net Cash Proceeds of any Sale or Property Loss Event, the earliest of (a) the date that is 270 days after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds and, if so committed to be reinvested, the 180th day after the date of the relevant commitment, (b) the date that is five Business Days after the date on which the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent of the Borrower’s determination not to make Permitted Reinvestments with such Net Cash Proceeds, (c) the occurrence of any Event of Default set forth in Section 8.1(e)(ii) and (d) five Business Days after the delivery of a notice by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to the Borrower during the continuance of any other Event of Default.
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“Related Person” means, with respect to any Person, each Affiliate of such Person and each director, officer, employee, agent, trustee, representative, attorney, accountant and each insurance, environmental, legal, financial and other advisor (including those retained in connection with the satisfaction or attempted satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article III) and other consultants and agents of or to such Person or any of its Affiliates, together with, if such Person is the Administrative Agent, each other Person or individual designated, nominated or otherwise mandated by or helping the Administrative Agent pursuant to and in accordance with Section 9.4 or any comparable provision of any Loan Document.
“Release” means any release, threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, escape, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of Hazardous Material into or through the environment.
“Remedial Action” means all actions required under applicable Environmental Laws to (a) clean up, remove, treat or in any other way address any Hazardous Material in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent or minimize any Release so that a Hazardous Material does not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment or (c) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations and post-remedial monitoring and care with respect to any Hazardous Material.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders whose aggregate outstanding Revolving Exposures, Term Loans (including all Tranches) and unused Commitments represent more than 50% of the aggregate Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at such time; provided that whenever there are one or more Defaulting Lenders, the total outstanding Term Loans (including all Tranches) and Revolving Exposures of, and the unused Commitments of, each Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the common law and all federal, state, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of, any Governmental Authority, and that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any of the president, chief executive officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, controller, managing member or general partner of such Person but, in any event (a) with respect to financial matters, any such officer that is responsible for preparing the Financial Statements delivered hereunder and (b) with respect to the Corporate Chart, other documents delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(e), documents delivered on the Closing Date and documents delivered pursuant to Section 6.18, the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person or any other officer responsible for maintaining the corporate and similar records of such Person.
“Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend, return of capital or any other payment or Sale of property for materially less than fair market value, whether direct or indirect (including
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through the use of Hedging Agreements, the making, repayment, cancellation or forgiveness of Indebtedness and similar Contractual Obligations) and whether in cash, Securities or other property, on account of any Stock or Stock Equivalent of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case now or hereafter outstanding, including with respect to a claim for rescission of a Sale of such Stock or Stock Equivalent and (b) any redemption, retirement, termination, defeasance, cancellation, purchase or other acquisition for value, whether direct or indirect (including through the use of Hedging Agreements, the making, repayment, cancellation or forgiveness of Indebtedness and similar Contractual Obligations), of any Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Group Member or of any direct or indirect parent entity of the Borrower, now or hereafter outstanding, and any payment or other transfer setting aside funds for any such redemption, retirement, termination, cancellation, purchase or other acquisition, whether directly or indirectly and whether to a sinking fund, a similar fund or otherwise.
“Restricted Subsidiaries” means each Loan Party other than the Borrower and each of their respective Subsidiaries, excluding for the avoidance of doubt any Excluded Subsidiary.
“Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount” at any time shall equal the sum of the Revolving Maximum Credit Amounts as the same may be reduced or terminated pursuant to Section 2.6, or otherwise modified in accordance with this Agreement.
“Revolving Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Termination Date.
“Revolving Borrowing Base” has meaning specified in Section 2.7.
“Revolving Borrowing Base Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(k).
“Revolving Exposure” means, with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure at such time.
“Revolving Lender” means any Lender that at the time holds a Revolving Loan Commitment.
“Revolving Loan” has meaning specified in Section 2.1(b) and includes any Additional Revolving Loan.
“Revolving Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit, as such commitment may be (a) modified from time to time pursuant to Section 2.6, (b) modified from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Revolving Lender pursuant to Section 10.2(b) or (c) otherwise modified in accordance with this Agreement, including Section 2.20. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Loan Commitments on the date hereof is $30,000,000.
“Revolving Maturity Date” means the earlier to occur of (a) the date that is the third anniversary of the Closing Date and (b) the date the Revolving Loan Commitments are sooner
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terminated pursuant to Section 2.6 or Section 8.2; provided that if such date is not a Business Day, the Revolving Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Revolving Maximum Credit Amount” means, as to each Revolving Lender, the amount set forth opposite such Revolving Lender’s name on Annex I under the caption “Revolving Maximum Credit Amount”, as the same may be (a) reduced or terminated from time to time in connection with a reduction or termination of the Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount pursuant to Section 2.6 or (b) modified from time to time pursuant to any assignment permitted by Section 10.2(b) or Section 2.20 by Additional Revolving Loan Commitments.
“Revolving Measurement Date” means the last Business Day of each calendar month and the 15th day of each calendar month (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day), commencing with the first such date that is at least 15 days after the Closing Date.
“Revolving Termination Date” means the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 2.6.
“Revolving Utilization” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(a).
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to any Person (the “obligor”), any Contractual Obligation or other arrangement with any other Person (the “counterparty”) consisting of a lease by such obligor of any property that, directly or indirectly, has been or is to be Sold by the obligor to such counterparty or to any other Person to whom funds have been advanced by such counterparty based on a Lien on, or an assignment of, such property or any obligations of such obligor under such lease.
“Scheduled Maturity Date” means, with respect to the relevant Tranche of Term Loans, the respective Term Maturity Date.
“Secondary Operating Account” has the meaning specified in Section 6.22.
“Secured Hedging Counterparty” means (a) the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate thereof or (b) any other Person (other than any Group Member) that entered into a Hedging Agreement with the Borrower at a time when such Person was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
“Secured Hedging Documents” means, collectively, any Hedging Agreement that (a) is entered into by the Borrower and any Secured Hedging Counterparty therefor, (b) in the case of any Secured Hedging Counterparty that is not (i) an Agent or (ii) an Affiliate of an Agent, is expressly identified as being a “Secured Hedging Document” hereunder in a joint notice from the Borrower and such Secured Hedging Counterparty delivered to the Administrative Agent reasonably promptly after the execution of such Hedging Agreement and (c) meets the requirements of Section 6.20.
“Secured Hedging Obligation” means any obligation of the Borrower to make payments to any Secured Hedging Counterparty under any Secured Hedging Documents to which such Secured Hedging Counterparty is a party.
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“Secured Parties” means, at any time, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks, the Agents, the Secured Hedging Counterparties, each other Indemnitee and any other holder at the time of any Obligation of any Loan Party.
“Security” means all Stock, Stock Equivalents, voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, instruments and other evidence of Indebtedness, whether or not secured, convertible or subordinated, all certificates of interest, share or participation in, all certificates for the acquisition of, and all warrants, options and other rights to acquire, any Security.
“Security Documents” means the (a) the Security Agreement, (b) the Blocked Account Control Agreement, (c) the Lockbox Control Agreements, (d) any Mortgages and (e) any other agreement that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent to secure the Obligations for the benefit of the underlying secured parties.
“Sell” means, with respect to any property of any Person, to sell, convey, transfer, assign, license, lease or otherwise dispose of, any interest therein or to permit any other Person to acquire any such interest, including, in each case, through an operating lease, Capital Lease, Sale and Leaseback Transaction or through a sale, factoring at maturity, collection of or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable. Conjugated forms thereof and the noun “Sale” have correlative meanings.
“Seller” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Seller Representations” means the representations and warranties made by the Seller in the Purchase Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Borrower has the right to terminate its obligations under the Purchase Agreement or decline to consummate the Acquisition as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in the Purchase Agreement.
“SG” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, that, as of such date, (a) the value of the assets of such Person (both at fair value and present fair saleable value) is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent and unliquidated liabilities) of such Person, (b) such Person is able to pay all liabilities of such Person as such liabilities mature and (c) such Person does not have unreasonably small capital. In computing the amount of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such liabilities shall be computed at the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“Specified Event of Default” means any Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.1(a), (e) or (g) hereof.
“SPV” means any special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing by any Lender to the Administrative Agent.
“Stock” means all shares of capital stock (whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock), equity interests, beneficial, partnership or membership interests, joint venture
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interests, participations or other ownership or profit interests in or equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person (other than an individual), whether voting or non-voting.
“Stock Equivalents” means all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Stock or any other Stock Equivalent and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any Stock or any other Stock Equivalent, whether or not currently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other entity, the management of which is, directly or indirectly, controlled by, or of which an aggregate of more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock is, at the time, owned or controlled directly or indirectly by, such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means, except for any Excluded Subsidiary: Hollywood Software, Inc. (d/b/a AccessIT Software); ADM Cinema Corporation (d/b/a the Pavilion Theatre); Vistachiara Productions Inc. (d/b/a The Bigger Picture); Vistachiara Entertainment, Inc.; Cinedigm Entertainment Corp.; Cinedigm Entertainment Holdings, LLC; NewCo; and each other Person that enters into any Guaranty Obligation with respect to any Obligation of any Loan Party.
“Substitute Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(a).
“SWDA” means the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.).
“Syndication Agent” means an entity to be determined by the Lenders in consultation with the Borrower, if applicable.
“Tax Affiliate” means (a) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) any Affiliate of the Borrower with which the Borrower files or is eligible to file consolidated, combined or unitary tax returns.
“Tax Return” has the meaning specified in Section 4.8.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Borrowing Base” means as at any date of determination, an amount equal to 50.0% of the Eligible Library Value, plus 80%, subject to the Collateral Agent’s reasonable discretion to reduce such percentage to not less than 50%, of accrued Receivables from and due in more than 120 days from the date of determination and not otherwise included in Eligible Library Value.
“Term Lender” means any Lender that at the time holds a Term Loan Commitment.
“Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a) and includes any Incremental Term Loan.
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“Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Term Lender, (a) the obligation of such Term Lender to make Term Loans to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the lesser of (i) amount set forth under the heading “Term Loan Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I hereto and (ii) such Term Lender’s pro rata share of the Term Borrowing Base and (b) as the case may be, in the Assignment pursuant to which such Term Lender became a party hereto. The aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments on the date hereof is the lesser of (i) $25,000,000 and (ii) the Term Borrowing Base.
“Term Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to any initial Term Loans, the date that is the third anniversary of the Closing Date; provided that if such date is not a Business Day, the Term Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day, and, (b) with respect to any Incremental Term Loan, the Initial Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date.
“Test Period” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(m).
“Title IV Plan” means a pension plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan, to which any ERISA Affiliate incurs or otherwise has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.
“Trade Secrets” means all right, title and interest (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to trade secrets.
“Trademarks” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers and, in each case, all goodwill associated therewith, all registrations and recordations thereof and all applications in connection therewith.
“Tranche” means one or more tranches of Term Loans that may be designated pursuant to the Section 2.20 (with the initial Term Loans being the initial Tranche, as applicable pursuant to Section 2.20).
“Transition Period” has the meaning specified in the Transition Services Agreement.
“Transition Services Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, between the Borrower and the Seller, entered into in connection with the Purchase Agreement.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and, if the applicable jurisdiction shall not have any Uniform Commercial Code, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.
“United States” means the United States of America.
“U.S. Lender Party” means each of the Agents, each Lender, each SPV and each participant, in each case that is a Domestic Person.
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“VMI Account” shall mean, as of any date of determination, a Receivable owing from an account debtor of a Loan Party arising from the sale of inventory on a “sale or return” basis to such account debtor under such Loan Party’s “vendor managed inventory” program so long as (a) such sale was originated from an order placed by such account debtor or by such Loan Party in good faith on behalf of such account debtor under the authority provided to such Loan Party by such account debtor under such Loan Party’s “vendor managed inventory” program and (b) such Loan Party has in good faith established an adequate return reserve in respect of such VMI Account; provided that Receivables otherwise described above in this definition shall not be VMI Accounts to the extent the Inventory giving rise to such Receivables is Inventory that is more than six-months old and such Inventory constitutes more than 10% of all inventory giving rise to Receivables that would otherwise qualify as VMI Accounts as of the date of the determination thereof.
“Voting Stock” means Stock of any Person having ordinary power to vote in the election of members of the board of directors, managers, trustees or other controlling Persons, of such Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Stock of any other class or classes of such entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the occurrence of any contingency).
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(a) the sum of the products each obtained by computing the (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity for other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment, by
(b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person, all of the Stock of which (other than nominal holdings and director’s qualifying shares) is owned by such Person, either directly or through one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Withdrawal Liability” means, at any time, any liability incurred (whether or not assessed) by any ERISA Affiliate and not yet satisfied or paid in full at such time with respect to any Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4201 of ERISA.
Section 1.2. UCC Terms. The following terms have the meanings given to them in the applicable UCC: “deposit account,” “equipment,” “general intangible,” “goods,” “instruments,” “inventory,” and “securities account”.
Section 1.3. Accounting Terms and Principles. All accounting determinations required to be made pursuant hereto shall, unless expressly otherwise provided herein, be made in accordance with GAAP. No change in the accounting principles used in the preparation of any Financial Statement hereafter adopted by the Borrower shall be given effect if such change would affect a calculation that measures compliance with any provision of Article V or VII unless the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders agree to modify such provisions to reflect such change in GAAP and, unless such provisions are modified, all Financial Statements,
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Compliance Certificates and similar documents provided hereunder shall be provided together with a reconciliation between the calculations and amounts set forth therein before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
Section 1.4. Payments. The Administrative Agent may set up commercially reasonable standards and procedures to determine or redetermine the equivalent in Dollars of any amount expressed in any currency other than Dollars and otherwise may, but shall not be obligated to, rely on any determination made by any Loan Party. Any such determination or redetermination by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. No determination or redetermination by any Secured Party or Loan Party and no other currency conversion shall change or release any obligation of any Loan Party or of any Secured Party (other than any Agent and its Related Persons) under any Loan Document, each of which agrees to pay separately for any shortfall remaining after any conversion and payment of the amount as converted. The Administrative Agent may round up or down, and may set up appropriate mechanisms to round up or down, any amount hereunder to nearest higher or lower amounts and may determine commercially reasonable de minimis payment thresholds.
Section 1.5. Interpretation. (a) Certain Terms. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in any Loan Document, all accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP (except for the term “property,” which shall be interpreted as broadly as possible, including, in any case, cash, Securities, other assets, rights under Contractual Obligations and Permits and any right or interest in any property). The terms “herein,” “hereof” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole. The term “documents” when used in any Loan Document means all writings, however evidenced and whether in physical or electronic form, including all documents, instruments, agreements, notices, demands, certificates, forms, financial statements, opinions and reports. The term “incur” when used in any Loan Document means incur, create, make, issue, assume or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable in respect of or responsible for, in each case whether directly or indirectly, and the terms “incurrence” and “incurred” and similar derivatives shall have correlative meanings. The terms “payment in full” or “paid in full” or “satisfied”, in each case, as used with respect to any Obligation means the receipt of immediately available funds equal to the full amount of such Obligation.
(b) Certain References. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, references (i) in this Agreement to an Exhibit, Schedule, Article, Section or clause refer to the appropriate Exhibit or Schedule to, or Article, Section or clause in, this Agreement and (ii) in any Loan Document, to (A) any agreement shall include all exhibits, schedules, appendixes and annexes to such agreement and, unless the prior consent of any Secured Party required therefor is not obtained, any amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement or other modification to any term of such agreement, (B) any statute shall be to such statute as modified from time to time and to any successor legislation thereto, in each case as in effect at the time any such reference is operative, (C) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns and in the case of a specified Governmental Authority, any entity assuming the functions of such Governmental Authority and (D) any time of day shall be a reference to New York time. Titles of articles, sections, clauses, exhibits, schedules and annexes contained in any Loan Document are without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement among the parties hereto.
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Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the meaning of any term defined (including by reference) in any Loan Document shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such term.
(c) Documents to be Satisfactory. All documents (including certificates, charts, reports, appraisals, legal opinions, budgets and projections, but excluding only Financial Statements and documents expressly exempted herein from this clause (c)) required by the terms of any Loan Document to be delivered to the Administrative Agent by any Loan Party shall be prepared and submitted in good faith and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Annualization. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall take all commercially reasonably steps to enter into amendments to the Loan Documents that provide for the annualization of certain financial covenants set forth in Article V and the related financial definitions.
ARTICLE II.
THE CREDIT
Section 2.1. Commitments
(a) Term Loan Commitments. On the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement, each Term Lender severally, but not jointly, agrees to make a single term loan (each a “Term Loan”) in Dollars to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment and, as to all Term Lenders, in an aggregate principal amount up to but not exceeding the aggregate amount of all Term Loan Commitments. Amounts of Term Loans that are repaid may not be reborrowed.
(b) Revolving Loan Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender severally, but not jointly, agrees to make revolving loans (each a “Revolving Loan”) to the Borrower during the Revolving Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Revolving Lender’s aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans exceeding the lesser of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Revolving Borrowing Base and such Lender’s Revolving Maximum Credit Amount or (b) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans exceeding the lesser of the Revolving Borrowing Base and the Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow the Revolving Loans and for the avoidance of doubt, the sum of the amount of Revolving Loans borrowed and Letters of Credit issued on the Closing Date shall not exceed $22,000,000.
Section 2.2. Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Borrowings; Several Obligations. Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
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(b) Types of Loans. Term Loans and Revolving Loans shall be made as Base Rate Loans unless, the Notice of Borrowing specifies that all or a portion thereof shall be Eurodollar Rate Loans; provided that the Borrower cannot request Eurodollar Loans during a suspension period pursuant to Section 2.16.
(c) Notes.
(i) Each Term Loan made by each Term Lender shall, if requested by such Term Lender, be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 (each, a “Term Note”), dated, in the case of (A) any Term Lender party hereto as of the date of this Agreement, as of the date of the initial Borrowing or (B) any Term Lender that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment, as of the effective date of the Assignment, payable to such Term Lender in an aggregate principal amount equal to its Term Loan.
(ii) The Revolving Loans made by each Revolving Lender shall, if requested by such Revolving Lender, be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 (each, a “Revolving Note”), dated, in the case of (A) any Revolving Lender party hereto as of the date of this Agreement, as of the date the initial Borrowing or (B) any Revolving Lender that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment, as of the effective date of the Assignment, payable to such Revolving Lender in a principal amount equal to its Revolving Maximum Credit Amount as in effect on such date, and otherwise duly completed. In the event that any Revolving Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount increases or decreases for any reason (whether pursuant to Section 2.6, Section 10.2(b) or otherwise), the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered on the effective date of such increase or decrease, a new Revolving Note payable to such Revolving Lender in a principal amount equal to its Revolving Maximum Credit Amount after giving effect to such increase or decrease, and otherwise duly completed and the affected Revolving Lender shall promptly deliver the Revolving Note being replaced to the Borrower. The date, amount, interest rate and Interest Period of each Revolving Loan made by each Revolving Lender, and all payments made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Revolving Lender on its books for its Revolving Note, and, prior to any transfer, may be endorsed by such Lender on a schedule attached to such Revolving Note or any continuation thereof or on any separate record maintained by such Revolving Lender. Failure to make any such notation or to attach a schedule shall not affect any Revolving Lender’s or the Borrower’s rights or obligations in respect of such Revolving Loans or affect the validity of such transfer by any Revolving Lender of its Revolving Note.
Each Note, if issued, shall only be issued as means to evidence the right, title or interest of a Lender or a registered assignee in and to the related Loan, as set forth in the Register, and in no event shall any Note be considered a bearer instrument or obligation.
Section 2.3. Borrowing Procedures. (a) Requests for Borrowings. Each Borrowing shall be made on notice given by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. on (i) the first Business Day, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans and (ii) the third Business Day, in the case of a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans, prior to the date of the
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proposed Borrowing. Such notice may be made in a writing substantially in the form of Exhibit C (a “Notice of Borrowing”) duly completed or by telephone if confirmed promptly, but in any event at least one Business Day prior to such Borrowing, with such a Notice of Borrowing. Each such telephonic and written Notice of Borrowing shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.2 or 2.3, as applicable:
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the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
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the allocation of requested Borrowing as between Term Loan or Revolving Loan;
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the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
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in the case of a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans, the initial Interest Period to be applicable to such Borrowing, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;
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in the case of Revolving Loans, the amount of the then effective Revolving Borrowing Base, the current aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans (without regard to the requested Borrowing) and the pro forma aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans (giving effect to the requested Borrowing); and
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the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed.
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Each Revolving Loan Borrowing shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $50,000 and not less than $250,000.
(b) Notice to Each Lender. The Administrative Agent shall give to each Lender prompt notice of the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a Notice of Borrowing and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are properly requested in such Notice of Borrowing, prompt notice of the applicable interest rate. Each Lender shall, before 11:00 A.M. on the date of the proposed Borrowing, make available to the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in Section 10.11, such Lender’s pro rata share of such proposed Borrowing. Upon fulfillment or due waiver on or prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the Administrative Agent shall make such funds available to the Borrower.
(c) Defaulting Lenders. (i) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from any Lender prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing that such Lender will not make a payment in the amount of such Lender’s Commitment (or any portion thereof) available to the Administrative Agent on the date of the proposed Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such payment available to the Administrative Agent on the date of the proposed Borrowing and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on the date of the proposed Borrowing a
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corresponding amount. The Borrower agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent on demand such deficient amount (until repaid by such Lender) with interest thereon for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at the interest rate applicable to the Obligations that would have been created when the Administrative Agent made available such amount to the Borrower had such Lender made a corresponding payment available; provided, however, that such payment by the Borrower shall not relieve such Lender of any obligation it may have to the Borrower. In addition, any Lender that shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent any portion of any payment described above shall be deemed a Defaulting Lender and agrees to pay such amount to the Administrative Agent on demand together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate for the first Business Day and thereafter in the case of a payment in respect of any Loan, at the interest rate applicable at the time to such Loan and otherwise, at the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans (and such default interest payable by such Lender shall be distributed to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent). Such repayment shall then constitute the funding of the corresponding Loan (including any Loan deemed to have been made hereunder with such payment) or participation, and promptly paid to the Borrower. The existence of any Defaulting Lender shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations under any Loan Document, but no other Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any Defaulting Lender to make any payment required under any Loan Document.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments. With respect to any Defaulting Lender which has failed to make payments when due under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity or otherwise), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the ratable payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Agents; second, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Agents as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Agent against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and third, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(iii) Reallocation of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure. During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 2.4 and the payments of participation fees pursuant to Section 2.12(b), the “Applicable Percentage” of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Revolving Loan Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided that the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (a) the Revolving Loan Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (b) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans of that non-Defaulting Lender.
(d) Defaulting Lender – Right to Cure. If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing that a Lender that is a Defaulting Lender or a Potential
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Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender, as the case may be, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender to non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender.
Section 2.4. Letters of Credit.
(a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein (including Section 2.3(c) and (d)), each Issuing Bank agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.4, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars for the Borrower’s own account, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank, which shall reflect the standard operating procedures of such Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period and before the fifth Business Day prior to the Revolving Maturity Date. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit or bank guarantee application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the applicable Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
(b) Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall provide to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (at least five Business Days before the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension or such shorter period as the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent may agree) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit substantially in the form of Exhibit J, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with clause (d) of this Section 2.4), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, (i) subject to Section 10.2(b), the Applicable Fronting Exposure of each Issuing Bank shall not exceed the lesser of its Applicable Percentage of the Revolving Borrowing Base and its Revolving Maximum Credit Amount, (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans shall not exceed the lesser of the Revolving Borrowing Base and the Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount, and (iii) the aggregate LC Exposure shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if (x) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing the
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Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to such Issuing Bank any directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such Issuing Bank in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it, (y) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the such Issuing Bank, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $500,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit or (z) any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, if after giving effect to Section 2.3(c)(iii), any Defaulting Lender Fronting Exposure remains outstanding, unless such Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of cash collateral, reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such Issuing Bank’s Defaulting Lender Fronting Exposure arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or such Letter of Credit and all other LC Exposure as to which such Issuing Bank has Defaulting Lender Fronting Exposure.
(c) Notice. Each Issuing Bank agrees that it shall not permit any issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit to occur unless it shall have given to the Administrative Agent written notice thereof required under clause (m) of this Section 2.4.
(d) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date that is one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) or such longer period as the Issuing Bank may reasonably agree and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date; provided that if such expiry date is not a Business Day, such Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the next succeeding Business Day; provided, further, that any Letter of Credit may, upon the request of the Borrower, include a provision whereby such Letter of Credit shall be renewed automatically for additional consecutive periods of one year or less (but not beyond the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date) unless the applicable Issuing Bank notifies the beneficiary thereof within the time period specified in such Letter of Credit or, if no such time period is specified, at least 30 days prior to the then-applicable expiration date, that such Letter of Credit will not be renewed; provided, further, that such Letter of Credit shall not expire on such expiry date if cash collateralized or backstopped, in each case pursuant to arrangements acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank.
(e) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank that is the issuer thereof or the Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not
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reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in clause (f) of this Section 2.4 of such LC Disbursement, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations and make payment pursuant to this clause (e) and clause (f) below in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or any reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(f) Reimbursement. If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 4:00 P.M., on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives notice of such LC Disbursement. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in Dollars and in the same manner as provided in Section 2.2(a) and Section 2.3(a)-(d) and with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.2(a) and Section 2.3(a)-(d) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders pursuant to this clause (f)), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this clause (f), the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this clause (f) to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this clause (f) to reimburse any Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(g) Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in clause (f) of this Section 2.4 is absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any actual or purported lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by an Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.4, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. None of the Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or any of their Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in
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the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Banks; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of any Issuing Bank (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, nonappealable judgment), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, an Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit, and any such acceptance or refusal shall be deemed not to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(h) Disbursement Procedures. Each Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Each Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement in accordance with clause (f) of this Section 2.4.
(i) Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to Base Rate Loans; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to clause (f) of this Section 2.4, then the rate per annum then applicable to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this clause (i) shall be paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to clause (f) of this Section 2.4 to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment and shall be payable on demand or, if no demand has been made, on the date on which the Borrower reimburses the applicable LC Disbursement in full.
(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default under Section 8.1(a), (d) or (e) shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day on which the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been
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accelerated, Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing more than 50% of the aggregate LC Exposure of all Revolving Lenders) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this clause (j), the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Collateral Agent, in the name of the Collateral Agent and for the benefit of the relevant Secured Parties, an amount of cash in Dollars equal to the portions of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit, as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in Section 8.1(d) or (e). The Borrower also shall deposit cash collateral pursuant to this clause (j) as and to the extent required by Section 2.9(d). Each such deposit shall be held by the Collateral Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Obligations under the Loan Documents. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, if any Defaulting Lender Fronting Exposure remains outstanding (after giving effect to Section 2.3(c)(iii)), then promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, the Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent cash collateral in an amount sufficient to cover such Defaulting Lender Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to any cash collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender). The Collateral Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Collateral Agent in Permitted Investments and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Collateral Agent to reimburse the Issuing Banks for LC Disbursements for which they have not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing more than 50% of the aggregate LC Exposure of all the Revolving Lenders), be applied to satisfy other Obligations under the Loan Documents. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default or the existence of a Defaulting Lender, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Defaults have been cured or waived or after the termination of Defaulting Lender status, as applicable. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.9(d), such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be promptly returned to the Borrower as and to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, the Borrower would remain in compliance with Section 2.9(d) and no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(k) Designation of Additional Issuing Banks. The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, designate as additional Issuing Banks one or more Revolving Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Revolving Lender of an appointment as an Issuing Bank hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such designated Revolving Lender and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Revolving Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to include such Revolving Lender in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
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(l) Termination of an Issuing Bank. The Borrower may terminate the appointment of any Issuing Bank as an “Issuing Bank” hereunder by providing notice thereof to such Issuing Bank, with a copy to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i) such Issuing Bank’s acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii) the fifth Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof; provided that no such termination shall become effective until and unless the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (or its Affiliates) shall have been reduced to zero. At the time any such termination shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the terminated Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(b). Notwithstanding the effectiveness of any such termination, the terminated Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such termination, but shall not issue any additional Letters of Credit or be deemed an Issuing Bank for any other purpose.
(m) Issuing Bank Reports to the Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank shall, in addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section 2.4, report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) periodic activity (for such period or recurrent periods as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent) in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, including all issuances, extensions, amendments and renewals, all expirations and cancellations and all disbursements and reimbursements, (ii) within five Business Days following the time that such Issuing Bank issues, amends, renews or extends any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, and the face amount of the Letters of Credit issued, amended, renewed or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (and whether the amounts thereof shall have changed), (iii) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any LC Disbursement, the date and amount of such LC Disbursement, (iv) on any Business Day on which the Borrower fails to reimburse an LC Disbursement required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day, the date of such failure and the amount of such LC Disbursement and (v) on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.
Section 2.5. Repayment of Obligations.
(a) The Borrower promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Term Lenders all aggregate outstanding principal amounts of the Term Loans (together with all accrued but unpaid interest) in quarterly installments commencing on March 31, 2014 and on each Principal Payment Date thereafter, by paying to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Term Lenders the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans in an amount equal to the product of (i) the percentage set forth below corresponding to the period in which such Principal Payment Date occurs and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans made on the date of the initial Borrowing in accordance with the following:
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Principal Payment Date
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Percentage Amount of Term Loan Made on Closing Date
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March 31, 2014
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3.5%
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June 30, 2014
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3.5%
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September 30, 2014
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3.5%
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December 31, 2014
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3.5%
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March 31, 2015
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4.5%
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June 30, 2015
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4.5%
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September 30, 2015
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4.5%
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December 31, 2015
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4.5%
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March 31, 2016
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6.0%
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June 30, 2016
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6.0%
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September 30, 2016
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6.0%
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Term Maturity Date
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The full outstanding balance of the Term Loans
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(b) The Borrower promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Lenders the full outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans (together with all accrued but unpaid interest) on the Revolving Maturity Date.
Section 2.6. Termination and Reduction of Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount.
(a) The Borrower may at any time terminate in its entirety, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount; provided that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.9(d), the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans would exceed the Revolving Loan Commitments.
(b) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount under Section 2.6(a) at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.6(b) shall be irrevocable. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount shall be permanent and may not be reinstated. Each reduction of the Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount shall be made
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ratably among the Revolving Lenders in accordance with each Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage.
Section 2.7. Revolving Borrowing Base.
(a) Calculation of Revolving Borrowing Base. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Revolving Borrowing Base” shall be equal, as at any date, to the product of (a) 80% and (b) the sum of:
(i) the aggregate amount of Eligible Receivables at such date as set forth on the most recently delivered Accounts Report delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(n); plus
(ii) the aggregate amount of accrued Receivables meeting the criteria set forth in the definition of “Eligible Receivables” due from or within 120 days of the date of determination and not included on the Accounts Report; plus
(iii) 30% of the aggregate value of Eligible Inventory at such date as set forth on the most recently delivered Inventory Log delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(o), but not more than $2,500,000 in any event; less
(iv) a reserve for accrued royalties payable on licensed content pursuant to the definition of Distributed and Licensed Content or Owned Library Content; less
(v) a reserve for expected returns of entertainment content sales by the Loan Parties equal to 25% of the amount shown as Eligible Receivables on the Accounts Report from sale of entertainment content at such date of determination.
(b) The Revolving Borrowing Base shall be computed on each Revolving Measurement Date pursuant to Section 6.1(k).
Section 2.8. Voluntary Prepayments. The Borrower may prepay the outstanding principal amount of any Loan in whole or in part at any time; provided, however, that each partial prepayment of principal shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $250,000. Any prepayments under this Section 2.8 shall be accompanied by (a) any amounts due and payable pursuant to Section 2.17(a) and (b) all accrued and unpaid interest on the amount prepaid and applied in accordance with Section 2.13.
Section 2.9. Mandatory Prepayments.
(a) Excess Cash Flow. The Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent, within five Business Days after the last date Financial Statements can be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(c) for any Fiscal Year, commencing with the Fiscal Year ending March 31, 2015, an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Excess Cash Flow for such Fiscal Year less the sum of (x) the amount of voluntary prepayments of the Term Loans made during such Fiscal Year (other than prepayments funded with the proceeds of Indebtedness (other than Revolving Loans)) and (y) the amount of voluntary prepayments of the Revolving
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Loans (to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction in the Revolving Loan Commitments) made during such Fiscal Year (other than prepayments funded with the proceeds of Indebtedness).
(b) Debt Issuances. Within one Business Day of receipt by any Loan Party of Net Cash Proceeds arising from the incurrence by any Group Member of Indebtedness of the type specified in clause (a) or (b) of the definition thereof (other than any such Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon any of clauses (a) through (g) of Section 7.1 or Indebtedness that gives rise to a prepayment pursuant to clause (e) below), the Borrower shall in each case pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent a prepayment in an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds.
(c) Asset Sales and Property Loss Events. Within ten calendar days of receipt on or after the Closing Date by any Group Member of Net Cash Proceeds arising from (i) any Sale by any Group Member of any of its property (other than Sales of its own Stock and Sales of property permitted under clauses (a), (b), (c)(i) and (d) of Section 7.4), or (ii) any Property Loss Event with respect to any property of any Group Member to the extent resulting, in the aggregate with all other such Property Loss Events, in the receipt by any of them of Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $1,000,000, the Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent a prepayment of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans in an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds; provided, however, that within ten calendar days of any such receipt, as long as no Default shall be continuing, any Group Member may make Permitted Reinvestments with such Net Cash Proceeds and the Borrower shall not be required to make or cause such payment to the extent (x) such Net Cash Proceeds are intended to be used to make Permitted Reinvestments and (y) on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date for such Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount applicable to such Reinvestment Prepayment Date and such Net Cash Proceeds. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default, the Group Members’ right to make Permitted Reinvestments shall be suspended and all Net Cash Proceeds described above shall, at the direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (and automatically upon any Event of Default under Section 8.1(e)) be used to prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.13 below; provided further, that if such Sale is a Permitted Software Disposition: (A) the Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent a prepayment of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans in an amount equal to the greater of (x) $4,000,000 and (y) the current balance of Eligible Receivables that consist of software (as set forth on the most recent Accounts Report) plus $1,000,000, (B) if such Net Cash Proceeds received are in excess of $4,000,000 but not greater than $7,000,000 such excess may be used to increase the Available Amount in respect of Section 7.3(d); and (C) only to the extent of aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in respect of the Permitted Software Dispositions in excess of $7,000,000, after due application of amounts pursuant to Section 2.9(c)(A), such excess over $7,000,000 may be used to make Permitted Reinvestments in accordance with the previous proviso in this Section 2.9(c).
(d) Reduction of Revolving Loan Commitments. If, at any time, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans exceeds the lesser of (i) the Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount, and (ii) the Revolving Borrowing Base (as most recently determined) (any such date, an “Excess Date” and the amount of any such excess, the
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“Revolving Loan Excess”), the Borrower shall, as promptly as possible (but in no event later than 15 days following the Excess Date), make a prepayment in respect of the outstanding amount of the Revolving Loans in the amount of the Revolving Loan Excess.
(e) Indebtedness. Within one Business Day of receipt by any Excluded Subsidiary of Net Cash Proceeds arising from the issuance of any Indebtedness the proceeds of which are used in whole or in part to repay or refinance any existing Indebtedness of such Excluded Subsidiary, the Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent a prepayment equal to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds exceed the sum of (i) the amount of such existing Indebtedness that is prepaid as aforesaid, (ii) the cost of expenses and fees directly associated therewith and (iii) $1,000,000.
Section 2.10. Interest. (a) Rate. All Loans shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date of the such Borrowing until paid in full, except as otherwise provided in clause (c) below, as follows: (i) in the case of Base Rate Loans, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate as in effect from time to time and the Applicable Margin, and (ii) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Eurodollar Rate as in effect for the applicable Interest Period and the Applicable Margin.
(b) Payments. Interest accrued shall be payable in arrears (i) if accrued on the principal amount of any Loan, (A) in the case of a Base Rate Loan, on the last Business Day of each Fiscal Quarter, (B) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period therefor; (C) at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise), and (D) upon the payment or prepayment of the principal amount on which such interest has accrued, and (ii) if accrued on any other Obligation, on demand from and after the time such Obligation is due and payable (whether by acceleration or otherwise).
(c) Default Interest. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Specified Event of Default or upon request from the Required Lenders after the occurrence of any other Event of Default, for as long as such Event of Default shall be continuing, the Borrower shall pay interest on the aggregate, outstanding principal amount of all Obligations hereunder (i) with respect to Base Rate Loans, at a per annum rate equal to the interest rate otherwise applicable to Base Rate Loans plus two percent (2.00%), (ii) with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, (A) on and before the last day of the then current Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan at a per annum rate equal to the interest rate otherwise applicable to such LIBOR Loan plus two percent (2.00%) and (B) thereafter at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus two percent (2.00%) (and from and after the end of such Interest Period at the interest rate described in clause (i) above) and (iii) if no such per annum rate is applicable to any such Obligations, at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate, plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans, plus two percent (2.00%) (the “Default Rate”), payable on demand.
Section 2.11. Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) Option. The Borrower may elect (i) in the case of any Eurodollar Rate Loan, (A) to continue such Eurodollar Rate Loan or any portion thereof for an additional Interest Period on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (B) to convert such Eurodollar Rate Loan or any portion thereof into a Base Rate Loan at any time on any Business Day, subject to the payment of any breakage costs required by Section 2.17(a), and (ii) in the case of Base Rate Loans, to convert such Base Rate
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Loans or any portion thereof into Eurodollar Rate Loans at any time on any Business Day upon three Business Days’ prior notice; provided, however, that, (x) for each Interest Period, the aggregate amount of Eurodollar Rate Loans having such Interest Period must be an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and (y) no conversion in whole or in part of Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans and no continuation in whole or in part of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be permitted at any time during which (1) a Default has occurred and is continuing or (2) such continuation or conversion would be made during a suspension imposed by Section 2.16.
(b) Procedure. Each such election shall be made by giving the Administrative Agent at least three Business Days’ prior notice in substantially the form of Exhibit D (a “Notice of Conversion or Continuation”) duly completed. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of a Notice of Conversion or Continuation and of the options selected therein. If the Administrative Agent does not receive a timely Notice of Conversion or Continuation from the Borrower containing a permitted election to continue or convert any Eurodollar Rate Loan, then, upon the expiration of the applicable Interest Period, such Loan shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan. Each partial conversion or continuation shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their pro rata share.
Section 2.12. Fees.
(a) Commitment Fees. The Borrower promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee on the daily average unused amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment of such Revolving Lender, for each day during the period from the date hereof until the Revolving Termination Date, in each case at an annual percentage rate equal to: (i) 0.75% for any day during which the percentage determined by dividing (x) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans and LC Exposures by (y) the Revolving Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount (such percentage, the “Revolving Utilization”) is equal to or less than 33.3%, (ii) 0.50% for any day during which the Revolving Utilization is more than 33.3% but less than 66.7% and (iii) 0.25% for any day during which the Revolving Utilization is equal to or more than 66.7%. Accrued commitment fees are payable on the last Business Day of each Fiscal Quarter and upon termination or expiry of the applicable Revolving Loan Commitments. For purposes of computing commitment fees, a Revolving Loan Commitment of a Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender.
(b) LC Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent in Dollars for the account of each Revolving Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender) a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans on the daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing Date to and including the later of the date on which such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to each Issuing Bank in Dollars a fronting fee, which shall accrue at a rate equal to 0.125% per annum (or such lower rate as agreed between the Borrower and the relevant Issuing Bank) on the daily amount of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing Date to and including the later
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of the date of termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees shall be payable on the last Business Day of each Fiscal Quarter of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Loan Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Loan Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to an Issuing Bank pursuant to this clause (b) shall be payable within 10 days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(c) Fee Letters. The Borrower shall pay all fees described in the Fee Letters in the amount, at the times and to the Persons specified therein.
Section 2.13. Application of Payments. (a) Application of Voluntary Prepayments. Subject to the provisions of clause (c) below, all voluntary prepayments of principal received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.8 shall be applied to the Revolving Loans and the remaining scheduled installments of the Term Loans in the order directed by the Borrower.
(b) Application of Mandatory Prepayments. Subject to the provisions of clause (c) below, (i) in the case of a mandatory prepayment consisting of the proceeds of a Permitted Software Disposition, such proceeds shall be applied (A) first, to the ratable payment of the outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans in an amount equal to the reduction in the Revolving Borrowing Base resulting from the Permitted Software Disposition, and (B) second, in the order specified by this Section 2.13(b)(ii), and (ii) to the extent not applied pursuant to clause (i) above, any mandatory prepayments of principal made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.9 shall be applied (A) first, to the next four scheduled principal installments of the Term Loans in direct order of maturity, (B) second, to the ratable payment of the remaining outstanding principal installments of the Term Loans and all amounts then owing with respect to corresponding termination of Secured Hedging Documents, (C) third, to the ratable payment of the outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans and permanent reduction of commitments in an equivalent amount and all amounts then owing with respect to corresponding termination of Secured Hedging Documents and (D) fourth, to the ratable payment of all other Obligations.
(c) Application of Payments During an Event of Default. The Borrower hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees to cause each Loan Party and each other Group Member to waive, the right to direct the application during the continuance of an Event of Default of any and all payments in respect of any Obligation and any proceeds of Collateral and agrees that, notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (a) and (b) above, the Administrative Agent, with the consent of the Collateral Agent, may, and, upon either (i) the direction of the Required Lenders or (ii) the acceleration of any Obligations pursuant to Section 8.2, shall, apply or cause the application of all payments in respect of any Obligation, all proceeds of Collateral (A) first, to pay Obligations in respect of any cost or expense reimbursements, fees or indemnities then due to the Administrative Agent, (B) second, to pay Obligations in respect of any cost or expense
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reimbursements, fees or indemnities then due to the other Agents, (C) third, to pay Obligations in respect of any cost or expense reimbursements, fees or indemnities then due to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, (D) fourth, to pay interest then due and payable hereunder, (E) fifth, to the ratable payment of the outstanding principal amounts of the Loans, unreimbursed LC Disbursements and all amounts then owing with respect to Secured Hedging Documents and (F) sixth, to the ratable payment of all other Obligations.
(d) Application of Payments Generally. All payments that would otherwise be allocated to the Revolving Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall instead be allocated first, to repay interest on any portion of the Revolving Loans that the Administrative Agent may have advanced on behalf of any Lender and on any unreimbursed LC Disbursement, in each case for which the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, the Issuing Bank has not then been reimbursed by such Lender or the Borrower, second to pay the outstanding principal amount of the foregoing obligations, third, to repay the Revolving Loans. All repayments of any Revolving Loans or Term Loans shall be applied first, to repay such Loans outstanding as Base Rate Loans and then, to repay such Loans outstanding as Eurodollar Rate Loans, with those Eurodollar Rate Loans having earlier expiring Interest Periods being repaid prior to those having later expiring Interest Periods. All repayments of Loans and amounts owing by the Borrower under Letters of Credit shall be applied to ratably reduce the outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements and the remaining installments of such outstanding principal amounts of the Term Loans in the inverse order of their maturities unless otherwise provided in any Loan Document. If sufficient amounts are not available to repay all outstanding Obligations described in any priority level set forth in this Section 2.13, the available amounts shall be applied, unless otherwise expressly specified herein, to such Obligations ratably based on the proportion of the Secured Parties’ interest in such Obligations. Any priority level set forth in this Section 2.13 that includes interest shall include all such interest, whether or not accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, and whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in any such proceeding.
(e) Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) the Loans shall be made and any reduction of the Commitments shall be made, pro rata according to the respective amounts of the Commitments; (ii) each payment or prepayment of principal of the Loans shall be made for account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of such Loans held by them; and (iii) each payment of interest hereunder shall be made for account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective amounts of interest on the Loans then due and payable to them.
Section 2.14. Payments and Computations. (a) Procedure. Unless otherwise specified under the Loan Documents, the Borrower shall make each payment under any Loan Document (including fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements) not later than 12:00 noon on the day when due to the Administrative Agent by wire transfer to such account or by such other means to such other address as the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Borrower in writing within a reasonable time prior to such payment in immediately available Dollars and without setoff or counterclaim. The Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter cause to be distributed immediately available funds relating to the payment of principal, interest or fees to the Lenders or Issuing Bank or participant in a Letter of Credit, in accordance with the
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application of payments set forth in Section 2.13. The Lenders and Issuing Banks shall make any payment under any Loan Document in immediately available Dollars and without setoff or counterclaim. Payments received by the Administrative Agent after 12:00 noon shall be deemed to be received on the next Business Day. Payments to be made directly to any Issuing Bank shall be made as expressly provided herein.
(b) Computations of Interests and Fees. All computations of interest and of fees shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days (or, in the case of Base Rate Loans whose interest rate is calculated based on the rate set forth in clause (a) of the definition of “Base Rate”, 365/366 days), in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest and fees are payable. Each determination of an interest rate or the amount of a fee hereunder shall be made by the Administrative Agent (including determinations of a Eurodollar Rate or Base Rate in accordance with the definitions of “Eurodollar Rate” and “Base Rate”, respectively) and shall be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(c) Payment Dates. Unless otherwise specified herein, whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day without any increase in such payment as a result of additional interest or fees; provided, however, that such interest and fees shall continue accruing as a result of such extension of time.
(d) Advancing Payments. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks prior to the date on which any payment is due hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender or Issuing Bank on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender or Issuing Bank. If and to the extent that the Borrower shall not have made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each applicable Lender and Issuing Bank shall severally repay to the Administrative Agent on demand such amount distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank together with interest thereon (at the Federal Funds Rate for the first Business Day and thereafter, at the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans) for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender or Issuing until the date such Lender or Issuing Bank repays such amount to the Administrative Agent.
Section 2.15. Evidence of Debt. (a) Records of Lenders. Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts evidencing Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement. In addition, each Lender having sold a participation in any of its Obligations or having identified an SPV as such to the Administrative Agent, acting as agent of the Borrower solely for this purpose and solely for tax purposes, shall establish and maintain at its address referred to in Section 10.11 (or at such other address as such Lender shall notify the Borrower) a record of ownership, in which such Lender shall register by book entry (i) the name and address of each such participant and SPV (and each change thereto, whether by assignment or otherwise) and (ii) the rights, interest or obligation of each such participant and SPV in any Obligation, in any Commitment and in any
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right to receive any payment hereunder (such records, the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant's interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other Obligations) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that the an Indebtedness of the Borrower is in “registered form” for tax purposes.
(b) Records of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent, acting as agent of the Borrower solely for tax purposes and solely with respect to the actions described in this Section 2.15, shall establish and maintain at its address referred to in Section 10.11 (or at such other address as the Administrative Agent may notify the Borrower) a record of ownership (the “Register”) in which the Administrative Agent agrees to record (i) the names and addresses of the Lenders (and each change thereto pursuant to Section 2.19 and Section 10.2), (ii) the Commitments of each Lender, (iii) the amount of each Loan, any LC Disbursements and each funding of any participation described in clause (b)(i) above and for Eurodollar Rate Loans, the Interest Period applicable thereto, (iv) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or paid, (v) information received from the Issuing Banks pursuant to Section 2.4(m) and (vi) any other payment received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower and its application to the Obligations.
(c) Registered Obligations. This Section 2.15 and Section 10.2 shall be construed so that the Loans are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related regulations (and any successor provisions).
(d) Prima Facie Evidence. The entries made in the Register and in the accounts maintained pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided, however, that no error in such account and no failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain any such account, which in either case shall be promptly corrected, shall affect the obligations of any Loan Party to repay the Loans in accordance with their actual terms. In addition, the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement. Information contained in the Register with respect to any Lender shall be available for access by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or such Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. No Lender shall, in such capacity, have access to or be otherwise permitted to review any information in the Register other than information with respect to such Lender unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent.
Section 2.16. Suspension of Eurodollar Rate Option. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Article II, the following shall apply:
(a) Interest Rate Unascertainable, Inadequate or Unfair. In the event that (i) the Administrative Agent determines that adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rates by reference to which the Eurodollar Rate is determined or (ii) the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent that the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest
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Period will not adequately reflect the cost to the Lenders of making or maintaining such Loans for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower and the Lenders, whereupon the obligation of each Lender to make or to continue Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended as provided in clause (c) below until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower that the Required Lenders have determined that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall promptly so notify the Borrower once such circumstances no longer exist; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any failure to give such notice.
(b) Illegality. If any Lender determines that the introduction of, or any change in or in the interpretation of, any Requirement of Law after the date of this Agreement shall make it unlawful, or any Governmental Authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make Eurodollar Rate Loans or to continue to fund or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans, then, on notice thereof and demand therefor by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, the obligation of such Lender to make or to continue Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended as provided in clause (c) below until such Lender shall, through the Administrative Agent, notify the Borrower that it has determined that it may lawfully make Eurodollar Rate Loans. The Administrative Agent and each such Lender shall promptly so notify the Borrower once such circumstances no longer exist; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any failure to give such notice.
(c) Effect of Suspension. If the obligation of any Lender to make or to continue Eurodollar Rate Loans is suspended, (i) the obligation of such Lender to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, (ii) such Lender shall make a Base Rate Loan at any time such Lender would otherwise be obligated to make a Eurodollar Rate Loan, (iii) the Borrower may revoke any pending Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation to make or continue any Eurodollar Rate Loan or to convert any Base Rate Loan into a Eurodollar Rate Loan and (iv) each Eurodollar Rate Loan of such Lender shall automatically and immediately (or, in the case of any suspension pursuant to clause (a) above, on the last day of the current Interest Period thereof) be converted into a Base Rate Loan.
Section 2.17. Breakage Costs; Increased Costs; Capital Requirements. (a) Breakage Costs. The Borrower shall compensate each Lender, upon demand from such Lender to such Borrower (with copy to the Administrative Agent), for all Liabilities (including, in each case, those incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to prepare to fund, to fund or to maintain the Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to the Borrower but excluding any loss of the Applicable Margin on the relevant Loans) that such Lender incurs (i) to the extent, for any reason other than solely by reason of such Lender being a Defaulting Lender, a Borrowing, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or a Notice of Conversion or Continuation or in a similar request made by telephone by the Borrower, (ii) to the extent any Eurodollar Rate Loan is paid (whether through a scheduled, optional or mandatory prepayment) or converted to a Base Rate Loan (including because of Section 2.16) on a date that is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period or (iii) as a consequence of any failure by the Borrower to repay Eurodollar Rate Loans when required by the terms hereof. For purposes of this clause (a), each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it using a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank market.
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(b) Increased Costs. If at any time any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that the adoption of, after the date hereof, or any change, after the date hereof, in or in the interpretation, application or administration of any Requirement of Law (other than any imposition or increase of Eurodollar Reserve Requirements) from any Governmental Authority, or compliance with any such adoption of or any change in, or in the interpretation, application or administration of, any such Requirement of Law shall have the effect of (i) increasing the cost to such Lender or Issuing Bank of making, funding or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loan or participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or issue any Letter of Credit) or to agree to do so or of participating, or agreeing to participate, in extensions of credit, (ii) imposing any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b)-(d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit or participations therein, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto or (iii) imposing any other cost to such Lender or Issuing Bank with respect to compliance with its obligations, in each case, related to any Loan Document, then, upon demand by such Lender or Issuing Bank (with copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender or Issuing Bank amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank for such increased cost.
(c) Increased Capital Requirements. If at any time any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that the adoption of, after the date hereof, or any change, after the date hereof, in or in the interpretation, application or administration of any Requirement of Law (other than any imposition or increase of Eurodollar Reserve Requirements) from any Governmental Authority, or compliance with any such adoption of or any change in, or in the interpretation, application or administration of, any such Requirement of Law, in each case, regarding capital adequacy, reserves, special deposits, compulsory loans, insurance charges against property of, deposits with or for the account of, Obligations owing to, or other credit extended or participated in by, any Lender or Issuing Bank or any similar requirement (in each case other than any imposition or increase of Eurodollar Reserve Requirements) shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or Issuing Bank as a consequence of its obligations under or with respect to any Loan Document to a level below that which, taking into account the capital adequacy policies of such Lender or Issuing Bank, such Lender or Issuing Bank could have achieved but for such adoption or change, then, upon demand from time to time by such Lender or Issuing Bank (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender or Issuing Bank amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank for such reduction.
(d) Compensation Certificate. Each demand for compensation under this Section 2.17 shall be accompanied by a certificate of the Lender or Issuing Bank claiming such compensation, setting forth the amounts to be paid hereunder and stating that it is seeking such compensation from its similarly situated borrowers generally, which certificate shall be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error. In determining such amount, such Lender or Issuing Bank may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
(e) Additional Costs. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith are deemed to have been
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introduced or adopted after the date hereof, regardless of the date enacted or adopted and shall constitute a change in Requirement of Law 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”, are deemed to have been introduced or adopted after the date hereof, regardless of the date enacted or adopted and shall constitute a change in Requirement of Law.
Section 2.18. Taxes. (a) Payments Free and Clear of Taxes. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.18, each payment by any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of Taxes except as required by a Requirement of Law. If any Requirement of Law requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Loan Party, then the applicable Loan Party shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Secured Party receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(b) Other Taxes. In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to pay in its name, any stamp, documentary, excise or property Tax, charges or similar levies imposed by any applicable Requirement of Law or Governmental Authority and all Liabilities with respect thereto (including by reason of any delay in payment thereof), in each case arising from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein (collectively, “Other Taxes”). Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes by any Loan Party pursuant to this Section 2.18, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 10.11, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of payment thereof.
(c) Indemnification. The Borrower shall reimburse and indemnify, within 30 days after receipt of demand therefor (with copy to the Administrative Agent), each Secured Party for all Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes and Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.18) paid by such Secured Party and any Liabilities arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. A certificate of the Secured Party (or of the Administrative Agent on behalf of such Secured Party) claiming any compensation under this clause (c), setting forth the amounts to be paid thereunder and delivered to the Borrower with copy to the Administrative Agent, shall be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(d) Administrative Agent’s Tax Indemnity. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 30 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting
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the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 2.15(a) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (d).
(e) Mitigation. Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.18 shall use its reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policies and Requirements of Law) to change the jurisdiction of its lending office if such a change would reduce any such additional amounts (or any similar amount that may thereafter accrue) and would not, in the sole determination of such Lender, be otherwise materially disadvantageous to such Lender or impose any costs (which the Borrower has declined to reimburse) on such Lender.
(f) Tax Forms. (i) Each Non-U.S. Lender Party shall (w) on or prior to the date such Non-U.S. Lender Party becomes a “Non-U.S. Lender Party” hereunder, (x) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, (y) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this clause (f) and (z) from time to time if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a participant or SPV, by the relevant Lender), provide the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, in the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Lender) with two completed originals of each of the following, as applicable: (A) Forms W-8ECI (claiming complete exemption from U.S. withholding tax because the income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business), W-8BEN (claiming complete or partial exemption from U.S. withholding tax under an income tax treaty) or any successor forms; (B) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender Party claiming exemption under Sections 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, Form W-8BEN (claiming exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the portfolio interest exemption) or any successor form and a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G attached hereto that such Non-U.S. Lender Party is not (1) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (2) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code or (3) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code; (C) to the extent a Non-U.S. Lender Party is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable, provided that if the Non-U.S. Lender Party is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Non-Lender Party are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Non-U.S. Lender Party may provide a U.S. certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner, or (D) to the extent the Non-U.S. Lender Party is legally entitled to do so, any other applicable document prescribed by the IRS certifying as to the entitlement of such Non-U.S. Lender Party to such exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to all
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payments to be made to such Non-U.S. Lender Party under the Loan Documents. Each Non-U.S. Lender Party agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(ii) Each U.S. Lender Party shall (A) on or prior to the date such U.S. Lender Party becomes a “U.S. Lender Party” hereunder, (B) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, (C) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this clause (f) and (D) from time to time if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Lender), provide the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, in the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Lender) with two completed originals of Form W-9 (certifying that such U.S. Lender Party is entitled to an exemption from U.S. backup withholding tax) or any successor form.
(iii) If this Agreement (as it may be modified) is not treated as a Grandfathered Obligation and if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (iii), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(g) Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.18 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.18), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.18 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this clause (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this clause (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-tax position than the
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indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This clause (g) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h) Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.18 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments, the expiration of a Letter of Credit and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations.
(i) For purposes of this Section 2.18, the term “Lender” shall include any Issuing Bank.
Section 2.19. Substitution of Lenders. (a) Substitution Right. Unless a Default has occurred and is continuing, in the event that any Lender (an “Affected Lender”), (i) makes a claim under clause (b) or (c) of Section 2.17, (ii) notifies the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.17(b) that it becomes illegal for such Lender to continue to fund or make any Eurodollar Rate Loan, (iii) makes a claim for payment pursuant to Section 2.18(a) or (c), (iv) becomes a Defaulting Lender or (v) does not consent to any amendment, waiver or consent to any Loan Document for which the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but that requires the consent of other Lenders, the Borrower may either pay in full such Affected Lender with respect to amounts due with the consent of the Administrative Agent or substitute for such Affected Lender any Lender or any Affiliate or Approved Fund of any Lender or any other Person acceptable (which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to the Administrative Agent (in each case, a “Substitute Lender”).
(b) Procedure. To substitute such Affected Lender or pay in full the Obligations owed to such Affected Lender, the Borrower shall deliver a notice to the Administrative Agent and such Affected Lender. The effectiveness of such payment or substitution shall be subject to the delivery to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower (or, as may be applicable in the case of a substitution, by the Substitute Lender) of (i) payment for the account of such Affected Lender, of, to the extent accrued through, and outstanding on, the effective date for such payment or substitution, all Obligations owing to such Affected Lender (including those that will be owed because of such payment and all Obligations that would be owed to such Lender if it was solely a Lender) and (ii) in the case of a substitution, (A) payment of the assignment fee set forth in Section 10.2(c) and (B) an Assignment whereby the Substitute Lender shall, among other things, agrees to be bound by the terms of the Loan Documents and assume the Loans of the Affected Lender.
(c) Effectiveness. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clause (b) above, the Administrative Agent shall record such substitution or payment in the Register, whereupon (i) the Affected Lender shall sell and be relieved of, and the Substitute Lender shall purchase and assume, all rights and claims of such Affected Lender under the Loan Documents, except that the Affected Lender shall retain such rights expressly providing that they survive the repayment of the Obligations, (ii) the Substitute Lender shall become a “Lender” hereunder
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holding the outstanding Loans of such Affected Lender and (iii) the Affected Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment to evidence such substitution and deliver any Note in its possession; provided, however, that the failure of any Affected Lender to execute any such Assignment or deliver any such Note shall not render such sale and purchase (or the corresponding assignment) invalid.
Section 2.20. Incremental Commitments.
(a) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time when: (w) no Default exists or would result after giving pro forma effect to such Incremental Term Borrowing, (x) all representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects immediately at the time of, and after giving effect to, such Incremental Term Borrowing, (y) an updated Library Value Report has been delivered to the Administrative Agent at the time of such Incremental Term Borrowing and (z) at the time of, or after giving effect to such Incremental Term Borrowing (and any Investments made with such funds), the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Article V (including the Term Borrowing Base); request Incremental Term Loan Commitments in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Term Loan Amount from one or more Incremental Term Loan Lenders, each of which must be (i) an existing Lender, (ii) any Affiliate or Approved Fund of any existing Lender or (iii) any other Person acceptable (which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to the Administrative Agent. Such notice shall set forth: (A) the amount of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments being requested (which shall be in minimum increments of $1,000,000 and a minimum amount of $5,000,000 or such lesser amount equal to the remaining Incremental Term Loan Amount), (B) the date on which such Incremental Term Loan Commitments are requested to become effective (which shall not be less than 10 Business Days nor more than 60 days after the date of such notice), and (C) whether such Incremental Term Loan Commitments are commitments to make Term Loans with identical terms to any existing Tranche of Term Loans or commitments to make term loans with terms different from any existing Tranche of Term Loans outstanding.
(b) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time when: (w) no Default exists or would result after giving pro forma effect to such Additional Revolving Loan Commitments and any making of the related Additional Revolving Loans, (x) all representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects immediately at the time of, and after giving effect to, Additional Revolving Loan Commitments and any making of the related Additional Revolving Loans, (y) an updated Revolving Borrowing Base Certificate has been delivered to the Administrative Agent at the time of such Additional Revolving Loan Commitments becoming effective and upon any making of any Additional Revolving Loans and (z) at the time of, or after giving effect to such Additional Revolving Loan Commitments and any making of the related Additional Revolving Loans, the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Article V; request Additional Revolving Loan Commitments in an amount not to exceed the Additional Revolving Loan Commitment Amount from one or more Persons, each of which must be (i) an existing Lender, (ii) any Affiliate or Approved Fund of any existing Lender or (iii) any other Person acceptable (which acceptance shall not unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank. Such notice shall set forth (A) the amount of the Additional Revolving Loan Commitments being requested (which shall be in
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minimum increments of $250,000 and a minimum amount of $2,500,000 or such lesser amount equal to the remaining Additional Revolving Loan Commitment Amount) and (B) the date on which such Additional Revolving Loan Commitments are requested to become effective (which shall not be less than 10 Business Days nor more than 60 days after the date of such notice). The Borrower and each Person providing an Additional Revolving Loan Commitment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Additional Revolving Loan Commitment Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Additional Revolving Loan Commitment of each such Person. The terms and provisions of such Additional Revolving Loan Commitments and Additional Revolving Loans made under such Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, shall be identical to those of the then-existing Revolving Loan Commitments and Revolving Loans, respectively. The final maturity date of the Additional Revolving Loans made under the Additional Revolving Loan Commitments shall be no earlier than the Revolving Termination Date and no scheduled mandatory commitment reduction other than those applicable to the existing Revolving Loans and Revolving Loan Commitments shall be required prior to the Revolving Termination Date.
(c) The Borrower and each Incremental Term Loan Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence each Tranche of Incremental Term Loan Commitments of each Incremental Term Loan Lender. The terms of any Tranche of Incremental Term Loan Commitments (including the Effective Yield applicable to such Tranche) may differ from any existing Tranche of Term Loans outstanding in respect of interest rate, amortization and maturity, provided that, such Tranche of Incremental Term Loans shall have (i) an Initial Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date of no earlier than the then latest maturing Tranche of outstanding Term Loans, (ii) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity of no less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity as then in effect for the Tranche of then-outstanding Term Loans with the then longest Weighted Average Life to Maturity, (iii) the Incremental Term Loans shall not be secured by assets other than Collateral and not guaranteed by persons other than Guarantors and (iv) each Incremental Term Borrowing shall be secured on a no more senior than pari passu basis on the Collateral securing the Obligations; provided further, that if the Effective Yield for such Incremental Term Loans as of the date of incurrence of such Tranche of Incremental Term Loans exceeds the Effective Yield then applicable to any Tranche of then outstanding Term Loans by more than 0.25% per annum, the Applicable Margins for all then outstanding Term Loans shall be increased as of such date in accordance with the requirements of the definition of “Applicable Margin”. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this Section 2.20, the Incremental Term Loan Commitments provided pursuant to each Incremental Term Loan Commitment Assumption Agreement shall constitute a new Tranche, which shall be separate and distinct from the existing Tranches pursuant to this Agreement (with a designation which may be made in letters (i.e., A, B, C, etc.), numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.) or a combination thereof (i.e., X-0, X-0, X-0, X-0, C-1, C-2, etc.); provided that, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, the parties to a given Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement may specify therein that the respective Incremental Term Loans made pursuant thereto shall constitute part of, and be added to, an existing Tranche of Term Loans, in any case so long as the following requirements are satisfied:
(i) the Incremental Term Loans to be made pursuant to such Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement shall have the same Scheduled Maturity Date and
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the same Applicable Margins of Loans to which the new Incremental Term Loans are being added;
(ii) the new Incremental Term Loans shall have the same amortization schedule as then remains with respect to the Tranche to which such new Incremental Term Loans are being added (with the amount of each scheduled repayment applicable to such new Incremental Term Loans to be the same (on a proportionate basis) as is theretofore applicable to the Tranche to which such new Incremental Term Loans are being added, thereby increasing the amount of each then remaining scheduled principal payment of the respective Tranche proportionately; and
(iii) on the date of the making of such new Incremental Term Loans, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 2.10, such new Incremental Term Loans shall be added to (and form part of) each Borrowing of outstanding Term Loans of the respective Tranche on a pro rata basis (based on the relative sizes of the various outstanding Borrowings), so that each Lender holding Loans under the respective Tranche of Term Loans participates in each outstanding Borrowing of Term Loans or Revolving Loans of the respective Tranche (after giving effect to the incurrence of such new Incremental Term Loans) on a pro rata basis.
(iv) To the extent the provisions of preceding clause (iii) require that Lenders making new Incremental Term Loans add such Incremental Term Loans to the then-outstanding Borrowings of Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Tranche, it is acknowledged that the effect thereof may result in such new Incremental Term Loans having short Interest Periods (i.e., an Interest Period that began during an Interest Period then applicable to outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Tranche and which will end on the last day of such Interest Period). In connection therewith, it is hereby agreed that, to the extent the Incremental Term Loans are to be so added to the then-outstanding Borrowings of Term Loans of such Tranche which are maintained as Eurodollar Rate Loans, the Lenders that have made such Incremental Term Loans shall be entitled to receive from the Borrower such amounts, as reasonably determined by the respective Lenders, to compensate them for funding the new Incremental Term Loans of the respective Tranche during an existing Interest Period (rather than at the beginning of the respective Interest Period based upon rates then applicable thereto). All determinations by any Lender pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement and each Additional Revolving Loan Commitment Assumption Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement or Additional Revolving Loan Commitment Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Incremental Term Loan Commitment and the Incremental Term Loans evidenced thereby or the Additional Revolving Loan Commitments and Additional Revolving Loans evidenced thereby,
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and the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may revise this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to evidence such amendments.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Term Loan Commitment or additional Revolving Loan Commitment shall become effective under this Section 2.20 unless (i) on the date of such effectiveness, the conditions set forth in Section 3.3(a) and (b) shall be satisfied, (ii) except as otherwise specified in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement or Additional Revolving Credit Commitment Assumption Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have received legal opinions, board resolutions and other closing certificates requested by the Administrative Agent, (iii) to the extent reasonably necessary to maintain the continuing priority of the Lien of the Security Documents as security for the Obligations, as determined by the Administrative Agent (x) the applicable Loan Party to any Security Documents shall have entered into, and delivered to the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Administrative Agent a modification or new Security Document in proper form for filing or recording in the relevant jurisdiction and in a form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (y) the Borrower shall have caused to be delivered to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties an endorsement to the title insurance policy, date down(s) or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent insuring that the priority of the Lien of the Security Documents as security for the Obligations has not changed and confirming or insuring that since the issuance of the title insurance policy there has been no change in the condition of title and there are no intervening liens or encumbrances which may then or thereafter take priority over the Lien of the Security Documents and (z) the Borrower shall have delivered, at the request of the Administrative Agent, to the Administrative Agent or all other relevant third parties all other items reasonably necessary to maintain the continuing priority of the Lien of the Security Documents as security for the Obligations.
(f) Upon the effectiveness of each Additional Revolving Loan Commitment, the Borrower shall, in coordination with the Administrative Agent, repay outstanding Revolving Loans of certain of the Revolving Lenders, and incur additional Revolving Loans from certain other Revolving Lenders (including the additional Revolving Lenders), in each case to the extent necessary so that all of the Revolving Lenders participate in each outstanding Borrowing of Revolving Loans pro rata on the basis of their respective Revolving Loan Commitments (after giving effect to any increase in the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.20 and with the Borrower being obligated to pay to the respective Revolving Lenders any costs of the type referred to in Section 2.17 in connection with any such repayment or Borrowing (and in any event including any amounts, as reasonably determined by the respective Lenders, to compensate them for funding any Revolving Loans during an existing Interest Period (rather than at the beginning at the respective Interest Period based on rates then applicable thereto)). All determinations by any Lender pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
ARTICLE III.
CONDITIONS TO LOANS
Section 3.1. Conditions Precedent to Closing. The obligation of each Lender to make any Loan hereunder and the obligation of each Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder
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is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of each of the following conditions precedent on or before the Closing Date:
(a) Certain Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received on or prior to the Closing Date each of the following, each dated the Closing Date (or such other date as may be indicated below) unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(i) this Agreement and the Fee Letters duly executed by the Borrower and, for the account of each Lender requesting the same by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower received by each at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date (or such later date as may be agreed by the Borrower), a Note conforming to the requirements set forth in Section 2.2(c);
(ii) the Guaranty Agreement and the Security Documents, including the (A) Guaranty Agreement, duly executed by the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, (B) the Security Agreement, duly executed by the relevant grantors thereunder, and (C) any Mortgages duly executed by the relevant mortgagors thereunder; and each such Security Document, upon execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto, will create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral and the proceeds thereof, together with (x) copies of UCC, tax, judgment lien, Intellectual Property and other appropriate search reports and of all effective prior filings listed therein, together with evidence of the termination of such prior filings and other documents with respect to the priority of the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral (including the Payoff Letter), in each case, as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, (y) all documents representing all Securities being pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement and related undated powers or endorsements duly executed in blank and (z) in each case evidence of the perfection and first priority of the Liens created by the Security Documents to the extent required thereby;
(iii) duly executed (A) opinions of counsel to the Loan Parties, each addressed to the Arranger, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders and addressing such matters as the Administrative Agent or Lenders may request and (B) opinion of counsel to the Agents and the Arranger;
(iv) a timely and duly executed and completed Notice of Borrowing for the initial Borrowing;
(v) a copy of each Constituent Document of each Loan Party that is on file with any Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction and certified as of a recent date by such Governmental Authority, together with, if applicable, certificates attesting to the good standing of such Loan Party in its jurisdiction of organization and each other jurisdiction where such Loan Party is qualified to do business as a foreign entity or where such qualification is necessary (and, if appropriate in any such jurisdiction, related tax certificates; provided that such related tax certificates may be provided within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date);
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(vi) a certificate of the secretary or other officer of each Loan Party in charge of maintaining books and records of such Loan Party certifying as to (A) the names and signatures of each officer of such Loan Party authorized to execute and deliver any Loan Document, (B) the Constituent Documents of such Loan Party attached to such certificate are complete and correct copies of such Constituent Documents as in effect on the date of such certification and (C) the resolutions of such Loan Party’s board of directors or other appropriate governing body approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to which such Loan Party is a party;
(vii) a certificate of the President, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying that as of the Closing Date and both before and after giving effect to the funding of the Loans: (A) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in any Loan Document shall be true and correct on and as of such date, (B) each Loan Party is Solvent after giving effect to the funding of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.1, the application of the proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 6.17 and the payment of all estimated legal, accounting and other fees and expenses related hereto and (C) no Default has occurred and is continuing;
(viii) a certificate of the President, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying in reasonable detail as to the calculation of the Revolving Borrowing Base and the Term Borrowing Base as of the Closing Date and certifying that the Loans requested pursuant to the Initial Borrower are in accordance with the maximum drawing requirements in respect of the Revolving Borrowing Base and the Term Borrowing Base hereunder;
(ix) a certificate from the President, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying as the amount of Consolidated Net Outstanding Content Advances as of the Closing Date in reasonable detail and computed in accordance with a customary methodology that is acceptable to the Administrative Agent and consistent with past practices;
(x) reserved;
(xi) insurance certificates in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent demonstrating that the insurance policies required by Section 6.13 are in full force and effect and have all terms required by Section 6.13;
(xii) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying true, complete and correct executed copies of all material contracts attached to such certificate and in effect as of the Closing Date (including (A) all Material DL OLC Agreements, (B) all Intercompany Agreements, and (C) all material employment agreements, and that each such material contract is in full force and effect and the Loan Parties are is in compliance with all such relevant material contracts to which they are party as of the Closing Date;
(xiii) a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower, supported by third party review of the financial statements of GVE reasonably
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satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, demonstrating as of the Closing Date for the most recent trailing twelve-month period for which quarterly financial statements are available (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, pro forma for the Acquisition, that is not less than $12.5 million, (ii) a ratio of (A) Consolidated Total Debt to (B) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of no more than 3.65:1.00 and (iii) projections showing a Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the next full fiscal quarter of no less than 1.15:1.00. Such certificate shall be addressed to the Administrative Agent and accompanied by the Initial Financial Statements, which audited Initial Financial Statements for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 shall have been reviewed and certified by the Group Members’ Accountants;
(xiv) a payoff letter executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, GVE and PNC Bank (the “Payoff Letter”) and evidence that the Existing Liens have been released;
(xv) the Initial Library Value Report; and
(xvi) consents, waivers, acknowledgements and other agreements from any Loan Party or third parties which the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable in order to permit, protect or perfect the Collateral Agent’s security interests in and Liens upon the Collateral and to effectuate the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, mortgagee or landlord waivers, estoppel certificates, bailee letters, consignment notices and other similar agreements.
(b) Fees and Expenses. There shall have been paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Person all fees and all reimbursements of costs or expenses, in each case due and payable under any Loan Document on or before the Closing Date.
(c) Business Plan. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received and be reasonably satisfied with the Initial Projections.
(d) Consents. Each Group Member shall have received all consents and authorizations required pursuant to any material Contractual Obligation with any other Person and shall have obtained all Permits of, and effected all notices to and filings with, any Governmental Authority, in each case, as may be necessary in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated in any Loan Document.
(e) Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of the Purchase Agreement, there shall not have occurred a Cinedigm Material Adverse Effect or Company Material Adverse Effect (as each such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement without giving effect to any amendments or modifications thereto since the date of execution thereof).
(f) Litigation. No litigation shall have been commenced which would challenge the transactions contemplated hereunder or which, if successful, would have a material adverse impact on the transactions contemplated hereunder, the Loan Parties, their business or the Borrower’s ability to repay the Loans.
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(g) New Information. There shall not have occurred or become known to the Administrative Agent since March 31, 2013 any information or other matter affecting any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates or the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents that, in the Administrative Agent’s judgment, is inconsistent in a material and adverse manner with any such information or other matter disclosed to the Administrative Agent prior to such date.
(h) Corporate Structure, Etc. The management, corporate structure, capital structure, other instruments governing Indebtedness, material contracts and governing documents of the Group Members shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(i) Additional Matters. The Administrative Agent shall have received such additional documents and information as any Lender, through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request.
(j) KYC Information. The Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under the PATRIOT Act and other applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations at least five days prior to the Closing Date.
(k) Specified Representations. On the Closing Date, the Seller Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent previously qualified as to materiality, in which case such Seller Representations shall be true and correct in all respects).
(l) Consummation of Acquisition and Mezzanine Financing. The Purchase Agreement shall have been duly executed by the Borrower and the Seller and Acquisition shall have been consummated, or substantially simultaneously with the initial funding of Loans on the Closing Date, and shall be consummated in accordance with the Purchase Agreement in all material respects, without giving effect to any amendments, supplements, waivers or other modifications to or of the Purchase Agreement that are material and adverse to the Lenders. The Borrower shall have consummated the Mezzanine Financing.
Section 3.2. Determinations of Initial Borrowing Conditions. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 3.1, each Lender shall be deemed to be satisfied with each document and each other matter required to be satisfactory to such Lender upon delivery of its executed signature page to this Agreement to the Administrative Agent unless, prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent receives notice from such Lender specifying such Lender’s objections and such Lender has not made available its pro rata share of any Borrowing scheduled to be made on the Closing Date.
Section 3.3. Additional Conditions to Each Borrowing. The obligation of each Lender to make any Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing and of each Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit (other than any Borrowing or issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit on the Closing Date) hereunder is also subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions (unless waived pursuant to Section 10.1):
(a) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any such
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representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects) on and as of the date of each such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as the case may be, as if made on such date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date);
(b) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as the case may be;
(c) to the extent required under Section 2.3 each Lender shall have received a Notice of Borrowing in the manner and within the time period required by Section 2.3;
(d) the Administrative Agent shall have received on or prior to the date of the relevant Borrowing, a certificate (in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender) of the President, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower, dated the Closing Date and certifying in reasonable detail as to the calculation of the Revolving Borrowing Base and the Term Borrowing Base as of the most recent measurement date and certifying that the Loans requested pursuant to such Borrowing are in accordance with and in pro forma compliance with the drawing requirements in respect of the Revolving Borrowing Base and the Term Borrowing Base hereunder; and
(e) in the case of any issuance, amendment, renewal, extension or utilization of a Letter of Credit hereunder, any notices required pursuant to Section 2.4(b) and (c).
Each Notice of Borrowing by the Borrower hereunder and each Borrowing, each notice with respect to the issuance of a Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.4(b) and (c), and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as the case may be, as to the matters specified in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 3.3.
ARTICLE IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Lenders and the Agents to enter into the Loan Documents, the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) represents and warrants to each of them each of the following as of the Closing Date:
Section 4.1. Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each of the Borrower and each Group Member (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) has all requisite power and authority and the legal right to own, pledge, mortgage and operate its property, to lease or sublease any property it operates under lease or sublease and to conduct its business as now or currently proposed to be conducted, (d) is in compliance with its Constituent Documents, (e) is in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law except where the failure to be in compliance would not have a Material
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Adverse Effect (except in respect of Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Corrupt Practices Law, in which case the relevant party shall be compliance in all respects) and (f) has all necessary Permits from or by, has made all necessary filings with, and has given all necessary notices to, each Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, to the extent required for such ownership, lease, sublease, operation, occupation or conduct of its business, except where the failure to obtain such Permits, make such filings or give such notices would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.2. Power and Authority; No Conflicts; Due Execution, Delivery and Enforceability. (a) Power and Authority; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein (i) are within such Loan Party’s corporate or similar powers and, at the time of execution thereof, shall have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar action (including, if applicable, consent of holders of its Securities), (ii) do not (A) contravene such Loan Party’s Constituent Documents, (B) violate any applicable Requirement of Law, (C) conflict with, contravene, constitute a default or breach under, or result in or permit the termination or acceleration of, any material Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (including other Loan Documents), other than those in the case of clause (B) and clause (C) that (1) would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and (2) are not created or caused by, or a conflict, breach, default or termination or acceleration event under, any Loan Document or (D) result in the imposition of any Lien (other than in favor of the Collateral Agent) upon any property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii) do not require any Permit of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any consent of, or notice to, any Person, other than (A) with respect to the Loan Documents, the filings required to perfect the Liens created by the Loan Documents and (B) those listed on Schedule 4.2 and that have been, or will be prior to the Closing Date, obtained or made, copies of which have been, or will be prior to the Closing Date, delivered to the Administrative Agent, and each of which on the Closing Date will be in full force and effect.
(b) Due Execution, Delivery and Enforceability. From and after its delivery to the Administrative Agent, each Loan Document (i) has been duly executed and delivered to the other parties thereto by each Loan Party thereto and (ii) is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and the effects of general principles of equity.
Section 4.3. Ownership of Group Members. Set forth on Schedule 4.3 is a complete and accurate list as of the date hereof showing for each Group Member and each Subsidiary of any Group Member and each joint venture of any of them, its jurisdiction of organization, the number of shares of each class of Stock authorized (if applicable), the number outstanding on the Closing Date and the number and percentage of the outstanding shares of each such class owned (directly or indirectly) by the Borrower. All outstanding Stock of each of them has been validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent applicable) and is owned beneficially and of record by a Group Member free and clear of all Liens other than the security interests created by the Loan Documents and Customary Permitted Liens. There are no Stock Equivalents with respect to the Stock of any Group Member or any Subsidiary of any Group Member or any joint venture of any of them as of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 4.3. Except as
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provided in the Constituent Documents delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date, there are no Contractual Obligations or other understandings to which the Borrower, any Group Member, any Subsidiary of any Group Member or any joint venture of any of them is a party with respect to (including any restriction on) the issuance, voting, Sale or pledge of any Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Group Member or any such Subsidiary or joint venture.
Section 4.4. Financial Statements. (a) Subject to the absence of footnote disclosure and normal recurring year-end audit adjustments, each of the Initial Financial Statements fairly presents in all material respects the Consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flow of the Borrower and the Group Members, as applicable, as at the date indicated and for the period indicated in accordance with GAAP.
(b) On the Closing Date, (i) no Group Member has any material liability or other obligation (including Indebtedness, Guaranty Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for taxes, long-term leases and unusual forward or long-term commitments) that is not reflected in the Financial Statements referred to in clause (a) above or in the notes thereto and not otherwise permitted by this Agreement and (ii) since the date of the Financial Statements referenced in clause (a) above, there has been no Sale of any material property of the Group Members and no purchase or other acquisition of any material property.
(c) The Initial Projections have been prepared by the Borrower, in light of the operations of the business of the Group Members and reflect projections for the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending March 31, 2017 on a quarterly basis for the first year and on a year-by-year basis thereafter. As of the Closing Date, the Initial Projections are based upon estimates and assumptions stated therein, all of which the Borrower believes to be reasonable and fair in light of conditions and facts known to such Persons as of the Closing Date and reflect the good faith, reasonable and fair estimates by such Persons of the future consolidated financial performance of the Group Members and the other information projected therein for the periods set forth therein.
Section 4.5. Material Adverse Effect. Since March 31, 2013, there have been no events, circumstances, developments or other changes in facts that would, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.6. Solvency. Both before and after giving effect to (a) the Loans made on or prior to the date this representation and warranty is made, (b) the disbursement of the proceeds of such Loans and (c) the payment and accrual of all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, each of the Loan Parties is Solvent.
Section 4.7. Litigation. There are no pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) actions, investigations, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes affecting any Group Member with, by or before any Governmental Authority other than those that (a) cannot reasonably be expected to affect the Obligations, the Loan Documents, the other transactions contemplated therein, any Distribution Agreement, any OLC Agreement or any GVE Agreement and (b) would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 4.8. Taxes. All federal and material state, local and foreign income and franchise and other tax returns, reports and statements (collectively, the “Tax Returns”) required to be filed by any Tax Affiliate have been filed with the appropriate Governmental Authorities in all jurisdictions in which such Tax Returns are required to be filed, all such Tax Returns are true and correct in all material respects, and all taxes, charges and other impositions reflected therein or otherwise due and payable have been paid prior to the date due except Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Person has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP. No Tax Return is under audit or examination by any Governmental Authority and no notice of such an audit or examination or any assertion of any claim for taxes has been given or made by any Governmental Authority, except such audit, examination or claim as could not, if adversely determined, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Proper and accurate amounts have been withheld by each Tax Affiliate from their respective employees for all periods in full and complete compliance with the tax, social security and unemployment withholding provisions of applicable Requirements of Law and such withholdings have been timely paid to the respective Governmental Authorities. No Tax Affiliate has participated in a "reportable transaction" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b) or has been a member of an affiliated, combined or unitary group other than the group of which a Tax Affiliate is the common parent.
Section 4.9. Margin Regulations. None of the Group Members is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of, and no proceeds of any Loan or other extensions of credit hereunder will be used for the purpose of, buying or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board) or extending credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock, in each case in contravention of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
Section 4.10. No Burdensome Obligations; No Defaults. No Group Member is a party to any Contractual Obligation, no Group Member has Constituent Documents containing obligations, and, to the knowledge of any Group Member, there are no applicable Requirements of Law, in each case the compliance with which would have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No Group Member (and, to the knowledge of each Group Member, no other party thereto) is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation of any Group Member, which Contractual Obligation is material to the operation of the Group Member’s business and which default gives the applicable third party the right to terminate such Contractual Obligation.
Section 4.11. Investment Company Act. No Group Member is an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 4.12. Labor Matters. There are no strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns or lockouts existing, pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) against or involving any Group Member, except, for those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, (a) there is no collective bargaining or similar agreement with any union, labor organization, works council or similar representative covering any employee of any Group Member, (b) no petition for certification or election of any such
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representative is existing or pending with respect to any employee of any Group Member and (c) no such representative has sought certification or recognition with respect to any employee of any Group Member.
Section 4.13. ERISA. Schedule 4.13 sets forth, as of the date hereof, a complete and correct list of, and that separately identifies, (a) all Title IV Plans, (b) all Multiemployer Plans and (c) all material Benefit Plans. Each Benefit Plan, and each trust thereunder, intended to qualify for tax exempt status under Section 401 or 501 of the Code or other Requirements of Law so qualifies. Except for those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (x) each Benefit Plan is in compliance with applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Requirements of Law, (y) there are no existing or pending (or to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the normal course), sanctions, actions, lawsuits or other proceedings or investigation involving any Benefit Plan to which any Group Member incurs or otherwise has or could have an obligation or any Liability and (z) no ERISA Event is reasonably expected to occur. On the Closing Date, no ERISA Event has occurred in connection with which obligations and liabilities (contingent or otherwise) remain outstanding. No ERISA Affiliate would have any Withdrawal Liability as a result of a complete withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan on the date this representation is made. No ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA that remains outstanding (other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent).
Section 4.14. Environmental Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14, (a) the operations of each Group Member are and have been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, including obtaining, maintaining and complying with all Permits required by any applicable Environmental Law, other than non-compliances that, in the aggregate, would not have a reasonable likelihood of resulting in Material Environmental Liabilities, (b) no Group Member is party to, and no Group Member and no real property currently (or to the knowledge of any Group Member previously) owned, leased, subleased, operated or otherwise occupied by or for any Group Member is subject to or the subject of, any Contractual Obligation or any pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) order, action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit, claim, demand, dispute or notice of violation or of potential liability or similar notice under or pursuant to any Environmental Law other than those that, in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to result in Material Environmental Liabilities, (c) no Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority securing, in whole or in part, Environmental Liabilities has attached to any property of any Group Member and, to the knowledge of each Group Member, no facts, circumstances or conditions exist that could reasonably be expected to result in any such Lien attaching to any such property, (d) no Group Member has caused or suffered to occur a Release of Hazardous Materials at, to or from any real property of any Group Member and each such real property is free of contamination by any Hazardous Materials except for such Release or contamination that could not reasonably be expected to result, in the aggregate, in Material Environmental Liabilities, (e) no Group Member (i) is or has been engaged in, or has permitted any current or former tenant to engage in, operations, or (ii) knows of any facts, circumstances or conditions, including receipt of any information request or notice of potential responsibility under CERCLA or other Environmental Laws, that, in the aggregate, would have a reasonable likelihood of resulting in Material Environmental Liabilities and (f) each Group Member has made available to the Administrative Agent copies of all existing environmental reports, reviews and audits and all documents pertaining to actual or potential Environmental Liabilities, in each
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case to the extent such reports, reviews, audits and documents are in their possession, custody or control.
Section 4.15. Intellectual Property. Each Group Member owns or licenses all material Intellectual Property that is necessary for the operations of its business. To the knowledge of each Group Member, (a) the conduct and operation of the business of each Group Member does not infringe, misappropriate, dilute, violate or otherwise impair any Intellectual Property owned by any other Person and (b) no other Person has contested any right, title or interest of any Group Member in, or relating to, any Intellectual Property, other than, in each case, as would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. In addition, (x) there are no pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) actions, investigations, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes affecting any Group Member with respect to, (y) no judgment or order regarding any such claim has been rendered by any competent Governmental Authority, no settlement agreement or similar Contractual Obligation has been entered into by any Group Member, with respect to and (z) no Group Member knows or has any reason to know of any valid basis for any claim based on, any such infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or impairment or contest, other than, in each case, as would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.16. Title; Real Property. (a) Each Group Member has good and marketable fee simple title to all owned real property and valid leasehold interests in all leased real property, and owns all personal property, in each case that is purported to be owned or leased by it, including those reflected on the most recent Financial Statements delivered by the Borrower, and none of such property is subject to any Lien except Permitted Liens.
(b) Set forth on Schedule 4.16 are, as of the date hereof, (i) a complete and accurate list of all real property owned in fee simple by any Group Member or in which any Group Member owns a leasehold interest setting forth, for each such real property, the current street address (including, where applicable, county, state and other relevant jurisdictions), the record owner thereof and, where applicable, each lessee and sublessee thereof, (ii) any lease, sublease, license or sublicense of such real property by any Group Member and (iii) for each such real property that the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent has requested be subject to a Mortgage or that is otherwise material to the business of any Group Member, each Contractual Obligation by any Group Member, whether contingent or otherwise, to Sell such real property.
Section 4.17. Full Disclosure. The written information prepared or furnished by or on behalf of (and with the consent or at the direction of) the Borrower or any Group Member in connection with any Loan Document (including the information contained in any Financial Statement or Disclosure Document) or the consummation of any transaction contemplated therein, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances when made, not misleading in any material respect; provided, however, that projections contained therein are not to be viewed as factual and that actual results during the periods covered thereby may differ from the results set forth in such projections by a material amount. All projections that are part of such information (including those set forth in any Projections delivered subsequent to the Closing Date) are based upon good faith estimates and stated assumptions believed to be
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reasonable and fair as of the date made in light of conditions and facts then known and, as of such date, reflect good faith, reasonable and fair estimates of the information projected for the periods set forth therein. All facts known to the Borrower or any Group Member and material to the financial condition, business, property or prospects of the Borrower or the Group Members taken as one enterprise have been disclosed to the Lenders.
Section 4.18. Agreements and Other Documents. As of the Closing Date, each Group Member has provided to the Administrative Agent accurate and complete copies of all of the following agreements or documents to which it or GVE is subject and each of which is listed on Schedule 4.18: all Material DL OLC Agreements; all material licenses and permits held by the Group Members; instruments and documents evidencing any Indebtedness of such Group Member and any Lien granted by such Group Member with respect thereto; and instruments and agreements evidencing the issuance of any equity securities, warrants, rights or options to purchase equity securities of such Group Member.
Section 4.19. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used by the Borrower (and, to the extent distributed to them by the Borrower, each other Group Member) solely (a) to finance the Acquisition and the fees and the expenses incurred in connection with the Loan Documents and the Acquisition, (b) to refinance any portion of existing Indebtedness of GVE that is secured by the property being acquired pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; (c) to issue a Letter of Credit on the Closing Date as required pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (d) for working capital needs and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (e) solely in respect of the Incremental Term Loans, financing Permitted Investments or refinancing outstanding Revolving Loans.
Section 4.20. Anti-Terrorism; Anti-Money Laundering; Corrupt Practices.
(a) None of the Borrower, none of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Borrower after reasonable due diligence, none of its Affiliates and none of the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (x) has violated or is in violation of Anti-Terrorism Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws or (y) has been convicted of, has been charged with, or is under investigation by, a Governmental Authority for violations of Anti-Terrorism Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
(b) The funds used by any Loan Party to make payments under the Loan Documents to any Agent, Issuing Bank or Lender, will, to the knowledge of such Loan Party after reasonable due diligence, not be derived from activities that violate Anti-Terrorism Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws. None of the borrowing of the Loans or the Borrower’s use of the proceeds thereof or the Letters of Credit will violate any Anti-Terrorism Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
(c) None of the Borrower, none of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Borrower after reasonable due diligence, none of its Affiliates and none of the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans or the Letters of Credit is an Embargoed Person or is subject to special measures because of money laundering concerns under Section 311 of the PATRIOT Act and its implementing regulations.
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(d) None of the Borrower, none of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Borrower after reasonable due diligence, none of its Affiliates and none of the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans and the Letters of Credit (i) conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Embargoed Person, (iii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction related to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to any Anti-Terrorism Law or (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any Anti-Terrorism Law.
(e) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, or employee, nor, to the Borrower’s knowledge, any agent or representative of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) to influence official action or secure an improper advantage; and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with Corrupt Practices Laws and have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such Corrupt Practices Law and with the representation and warranty contained herein.
ARTICLE V.
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Obligation remains outstanding (including until all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed), it will, and will cause each Group Member to comply with the following:
Section 5.1. Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio. The Borrower shall not have, as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter set forth below, a Consolidated Leverage Ratio greater than the maximum ratio set forth opposite such Fiscal Quarter:
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FISCAL QUARTER ENDING
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MAXIMUM CONSOLIDATED
LEVERAGE RATIO |
December 31, 2014
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3.50:1.00
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March 31, 2015
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3.25:1.00
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June 30, 2015
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3.00:1.00
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September 30 – December 31, 2015
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2.75:1.00
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March 31, 2016
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2.25:1.00
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June 30, 2016 - and each Fiscal
Quarter thereafter until the Term Maturity Date |
2.00:1.00
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Section 5.2. Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ended March 31, 2014, the Borrower shall cause to be maintained as of the end of each fiscal quarter, a Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.10 to 1.0, measured on a trailing twelve-month basis.
Section 5.3. Minimum Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA. Borrower shall achieve, as of the end of the following periods, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in an amount not less than the amounts set forth below, measured for the period set forth below:
Minimum Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDA |
Period
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***
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Trailing two-month period ending December 31, 2013
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***
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Trailing five-month period ending March 31, 2014
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***
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Trailing eight-month period ending
June 30, 2014
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***
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Trailing eleven-month period ending September 30, 2014
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***
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Trailing twelve-month period ending December 31, 2014 and on the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter
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Section 5.4. Term Borrowing Base Covenant. Commencing with the first full Fiscal Quarter after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall not permit the aggregate outstanding amount of the Term Loans to exceed the applicable Term Borrowing Base as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter. The Term Loan Borrowing Base shall be recomputed at the end of each Fiscal Quarter for which a Compliance Certificate shall be delivered and for the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower may at any time request from an Acceptable Appraiser and deliver an updated Library Value Report, upon which the computations of the Term Borrowing Base will be adjusted to take into account such updated Library Value Report.
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*** CONFIDENTIAL PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXHANGE COMMISSION. ASTERISKS DENOTE OMISSIONS.
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ARTICLE VI.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Obligation remains outstanding (including until all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed), it will, and will cause each Group Member to comply with the following:
Section 6.1. Reporting. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (for further distribution to the Lenders in respect of the items listed in clauses (a), (b) and (c) below) each of the following:
(a) Monthly Reports. As soon as available, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each fiscal month in each Fiscal Quarter, a management report in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, setting forth in reasonable detail, among other things (i) the Consolidated EBITDA, revenues and selling, general and administrative expense for such fiscal month and that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such fiscal month, (ii) commencing with March 31, 2014, in comparative form the figures for (A) the corresponding period in the Budget and (B) commencing after the fourth Fiscal Quarter after the Closing Date, the corresponding period in the prior Fiscal Year, and (iii) the aggregate amount of cash on hand as of the end of such fiscal month.
(b) Quarterly Reports. As soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter of each Fiscal Year (and within 75 days after December 31, 2013), the Consolidated and consolidating unaudited balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter and related Consolidated and consolidating statements of income and cash flow for such Fiscal Quarter and that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter, and setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period in the prior Fiscal Year and the figures contained in the latest Projections, in each case certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the Consolidated and consolidating financial position, results of operations and cash flow of the Group Members as at the dates indicated and for the periods indicated in accordance with GAAP (subject to the absence of footnote disclosure and normal year-end audit adjustments).
(c) Annual Reports. Commencing with the Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2014, as soon as available, and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, (i) the Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Year and related Consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow for such Fiscal Year, each prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with a certification by the Group Members’ Accountants that (A) such Consolidated Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the Consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and for the periods indicated therein in accordance with GAAP without qualification as to the scope of the audit or as to going concern and without any other similar qualification and (B) in the course of the regular audit of the businesses of the Group Members, which audit was conducted in accordance with the standards of the United States’ Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (or any successor entity),
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such Group Members’ Accountants have obtained no knowledge that a Default in respect of any financial covenant contained in Article V has occurred and is continuing or, if in the opinion of the Group Members’ Accountants such a Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof (which certification with respect to clause (B) may be limited or omitted to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines); and (ii) a supplemental consolidating balance sheet as of the end of such Fiscal Year and related consolidating statements of income, and cash flow for such Fiscal Year of the Borrower, together with a certification by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower that such consolidating Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the Consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flow of the Borrower and Group Members as at the dates indicated and for the periods indicated therein in accordance with GAAP.
(d) Compliance Certificate. Together with each delivery of any Financial Statement pursuant to clause (b) or (c) above, a Compliance Certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower that, among other things,
(i) demonstrates compliance with each financial covenant contained in Article V;
(ii) shows in reasonable detail the amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures as of the end of such fiscal period;
(iii) shows the calculations used in determining Excess Cash Flow;
(iv) demonstrates compliance with the Term Borrowing Base with a computation in reasonable detail of the then-applicable Eligible Library Value;
(v) demonstrates compliance with the Revolving Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 2.7 including the Accounts Report and Inventory Log pursuant to Sections 6.1(n) and (o) respectively;
(vi) sets forth in reasonable detail the current Consolidated Net Outstanding Content Advances, including the amount of such advances since the Closing Date cumulatively and in the immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter; and
(vii) states that no Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate or, if a Default has occurred and is continuing, states the n