FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of April 1, 2016 is entered into by and among Huntsman International LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party hereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, Barclays Bank PLC, HSBC Bank USA National Association, PNC Capital Markets, LLC and Royal Bank of Canada, as joint lead arrangers, joint bookrunners and syndication agents, and each of Xxxxxxx Sachs Bank USA and SunTrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc. as joint bookrunners and documentation agents.
RECITALS:
A. The Borrower, the Lenders, the Agents, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, have heretofore entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 16, 2005 (as heretofore amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified by, inter alia, the Consent and First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 12, 2005, the Consent and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement and Amendment to Security Documents dated as of June 30, 2006, the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2007, the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2009, the Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 9, 2010, the Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 7, 2011, the Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 6, 2012, the Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 11, 2013, the Ninth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 22, 2013, the Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement, Second Amendment to Collateral Security Agreement, Second Amendment to Pledge Agreement and Second Amendment to Subsidiary Guaranty dated as of October 15, 2013, the Eleventh Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 12, 2014, the Twelfth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 13, 2014, the Thirteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 1, 2014 and the Fourteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 10, 2015, the “Credit Agreement”).
B. Pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower desires to obtain Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in the form of Refinancing Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to $550,000,000 for the purpose of paying, in full or in part and in accordance with and as required by the Credit Agreement, the aggregate outstanding principal amount, together with accrued interest, of the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans and the aggregate outstanding principal amount, together with accrued interest, of the Term C Dollar Loans (such payment, the “2016 Term B Refinancing”) and to pay fees, costs and expenses in connection therewith and in connection with the Amendment, by, among other things, entering into this Amendment with Lenders and with Additional Lenders agreeing to provide such Refinancing Term Loans (such Lenders and Additional Lenders, the “2016 Term B Lenders” and such Refinancing Term Loans, the “2016 Term B Loans” and the Term Commitments of all such 2016 Term B Lenders, the “2016 Term B Commitments”).
C. Pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement a Refinancing Amendment may be effectuated solely with the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each Lender and Additional Lender that is making a 2016 Term B Loan.
D. Pursuant to Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower desires to extend the Revolver Stated Termination Date for all or a portion of the outstanding Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments (each as defined in the Credit Agreement prior to giving effect to this Amendment, and
with such outstanding Revolving Loans being the “Existing Revolving Loans” and with such outstanding Revolving Commitments being the “Existing Revolving Commitments”).
E. Pursuant to Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement, an amendment to the Credit Agreement in respect of a New Extension may be effectuated solely with the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the Facing Agent and each Lender that that is making a 2016 Extending Revolving Commitment and 2016 Extending Revolving Loans (each as defined below).
F. Pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower desires to obtain an Incremental Revolving Facility pursuant to Section 2.13(a) of the Credit Agreement on terms and conditions identical to the 2016 Extending Revolving Commitments and 2016 Extending Revolving Loans (the “2016 Incremental Revolving Facility”, the commitments in respect thereof, the “2016 Incremental Revolving Commitments”, the loans in respect thereof, the “2016 Incremental Revolving Loans” and the Lenders providing such 2016 Incremental Revolving Facility, the “2016 Incremental Revolving Lenders”).
G. Pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement, (i) the Borrower may obtain Incremental Revolving Facilities by, among other things, entering into an Incremental Amendment with lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Facilities to effectuate an increase of the Revolving Facility, (ii) any Incremental Revolving Facility must be on identical terms and pursuant to documentation applicable to the Revolving Loans and (iii) no consent of any Lender (other than any lender providing any such Incremental Revolving Facility) is required to permit the effectiveness of any such Incremental Revolving Facility, the borrowing of Incremental Revolving Loans thereunder or to effectuate such Incremental Amendment.
H. Pursuant to Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 12.1 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower has requested that the Credit Agreement be amended as described in Section 2 hereto to (a) set forth the terms and conditions of such 2016 Term B Loans, (b) extend the Revolver Stated Termination Date for all or a portion of the outstanding Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments (each as defined in the Credit Agreement prior to giving effect to this Amendment, and with such outstanding Revolving Loans being the “Existing Revolving Loans” and with such outstanding Revolving Commitments being the “Existing Revolving Commitments”), (c) to provide for the 2016 Incremental Revolving Facility and (d) effect certain other related changes to the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement as may be agreed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the Facing Agent, the 2016 Term B Lenders, the 2016 Extended Revolving Lenders and the 2016 Incremental Revolving Lenders, as applicable.
I. On the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), the Revolver Stated Termination Date of the Existing Revolving Loans and Existing Revolving Commitments of each Revolving Lender that approves this Amendment and elects to convert all (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not less than all) of its Existing Revolving Loans and Existing Revolving Commitments by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent (or its counsel), on or prior to 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 30, 2016 the (“Revolver Consent Due Time”), a signature page to this Amendment designating itself as an “2016 Extended Revolving Lender” will be modified as set forth herein.
J. This Amendment constitutes a Loan Document and these Recitals shall be construed as part of this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the Recitals herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein (including the preliminary statements hereto) shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below). The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis.
SECTION 2 Amendments. Effective as of the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date and subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions set forth herein:
2.1. In accordance with Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 12.1 of the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (as amended, and as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Amended Credit Agreement”).
2.2. Schedule 1.1(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended solely as it relates to the Revolving Commitments of the Revolving Lenders to reflect the Revolving Commitments set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto.
2.3. Exhibit 2.2(a)(10) (Form of 2016 Term B Loan Note) to the Credit Agreement is hereby added to the Credit Agreement in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto.
2.4 Except as expressly set forth above, all Schedules and Exhibits to the Credit Agreement are not affected by this Amendment and remain in effect in the forms thereof immediately prior to the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date.
SECTION 3 Making of the 2016 Term B Loans.
3.1. Subject only to the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5, each 2016 Term B Lender agrees to make 2016 Term B Loans to the Borrower on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date in the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s 2016 Term B Commitment indicated opposite its name on Schedule 1 hereto. The 2016 Term B Loans will be drawn in full on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date and the proceeds thereof will be used solely to consummate the 2016 Term B Refinancing on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date and to pay fees, costs and expenses in connection therewith and in connection with the Amendment.
3.2. Any Lender submitting its signature page to be a 2016 Term B Lender shall be deemed to have consented to this Amendment and shall not be required to deliver another signature page hereto to be deemed to have consented to this Amendment.
SECTION 4 Concerning the Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments.
4.1. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Amended Credit Agreement, as of the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date, each 2016 Extended Revolving Lender agrees that (x) 100% of its Existing Revolving Loans will be converted into 2016 Extended Revolving Loans of like outstanding principal amount and (y) 100% of its Existing Revolving Commitments will be converted into 2016 Extended Revolving Commitments of like principal amount.
4.2. The Existing Revolving Loans and Existing Revolving Commitments of any 2016 Extended Revolving Lender that are converted into 2016 Extended Revolving Loans and 2016 Extended Revolving Commitments, respectively, pursuant to Section 4.1 above shall, as applicable, constitute “2016 Extended Revolving Loans”, “2016 Extended Revolving Commitments”, “New Extended Revolving Commitments” and “New Extended Revolving Loans” and shall, following the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date, continue to be in effect and outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth therein.
4.3. The Existing Revolving Loans and Existing Revolving Commitments of any Revolving Lender that are not converted into 2016 Extended Revolving Loans and 2016 Extended Revolving Commitments, as applicable, shall constitute “2016 Non-Extended Revolving Loans” and “2016 Non-Extended Revolving Commitments”, as applicable, and shall, following the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date, continue to be in effect and outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth therein.
4.4. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Amended Credit Agreement, as of the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date, each 2016 Extended Revolving Lender with a 2016 Incremental Revolving Commitment as set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto agrees to provide the 2016 Incremental Revolving Facility to the Borrower on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date. The 2016 Incremental Revolving Loans shall have terms identical to the 2016 Extended Revolving Loans, as such terms are in effect immediately prior to the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date. The 2016 Incremental Revolving Loans shall be 2016 Extended Revolving Loans for all purposes under the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each reference to the “Revolving Facility” in the Loan Documents shall be deemed to include the 2016 Incremental Revolving Facility, each reference to a “Revolving Lender” or a “2016 Extended Revolving Lender” in the Loan Documents shall be deemed to include the 2016 Extended Revolving Lenders with a 2016 Incremental Revolving Commitment, and each reference to a “Revolving Loan” or “2016 Extended Revolving Loan” in the Loan Documents shall be deemed to include a 2016 Incremental Revolving Loan.
4.5. None of the transactions set forth in this Section 4 shall be deemed to be a conversion of any Revolving Loan into a Loan of a different Type or with a different Interest Period or a payment or prepayment of any Revolving Loan, and the parties hereto hereby agree that no breakage or similar costs will accrue solely as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Section 4. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 2.15(c) of the Credit Agreement shall apply to the 2016 Extended Revolving Loans, the 2016 Extended Revolving Commitments, the 2016 Non-Extended Revolving Loans and the 2016 Non-Extended Revolving Commitments.
4.6. Any Lender submitting its signature page to be a 2016 Extended Revolving Lender shall be deemed to have consented to this Amendment and shall not be required to deliver another signature page hereto to be deemed to have consented to this Amendment.
4.7 On the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date, but immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Amended Credit Agreement, the then-outstanding Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Specified Assignor”) shall be assigned (the “Specified Assignment”) to one or more 2016 Extended Revolving Lenders (each, a “Specified Assignee” and collectively the “Specified Assignees”) in the amounts and in the percentages set forth on Schedule 2 hereto. The Specified Assignment shall be subject to, and made in accordance with, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein, mutatis mutandis. By their signature to this Amendment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Facing Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the Specified Assignor and each Specified Assignee each
hereby consents to the Specified Assignment and shall not be required to deliver another signature page hereto to be deemed to have consented to the Specified Assignment.
4.8 On the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date, but immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Amended Credit Agreement, the then-outstanding Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments of Xxxxxxx Sachs Credit Partners L.P. (the “Specified GS Assignor”) shall be assigned in their entirety (the “Specified GS Assignment”) to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA (the “Specified GS Assignee”). The Specified GS Assignment shall be subject to, and made in accordance with, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein, mutatis mutandis. By their signature to this Amendment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Facing Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the Specified GS Assignor and the Specified GS Assignee each hereby consents to the Specified Assignment and shall not be required to deliver another signature page hereto to be deemed to have consented to the Specified Assignment.
SECTION 5 Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective upon the date of the satisfaction of all of the conditions set forth in this Section 5 (the “Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date”), with any documents delivered to the Administrative Agent dated the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date unless otherwise noted:
5.1. Proper Execution and Delivery of Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Facing Agent, the Swing Line Lender, each Revolving Lender holding Existing Revolving Loans or Existing Revolving Commitments designating itself as a “2016 Extended Revolving Lender”, each Revolving Lender with a 2016 Incremental Revolving Commitment, each 2016 Term B Lender, the Specified Assignor and the Specified GS Assignor.
5.2. Proper Execution and Delivery of Consent and Reaffirmation. The Administrative Agent shall have received the Consent and Reaffirmation, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors.
5.3. Fees and Expenses.
(a) The Borrower shall have paid all fees payable on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date pursuant to (i) the terms of that certain Engagement Letter dated as of March 18, 2016 between the Borrower and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (or pursuant to any replacement, modification, supplement, amendment or amendment and restatement of such Engagement Letter as may be agreed by the Borrower and the other persons party thereto and pursuant to any fee letter related thereto) and (ii) the terms of that certain Fee Letter dated as of March 16, 2016 between the Borrower and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
(b) Without duplication of clause (a) above, the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the 2016 Term B Lenders, a participation fee (which fee may take the form of original issue discount) equal to 0.50% of the aggregate initial principal amount of the 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date (the “Participation Fee”), with such Participation Fee to be allocated on a pro rata basis in accordance with such 2016 Term B Lender’s 2016 Term B Loans, and which Participation Fee will be earned and due and payable in full in cash on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date (which Participation Fee may be netted from the proceeds of the 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date).
(c) The Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of each 2016 Extended Revolving Lender for which the Administrative Agent shall have received (by
facsimile, in .pdf format or otherwise) an executed Amendment by the Revolver Consent Due Time, the fees payable pursuant to the amendment fee letter, dated as of the date hereof, between the 2016 Extending Revolving Lenders and the Borrower relating to this Amendment on the terms set forth therein.
(b) The Borrower shall have paid, to the extent invoiced, the reasonable costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, reproduction, execution and delivery of this Amendment and all other Loan Documents entered into in connection herewith (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent with respect thereto).
5.4. Notes. The Borrower shall have duly executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent notes in the form of Exhibit 2.2(a)(10) to the Credit Agreement, payable to each 2016 Term B Lender if it has requested a note in the amount of its 2016 Term B Loans after giving effect to this Amendment, all of which shall be in full force and effect.
5.5. No Default. No Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to or after giving effect to this Amendment.
5.6. Notice of Borrowing. The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Notice of Borrowing with respect to the 2016 Term B Loans in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.5 of the Credit Agreement or otherwise satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
5.7. Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties contained in this Amendment and the other Loan Documents shall each be true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein) as of the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date, as though made on and as of such time, except to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly made as of a specific date, in which event such representations and warranties are true and correct as of such specified date.
5.8. Solvency Certificate. The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a solvency certificate from the chief financial officer or other officer with equivalent duties of the Borrower (after giving effect to the incurrence of the 2016 Term B Loans on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
5.9. Delivery of Credit Party Documents.
(a) Opinion of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have received from Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, special counsel to the Borrower, an opinion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and dated the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date.
(b) Secretary’s Certificate, Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received: (i) a certificate as to the good standing of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor as of a recent date, from the Secretary of State of its state of organization; (ii) a certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor dated the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of (1) the by-laws (or equivalent thereof) and (2) the certificate or articles of incorporation, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the applicable state of organization, in each case of the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor as in effect on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below (or, if such by-laws (or equivalent thereof) or certificate or articles of incorporation have not been amended or modified since the most recent delivery thereof to the
Administrative Agent, certifying that no such amendment or modification has occurred), (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or equivalent thereof) of the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such person is a party, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect and (C) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing this Amendment or the Consent and Reaffirmation Agreement on behalf of the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor; and (iii) a certificate of another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the secretary or assistant secretary executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above.
(c) Officer’s Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Borrower, confirming that (i) the Borrower has complied with the requirements of Section 7.11 of the Credit Agreement with respect to all Subsidiaries formed or acquired on or after the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date and (ii) the representations and warranties contained in Section 7 of this Amendment are true and correct as of the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date.
(d) Compliance with Flood Insurance Laws; Evidence of Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received with respect to each Mortgaged Property (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower and the applicable Credit Party relating thereto) and (ii) a copy of, or a certificate as to coverage under, the insurance policies required by Section 7.8 of the Amended Credit Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Security Documents, endorsed or otherwise amended to include a “standard” or “New York” lender’s loss payee or mortgagee endorsement and naming the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties as mortgagee, loss payee or additional insured (as applicable) and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 6 Requirements after the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date.
6.1. Within 45 days after the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date (or such later date acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion in writing), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent:
(a) Mortgage amendments reflecting the amendment of the Obligations contemplated by this Amendment (the “Mortgage Amendments”), each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with respect to each Mortgaged Property, each duly executed and delivered by an authorized officer of each party thereto and in form suitable for filing and recording in all filing or recording offices that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable unless Administrative Agent is satisfied in its reasonable discretion (based on advice reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of local counsel in the state in which the applicable Mortgaged Property is located) that Mortgage Amendments are not required in order to secure the Borrower’s Obligations as modified by this Amendment.
(b) To the extent reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, title searches with respect to each Mortgaged Property in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Evidence that the reasonable fees, costs and expenses have been paid, to the extent invoiced, in connection with the preparation, execution, filing and recordation of the items delivered pursuant to this Section 6.1, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, filing and
recording fees, title insurance company search and coordination fees, documentary stamp, mortgage and intangible taxes and other charges incurred in connection with the foregoing.
6.2 Within 30 days after the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date (or such later date acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion in writing), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an opinion of Bond Xxxxxxxxx LLP, special United Kingdom counsel to the Borrower, or another firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and dated as of the date of delivery thereof.
SECTION 7 Representations and Warranties. On and as of the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date, before and after giving effect to this Amendment, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to each Lender as follows:
(a) this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, and the Credit Agreement after giving effect to this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms (in each case, except to the extent that the enforceability hereof or thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws generally affecting creditors’ rights and by equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law));
(b) each of the representations and warranties contained in Article VI of the Amended Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents is true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein) as of the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date, as though made on and as of such time, except to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly made as of a specific date, in which event such representations and warranties are true and correct as of such specified date;
(c) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(d) the borrowing of the 2016 Term B Loans is not prohibited by the terms of any Public Note Document (including, without limitation, the indentures and related documents governing the Borrower’s: (i) 4.875% Senior Notes due 2020, (ii) 5.125% Senior Notes due 2021, (iii) 5.125% Senior Notes due 2022 and (iv) 4.25% Senior Notes due 2025);
(e) all documents and other factual information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in connection with the Administrative Agent’s receipt of completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determinations for each Mortgaged Property as required by Section 5(d) above were accurate on the date such materials was provided to the Administrative Agent and remain accurate as of the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date; and
(f) the Borrower has determined in good faith that the covenants and events of default under the Credit Agreement as amended by the Amendment satisfy the requirement of clause (iv) of Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement and hereby confirms that the Amendment constitutes a detailed description of the material covenants and events of default of the Indebtedness under the 2016 Term B Refinancing.
SECTION 8 References to and Effect on the Credit Agreement.
8.1. On and after the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date, each reference to the Credit Agreement in the Loan Documents and all other documents (the “Ancillary Documents”) delivered in connection with the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
8.2. Except as specifically amended above, the other Loan Documents and all other Ancillary Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
8.3. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement, the Loan Documents or the Ancillary Documents.
SECTION 9 Miscellaneous.
9.1. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same document with the same force and effect as if the signatures of all of the parties were on a single counterpart, and it shall not be necessary in making proof of this Amendment to produce more than one (1) such counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Amendment by telecopy or electronic (pdf) transmission shall be deemed to constitute delivery of an originally executed signature page hereto.
9.2. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF SAID STATE.
9.3. Headings. Headings used in this Amendment are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Amendment.
9.4. Integration. This Amendment, the other agreements and documents executed and delivered pursuant to this Amendment and the Credit Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
9.5. Binding Effect. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns. Except as expressly set forth to the contrary herein, this Amendment shall not be construed so as to confer any right or benefit upon any Person other than the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
9.6. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any United States federal or New York State court sitting in the City of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Amendment, and hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect to such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such United States federal or New York State court and the Borrower and each Lender irrevocably waive any objection, including, without limitation, any objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens which
any of them may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such respective jurisdictions.
(b) Each of the parties hereto irrevocably waives trial by jury in any action or proceeding with respect to this Amendment or any other Loan Document.
9.7. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution (as defined below) arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority (as defined below) and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-in Action (as defined below) on any such liability, including, if applicable:
i. a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
ii. a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under any Loan Document; or
iii. the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.”
“Bail-In Action” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” shall mean, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent;
“EEA Member Country” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” shall mean, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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Title: Vice President, Planning and Treasurer |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 15TH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
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Title: Executive Director |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 15TH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
[2016 Extended Revolving Lender Signature Pages on File with Administrative Agent]
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 15TH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., | |
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as Specified Assignor | |
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
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Title: Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 15TH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
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XXXXXXX SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., | |
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as Specified GS Assignor | |
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO 15TH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]
EXHIBIT A TO
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT
CONFORMED COPY THROUGH FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
as the Borrower,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Book Runner
and
VARIOUS LENDING INSTITUTIONS,
as Lenders
Dated as of August 16, 2005
as amended by:
Consent and First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 12, 2005
Consent and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement and
Amendment to Security Documents dated as of June 30, 2006
Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx to Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2009
Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 9, 2010
Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 7, 2011
Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of Xxxxx 0, 0000
Xxxxxx Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 11, 2013
Ninth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 22, 2013
Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 15, 2013
Eleventh Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 12, 2014
Twelfth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 13, 2014
Thirteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 1, 2014
Fourteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 10, 2015
Fifteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of April 1, 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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1.1 |
Definitions |
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1.2 |
Accounting Terms; Financial Statements |
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ARTICLE II AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT |
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2.1 |
The Commitments |
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2.2 |
Notes |
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2.3 |
Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings |
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2.4 |
Interest Rate Options |
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2.5 |
Notice of Borrowing |
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2.6 |
Conversion or Continuation |
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2.7 |
Disbursement of Funds |
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2.8 |
Pro Rata Borrowings |
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2.9 |
Amount and Terms of Letters of Credit |
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2.10 |
Revolving Commitment Increase |
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2.11 |
[Reserved] |
102 |
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2.12 |
Extension of Non-Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date |
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2.13 |
Incremental Borrowings |
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2.14 |
Refinancing Amendments |
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2.15 |
Extensions of Loans |
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ARTICLE III INTEREST AND FEES |
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3.1 |
Interest |
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3.2 |
Fees |
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3.3 |
Computation of Interest and Fees |
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3.4 |
Interest Periods |
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3.5 |
Compensation for Funding Losses |
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3.6 |
Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc. |
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3.7 |
Replacement of Affected Lenders |
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3.8 |
Impaired Lenders |
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ARTICLE IV REDUCTION OF COMMITMENTS; PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS |
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4.1 |
Voluntary Reduction of Commitments |
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4.2 |
Mandatory Reductions of Commitments |
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4.3 |
Voluntary Prepayments |
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4.4 |
Mandatory Prepayments |
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4.5 |
Application of Prepayments |
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4.6 |
Method and Place of Payment |
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4.7 |
Net Payments |
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ARTICLE V CONDITIONS OF CREDIT |
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5.1 |
Conditions Precedent to the Closing Date |
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5.2 |
Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events and to Escrow Release |
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5.3 |
Additional Conditions to All Credit Events |
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5.4 |
Additional Conditions to Usage of Revolving Commitments |
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5.5 |
Conditions Precedent to the Rockwood Acquisition Closing Date |
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5.6 |
Conditions Precedent to the Other Debt Refinancing Closing Date |
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ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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6.1 |
Corporate Status |
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6.2 |
Corporate Power and Authority |
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6.3 |
No Violation |
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6.4 |
Governmental and Other Approvals |
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6.5 |
Financial Statements; Financial Condition; Undisclosed Liabilities; Projections; etc. |
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6.6 |
Litigation |
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6.7 |
Disclosure |
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6.8 |
Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations |
156 |
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6.9 |
Tax Returns and Payments |
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6.10 |
Compliance with ERISA |
157 |
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6.11 |
Ownership of Property |
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6.12 |
Capitalization of the Borrower |
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6.13 |
Subsidiaries |
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6.14 |
Compliance With Law, Etc. |
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6.15 |
Investment Company Act |
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6.16 |
Subordination Provisions |
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6.17 |
Environmental Matters |
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6.18 |
Labor Relations |
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6.19 |
Intellectual Property, Licenses, Franchises and Formulas |
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6.20 |
Certain Fees |
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6.21 |
Security Documents |
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6.22 |
Anti-Terrorism Laws |
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
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ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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7.1 |
Financial Statements |
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7.2 |
Certificates; Other Information |
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7.3 |
Notices |
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7.4 |
Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence |
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7.5 |
Payment of Obligations |
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7.6 |
Inspection of Property, Books and Records |
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7.7 |
ERISA |
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7.8 |
Maintenance of Property, Insurance |
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7.9 |
Environmental Laws |
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7.10 |
Use of Proceeds |
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7.11 |
Additional Security; Further Assurances |
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7.12 |
End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters |
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7.13 |
Maintenance of Ratings |
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7.14 |
Certain Fees Indemnity |
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7.15 |
Successor Agency Transfer |
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7.16 |
Post-Eleventh Amendment Requirements |
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7.17 |
Escrow Account |
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ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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8.1 |
Liens |
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8.2 |
Indebtedness |
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8.3 |
Consolidation, Merger, Purchase or Sale of Assets, etc. |
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8.4 |
Dividends or Other Distributions |
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8.5 |
Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries |
187 |
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8.6 |
Issuance of Stock |
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8.7 |
Loans and Investments |
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8.8 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
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8.9 |
Lines of Business |
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8.10 |
Fiscal Year |
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8.11 |
Limitation on Voluntary Payments and Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; Etc. |
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8.12 |
Accounting Changes |
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8.13 |
Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitization and Foreign Factoring Transactions |
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ARTICLE IX FINANCIAL COVENANT |
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9.1 |
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio |
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ARTICLE X EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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10.1 |
Events of Default |
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10.2 |
Rights Not Exclusive |
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ARTICLE XI THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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11.1 |
Appointment |
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11.2 |
Nature of Duties |
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11.3 |
Exculpation, Rights Etc. |
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11.4 |
Reliance |
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11.5 |
Indemnification |
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11.6 |
The Administrative Agent In Its Individual Capacity |
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11.7 |
Notice of Default |
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11.8 |
Holders of Obligations |
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11.9 |
Resignation by the Administrative Agent |
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11.10 |
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent as UK Security Trustee |
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The Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Book Runners, Co-Syndication Agents, Co-Documentation Agents and Senior Managing Agents |
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ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS |
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12.1 |
No Waiver; Modifications in Writing |
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12.2 |
Further Assurances |
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12.3 |
Notices, Etc. |
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12.4 |
Costs, Expenses and Taxes |
211 |
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12.5 |
Confirmations |
213 |
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12.6 |
Adjustment; Setoff |
214 |
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12.7 |
Execution in Counterparts |
215 |
12.8 |
Binding Effect; Assignment; Addition and Substitution of Lenders |
215 |
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12.9 |
CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
219 |
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12.10 |
GOVERNING LAW |
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12.11 |
Severability of Provisions |
220 |
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12.12 |
Headings |
220 |
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12.13 |
Termination of Agreement |
220 |
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12.14 |
Confidentiality |
220 |
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12.15 |
Concerning the Collateral and the Loan Documents |
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12.16 |
Intentionally Omitted |
224 |
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12.17 |
Registry |
224 |
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12.18 |
Accounts Receivable Securitization |
224 |
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12.19 |
Certain Guarantee Obligations |
225 |
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12.20 |
Redesignation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
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12.21 |
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent as Joint Creditors |
226 |
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12.22 |
Amendment With Respect to Revolver Events of Default |
226 |
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12.23 |
Term C Dollar Lenders |
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibits
Exhibit 2.1(c) |
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Form of Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate |
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Exhibit 2.2(a)(1) |
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Form of Non-Extended Term B Dollar Note |
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Exhibit 2.2(a)(2) |
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Form of Revolving Note |
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Exhibit 2.2(a)(3) |
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Form of Swing Line Note |
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Exhibit 2.2(a)(4) |
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Form of Extended Term B Dollar Note |
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Exhibit 2.2(a)(5) |
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Form of Term C Dollar Note |
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Exhibit 2.2(a)(6) |
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Form of Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Note |
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Exhibit 2.2(a)(7) |
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Form of 2014-1 Additional Term Note |
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Exhibit 2.2(a)(8) |
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Form of 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Note |
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Exhibit 2.2(a)(9) |
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Form of 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Note |
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Exhibit 2.2(a)(10) |
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Form of 2016 Term B Note |
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Exhibit 2.5 |
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Form of Notice of Borrowing |
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Exhibit 2.6 |
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Form of Notice of Conversion or Continuation |
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Exhibit 2.9(b) |
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Form of Notice of Issuance |
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Exhibit 4.3(c)-A |
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Discount Range Prepayment Notice |
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Exhibit 4.3(c)-B |
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Discount Range Prepayment Offer |
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Exhibit 4.3(c)-C |
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Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice |
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Exhibit 4.3(c)-D |
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Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer |
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Exhibit 4.3(c)-E |
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Specified Discount Prepayment Notice |
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Exhibit 4.3(c)-F |
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Specified Discount Prepayment Response |
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Exhibit 4.3(c)-G |
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Acceptance and Prepayment Notice |
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Exhibit 4.7(d) |
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Form of Section 4.7(d)(i) Certificate |
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Exhibit 5.1(c) |
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Form of Pledge Agreement |
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Exhibit 5.1(d)(i) |
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Form of Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement |
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Exhibit 5.1(d)(ii) |
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Form of Headquarters Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement |
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Exhibit 5.1(f) |
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Form of Perfection Certificate |
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Exhibit 5.1(s)(i) |
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Form of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P. Legal Opinion |
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Exhibit 5.1(s)(ii) |
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Form of Stoel Rives LLP Legal Opinion |
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Exhibit 5.1(s)(iii) |
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Form of Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx Legal Opinion |
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Exhibit 5.1(v) |
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Form of Tax Sharing Agreement |
Exhibit 5.5(g) |
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Form of Solvency Certificate |
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Exhibit 7.2(b) |
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Form of Compliance Certificate |
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Exhibit 8.7(g) |
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Form of Subordination Provisions |
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Exhibit 12.8(c) |
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Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement |
Schedules
Schedule 1.1(a) |
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Commitments |
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Schedule 1.1(b) |
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Calculation of the Mandatory Cost |
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Schedule 1.1(c) |
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Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
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Schedule 1.1(d) |
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Fifth Amendment Existing Letters of Credit |
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Schedule 2.9(j) |
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Outstanding Letters of Credit |
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Schedule 5.1(i)(iii) |
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List of Foreign Intercompany Loan Security Document Deliveries |
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Schedule 6.5(c) |
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Existing Liabilities |
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Schedule 6.5(e) |
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Projections |
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Schedule 6.12(a) |
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Capitalization of the Borrower |
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Schedule 6.13 |
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List of Subsidiaries |
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Schedule 6.21(c) |
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Owned and Leased Properties |
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Schedule 7.8 |
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Insurance Levels |
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Schedule 8.1(h) |
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Existing Liens |
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Schedule 8.2(b)(ii) |
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Existing Indebtedness |
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Schedule 8.5(a) |
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Existing Restrictions on Subsidiaries |
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Schedule 8.7(b) |
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Existing Investments |
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Schedule 8.7(h) |
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Investments With Respect to Forgiveness of Certain Intercompany Debt |
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Schedule 8.9 |
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IRIC Account Procedures |
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Schedule 12.3 |
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Notice Information |
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of August 16, 2005 and is made by and among Huntsman International LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party hereto, in their capacities as lenders hereunder (collectively, the “Lenders,” and each individually, a “Lender”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (acting in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, Huntsman LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“HLLC”) will merge with and into the Borrower, with the Borrower as the surviving entity (the “Merger”) pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement (as defined herein);
WHEREAS, this Agreement will repay in full, extinguish and replace (i) that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of October 14, 2004 by and among HLLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (“DBTCA”), as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto (the “Prior HLLC Revolving Credit Agreement”), (ii) that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 14, 2004 by and among HLLC, DBTCA, as administrative agent and collateral agent and the lenders party thereto (the “Prior HLLC Term Credit Agreement”) and (iii) that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 13, 2004 by and among the Borrower, Huntsman International Holdings LLC, the financial institutions party thereto, DBTCA, as administrative agent, and the co-lead arrangers, co-syndication agents and co-documentation agents identified therein (the “Prior HI Credit Agreement” and together with the Prior HLLC Revolving Credit Agreement and the Prior HLLC Term Credit Agreement the “Prior Credit Agreements”);
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.1 Definitions
As used herein, and unless the context requires a different meaning, the following terms have the meanings indicated:
“2013 Additional Term Loan Facility” means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the 2013 Additional Term Loans.
“2013 Additional Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Eighth Amendment.
“2014 Incremental Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned thereto in the Thirteenth Amendment.
“2014 Revolving Commitment Increase” means the making of a Revolving Commitment Increase in the maximum aggregate principal amount equal to $200,000,000 by the Revolving Lenders party to the Eleventh Amendment and the New Revolving Lenders party to the Eleventh Amendment.
“2013-1 Additional Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Ninth Amendment.
“2014-1 Additional Term Commitment” means, with respect to any Person, the principal amount set forth opposite such Person’s name on Schedule 1 to the Eleventh Amendment under the caption “Amount”, and “2014-1 Additional Term Commitments” means such commitments collectively, which commitments equal $1,150,000,000 in the aggregate.
“2014-1 Additional Term Facility” means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the 2014-1 Additional Term Commitments and the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans.
“2014-1 Additional Term Lender” means any Person who has a 2014-1 Additional Term Commitment or has made a 2014-1 Additional Term Loan.
“2014-1 Additional Term Loans Termination Date” means December 17, 2014, if the Eleventh Amendment Release Date has not occurred on or prior to such date.
“2014-1 Additional Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.1(e).
“2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date” means (x) if the Eleventh Amendment Release Date has not occurred on or prior to December 17, 2014, one Business Day after the occurrence of the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans Termination Date and (y) in any other case, the date that is the seventh anniversary of the Eleventh Amendment Release Date; provided that (A) to the extent that there are any Existing Senior Notes that have not been refinanced with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness that has a scheduled maturity date later than the 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date prior to the 91st day prior to the scheduled maturity date of the Existing Senior Notes, then, unless, for each day during the period from such 91st day prior to such Existing Senior Notes maturity to such Existing Senior Notes maturity, the sum of (x) Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such day, (y) the Total Available Revolving Commitment on such day and (z) the total available capacity under the Receivables Documents in existence on such day that exceeds the actual Receivables Facility Attributed Indebtedness outstanding on such day is at least the Required Sum for such day, the “2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date” shall be such day, (B) to the extent that there are any 2020 Senior Subordinated Notes that have not been refinanced with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness that has a scheduled maturity date later than the 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date prior to the 91st day prior to the scheduled maturity date of the 2020 Senior Subordinated Notes, then, unless, for each day during the period from such 91st day prior to such 2020 Senior Subordinated Notes maturity to such 2020 Senior Subordinated Notes maturity, the sum of (x) Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such day, (y) the Total Available Revolving Commitment on such day and (z) the total available capacity under the Receivables Documents in existence on such day that exceeds the actual Receivables Facility
Attributed Indebtedness outstanding on such day is at least the Required Sum for such day, the “2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date” shall be such day and (C) to the extent that there are any 2021 Senior Subordinated Notes that have not been refinanced with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness that has a scheduled maturity date later than the 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date prior to the 91st day prior to the scheduled maturity date of the 2021 Senior Subordinated Notes, then, unless, for each day during the period from such 91st day prior to such 2021 Senior Subordinated Notes maturity to such 2021 Senior Subordinated Notes maturity, the sum of (x) Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such day, (y) the Total Available Revolving Commitment on such day and (z) the total available capacity under the Receivables Documents in existence on such day that exceeds the actual Receivables Facility Attributed Indebtedness outstanding on such day is at least the Required Sum for such day, the “2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date” shall be such day.
“2014-1 Additional Term Note” and “2014-1 Additional Term Notes” have the meanings assigned to those terms in Section 2.2(a).
“2015 Extended Term B Dollar Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loan at such time.
“2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loan” means a Term B Dollar Loan that has been converted to a “2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loan” pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment.
“2015 Extended Term B Dollar Note” have the meanings assigned to such term in Section 2.2(a).
“2015 Extended Term B Loan Facility” means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans.
“2015 Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date” means April 19, 2019, as the same may be extended from time to time pursuant to Section 2.15.
“2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Lender” means any Lender which has made (or a portion thereof) a 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loan.
“2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loan” means a Term B Dollar Loan that shall not have been converted to a “2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loan” pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Extended Term B Dollar Loan, 2013 Additional Term Loan, 2013-1 Additional Term Loan or Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loan, as the case may be, that shall not have been converted to a “2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loan” pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment).
“2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Note” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2(a).
“2015 Non-Extended Term B Loan Facility” means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans.
“2015 Non-Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date” means April 19, 2017, as the same may be extended from time to time pursuant to Section 2.15.
“2016 Extended Revolving Commitments” means a Revolving Commitment that has been converted to a “2016 Extended Revolving Commitment” or has been made as a “2016 Incremental Revolving Commitment” pursuant to the Fifteenth Amendment. As of the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date, the aggregate 2016 Extended Revolving Commitments equal $625,000,000.
“2016 Extended Revolving Lender” means any Revolving Lender which has a 2016 Extended Revolving Commitment or is owed a 2016 Extended Revolving Loan (or a portion thereof).
“2016 Extended Revolving Loan Stated Termination Date” means March 20, 2021 (provided, that (a) to the extent that there are any 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans outstanding on any day during the period from and including the date that is 91 days prior to the 2015 Extended Term Loan B Maturity Date to and including the 2015 Extended Term Loan B Maturity Date, then, unless the Applicable Liquidity Sum on such day is at least the sum of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) the aggregate principal amount of 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans outstanding on such day, the “2016 Extended Revolving Loan Stated Termination Date” shall be such day, (b) to the extent that there are any 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans outstanding on any day during the period from and including the date that is 91 days prior to the 2015 Non-Extended Term Loan B Maturity Date to and including the 2015 Non-Extended Term Loan B Maturity Date, then, unless the Applicable Liquidity Sum on such day is at least the sum of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) the aggregate principal amount of 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans outstanding on such day, the “2016 Extended Revolving Loan Stated Termination Date” shall be such day, (c) to the extent that there are any Existing Senior Notes outstanding on the 91st day prior to the scheduled maturity date of the Existing Senior Notes, then, unless, for each day during the period from such 91st day prior to such Existing Senior Notes maturity to such Existing Senior Notes maturity, the Applicable Liquidity Sum on such day is at least the sum of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Existing Senior Notes outstanding on such day, the “2016 Extended Revolving Loan Stated Termination Date” shall be such day and (d) to the extent that there are any 2021 Senior Notes outstanding on the 91st day prior to the scheduled maturity date of the 2021 Senior Notes, then, unless, for each day during the period from such 91st day prior to such 2021 Senior Notes maturity to such 2021 Senior Notes maturity, the Applicable Liquidity Sum on such day is at least the sum of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) the aggregate principal amount of 2021 Senior Notes outstanding on such day, the “2016 Extended Revolving Loan Stated Termination Date” shall be such day), as the same may be extended from time to time pursuant to Section 2.15.
“2016 Extended Revolving Loan” means a Revolving Loan that has been converted to a “2016 Extended Revolving Loan” or made as a “2016 Incremental Revolving Loan” pursuant to the Fifteenth Amendment.
“2016 Non-Extended Revolving Commitments” means a Revolving Commitment that has not been converted to a “2016 Extended Revolving Commitment” pursuant to the
Fifteenth Amendment. As of the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date, the aggregate 2016 Non-Extended Revolving Commitments equal $0.
“2016 Non-Extended Revolving Lender” means any Revolving Lender which has a 2016 Non-Extended Revolving Commitment or is owed a 2016 Non-Extended Revolving Loan (or a portion thereof).
“2016 Non-Extended Revolving Loan Stated Termination Date” means March 20, 2017 (provided, that (a) to the extent that there are any Senior Notes (2016) outstanding on any day during the period from and including the Senior Notes (2016) Trigger Date to and including the Senior Notes (2016) Maturity Date, then, unless the Applicable Liquidity Sum on such day is at least the sum of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes (2016) outstanding on such day, the “2016 Non-Extended Revolving Loan Stated Termination Date” shall be such day, (b) to the extent that there are any Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans outstanding on any day during the period from and including the Non-Extended Term B Loan Trigger Date to and including the Non-Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date, then, unless the Applicable Liquidity Sum on such day is at least the sum of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans outstanding on such day, the “2016 Non-Extended Revolving Loan Stated Termination Date” shall be such day and (c) to the extent that there are any Term C Dollar Loans outstanding on any day during the period from and including the Term C Loan Trigger Date to and including the Term C Loan Maturity Date, then, unless the Applicable Liquidity Sum on such day is at least the sum of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Term C Dollar Loans outstanding on such day, the “2016 Non-Extended Revolving Loan Stated Termination Date” shall be such day), as the same may be extended from time to time pursuant to Section 2.15.
“2016 Non-Extended Revolving Loan” means a Revolving Loan that has not been converted to a “2016 Extended Revolving Loan” pursuant to the Fifteenth Amendment.
“2016 Term B Commitment” means, with respect to any Person, the principal amount set forth opposite such Person’s name on Schedule 1 to the Fifteenth Amendment under the caption “Amount”, and “2016 Term B Commitments” means such commitments collectively, which commitments equal $550,000,000 in the aggregate.
“2016 Term B Facility” means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the 2016 Term B Commitments and the 2016 Term B Loans.
“2016 Term B Lender” means any Person who has a 2016 Term B Commitment or has made a 2016 Term B Loan.
“2016 Term B Loans” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.1(f).
“2016 Term B Loan Maturity Date” means April 1, 2023, being the seventh anniversary of the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date (provided, that (a) to the extent that there are any Existing Senior Notes outstanding on the 91st day prior to the scheduled maturity date of the Existing Senior Notes, then, unless, for each day during the period from such 91st day prior to such Existing Senior Notes maturity to such Existing Senior Notes maturity, the Applicable Liquidity Sum on such day is at least the sum of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) the
aggregate principal amount of Existing Senior Notes outstanding on such day, the “2016 Term B Loan Maturity Date” shall be such day, (b) to the extent that there are any 2021 Senior Notes outstanding on the 91st day prior to the scheduled maturity date of the 2021 Senior Notes, then, unless, for each day during the period from such 91st day prior to such 2021 Senior Notes maturity to such 2021 Senior Notes maturity, the Applicable Liquidity Sum on such day is at least the sum of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) the aggregate principal amount of 2021 Senior Notes outstanding on such day, the “2016 Term B Loan Maturity Date” shall be such day and (c) to the extent that there are any 2022 Senior Notes outstanding on the 91st day prior to the scheduled maturity date of the 2022 Senior Notes, then, unless, for each day during the period from such 91st day prior to such 2022 Senior Notes maturity to such 2022 Senior Notes maturity, the Applicable Liquidity Sum on such day is at least the sum of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) the aggregate principal amount of 2022 Senior Notes outstanding on such day, the “2016 Term B Loan Maturity Date” shall be such day), as the same may be extended from time to time pursuant to Section 2.15.
“2016 Term B Note” and “2016 Term B Notes” have the meanings assigned to those terms in Section 2.2(a).
“2016 Term B Refinancing” shall mean the paying, in full or in part and in accordance with Section 2.14, of the aggregate outstanding principal amount, together with accrued interest, of the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans and the aggregate outstanding principal amount, together with accrued interest, of the Term C Dollar Loans, in each case with the proceeds of the 2016 Term B Loans on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date.
“2020 Senior Subordinated Notes” means those certain 8.625% senior subordinated notes due 2020 issued pursuant to the terms of the 2020 Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture.
“2020 Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of March 17, 2010 among the Borrower, the guarantors named therein and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (as the same may be amended in compliance with this Agreement) and any supplemental indenture or additional indenture to be entered into with respect to the 2020 Senior Subordinated Notes to the extent permitted under Section 8.11.
“2021 Senior Notes” means those certain 5.125% senior notes due 2021 issued pursuant to the terms of the 2021 Senior Notes Indenture.
“2021 Senior Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of December 23, 2013, among the Borrower, the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (as the same may be amended in compliance with this Agreement) and any supplemental indenture or additional indenture to be entered into with respect to the 2021 Senior Notes to the extent permitted under Section 8.11.
“2021 Senior Subordinated Notes” means those certain 8.625% senior subordinated notes due 2021 issued pursuant to the terms of the 2021 Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture.
“2021 Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of September 24, 2010, among the Borrower, the guarantors named therein and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (as the same may be amended in compliance with this Agreement) and any supplemental indenture or additional indenture to be entered into with respect to the 2021 Senior Subordinated Notes to the extent permitted under Section 8.11.
“2022 Senior Notes” means those certain 5.125% senior notes due 2022 issued pursuant to the terms of the 2022 Senior Notes Indenture.
“2022 Senior Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of November 13, 2014, among the Borrower, the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (as the same may be amended in compliance with this Agreement) and any supplemental indenture or additional indenture to be entered into with respect to the 2022 Senior Notes to the extent permitted under Section 8.11.
“Acceptable Discount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iv)(B).
“Acceptable Prepayment Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iv)(C).
“Acceptance and Prepayment Notice” means a notice of the Borrower’s acceptance of the Acceptable Discount in substantially the form of Exhibit 4.3(c)-G.
“Acceptance Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iv)(B).
“Accounts Receivable” means presently existing and hereafter arising or acquired accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, general intangibles, choses in action and other forms of obligations and receivables relating in any way to Inventory or arising from the sale of Inventory or the rendering of services by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or howsoever otherwise arising, including the right to payment of any interest or finance charges with respect thereto and all proceeds of insurance with respect thereto, together with all of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ rights as an unpaid vendor, all pledged assets, guaranty claims, liens and security interests held by or granted to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to secure payment of any Accounts Receivable and all books, customer lists, ledgers, records and files (whether written or stored electronically) relating to any of the foregoing.
“Acquired Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.2(b)(xi).
“Acquisition” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.7(m).
“Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2013, between the Seller, the Companies and the Borrower, as amended by the Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2014 and the Amendment No. 2 to Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2014, and as may be further amended, restated, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in manner consistent with the provisions of Section 5.5(j).
“Acquisition Agreement Representations” means the representations and warranties with respect to the Companies made by the Seller in the Acquisition Agreement to the extent a breach of such representations and warranties is material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Borrower or its Affiliates have the right to terminate its or their obligations under the Acquisition Agreement (or decline to consummate the Rockwood Acquisition) as a result of a breach of such representations in the Acquisition Agreement.
“Additional Lender” means, at any time, any bank, other financial institution or institutional investor that agrees to provide any portion of any (a) Incremental Loan in accordance with Section 2.13 or (b) Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with Section 2.14; provided that each Additional Lender shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, the Facing Agents and/or the Swing Line Lender (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), in each case to the extent any such consent would be required from the Administrative Agent, the Facing Agents and/or the Swing Line Lender hereunder if the establishment of such Incremental Loan or such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness constituted an assignment of Loans or, in the case of an Incremental Revolving Facility, Revolving Commitments to such Additional Lender.
“Additional Security Documents” means all mortgages, pledge agreements, security agreements, reaffirmations and other security documents entered into pursuant to Section 7.11 with respect to additional Collateral, in each case, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Additional Term Loan Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Third Amendment.
“Additional Term Loans” means term loans and commitments to make term loans whose contractual priority of payment is pari passu in all respects with the Extended Term B Dollar Loans, Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans or the Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, as the case may be, that (i) have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity of not less than that of the relevant Term B Dollar Loan with the then longest Weighted Average Life to Maturity and a final maturity no earlier than the latest relevant Term Maturity Date; (ii) are on terms and conditions otherwise substantially similar to those applicable to the existing Term Facilities and (iii) have applicable margins (which, for such purposes only, shall be deemed to include all upfront or similar compensation or original issue discount (amortized over an assumed three year life) payable to all Lenders providing such loans, but exclusive of any arrangement, structuring or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not shared with all Lenders providing such loans) determined as of the initial funding date for such loans not greater than 0.50% above the applicable margins then in effect for the relevant Term B Dollar Loans (which, for such purposes only, shall be deemed to include all upfront or similar compensation or original issue discount (amortized over an assumed three year life) paid to all Extended Term B Dollar Lenders, Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Lenders or all Non-Extended Term B Dollar Lenders, as the case may be, as of the initial funding date for such Extended Term B Dollar Loans, Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans or the Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, as the case may be, but exclusive of any arrangement, structuring or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not shared with all Extended Term B Dollar Lenders, Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Lenders or all Non-Extended Term B Dollar Lenders, as the case may
be). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the foregoing clause (iii) shall not be applicable to any 2014-1 Additional Term Loans. The Additional Term Loans may only be drawn or made as 2014-1 Additional Term Loans and may only be used to finance a portion of the Rockwood Acquisition or to consummate the Other Debt Refinancing on the Rockwood Acquisition Closing Date or the Other Debt Refinancing Closing Date, as the case may be; provided, that such Additional Term Loans shall be directly funded into escrow pursuant to the Eleventh Amendment Escrow Agreement with the Eleventh Amendment Escrow Agent on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Eleventh Amendment.
“Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement, and includes any successor Administrative Agent in such capacity.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any Person or group acting in concert in respect of the Person in question that, directly or indirectly, controls (including but not limited to all directors and officers of such Person) or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person; provided that no Agent nor any Affiliate of an Agent shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Borrower. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person or group of Persons, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Securities or by contract or otherwise. A Person shall be deemed to control a Person if such first Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to vote 15% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managers or similar governing body of such Person.
“Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this agreement and includes any successor agent in any such capacity.
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as the same may at any time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof and in effect.
“Airstar Aircraft Financing Documents” means operating leases and related documents entered into by Airstar Corporation relating to aircraft owned or acquired by it and any agreements or documents entered into by Airstar Corporation.
“All-In Yield” means, with respect to any Relevant AIY Reference Tranche or any Incremental Term Loan, the yield thereof determined by taking into account the following: (a) the Applicable Eurocurrency Margin and Applicable Base Rate Margin (provided that, in the event the Eleventh Amendment Release Date occurs, if the Eurocurrency Rate “floor” or Base Rate “floor” for the relevant Incremental Term Loans is greater than the Eurocurrency Rate or Base Rate “floor”, respectively, for the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans, the difference between such “floor” for the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans and the Incremental Term Loans shall be equated to an increase in the Applicable Base Rate Margin and the Applicable Eurocurrency Margin, as applicable), (b) original issue discount (“OID”) or upfront fees (which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of OID) payable by the Borrower for the account of the Lenders with respect to the Relevant AIY Reference Tranche or any Incremental Term Loan in
the primary syndication thereof (with OID being equated to interest based on an assumed four year life to maturity), and (c) customary arrangement, structuring or similar fees payable to the Joint Lead Arrangers (or their affiliates) in connection with the Relevant AIY Reference Tranche or to one or more arrangers (or their affiliates) of the relevant Incremental Term Loans shall be excluded.
“Alternative Currency” means, with respect to (i) Revolving Loans, Euros and Sterling, and (ii) any Letter of Credit or Swing Line Loans, Euros, Sterling and any currency which is freely transferable and convertible into Dollars.
“Applicable Base Rate Margin” means at any date, (i) with respect to Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars (including any Swing Line Loans denominated in Dollars), the applicable percentage set forth in the following table under the column Applicable Base Rate Margin for Revolving Loans opposite the Most Recent Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of such date, (ii) with respect to Term C Dollar Loans, 1.25%, (iii) prior to the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, with respect to Extended Term B Dollar Loans, and from and after the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, with respect to 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans (other than 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans constituting Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans), the applicable percentage set forth under the column Applicable Base Rate Margin for Extended Term B Dollar Loans and 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, opposite the Most Recent Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of such date, (iv) with respect to Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans (including, from and after the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, any Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans that have been converted to 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans but excluding any Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans constituting 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans), the applicable percentage set forth under the column Applicable Base Rate Margin for Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans opposite the Most Recent Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of such date (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, for the periods prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date for which interest or fees have not been paid, the Applicable Base Rate Margin in effect immediately prior to giving effect to the Seventh Amendment shall be applicable), (v) with respect to 2014-1 Additional Term Loans, 2.00%, (vi) with respect to 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Extended Term B Dollar Loans and Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans that have been converted to 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans), 2.00% and (vii) with respect to the 2016 Term B Loans, 2.50%:
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Less than or equal to 2.00 to 1 |
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1.50 |
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Greater than 2.00 to 1 but less than or equal to 2.50 to 1 |
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1.75 |
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Greater than 2.50 to 1 |
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2.00 |
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Most Recent |
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Applicable Base Rate |
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Less than or equal to 2.25 to 1 |
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1.50 |
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Greater than 2.25 to 1 |
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1.75 |
% |
Most Recent |
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Applicable Base Rate |
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Less than 1.50 to 1 |
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1.75 |
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Greater than or equal to 1.50 to 1 |
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2.00 |
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“Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage” means at any date, 0.50% per annum (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, for the periods prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date for which interest or fees have not been paid, the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage in effect immediately prior to giving effect to the Seventh Amendment shall be applicable).
“Applicable Currency” means as to any particular payment or Loan, Dollars or the Alternative Currency in which such payment or Loan is denominated or is payable.
“Applicable Discount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iii)(B).
“Applicable Eurocurrency Margin” means at any date, (i) with respect to Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, the applicable percentage set forth in the following table under the column Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for Revolving Loans opposite the Most
Recent Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of such date, (ii) with respect to Term C Dollar Loans, 2.25%, (iii) prior to the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, with respect to Extended Term B Dollar Loans, and from and after the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, with respect to 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans (other than 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans constituting Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans), the applicable percentage set forth under the column Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for Extended Term B Dollar Loans and 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, opposite the Most Recent Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of such date, (iv) with respect to Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans (including, from and after the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, any Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans that have been converted to 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans but excluding any Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans constituting 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans), the applicable percentage set forth under the column Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans opposite the Most Recent Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of such date (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, for the periods prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date for which interest or fees have not been paid, the Applicable Eurocurrency Margin in effect immediately prior to giving effect to the Seventh Amendment shall be applicable), (v) with respect to 2014-1 Additional Term Loans, 3.00%, (vi) with respect to 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Extended Term B Dollar Loans and Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans that have been converted to 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans), 3.00% and (vi) with respect to the 2016 Term B Loans, 3.50%:
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Less than or equal to 2.00 to 1 |
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2.50 |
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Greater than 2.00 to 1 but less than or equal to 2.50 to 1 |
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2.75 |
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3.00 |
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Applicable Eurocurrency |
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Less than or equal to 2.25 to 1 |
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2.50 |
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Greater than 2.25 to 1 |
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2.75 |
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Applicable Eurocurrency |
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Less than 1.50 to 1 |
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2.75 |
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Greater than or equal to 1.50 to 1 |
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3.00 |
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“Applicable Liquidity Sum” means, on any day, the sum of (x) Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such day, (y) the Total Available Revolving Commitment on such day and (z) the total available capacity under the Receivables Documents in existence on such day that exceeds the actual Receivables Facility Attributed Indebtedness outstanding on such day.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, with respect to Loans of any Class, the Lenders of such Class.
“Asset Disposition” means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers or dispositions) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Dividends or Tax Distributions to the extent permitted under Section 8.4 or dispositions constituting a Recovery Event) of all or any part of an interest in shares of Capital Stock of a Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than directors’ qualifying shares and similar arrangements
required by Requirement of Law), property or other assets (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”); provided that a disposition permitted by Section 8.3(a) through 8.3(g) or Section 8.3(j) through 8.3(n) shall not constitute an Asset Disposition for purposes of this definition.
“Assigned Dollar Value” shall mean (i) in respect of any Borrowing denominated in Dollars, the amount thereof, (ii) in respect of the undrawn amount of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Dollar Equivalent thereof based upon the applicable Exchange Rate as of (a) the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit, and (b) thereafter as of the first Business Day of each month, (iii) in respect of any Letter of Credit reimbursement obligations denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Dollar Equivalent thereof determined based upon the applicable Exchange Rate as of the date such reimbursement obligation was incurred and (iv) in respect of a Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Dollar Equivalent thereof based upon the applicable Exchange Rate as of the last Exchange Rate Determination Date; provided, however, in the case of Borrowings in an Alternative Currency, if, as of the end of any Interest Period in respect of such Borrowing, the Dollar Equivalent thereof determined based upon the applicable Exchange Rate as of the date that is three Business Days before the end of such Interest Period would be at least 5% more, or 5% less, than the “Assigned Dollar Value” thereof that would otherwise be applicable, then on and after the end of such Interest Period the “Assigned Dollar Value” of such Borrowing shall be adjusted to be the Dollar Equivalent thereof determined based upon the Exchange Rate that gave rise to such adjustment (subject to further adjustment in accordance with this proviso thereafter), and the Administrative Agent shall give the Borrower notice of such adjustment; provided, however, that failure to give such notice shall not affect the Borrower’s Obligations hereunder or result in any liability to the Administrative Agent. The Assigned Dollar Value of a Loan included in any Borrowing shall equal the pro rata portion of the Assigned Dollar Value of such Borrowing represented by such Loan.
“Assignee” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.8(c).
“Assignment and Assumption Agreement” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 12.8(c), executed by any applicable Lender, as assignor, and such Lender’s assignee in accordance with Section 12.8.
“Attorney Costs” means all reasonable fees and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel and the reasonable allocated cost of internal legal services, including all reasonable disbursements of internal counsel.
“Attributable Debt” means as of the date of determination thereof with respect to an Operating Financing Lease, the net present value (discounted according to GAAP at the cost of debt implied in the lease) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the then remaining term of such Operating Financing Lease.
“Auction Agent” means (a) the Administrative Agent or (b) any other financial institution or advisor employed by the Borrower (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Discounted Loan Prepayment pursuant to Section 4.3(c); provided that the Borrower shall not designate the Administrative
Agent as the Auction Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Agent); provided, further, that neither the Borrower nor any of its Affiliates may act as the Auction Agent.
“Available Equity Proceeds” means, as of any date of determination, all Net Equity Proceeds received by the Borrower after the Third Amendment Effective Date less the sum of the amounts attributed to such proceeds that are utilized for (i) Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 8.4(b), (ii) Unrestricted Investments pursuant to Section 8.7(o) and (iii) payments in respect of Public Notes pursuant to Section 8.11(i).
“Available Revolving Commitment” means, as to any Lender at any time an amount equal to the amount, if any, by which (i) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment exceeds (ii) the sum of (w) the Assigned Dollar Value of the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans made by such Lender then outstanding, (x) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Assigned Dollar Value of LC Obligations, (y) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Assigned Dollar Value of the aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding and (z) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Overdraft Reserve, if any, at such time.
“Available Unrestricted Subsidiary Investment Basket” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the Unrestricted Subsidiary Investment Basket, as of such date, less the sum of the aggregate outstanding amount of Investments made in Permitted Unconsolidated Ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 8.7(j)(i).
“Bank Guarantee” means a direct guarantee issued for the account of the Borrower, and, if requested, a Subsidiary of the Borrower, pursuant to this Agreement by a Facing Agent, in form acceptable to the Facing Agent, ensuring that a liability acceptable to the Facing Agent of the Borrower or a Subsidiary of a Borrower to a third Person will be met.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title I of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended, as set forth in Title 11 of the United States Code, as hereafter amended.
“Base Rate” means the greater of: (i) the rate most recently announced by JPMCB at its principal office as its “prime rate”, which is not necessarily the lowest rate made available by JPMCB; (ii) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% per annum; (iii) the Eurocurrency Rate (without giving effect to the proviso in clause (i) of the definition thereof) for an Interest Period of one month beginning on such date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00% per annum; and (iv) with respect to the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans and the 2016 Term B Loans only, 1.75%. The “prime rate” announced by JPMCB is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publication or publications as JPMCB may designate. Any change in the Base Rate resulting from a change in such “prime rate” announced by JPMCB shall become effective without prior notice to the Borrower as of 12:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day on which each change in such “prime rate” is announced by JPMCB. JPMCB may make commercial or other loans to others at rates of interest at, above or below its “prime rate”.
“Base Rate Loan” means any Loan which bears interest at a rate determined with reference to the Base Rate.
“Benefited Lender” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.6(a).
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.
“Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment” means the offer by the Borrower to make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a specified discount to par pursuant to Section 4.3(c)(ii).
“Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers” means the solicitation by the Borrower of offers for, and the corresponding acceptance by a Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a specified range of discounts to par pursuant to Section 4.3(c)(iii).
“Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers” means the solicitation by the Borrower of offers for, and the subsequent acceptance, if any, by a Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a discount to par pursuant to Section 4.3(c)(iv).
“Borrowing” means a group of Loans of a single Type made by the Lenders or the Swing Line Lender, as appropriate, on a single date (or resulting from one or more conversions or continuations, or a combination thereof, on a single date) and in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is, or on such date of conversion or continuation, will be in effect; provided that Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans acquired by a Replacement Lender pursuant to Section 3.7 shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans made, converted or continued by the Replaced Lender.
“Business Day” means (i) as it relates to any payment, determination, funding or notice to be made or given in connection with any Dollar-denominated Loan, or otherwise to be made or given to or from the Administrative Agent, a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close; provided, however, that when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market; provided, further, that when used in connection with any Letter of Credit, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which commercial banks in the city in which the Facing Agent for such Letter of Credit is domiciled are required by law to close; and (ii) as it relates to any payment, determination, funding or notice to be made or given in connection with any Loan or Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, any day (x) on which dealings in deposits in the relevant Alternative Currency are carried out in the London interbank market, (y) on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets are open for business in London, New York City and the principal financial center for such Alternative Currency or (z) any day on which the Trans-European Real-time Gross Settlement Operating System (or any successor operating system) is not operating (as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent). For purposes of this Agreement (other than for purposes of
determining the end of any applicable Interest Period and other than for purposes of any Loan, Letter of Credit or action required to be taken outside of the United States), “Business Day” shall not include Pioneer Day as recognized in the State of Utah in any year.
“C4 Business Sale” means the sale of Huntsman Petrochemical Corporation and Huntsman Fuels, L.P. to Texas Petrochemicals L.P. pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of April 5, 2006.
“Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights in or other equivalent ownership interests (however designated) in such Person’s capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other equivalent interests and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock), warrants or options exchangeable for or convertible into any such ownership interests.
“Capitalized Lease” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, any lease of property, real or personal, in respect of which the present value of the minimum rental commitment is capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee in accordance with GAAP.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease which would at such time be required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash” means money, currency or the available credit balance in a Deposit Account.
“Cash Collateralize” means, in respect of an obligation, provide and pledge (as a first priority perfected security interest) Cash in Dollars (or cash in an Alternative Currency if the Administrative Agent, relevant Facing Agent and/or the Swing Line Lender so approves), at a location and pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, relevant Facing Agent and/or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable (and “Cash Collateralization” has a corresponding meaning).
“Cash Equivalents” means any Investment in (i) a marketable obligation, maturing within two years after issuance thereof, issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or any instrumentality or agency thereof, (ii) a certificate of deposit or banker’s acceptance, maturing within one year after issuance thereof, issued by any Lender, or a national or state bank or trust company organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or a European, Canadian or Japanese bank, in each case having capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $100,000,000 and whose long-term unsecured debt has a rating of “A” or better by S&P or “A2” or better by Xxxxx’x or the equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency (provided that the aggregate face amount of all Investments in certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances issued by the principal offices of or branches of European or Japanese banks located outside the United States shall not at any time exceed 33-1/3% of all Investments described in this definition), (iii) open market commercial paper, maturing within 270 days after issuance thereof, which has a rating of “A1” or better by S&P or “P1” or better by Xxxxx’x, or the equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency, (iv) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements with a term not in excess
of one year with any financial institution which has been elected a primary government securities dealer by the Board or whose securities are rated “AA-” or better by S&P or “Aa3” or better by Xxxxx’x or the equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency relating to marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, (v) “Money Market” preferred stock maturing within six months after issuance thereof or municipal bonds issued by a corporation organized under the laws of any state of the United States, which has a rating of “A” or better by S&P or Xxxxx’x or the equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency, (vi) tax exempt floating rate option tender bonds backed by letters of credit issued by a national or state bank whose long-term unsecured debt has a rating of “AA” or better by S&P or “Aa2” or better by Xxxxx’x or the equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency, and (vii) shares of any money market mutual fund rated at least AAA or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least Aaa or the equivalent thereof by Xxxxx’x or any other mutual fund holding assets consisting (except for de minimis amounts) of securitized products, such as asset backed securities and of the type specified in clauses of (i) through (vi) above.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events: (x) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than Xx. Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx, his spouse, direct descendants, an entity controlled by any of the foregoing and/or by a trust of the type described hereafter, and/or a trust for the benefit of any of the foregoing (the “Huntsman Group”) or MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners L.P., or any Affiliate thereof (the “MP Group”), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 40% or more of the then outstanding Voting Securities of Huntsman Corporation; (y) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Huntsman Group, the MP Group or Huntsman Corporation (or any successor entity) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 40% or more of the then outstanding Voting Securities of any Parent Company or the Borrower; or (z) the replacement of a majority of the Board of Directors of Huntsman Corporation, the Board of Directors or other group with similar powers of any Parent Company or the Board of Managers of the Borrower over a two-year period from the managers or directors who constituted such group, at the beginning of such period, and such replacement shall not (A) have been approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Board of Directors of Huntsman Corporation, the Board of Directors or other group with similar powers of any Parent Company or the Board of Managers of the Borrower, as the case may be, then still in office who either were members of such group at the beginning of such period or whose election as a member of such group was previously so approved or (B) have been elected or nominated for election by one or more members of the Huntsman Group. Change of Control shall also mean any “Change of Control” as defined in any Public Note Documents that occurs at a time when the market price (as determined by the Administrative Agent) of the Public Notes to which the “Change of Control” applies is less than
103% of the principal amount thereof, or if as a result thereof the holders of such Public Notes collectively put or tender in excess of $50,000,000 in the aggregate of such Public Notes.
“Class” when used in reference to (a) any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, Extended Term B Dollar Loans, Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans, 2013 Additional Term Loans, 2013-1 Additional Term Loans, 2014-1 Additional Term Loans, 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans, 2016 Term B Loans, Term C Dollar Loans, Revolving Loans, 2016 Extended Revolving Loans, 2016 Non-Extended Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans, New Extended Term Loans or New Extended Revolving Loans, (b) any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Commitment in respect of Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, Extended Term B Dollar Loans, Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans, 2014-1 Additional Term Loans, 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans, 2016 Term B Loans, Term C Dollar Loans, Revolving Loans, 2016 Extended Revolving Loans, 2016 Non-Extended Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans, Refinancing Term Loan Commitment (and, in the case of an Refinancing Term Loan Commitment, the Class of Loans to which such commitment relates), or a Commitment in respect of a Class of Loans to be made pursuant to an Incremental Amendment or a New Extension Offer and (c) any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment with respect to a particular Class of Loans or Commitments. Refinancing Term Loan Commitments, Refinancing Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans and New Extended Term Loans that have different terms and conditions shall be construed to be in different Classes.
“Closing Date” means August 16, 2005.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time amended, including the regulations proposed or promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute and the regulations proposed or promulgated thereunder.
“Collateral” means all “Collateral” as defined in each of the Security Documents and all other assets of each Credit Party pledged or mortgaged pursuant to any Security Document and any other collateral pledged or mortgaged by any Credit Party to secure the Obligations.
“Collateral Agent” means JPMCB in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Collateral Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement or any other applicable Security Document, or any successor Collateral Agent.
“Collateral Security Agreement” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(b).
“Commercial Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit or similar instrument issued pursuant to this Agreement for the purpose of supporting trade obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the aggregate of the Revolving Commitment and Term Commitment, of such Lender and “Commitments” means such commitments of all of the Lenders collectively.
“Commitment Fee” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.2(a).
“Commitment Period” means, the period from and including the Fifth Amendment Effective Date to but not including the Revolver Termination Date or, in the case of the Swing Line Commitment, five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolver Termination Date.
“Companies” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Tenth Amendment.
“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.2(b).
“Consenting Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12(b).
“Consolidated Cash Interest Expense” means, for any period, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, but excluding, however, interest expense not payable in cash, amortization of discount and deferred financing costs, plus or minus, as the case may be (ii) net amounts paid or received under Interest Rate Agreements (with cap payments amortized over the life of the cap) and minus interest income received in Cash or Cash Equivalents in respect of Investments permitted hereunder. Subject to adjustment as described in Section 1.2(c) for events occurring after the Third Amendment Effective Date, for purposes of computing Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, the Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for the second, third and fourth Fiscal Quarters of 2006 shall be $74.8 million, $74.9 million and $74.8 million, respectively.
“Consolidated Debt” means, at any time, without duplication, the sum of (i) all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis that would be required to be shown as debt on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP and other Indebtedness under Operating Financing Leases incurred pursuant to Section 8.2(b)(iv), less Cash, Cash Equivalents and Foreign Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not subject to any Lien (other than a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent) or transfer restriction and (ii) Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries of the type referred to in clause (x) of the definition of such term.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person, for any applicable period, the sum (without duplication) of (i) Consolidated Net Income minus, to the extent Consolidated Net Income has been increased thereby, any Port Xxxxxx Fire Insurance Income, and (ii) to the extent Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby, (A) all income taxes of such Person and its Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period (other than income taxes attributable to extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains or losses or taxes attributable to sales or dispositions outside the ordinary course of business) and Tax Distributions paid during such period, (B) Consolidated Interest Expense, (C) Permitted Non-Cash Impairment and Restructuring Charges less any non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, (D) the amount of net loss resulting from the payment of any premiums or similar amounts that are required to be paid under the express terms of the instrument(s) governing any Indebtedness of the Borrower upon the repayment or other
extinguishment of such Indebtedness by the Borrower in accordance with the express terms of such Indebtedness and (E) the Port Xxxxxx Fire Add Back, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of computing Consolidated EBITDA, (i) all components of Consolidated EBITDA for any such applicable period shall be computed without giving effect to any extraordinary gains or losses (in accordance with GAAP) for such period and (ii) subject to adjustment as described in Section 1.2(c) for events occurring after the Third Amendment Effective Date, the Consolidated EBITDA for the second, third and fourth Fiscal Quarters of 2006 shall be $395.9 million, $282.5 million and $231.7 million, respectively.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the total interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Leases in accordance with GAAP) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, all as determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, as modified by the last sentence of this definition. Notwithstanding anything in this definition to the contrary, as used in this definition, the term “interest” shall include, without limitation, any discount in respect of sales of Receivables Facility Assets pursuant to a Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitization (regardless of whether such discount would constitute interest expense as determined in accordance with GAAP) and any net payments made or received by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to Other Hedging Agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to protect against fluctuations in currency values in connection with the Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitization, and the term “discount” shall include any amounts which would be interest under GAAP if the Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitization were a debt financing.
“Consolidated Net Income” and “Consolidated Net Loss” mean, respectively, with respect to any Person, for any period, the sum of: (x) the aggregate net income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP plus (y) cash dividends or distributions paid to such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person by any other Person (the “Payor”) other than a Subsidiary of the referent Person, to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, which have been derived from operating cash flow of the Payor; provided that there shall be excluded therefrom (a) after-tax gains and losses from Asset Dispositions or abandonments or reserves relating thereto, (b) after-tax items classified as extraordinary or nonrecurring gains, (c) the net income of any Person acquired in a “pooling of interests” transaction accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Person or is or is merged or consolidated with the Person or any Subsidiary of the Person, (d) the net income (but not loss) of any Subsidiary of the Person to the extent that the declaration of Dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is restricted; provided however, that the net income of Foreign Subsidiaries shall only be excluded in any calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower as a result of application of this clause (d) if the restriction on Dividends or similar distributions results from consensual restrictions, (e) the net income or loss of any Person, other than a Subsidiary or the Person, except to the extent of cash Dividends or distributions paid to the Person or to a Subsidiary that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Person by such Person, (f) income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including, without limitation, operations disposed of
during such period whether or not such operations were classified as discontinued) , (g) in the case of a successor to the referent Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of the referent Person’s assets, any earnings of the successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, (h) non-cash charges relating to asset impairments, which charges do not require an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period, (i) all gains or losses from the cumulative effect of any change in accounting principles and (j) the net amount of all Tax Distributions made during such period.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, for any Person, the total assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries, as determined from a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP, but excluding therefrom all items that are treated as goodwill and other intangible assets under GAAP.
“Contaminant” means any material with respect to which any Environmental Law imposes a duty, obligation or standard of conduct, including without limitation any pollutant contaminant (as those terms are defined in 42 U.S.C. §9601(33)), toxic pollutant (as that term is defined in 33 U.S.C. §1362(13)), hazardous substance (as that term is defined in 42 U.S.C. §9601(14)), hazardous chemical (as that term is defined by 29 CFR §1910.1200(c)), hazardous waste (as that term is defined in 42 U.S.C. §6903(5)), or any state or local equivalent of such laws and regulations, including, without limitation, radioactive material, special waste, polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, petroleum, including crude oil or any petroleum-derived substance, (or any fraction thereof), solid waste (as that term is defined in 42 U.S.C. § 6903(27)), or breakdown or decomposition product thereof, or any constituent of any such substance or waste, including but not limited to polychlorinated biphenyls and asbestos.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any Securities issued by such Person or of any indenture or credit agreement or any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or to which such property may be subject.
“Converting Term Loan Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Third Amendment.
“Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means any (a) Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt, (b) Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt, (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt or (d) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, in each case, issued, incurred or otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace or refinance, in whole or part, existing Term Loans (“Refinanced Term Debt”); provided that (i) such exchanging, extending, renewing, replacing or refinancing Indebtedness is in an original aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Refinanced Term Debt except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest (including default interest) and premium (including tender premiums or premium characterized as penalties) thereon plus reasonable upfront fees and original issue discount on such exchanging, extending, renewing, replacing or refinancing Indebtedness, plus other reasonable and customary fees and expenses in connection with such exchange, modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension, (ii) without limiting the specific requirements set forth in the definitions of “Permitted
Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt,” “Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt” and “Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt,” as applicable, such Indebtedness has a maturity that is not earlier than, and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than, the Refinanced Term Debt, (iii) the covenants and events of default of such Indebtedness (except, for the avoidance of doubt, as otherwise provided in clause (ii) above and with respect to pricing, premiums and optional prepayment or redemption terms) are substantially identical to, or (taken as a whole as determined by the Borrower in its reasonable judgment) are no more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness, than those applicable to the Term Loans being refinanced are to the lenders thereof (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness) (provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material covenants and events of default of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of this clause (iii) shall be conclusive evidence that such material covenants and events of default satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five (5) Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees) and (iv) the proceeds of all such Indebtedness shall be applied, on a dollar-for-dollar basis to the substantially concurrent pro rata repayment of such Refinanced Term Debt (including all accrued interest, fees and premiums (if any) in connection therewith), on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained.
“Credit Event” means the making of any Loan or the issuance of any Letter of Credit.
“Credit Exposure” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.8(b).
“Credit Party” means the Borrower, each Subsidiary Guarantor and any guarantor which may hereafter enter into a Guaranty with respect to the Obligations.
“Customary Permitted Liens” means:
(i) Liens for taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued, provided that (x) any proceedings commenced for the enforcement of such Liens shall have been stayed or suspended within 30 days of the commencement thereof and (y) provision for the payment of all such taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies known to such Person has been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP;
(ii) mechanics’, processor’s, materialmen’s, carriers’, warehouse-men’s, landlord’s and similar Liens arising by operation of law and arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations of such Person that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued, provided that (x) any proceedings commenced for the enforcement of such Liens shall have been stayed or suspended within 30 days of the
commencement thereof and (y) provision for the payment of such Liens has been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP;
(iii) Liens arising in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions and social security benefits which are not overdue or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued, provided that (A) any proceedings commenced for the enforcement of such Liens shall have been stayed or suspended within 30 days of the commencement thereof and (B) provision for the payment of such Liens has been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP;
(iv) (x) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of bids, tenders, statutory obligations, fee and expense arrangements with trustees and fiscal agents (exclusive of obligations incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property) and customary deposits granted in the ordinary course of business under Operating Financing Leases and (y) Liens securing surety, indemnity, performance, appeal and release bonds, provided that full provision for the payment of all such obligations has been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP;
(v) Permitted Real Property Encumbrances;
(vi) attachment, judgment or other similar Liens arising in connection with court or arbitration proceedings involving individually and in the aggregate liability of $50,000,000 or less at any one time, provided the same are discharged, or that execution or enforcement thereof is stayed pending appeal, within 60 days or, in the case of any stay of execution or enforcement pending appeal, within such lesser time during which such appeal may be taken;
(vii) leases or subleases granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any interest or title of a lessor under any lease permitted by this Agreement or the Security Documents;
(viii) customary rights of set off, revocation, refund or chargeback under deposit agreements or under the UCC of banks or other financial institutions where the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries maintains deposits in the ordinary course of business permitted by this Agreement; and
(ix) Environmental Liens, to the extent that (w) any proceedings commenced for the enforcement of such Liens shall have been suspended or are being contested in good faith, (x) provision for all liability and damages that are the subject of said Environmental Liens has been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP and (y) such Liens do not relate to obligations exceeding $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time; and (z) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of custom duties in connection with the importation of goods so long as such Liens attach only to the imported goods and provided that such duties are not yet due or are being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP.
“DB” means Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and its successors.
“DBTCA” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this Agreement.
“Declining Non-Extended Term B Dollar Lender” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12(b).
“Default Rate” means a variable rate per annum which shall be two percent (2%) per annum plus either (i) the then applicable interest rate hereunder in respect of the amount on which the Default Rate is being assessed or (ii) if there is no such applicable interest rate, the Base Rate plus the Applicable Base Rate Margin, but in no event in excess of that permitted by applicable law.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender with respect to which a Lender Default is in effect.
“Deposit Account” means a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.
“Determination Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.23.
“Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(ii)(B).
“Discount Range” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iii)(A).
“Discount Range Prepayment Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iii)(A).
“Discount Range Prepayment Notice” means a written notice of a Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers made pursuant to Section 4.3(c)(iii) substantially in the form of Exhibit 4.3(c)-A.
“Discount Range Prepayment Offer” means the irrevocable written offer by a Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit 4.3(c)-B, submitted in response to an invitation to submit offers following the Auction Agent’s receipt of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice.
“Discount Range Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iii)(A).
“Discount Range Proration” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iii)(C).
“Discounted Loan Prepayment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(i).
“Discounted Prepayment Determination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iv)(C).
“Discounted Prepayment Effective Date” means in the case of a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment, Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offer or Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offer, five (5) Business Days following the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date, the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date or the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, as applicable, in accordance with Section 4.3(c)(ii), Section 4.3(c)(iii) or Section 4.3(c)(iv), respectively, unless a shorter period is agreed to between the Borrower and the Auction Agent.
“Dividends” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.4(a).
“Documents” means the Loan Documents and the Transaction Documents.
“Dollar” and “$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (i) as to any amount denominated in Dollars, the amount thereof at such time, and (ii) as to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than a Foreign Subsidiary not a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty or a guaranty delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(h).
“Eighth Amendment” means the Eighth Amendment dated March 11, 2013 among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as the 2013 Additional Term Loan Lender.
“Eighth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in the Eighth Amendment.
“Eleventh Amendment” means the Eleventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2014.
“Eleventh Amendment Effective Date” means the date that the conditions in Section 4 of the Eleventh Amendment shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance therewith.
“Eleventh Amendment Escrow Agent” means Wilmington Trust, National Association.
“Eleventh Amendment Escrow Agreement” means the Escrow and Security Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2014, by and among Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacities as escrow agent, depository bank and securities intermediary, JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent and the Borrower, as grantor, as may be amended, restated, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Eleventh Amendment Release Date” means date of the occurrence of the Rockwood Acquisition Closing Date or the Other Debt Refinancing Closing Date.
“Eligible Assignee” means a commercial bank, investment company, financial institution, financial company, Fund (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity) or insurance company in each case, together with its Affiliates or Related Funds, which makes, purchases, holds or otherwise invests in commercial loans or other similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business or any other Person approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, that (x) the Borrower is an Eligible Assignee for the purposes of the transactions permitted by Section 4.3(c) and (y) except with respect to Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans, the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower is an Eligible Assignee for the purposes of the transactions permitted by clause (ii) of Section 12.8(g) (subject, in each case in this clause (y), to the reasonable consent of the Administrative Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
“Environmental Claim” means any notice of violation, claim (including common law claims), suit, written demand, abatement order, or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any Governmental Authority or any Person for any damage, personal injury (including sickness, disease or death), tangible or intangible property damage, contribution, cost recovery, indemnity, indirect or consequential damages, damage to the environment, or for nuisance, pollution, contamination or other adverse effects on the environment, human health, or natural resources, or for fines, penalties, restrictions or injunctive relief, resulting from or based upon (i) the occurrence or existence of a Release or substantial threat of a material Release (whether sudden or non-sudden or accidental or non-accidental) of, or exposure to, any Contaminant in, into or onto the environment at, in, by, from or related to any real estate owned, leased or operated at any time by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (the “Premises”), (ii) the use, handling, generation, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of Contaminants in connection with the operation of any Premises, or (iii) the violation, or alleged violation, of any Environmental Laws relating to environmental matters connected with the Borrower’s operations or any Premises.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable foreign, federal, state or local laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules or regulations or orders, decrees, judgments or directives issued by a Governmental Authority, or Environmental Permits or Remedial Action standards, levels or objectives imposing liability or standards of conduct for or relating to the protection of health, safety or the environment, including, but not limited to, the following United States statutes, as now written and hereafter amended: the Water Pollution Control Act, as codified in 33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq., the Clean Air Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. §7401 et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act, as codified in 15 U.S.C. §2601 et seq., the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. §6901 et seq., the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq., the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, as codified in 42 U.S.C.
§11001 et seq., and the Safe Drinking Water Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. §300f et seq., and any related regulations, as well as all state and local equivalents.
“Environmental Lien” means a Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for (i) any liability under Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits, or (ii) damages relating to, or costs incurred by such Governmental Authority in response to, a Release or threatened Release of a Contaminant into the environment.
“Environmental Permits” means any and all permits, licenses, certificates, authorizations or approvals of any Governmental Authority required by Environmental Laws or necessary or reasonably required for the current and anticipated future operation of the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as from time to time amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which, together with such Person, is under common control as described in Section 414(c) of the Code, is a member of a “controlled group”, as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code, or is a member of an “affiliated service group”, as defined in Section 414(m) of the Code which includes such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to an “ERISA Affiliate” in this Agreement shall refer to an ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“Euro” means the lawful currency adopted by or which is adopted by participating member states of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“Eurocurrency Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate.
“Eurocurrency Rate” means
(i) in the case of Dollar denominated loans, (A) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such interest period) with a term equivalent to such interest period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the applicable Interest Rate Determination Date, or, in the event such rate does not appear on such Reuters screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, and, in the event such rate is not available, (B) then the Eurocurrency Rate for such currency and Interest Period shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided that with respect to (x) the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans and the 2016 Term B Loans only, the Eurocurrency Rate shall be no less than 0.75% and (y) the 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans and the Revolving Loans only, the Eurocurrency Rate shall be no less than 0%; or
(ii) in the case of Euro denominated loans, (A) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that
appears on the appropriate page of the Reuters screen that displays EURIBOR (for delivery on the first day of such interest period) with a term equivalent to such interest period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the applicable Interest Rate Determination Date, or, in the event such rate does not appear on such Reuters screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, and, in the event such rate is not available, (B) then the Eurocurrency Rate for such currency and Interest Period shall be the Interpolated Rate; or
(iii) in the case of Sterling denominated loans, (A) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the appropriate page of the Reuters screen that displays GBP (for delivery on the first day of such interest period) with a term equivalent to such interest period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the applicable Interest Rate Determination Date, or, in the event such rate does not appear on such Reuters screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, and, in the event such rate is not available, (B) then the Eurocurrency Rate for such currency and Interest Period shall be the Interpolated Rate.
In the case of Swing Line Loans maintained at the Quoted Rate and Eurocurrency Loans, the cost of the Lenders of complying with any Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements will be added to the interest rate computed in the manner set forth in Schedule 1.1(b).
“Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements” means, for any day as applied to a Eurocurrency Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve liquid asset or similar requirements in effect on such day (including, without limitation, basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto), including without limitation, under regulations issued from time to time by (a) the Board, (b) any Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction of the relevant currency or (c) any Governmental Authority of any jurisdiction in which advances in such currency are made to which banks in any jurisdiction are subject for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans in such currency or by reference to which interest rates applicable to loans in such currency are determined, including Mandatory Costs.
“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.1.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, an amount not less than zero calculated as of the close of business on March 31 of each year (commencing March 31, 2008), equal to (i) the sum of (a) the average daily aggregate Total Available Revolving Commitment during the period of February 1 through and including March 31 of such year plus (b) the amount, if any, by which the average available capacity under Receivables Documents in existence during such period and subject to any limitations on availability contained therein during the period of February 1 through and including March 31 of such year exceeds the actual average Receivables Facility Attributed Indebtedness outstanding during the same period plus (c) the average daily balance of
Cash, Cash Equivalents and the Dollar Equivalent as of March 31 of Foreign Cash Equivalents, held during the period February 1 through and including March 31 of such year, less (ii) the sum of (w) the aggregate amount of Net Sale Proceeds from Asset Dispositions during the preceding twelve months, to the extent not reinvested prior to March 31 of such year, plus (x) the aggregate amount of proceeds from the issuance of Indebtedness issued to refinance other Indebtedness and being held pending the payment of such other Indebtedness plus (y) the aggregate amount during the preceding twelve months of cash proceeds from Recovery Events received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during the preceding twelve months, to the extent not reinvested prior to March 31 of such year, plus (z) $1,050,000,000 plus, from and after the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date, the aggregate principal amount of any Incremental Revolving Facilities.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and as codified in 15 U.S.C. §78a et seq. and as hereafter amended.
“Exchange Rate” shall mean, on any day, (i) with respect to any Alternative Currency, the Spot Rate at which Dollars are offered on such day by the Administrative Agent in London or New York (as selected by the Administrative Agent) for such Alternative Currency at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time or New York time, as applicable), and (ii) with respect to Dollars in relation to any specified Alternative Currency, the Spot Rate at which such specified Alternative Currency is offered on such day by the Administrative Agent in London or New York for Dollars at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time or New York time, as applicable). The Administrative Agent shall provide the Borrower with the then current Exchange Rate from time to time upon the Borrower’s request therefor.
“Exchange Rate Determination Date” means (i) for purposes of the determination of the Exchange Rate of any stated amount on any Business Day in relation to any Borrowing of Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans in an Alternative Currency, (A) the date which is two Business Days prior to such Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Euros or (B) the date of such Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Sterling, (ii) for purposes of the determination of the Exchange Rate of any Stated Amount in relation to any issuance of any Letter of Credit, on the date of such issuance and (iii) for the purpose of determining the Exchange Rate to make determinations pursuant to Section 4.4(a), the last Business Day of each calendar month.
“Excluded Property” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.11(a).
“Existing Non-Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12(a).
“Existing Senior Notes” means those certain 4.875% senior notes due 2020 issued pursuant to the terms of the Existing Senior Notes Indenture.
“Existing Senior Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of November 19, 2012 among the Borrower, the guarantors named therein and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (as the same may be amended in compliance with this Agreement) and any supplemental indenture or additional indenture to be entered into with respect to the Existing Senior Notes to the extent permitted under Section 8.11.
“Existing Term B Dollar Loan” and “Existing Term B Dollar Loans” have the meanings assigned to those terms in Section 2.1(a)(i).
“Existing Term B Lender” means any Lender which made an Existing Term B Dollar Loan.
“Extended Term B Dollar Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has an Extended Term B Dollar Loan at such time.
“Extended Term B Dollar Loan” means an Existing Term B Dollar Loan that has been converted to an “Extended Term B Dollar Loan” pursuant to the Sixth Amendment. For the avoidance of doubt, from and after the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date the Extended Term B Dollar Loans shall constitute either 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans or 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, as applicable.
“Extended Term B Dollar Note” and “Extended Term B Dollar Notes” have the meanings assigned to those terms in Section 2.2(a).
“Extended Term B Loan Facility” means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the Extended Term B Dollar Loans.
“Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date” means April 19, 2017; provided, that, to the extent that there are any Senior Notes (2016) outstanding on any day during the period from and including the Senior Notes (2016) Trigger Date to and including the Senior Notes (2016) Maturity Date, then, unless the sum of (x) Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such day, (y) the Total Available Revolving Commitment on such day and (z) the total available capacity under the Receivables Documents in existence on such day that exceeds the actual Receivables Facility Attributed Indebtedness outstanding on such day is at least the Required Sum for such day, the “Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date” shall be such day.
“Extended Term B, Series 2, 2013 Additional Term, 2013-1 Additional Term, 2015 Extended Term B, 2015 Non-Extended Term B, 2016 Term B or 2014-1 Additional Term Percentage” means, at any time with respect to the Extended Term B Loan Facility, the Series 2 Extended Term B Loan Facility, the 2013 Additional Term Loan Facility, the 2013-1 Additional Term Loan Facility, 2015 Extended Term B Loan Facility, 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loan Facility, the 2016 Term B Facility or the 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Facility, as applicable, a fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate Assigned Dollar Value (without duplication) of all Loans under such Facility outstanding at such time and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate Assigned Dollar Value (without duplication) of all Extended Term B Dollar Loans, Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans, 2013 Additional Term Loans, 2013-1 Additional Term Loans, 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans, 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, 2016 Term B Loans and 2014-1 Additional Term Loans outstanding at such time.
“Facility” means any of the credit facilities established under this Agreement, i.e., any of the Term Facilities or the Revolving Facility.
“Facing Agent” means each of (i) DB as to each Fifth Amendment Existing Letter of Credit, (ii) JPMCB and (iii) any other Revolving Lender agreed to by such Revolving Lender, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in each case, acting through any branch or Affiliate).
“Facing Agent Sublimit” means $112,500,000.
“FATCA” means the current Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, and any similar amended or successor version that is substantively comparable, and any regulations or official published interpretations thereof.
“Federal Funds Rate” means on any one day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) of the rate on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System only arranged by federal funds brokers, as published as of such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by JPMCB from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by JPMCB.
“Fifth Amendment” means the Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 9, 2010.
“Fifth Amendment Effective Date” means the “Amendment Effective Date” as defined in the Fifth Amendment.
“Fifth Amendment Existing Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued by DB pursuant to this Agreement prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 1.1(d), to the extent such letter of credit is not increased (other than in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date), extended, auto-extended or renewed, on or after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.
“Fifth Amendment Fee Letter” means the letter agreement with respect to fees related to this Agreement among the Borrower, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and JPMCB dated on or before the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.
“Fifteenth Amendment” means the Fifteenth Amendment to this Agreement dated as of April 1, 2016, among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in the Fifteenth Amendment.
“Fiscal Quarter” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.12.
“Fiscal Year” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.12.
“Flood Insurance Laws” means, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statue thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
“Foreign Cash Equivalents” means (i) debt securities with a maturity of 365 days or less issued by any member nation of the European Union, Switzerland or any other country whose debt securities are rated by S&P and Xxxxx’x A-1 or P-1, or the equivalent thereof (if a short-term debt rating is provided by either) or at least AA or Aa2, or the equivalent thereof (if a long-term unsecured debt rating is provided by either) (each such jurisdiction, an “approved jurisdiction”), or any agency or instrumentality of an approved jurisdiction, provided that the full faith and credit of the approved jurisdiction is pledged in support of such debt securities or such debt securities constitute a general obligation of the approved jurisdiction and (ii) debt securities in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Dollar Equivalent of $40,000,000 with a maturity of 365 days or less issued by any nation in which the Borrower or its Subsidiaries has cash which is the subject of restrictions on export, any agency or instrumentality of such nation or any bank or other organization organized in such nation.
“Foreign Factoring Transactions” means transactions (other than pursuant to (a) any Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitization or (b) a transaction described in Section 8.3(e)) for the sale or discounting of (i) the Accounts Receivable of a Foreign Subsidiary and/or (ii) letters of credit the beneficiary of which is a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Foreign Pension Plan” means any plan, fund (including, without limitation, any super-annuation fund) or other similar program established or maintained outside of the United States of America by the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates primarily for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or such Subsidiaries or its Affiliates residing outside the United States of America, which plan, fund, or similar program provides or results in, retirement income, a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of employment, and which is not subject to ERISA or the Code.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia and that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Fourth Amendment” means the Fourth Amendment to this Agreement dated as of June 22, 2009.
“Fourth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Fourth Amendment.
“Fourteenth Amendment” means the Fourteenth Amendment to this Agreement dated as of August 10, 2015, among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in the Fourteenth Amendment.
“Fund” means a Person that is a fund that makes, purchases, holds or otherwise invests in commercial loans or similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of government.
“Guarantee Obligations” means, as to any Person, without duplication, any direct or indirect obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease, Operating Financing Lease (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent: (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor; (ii) to advance or supply funds (x) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation, or (y) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation; or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligations shall not include any endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation at any time shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the stated or determinable amount at such time of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made or (y) the maximum amount for which such Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation; or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum liability (assuming full performance) in respect thereof reasonably anticipated at such time.
“Guaranteed Obligations” means (i) the full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal and interest (whether such interest is allowed as a claim in a bankruptcy proceeding with respect to the Borrower or otherwise) on each Note issued by the Borrower to each Lender, and Loans made under this Agreement and all reimbursement obligations and Unpaid Drawings with respect to Letters of Credit, together with all other obligations (including obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become due) and liabilities (including, without limitation, indemnities, fees and interest thereon) of the Borrower to such Lender now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Documents and the due performance and compliance with all terms, conditions and agreements contained in the Loan Documents by the Borrower and (ii) the full and prompt payment when due (whether by acceleration or otherwise) of all obligations (including obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become due) of the Borrower (or, if permitted by Section 8.2, its Subsidiaries) owing under any Interest Rate Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement or any Overdraft Facility entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with any Lender or any Affiliate thereof
(even if such Lender subsequently ceases to be a Lender under this Agreement for any reason) so long as such Lender or Affiliate participates in such Interest Rate Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement or Overdraft Facility, as the case may be, and their subsequent assigns, if any, whether or not in existence or hereafter arising, and the due performance and compliance with all terms, conditions and agreements contained therein.
“Guaranty” means, collectively, (i) the Subsidiary Guaranty and (ii) each guaranty delivered by a Foreign Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.11(h), in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Headquarters Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(d)(ii) of this Agreement.
“Huntsman Affiliate” means Huntsman Corporation or any of its Affiliates (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries).
“Huntsman Corporation” means Huntsman Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Huntsman Xxxxx” means Huntsman International Financial LLC, a direct Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a limited liability company formed under the laws of Delaware.
“Huntsman Group” has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of “Change of Control” in this Section 1.1.
“Huntsman Parent Company” means Huntsman Corporation or any entity of which the Borrower is a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
“Identified Participating Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iii)(C).
“Identified Qualifying Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iv)(C).
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower, the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of which are less than 1% of the Borrower’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (as of the end of the most recently completed Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements are available) and which did not account for more than 1% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period.
“Impacted Interest Period” means, with respect to any Screen Rate, an Interest Period which shall not be available at the applicable time.
“Impaired Lender” means, at any time, a Revolving Lender as determined by the Administrative Agent, that (i) is a Defaulting Lender, (ii)(x) has notified the Administrative Agent, any Facing Agent, the Swing Line Lender or the Borrower, or has stated publicly, that it will not comply with its obligations under this Agreement to make a Loan, make a payment to any Facing Agent in respect of a Letter of Credit Payment and/or make a payment to the Swing
Line Lender in respect of a Swing Line Loan (each a “funding obligation”) or (y) has defaulted on its funding obligations under any other loan agreement or credit agreement or other similar agreement, unless such default in respect of funding obligations is the subject of a good faith dispute, (iii) 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 (iv) as to which a Lender Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing (provided that the reallocation of funding obligations provided for in Section 3.8(a) as a result of a Revolving Lender being an Impaired Lender will not by itself cause the relevant Impaired Lender to become a Non-Impaired Lender). Any determination that a Revolving Lender is an Impaired Lender under clauses (i) through (iv) above will be made by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion acting in good faith. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, a Revolving Lender will not be an Impaired Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Capital Stock in such Revolving Lender or Lender Parent Company by a Governmental Authority.
“Incremental Amendment” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13(d).
“Incremental Equivalent Debt” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.2(b)(xix).
“Incremental Facilities” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13(a).
“Incremental Loans” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13(a).
“Incremental Revolving Facilities” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13(a).
“Incremental Revolving Facility Lender” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13(e).
“Incremental Revolving Loans” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13(a).
“Incremental Term Facilities” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13(a).
“Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13(a).
“Indebtedness” means, as applied to any Person (without duplication):
(i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money;
(ii) the deferred and unpaid balance of the purchase price of assets or services (other than trade payables and other accrued liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue by more than 90 days unless being contested in good faith) which purchase price is (x) due more than six months from the date of
incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof (or in the case of long-term supply agreements, from the date of delivery of such assets or services) or (y) evidenced by a note or a similar written instrument;
(iii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations;
(iv) all indebtedness secured by any Lien (other than Customary Permitted Liens) on any property owned by such Person, whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed by such Person or is nonrecourse to such Person;
(v) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money (other than such notes or drafts for the deferred purchase price of assets or services which does not constitute Indebtedness pursuant to clause (ii) above);
(vi) indebtedness or obligations of such Person, in each case, evidenced by bonds, notes or similar written instruments;
(vii) the face amount of all letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances issued for the account of such Person, and without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder other than, in each case, commercial or standby letters of credit or the functional equivalent thereof issued in connection with performance, bid or advance payment obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, performance requirements under workers compensation or similar laws;
(viii) all obligations of such Person under Interest Rate Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements;
(ix) Guarantee Obligations of such Person;
(x) the aggregate outstanding amount of Receivables Facility Attributed Indebtedness or the gross proceeds from any similar transaction, regardless of whether such transaction is effected without recourse to such Person or in a manner that would not otherwise be reflected as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP; and
(xi) the Attributable Debt of any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product to which such Person is a party, where such transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP;
provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, “Indebtedness” shall not include deferred taxes or indebtedness of Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries incurred to finance insurance premiums, if (a) such indebtedness is unsecured (except as permitted by Section 8.1(k)), and (b) is in a principal amount not in excess of the casualty and other insurance premiums to be paid by Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries for a three year period beginning on the date of any incurrence of such indebtedness.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.4(a).
“Initial Borrowing” means the first Borrowing by the Borrower under this Agreement.
“Initial Loan” means the first Loan made by the Lenders under this Agreement.
“Intellectual Property” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.19.
“Intercompany Loan” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.7(g).
“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated on or about the Closing Date, by and among the Collateral Agent, Administrative Agent, DB as beneficiary of the Mortgages, HSBC Bank USA, National Association (as successor to HSBC Bank USA), as trustee for the Senior Secured Notes and the Borrower, in the form of Exhibit B to the Collateral Security Agreement, as amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, for any period, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for such period.
“Interest Payment Date” means (i) as to any Base Rate Loan, each Quarterly Payment Date to occur while such Loan is outstanding, (ii) as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each three (3) month anniversary of the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; provided, however, that, in addition to the foregoing, each of (A) the Revolver Termination Date, (B) the 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date, (C) the 2015 Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date, (D) the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date, (E) the 2016 Term B Loan Maturity Date and (F) the Term C Loan Maturity Date shall be deemed to be an “Interest Payment Date” with respect to any interest which is then accrued hereunder for such Loan; provided, further, that with respect to interest on the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans, on or prior to the Eleventh Amendment Release Date or the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans Termination Date, as applicable, the only Interest Payment Date shall be the Eleventh Amendment Release Date or the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans Termination Date, as applicable.
“Interest Period” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.4.
“Interest Rate Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement, cross-currency interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate futures contract, interest rate option contract or other similar agreement or arrangement to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party.
“Interest Rate Determination Date” means the date for calculating the Eurocurrency Rate for an Interest Period, which date shall be (i) in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan in Dollars, the second Business Day prior to first day of the related Interest Period for such Loan or (ii) in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan in an Alternative Currency, the date on which
quotations would ordinarily be given by prime banks in the London interbank market for deposits in the Applicable Currency for value on the first day of the related Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Loan; provided, however, that if for any such Interest Period with respect to an Alternative Currency Loan, quotations would ordinarily be given on more than one date, the Interest Rate Determination Date shall be the last of those dates.
“Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum, rounded to the same number of decimal places as the relevant Reuters screen referenced under clauses (i)(A), (ii)(A) and (iii)(A) of the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate,” as applicable (such referenced rate, the “Screen Rate”), determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the applicable Screen Rate (for the longest period for which the applicable Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period and (b) the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which such Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the applicable Interest Rate Determination Date.
“Inventory” means, inclusively, all inventory as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York from time to time and all goods, merchandise and other personal property wherever located, now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of every kind or description which are held for sale or lease or which are furnished or to be furnished under a contract of service or are raw materials, work-in-process or materials used or consumed or to be used or consumed in the Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ businesses.
“Investment” means, as applied to any Person, (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by that Person of, or a beneficial interest in, Securities of any other Person, or a capital contribution by that Person to any other Person, (ii) any direct or indirect loan or advance by that person to any other Person (other than prepaid expenses or Accounts Receivable created or acquired in the ordinary course of business), including all Indebtedness of such Person arising from a sale of property by such first Person other than in the ordinary course of its business or (iii) any purchase by that Person of all or a significant part of the assets of a business conducted by another Person. The amount of any Investment by any Person on any date of determination shall be the sum of the acquisition price of the gross assets acquired by such Person (including the amount of any liability assumed in connection with the acquisition by such Person to the extent such liability would be reflected as a liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP) plus all additional capital contributions or purchase price and earnout adjustments (positive or negative) paid (or credited) in respect thereof, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment minus the amount of all cash returns of principal or capital thereon, cash dividends thereon and other cash returns on investment thereon or liabilities expressly assumed by another Person (other than the Borrower or another Subsidiary of the Borrower) in connection with the sale of such Investment. Whenever the term “outstanding” is used in this Agreement with reference to an Investment, it shall take into account the matters referred to in the preceding sentence.
“IRIC” means International Risk Insurance Company, a Utah corporation.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service, or any successor or analogous organization.
“Issuer” means the entity acting as issuer or similar funding vehicle under the relevant Receivables Documents.
“Joint Lead Arrangers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Tenth Amendment.
“Joint Venture” means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other similar legal arrangement (whether created by contract or conducted through a separate legal entity) now or hereafter formed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with another Person in order to conduct a common venture or enterprise with such Person.
“JPMCB” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its successors.
“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any Incremental Loan, any Refinancing Term Loan, any New Extended Term Loan or any New Extended Revolving Commitment, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
“LC Commission” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.9(e)(ii).
“LC Obligations” means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Assigned Dollar Value of the aggregate Stated Amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (ii) the Assigned Dollar Value of the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit which have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 2.9(c). The LC Obligation of any Revolving Lender at any time shall mean the Dollar Equivalent of its Pro Rata Share of the Assigned Dollar Value of the aggregate LC Obligations outstanding at such time.
“Lender” and “Lenders” have the respective meanings assigned to those terms in the introduction to this Agreement and shall include any Person that becomes a “Lender” in connection with the issuance of Additional Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii) or Incremental Loans pursuant to Section 2.13.
“Lender Default” means (i) the refusal (which has not been retracted) of a Lender (x) to make available its portion of any Borrowing when the conditions precedent thereto, in the determination of the Administrative Agent, have been met, or (y) to fund its portion of any unreimbursed payment under Section 2.9(d) or (ii) a Lender having notified in writing the Borrower and/or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its obligations under Section 2.1 or Section 2.9(d), as a result of any takeover of such Lender by any regulatory authority or agency.
“Lender Insolvency Event” means that (i) a Revolving 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 (ii) such Revolving 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 Revolving Lender or its Lender Parent Company, or such Revolving 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.
“Lender Parent Company” means, with respect to a Revolving Lender, the bank holding company (as defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y), if any, of such Revolving Lender, and/or any Person owning, beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares of such Revolving Lender.
“Lending Office” means, with respect to each Lender, the office specified under such Lender’ name on the administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date, or on the signature page to any Assignment and Assumption Agreement, with respect to each Type of Loan or such other office as such Lender may designate in writing from time to time to Borrower and Administrative Agent with respect thereto.
“Letter of Credit Payment” means, as applicable (i) all payments made by a Facing Agent pursuant to either a draft or demand for payment under a Letter of Credit or (ii) all payments by Revolving Lenders to a Facing Agent in respect thereof (whether or not in accordance with their Pro Rata Share).
“Letters of Credit” means, collectively, all Fifth Amendment Existing Letters of Credit, Commercial Letters of Credit, Standby Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees, in each case as issued pursuant to this Agreement, and “Letter of Credit” means any one of such Letters of Credit.
“Leverage Ratio” means, for any Test Period, the ratio of Consolidated Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.
“Lien” means (i) any judgment lien or execution, attachment, levy, distraint or similar legal process and (ii) any mortgages, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, security interest, encumbrance, lien, charge or deposit arrangement (other than a deposit to a Deposit Account in the ordinary course of business and not intended as security) of any kind (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof, any agreement to give any of the foregoing, or any sale of receivables with recourse against the seller or any Affiliate of the seller).
“Loan” means any 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loan, 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loan, Extended Term B Dollar Loan, Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loan, 2013 Additional Term Loan, 2013-1 Additional Term Loan, 2014-1 Additional Term Loan, Non-
Extended Term B Dollar Loan, 2016 Term B Loan, Term C Dollar Loan, Swing Line Loan or Revolving Loan, and “Loans” means all such Loans, collectively.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, each Letter of Credit, each Security Document, each Guaranty, any Refinancing Amendment, Incremental Amendment or New Extension Offer, the Eleventh Amendment Escrow Agreement and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed in connection therewith, in each case as the same may at any time be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in effect.
“XXX Claim Proceeds” means all insurance proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date in respect of the Port Xxxxxx Plant Fire.
“LPC” means Louisiana Pigment Company, and its successors and assigns.
“Majority Lenders” of any Facility means those Non-Defaulting Lenders which would constitute the Required Lenders under, and as defined in, this Agreement if all outstanding Obligations of other Facilities under this Agreement were repaid in full and all Commitments with respect thereto were terminated.
“Mandatory Cost” means the cost imputed to the Lender(s) of compliance with the mandatory liquid assets requirements of the Bank of England and/or the banking supervision or other costs of the Financial Services Authority or European Central Bank or any successor body exercising their functions in this respect as determined in accordance with Schedule 1.1(b).
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to perform its respective obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, or (iii) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Eleventh Amendment Escrow Agreement or any of the Security Documents or the material rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or and the Lenders hereunder or thereunder.
“Material Agreement” means (i) any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the breach of which or the failure to maintain would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Public Note Documents and (iii) any material Contractual Obligation entered into in connection with an Acquisition.
“Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower, the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of which were more than 2% of the Borrower’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of the end of the most recently completed Fiscal Year of the Borrower for which audited financial statements are available; provided that, in the event the aggregate of the Total Assets of all Subsidiaries that do not constitute Material Subsidiaries exceeds 5% of the Borrower’s Total Assets as of such date, the Borrower (or the Administrative Agent, in the event the Borrower has failed to do so within 10 days of request therefor by the Administrative Agent) shall, to the extent necessary, designate sufficient Subsidiaries to be deemed to be “Material Subsidiaries” to eliminate such excess, and such designated Subsidiaries shall thereafter constitute Material Subsidiaries. Assets of Foreign Subsidiaries shall be converted into Dollars
at the rates used for purposes of preparing the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower included in such audited financial statements.
“Maximum Commitment” means, when used with reference to any Lender, the aggregate of such Lender’s Term Commitments and Revolving Commitment in the amounts not to exceed those set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto, subject to reduction from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Minimum Borrowing Amount” means, with respect to (i) Base Rate Loans, $3,000,000, (ii) with respect to Eurocurrency Loans, $5,000,000, in the case of a Borrowing in Dollars, £2,000,000, in the case of a Borrowing in Sterling, and €5,000,000, in the case of a Borrowing in Euros and (iii) with respect to Swing Line Loans, $500,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof in an Alternative Currency (or such other amount as the Swing Line Lender may agree.)
“Minimum Extension Condition” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(b).
“Minimum Floor Amount” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.23(a)(i).
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Mortgages” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(e)(i) and shall also include any mortgage or similar documents executed pursuant to Section 7.11.
“Mortgage Policies” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(e)(ii).
“Mortgaged Property” means the owned or leased real property subject to a Mortgage as indicated on Schedule 6.21(c) and shall also include any owned or leased real property subject to a Mortgage pursuant to Section 7.11.
“Most Recent Leverage Ratio” means, at any date, the Leverage Ratio for the Test Period ending as of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.1; provided, however, that if the Borrower fails to deliver such financial statements as required by Section 7.1 and further fails to remedy such default within five days of notice thereof from the Administrative Agent, then, without prejudice to any other rights of any Lender hereunder, the Most Recent Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be the highest level as of the date such financial statements were required to be delivered under Section 7.1. The Most Recent Leverage Ratio for the period from the Closing Date to the first date on which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.1 shall be deemed to be 3.0 to 1.0.
“Most Recent Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, at any date, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio for the Test Period ending as of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.1; provided, however, that if the Borrower fails to deliver such financial statements as required by
Section 7.1 and further fails to remedy such default within five days of notice thereof from the Administrative Agent, then, without prejudice to any other rights of any Lender hereunder, the Most Recent Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be the highest level as of the date such financial statements were required to be delivered under Section 7.1. The Most Recent Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be greater than 2.25 to 1.0 for the period from the Third Amendment Effective Date to the earlier of (A) the date of delivery of the financial statements required by Section 7.1 and a Compliance Certificate with respect to the Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower ended September 30, 2007 or (B) the date three (3) Business Days following delivery by the Borrower of a certificate of a Responsible Financial Officer stating that (i) the US Commodity Business Sale has been consummated, (ii) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and (iii) certifying as to the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the US Commodity Business Sale and the repayment of any Indebtedness with the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom that has occurred by the date of such certificate.
“MP Group” has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of “Change of Control” in this Section 1.1.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any plan described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which contributions are or have, within the preceding six years, been made, or are or were, within the preceding six years, required to be made, by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or ERISA Affiliates of such Subsidiary.
“Net Equity Proceeds” means the cash proceeds received from (i) any capital contribution from any member of the Borrower or (ii) the issuance of Capital Stock of the Borrower (other than to a Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan), net of the actual liabilities for reasonably anticipated cash taxes in connection with such incurrence, if any, any underwriting, brokerage and other customary selling commissions incurred in connection with such incurrence, and reasonable legal, advisory and other fees and expenses, incurred in connection with such incurrence.
“Net Recovery Proceeds” means, with respect to any Recovery Event, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate cash payments received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower from such Recovery Event minus the direct costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith (including, without limitation, all legal fees and other professional fees) and minus any provision for taxes in respect thereof made in accordance with GAAP. Any proceeds, costs expenses or taxes denominated in a currency other than Dollars shall, for purposes of the calculation of the amount of Net Recovery Proceeds, be in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent thereof as of the date of receipt of such Net Recovery Proceeds by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Net Sale Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Disposition, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate cash payments received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower from such Asset Disposition (including, without limitation, cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to a note receivable, conversion of non-cash consideration, cash payments in respect of purchase price adjustments or otherwise, but only as and when such cash is received) minus the direct costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith (including in
the case of any Asset Disposition, the payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than hereunder) required to be repaid as a result of such Asset Disposition) and minus any provision for taxes in respect thereof made in accordance with GAAP. Any proceeds received in a currency other than Dollars shall, for purposes of the calculation of the amount of Net Sale Proceeds, be in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent thereof as of the date of receipt thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“New Extended Revolving Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(a).
“New Extended Revolving Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(a).
“New Extended Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(a) and shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, the 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans.
“New Extending Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(a) and shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, the 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Lenders.
“New Extension” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(a).
“New Extension Offer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(a).
“New Revolving Lender” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(a).
“Ninth Amendment” means the Ninth Amendment dated August 22, 2013 among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as the 2013-1 Additional Term Loan Lender.
“Ninth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in the Ninth Amendment.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means each Lender which is not a Defaulting Lender.
“Non-Extended Term B Dollar Lender” means any Lender which has made (or a portion thereof) a Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loan.
“Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loan” means an Existing Term B Dollar Loan that shall not have been converted to an “Extended Term B Dollar Loan” pursuant to the Sixth Amendment.
“Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loan Extension Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12(b).
“Non-Extended Term B Dollar Note” and “Non-Extended Term B Dollar Notes” have the meanings assigned to those terms in Section 2.2(a).
“Non-Extended Term B Loan Facility” means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans.
“Non-Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date” means April 19, 2014, as the same may be extended from time to time pursuant to Section 2.12; provided, that, if there shall occur a date (an “earlier date”) on which in excess of $100,000,000 of Public Notes which have not been repaid or refinanced with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in accordance with the terms of this Agreement is scheduled to come due within three months, “Non-Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date” means such earlier date.
“Non-Extended Term B Loan Trigger Date” means the 91st day prior to scheduled maturity date of the Non-Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date.
“Non-Extended Term B or Term C Percentage” means, at any time with respect to the Non-Extended Term B Loan Facility or the Term C Dollar Facility, as applicable, a fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate Assigned Dollar Value of all Loans under such Facility outstanding at such time and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate Assigned Dollar Value of all Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans and Term C Dollar Loans outstanding at such time.
“Non-Impaired Lender” means, at any time, any Revolving Lender which is not an Impaired Lender.
“Non-U.S. Participant” means any Lender that is not a United States person within the meaning of Code section 7701(a)(30).
“Note” means any of the Swing Line Notes, the Revolving Notes or the Term Notes and “Notes” means all of such Notes collectively.
“Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.5.
“Notice of Conversion or Continuation” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.6.
“Notice of Issuance” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.9(b).
“Notice of Revolving Commitment Increase” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(b).
“Notice Office” means the office of the Administrative Agent located at 0000 Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx (Facsimile No. 713-427-6307), or such other office as the Administrative Agent may designate to the Borrower and the Lenders from time to time.
“Obligations” means all liabilities and obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries now or hereafter arising under this Agreement and all of the other Loan Documents, whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses, indemnities or otherwise, and whether primary, secondary, direct, indirect, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including obligations of performance).
“Offered Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iv)(A).
“Offered Discount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iv)(A).
“Operating Financing Lease” means a lease of the type described in clause (xi) of the definition of “Indebtedness”.
“Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s memorandum, articles or certificate of incorporation, certificates of formation, bylaws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, joint venture agreement or other similar governing documents and any document setting forth the designation, amount and/or relative rights, limitations and preferences of any class or series of such Person’s Capital Stock.
“Other Debt” means any indebtedness of the Borrower other than (i) Indebtedness under the Revolving Facility and (ii) intercompany Indebtedness or Indebtedness owed to an Affiliate of the Borrower.
“Other Debt Refinancing” means the use of proceeds from borrowings under the 2014-1 Additional Term Facility to repay all or any portion of any Other Debt (and permanently reduce any corresponding commitments with respect thereto).
“Other Debt Refinancing Closing Date” means the date that the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 and Section 5.6 shall be satisfied; provided that such date shall not be later than the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans Termination Date; provided, further, that the Other Debt Refinancing Closing Date shall not occur if the Rockwood Acquisition is consummated.
“Other Hedging Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, commodity agreements, option contract, synthetic cap or other similar agreement other than an Interest Rate Agreement to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party.
“Overdraft Facility” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.2(b)(xii).
“Overdraft Reserve” means an amount, if any, equal to the amount by which Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 8.2(b)(xii) exceeds $60,000,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof).
“Parent Company” means each Person which owns, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the Voting Securities of the Borrower.
“Participants” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.8(b).
“Participating Lender” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.3(c)(iii)(B).
“Participating Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower or other entity formed as necessary or customary under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction that is a participant in a Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitization.
“Patriot Act” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.22(a).
“Payment Office” means (i) with respect to the Administrative Agent or the Swing Line Lender, for payments with respect to Dollar-denominated Loans, the address located at 0000 Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx (Facsimile No. 713-427-6307), or such other address as the Administrative Agent or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, may from time to time specify in accordance with Section 12.3 or (ii) with respect to the Administrative Agent or the Swing Line Lender, for payments in an Alternative Currency or with respect to a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, such account at such bank or office in London (or such other location) as the Administrative Agent or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, shall designate by notice to the Person required to make the relevant payment.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by Section 4002(a) of ERISA.
“Perfection Certificates” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(f).
“Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitization” means any receivables financing program providing for the sale, conveyance or contribution to capital of Receivables Facility Assets or interests therein by the Borrower and its Participating Subsidiaries to a Receivables Subsidiary in transactions purporting to be sales, which Receivables Subsidiary shall finance the purchase of such Receivables Facility Assets by the direct (or, to the extent approved by the Administrative Agent as evidenced by its written approval thereof, indirect) sale, transfer, conveyance, lien, grant of participation or other interest or pledge of such Receivables Facility Assets or interests therein to one or more limited purpose financing companies, special purpose entities, trusts and/or financial institutions, in each case, on a limited recourse basis as to the Borrower and the Participating Subsidiaries (except to the extent a limitation on recourse is not customary for similar transactions or is prohibited in the relevant jurisdiction); provided that any such transaction shall be consummated pursuant to documentation necessary or customary for such transactions in the relevant jurisdiction (or otherwise satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as evidenced by its written approval thereof) and shall provide for purchase price percentages reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Each of the Receivables Securitization Programs shall be considered a Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitization hereunder.
“Permitted Entrustment Loan Arrangement” means a coordinated credit-linked deposit and loan facility arranged in compliance with the laws of the People’s Republic of China pursuant to which a Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws of the People’s
Republic of China makes loans or advances to another Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower through the use of an intermediary financial institution in the People’s Republic of China.
“Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt” means any secured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of second-lien (or other junior lien) secured notes or second-lien (or other junior lien) secured loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness (x) is secured by the Collateral on a second-priority (or other junior priority) basis with the Obligations and (y) is not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature, have a shorter Weighted Average Life to Maturity than, or have scheduled amortization or scheduled payments of principal and is not subject to mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment or sinking fund obligation (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or casualty event and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, (iv) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiary Guarantors, (v) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to or otherwise be subject to the provisions of one or more intercreditor agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (vi) any mandatory or voluntary prepayments of Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt may not be made except to the extent that prepayments of the Term Loans and Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt are first made ratably, to the extent required hereunder or pursuant to the terms of such Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt, as the case may be. Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
“Permitted Liens” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.1.
“Permitted Non-Cash Impairment and Restructuring Charges” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, (i) the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges of such Person and its Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charges constituting an extraordinary item or loss or any such charge which requires an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period), (ii) cash charges taken after the Third Amendment Effective Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 and (iii) cash charges taken after the Rockwood Acquisition Closing Date and related to the Rockwood Acquisition in an aggregate amount not to exceed $130,000,000.
“Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt” means any secured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes or loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness (x) is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with the Obligations and (y) is not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, (iii) such Indebtedness has a maturity that is not earlier than, and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than, the Refinanced Term Debt, (iv) the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as the Collateral
Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (v) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiary Guarantors and (vi) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to or otherwise be subject to the provisions of one or more intercreditor agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
“Permitted Real Property Encumbrances” means (i) those liens, encumbrances and other matters affecting title to any Mortgaged Property listed in the applicable title policy in respect thereof (or any update thereto) and found, on the date of delivery of such title policy to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof, reasonably acceptable by the Administrative Agent, (ii) as to any particular real property at any time, such easements, encroachments, covenants, restrictions, rights of way, minor defects, irregularities or encumbrances on title which do not, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, materially impair such real property for the purpose for which it is held by the mortgagor or owner, as the case may be, thereof, or the Lien held by the Administrative Agent, (iii) municipal and zoning laws, regulations, codes and ordinances, which are not violated in any material respect by the existing improvements and the present use made by the mortgagor or owner, as the case may be, of such real property, (iv) general real estate taxes and assessments not yet delinquent, and (v) such other items as the Administrative Agent may consent to.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, any Indebtedness refinancing, extending, renewing or refunding such Indebtedness; provided, however, that any such refinancing Indebtedness shall (i) be issued by the same obligor as the Indebtedness being so refinanced (or by Huntsman Corporation or a Parent Company) and be on terms, taken as a whole, not more restrictive than the terms of the documents governing the Indebtedness being so refinanced; (ii) if the Indebtedness being so refinanced is subordinated to the Obligations, be subordinated to the Obligations on substantially the same terms (or on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders) as Indebtedness being so refinanced; (iii) be in a principal amount (as determined as of the date of the incurrence of such refinancing Indebtedness in accordance with GAAP) not exceeding the principal amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced on such date plus any call premiums, prepayment fees, costs and expenses paid in connection with such refinancing; (iv) not have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity less than the Indebtedness being refinanced; (v) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is Public Notes, be unsecured Indebtedness maturing no earlier than the then latest Term Maturity Date; and (vi) be upon terms and subject to documentation which is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to the Administrative Agent.
“Permitted Technology Licenses” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.3(f) of this Agreement.
“Permitted Unconsolidated Ventures” means an Investment in a Person not constituting a Subsidiary of the Borrower which Person is not engaged in any business other than that permitted under Section 8.9 for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
“Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt” means any unsecured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or
more series of unsecured notes or loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature or have scheduled amortization prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or casualty event and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (iv) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiary Guarantors and (v) any mandatory or voluntary prepayments of Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt may not be made except to the extent that prepayments of the Term Loans, Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt and Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt are first made ratably, to the extent required hereunder or pursuant to the terms of such Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt and Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt, as the case may be. Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
“Person” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, Governmental Authority or other entity of any kind.
“Plan” means any plan described in Section 4021(a) of ERISA and not excluded pursuant to Section 4021(b) thereof, which is or has, within the preceding six years, been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or have, within the preceding six years, been made, by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliates of such Subsidiary, but not including any Multiemployer Plan.
“Plan Administrator” has the meaning assigned to the term “administrator” in Section 3(16)(A) of ERISA.
“Plan Sponsor” has the meaning assigned to the term “plan sponsor” in Section 3(16)(B) of ERISA.
“Pledge Agreement” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(c) of this Agreement.
“Pledged Receivables Subsidiary Notes” means the subordinated notes of the Receivables Subsidiary, if any, issued to the Borrower or any Participating Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitization, which subordinated notes are pledged pursuant to the Receivables Subsidiary Pledge Agreement.
“Pledged Receivables Subsidiary Stock” means all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Receivables Subsidiary, which shares are pledged pursuant to the Receivables Subsidiary Pledge Agreement.
“Pledged Securities” means, collectively, “Pledged Securities” as defined in the Collateral Security Agreement or any other pledged securities under any Security Document.
“Port Xxxxxx Fire Add Back” means, for any period that includes any Fiscal Quarter ending after December 31, 2006 and on or before December 31, 2007, the sum of (i) an
amount not to exceed $50,000,000 per Fiscal Quarter (provided, that any excess above $50,000,000 may be carried forward to the next Fiscal Quarter) ending after December 31, 2006 and on or before December 31, 2007 included in such period (and $0 for each Fiscal Quarter that ends thereafter included in such period), equal to the net business interruption losses (calculated in accordance with GAAP) for the applicable period, including the retained portion of any business interruption claims that relate to the Port Xxxxxx Plant Fire and that are, or are expected to be, the subject of insurance claims by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries but only to the extent such claims have not been denied and have been, or in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, are likely to be, paid by the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ insurance carriers or represent the retained portion of any business interruption claims pertaining to the deductible plus (ii) to the extent (A) deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period and (B) such charges are, or are expected to be, the subject of insurance claims by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries but only to the extent such claims have not been denied and have been, or in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, are likely to be, paid by the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ insurance carriers or represent the retained portion of any physical property insurance claims pertaining to the deductible, any charges payable in cash for the maintenance or repair of property damaged in the Port Xxxxxx Plant Fire to the extent of such damage. The Port Xxxxxx Fire Add Back shall be set forth on the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.2(b) for each Fiscal Quarter ending after December 31, 2006 and on or before September 30, 2008, and the Borrower shall, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, deliver such detailed computations as are necessary to support such amount.
“Port Xxxxxx Fire Insurance Income” means, for any period, the amount of income of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for such period (as determined in accordance with GAAP) related to insurance proceeds received or expected to be received as a result of the Port Xxxxxx Plant Fire, including, without limitation, any related (i) payments in respect of claims on policies related to business interruption insurance during such period, (ii) physical property insurance proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such period and (iii) accruals for expected insurance income recoveries during such period.
“Port Xxxxxx Plant Fire” means the fire that occurred at the Borrower’s Port Xxxxxx, Texas olefins manufacturing plant on or about April 29, 2006.
“Pro Forma Basis” means, (a) with respect to the preparation of a pro forma financial statement for any purpose relating to an Acquisition or for calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for any period, a pro forma financial statement or calculation prepared on the basis that (i) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with such Acquisition was incurred or assumed on the first day of the applicable period, (ii) if such Indebtedness bears a floating interest rate, such interest shall be paid over such period at the rate in effect on the date of such Acquisition, and (iii) all income and expense associated with the assets or entity acquired in connection with such Acquisition for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period for which such income and expense amounts are available shall be treated as being earned or incurred by Borrower over the applicable period on a pro forma basis without giving effect to any cost savings other than, to the extent desired to be included by the Borrower, Pro Forma Cost Savings, (b) with respect to the preparation of a pro forma financial statement for any purpose relating to an Asset Disposition or for calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, a pro forma financial statement or calculation prepared on the basis that (i) any Indebtedness prepaid out of
the proceeds of such Asset Disposition shall be deemed to have been prepaid as of the first day of the applicable period, and (ii) all income and expense (other than such expenses as the Borrower, in good faith, estimates will not be reduced or eliminated as a consequence of such Asset Disposition) associated with the assets or entity disposed of in connection with such Asset Disposition shall be deemed to have been eliminated as of the first day of the applicable period and (c) with respect to the preparation of a pro forma financial statement for any purpose relating to an incurrence of Indebtedness or the making of any payment (or any repayment), or both, a pro forma financial statement or calculation prepared on the basis that (i) such Indebtedness incurred was incurred or such payment (or repayment) was made on the first day of the applicable period and (ii) if such Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, such interest was paid over such period at the rate in effect on the date of incurrence of such Indebtedness. For the avoidance of doubt, for the purpose of determining any financial ratio hereunder on a “Pro Forma Basis” for any period (the “Subject Period”), any Acquisition, Asset Disposition, incurrence of Indebtedness or payment (or repayment) made at any time during the period commencing after the last day of the Subject Period through and including the date that such determination is required to be made, shall be taken into account for purposes of this definition.
“Pro Forma Cost Savings” means, with respect to the determination of Consolidated Net Income on a Pro Forma Basis, such cost savings as would be permitted pursuant to Rule 11.02 of Regulation S-X (assuming Regulation S-X applied to the acquisition in question), if prior to the consummation of any Acquisition permitted by Section 8.7(m), the Borrower’s certified public accountants shall have issued a comfort letter (in a manner consistent with example d of SAS 72) or shall have performed procedures agreed upon by the Borrower and Administrative Agent, in each case related to the determination of such Consolidated Net Income on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with the applicable accounting requirements of Rule 11.02 of Regulation S-X.
“Pro Rata Share” means, when used with reference to any Lender and any described aggregate or total amount of any Facility or Facilities, an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying such described aggregate or total amount by a fraction the numerator of which shall be such Lender’s Commitment with respect to such Facility or Facilities and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate Commitments outstanding for all Lenders or, if no Commitments are then outstanding, with respect to such Facility or Facilities such Lender’s aggregate Loans with respect to such Facility or Facilities to the total Loans outstanding hereunder with respect to such Facility or Facilities, and when used with reference to any Lender’s percent interest, such fraction, expressed as a percentage.
“Projections” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.5(e).
“Proposed Non-Extended Term B Extension Changes” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12(a).
“Public Note Documents” means the Senior Secured (2010) Note Documents, the Senior Note (2012) Documents, the Senior Subordinated Note (2013) Documents, the Senior Subordinated Note (2014) Documents, the Senior Subordinated Note (2015) Documents, the Senior Note (2016) Documents and all documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of any Public Notes.
“Public Notes” means the Senior Secured Notes (2010), the Senior Notes (2012), Senior Subordinated Notes (2013), the Senior Subordinated Notes (2014), the Senior Subordinated Notes (2015) and the Senior Notes (2016), in each case in the amounts outstanding on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, and any notes evidencing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of any of the foregoing.
“Qualifying Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iv)(C).
“Quarterly Payment Date” means each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year.
“Quoted Rate” means the rate of interest per annum with respect to a Swing Line Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency as determined by the Swing Line Lender at the time such Swing Line Loan is made to the Borrower.
“Receivables Documents” means all documentation relating to any receivables financing program providing for the sale of Receivables Facility Assets by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (whether or not to a Receivables Subsidiary) in transactions purporting to be sales and shall include the Receivables Securitization Program Documents.
“Receivables Facility Assets” means any Accounts Receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including without limitation (i) all collateral given by the respective account debtor or on its behalf (but not by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) securing such Accounts Receivable, (ii) all contracts and all guarantees (but not by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or other obligations directly related to such Accounts Receivable, (iii) other related assets and (iv) proceeds of all of the foregoing. Receivables Securitization Program Facility Assets shall be deemed to constitute Receivables Facility Assets.
“Receivables Facility Attributed Indebtedness”, at any time, means the aggregate Dollar Equivalent net outstanding amount theretofore paid, directly or indirectly, by a funding source in respect of the Receivables Facility Assets or interests therein sold, conveyed, contributed or transferred or pledged pursuant to the relevant Receivables Documents (including in connection with a Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitization) (it being the intent of the parties that the amount of Receivables Facility Attributed Indebtedness at any time outstanding approximate as closely as possible the principal amount of Indebtedness which would be outstanding at such time under the Receivables Documents if the same were structured as a secured lending agreement rather than an agreement providing for the sale, conveyance, contribution to capital, transfer or pledge of such Receivables Facility Assets or interests therein).
“Receivables Securitization Program Documents” means all documents and deliveries in connection with the Receivables Securitization Programs, as such documents may be amended or modified from time to time to the extent permitted under this Agreement.
“Receivables Securitization Program Facility Assets” means all “Receivables” and other “Receivable Assets” (as defined in the Receivables Securitization Program Loan
Agreements) of the Borrower and the Receivables Securitization Program Participating Subsidiaries.
“Receivables Securitization Program Loan Agreements” means, collectively, (i) that certain European Receivables Loan Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2009, among Huntsman Receivables Finance LLC, Vantico Group S.a x.x. (as successor to Huntsman (Europe) B.V.B.A.), the several entities party thereto as lenders, the several financial institutions party thereto as funding agents, Barclays Bank plc, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and (ii) that certain U.S. Receivables Loan Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2009, among Huntsman Receivables Finance II LLC, Vantico Group S.a x.x. (as successor to Huntsman (Europe) B.V.B.A.), the several entities party thereto as lenders, the several financial institutions party thereto as funding agents, the several commercial paper conduits party thereto as conduit lenders, the several financial institutions party thereto as committed lenders, Wachovia Bank National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent, each as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, or either such receivables loan agreement, as the context requires.
“Receivables Securitization Program Participating Subsidiaries” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower from time to time party to any of the Receivables Securitization Programs.
“Receivables Securitization Program Subsidiaries” means, collectively, (i) Huntsman Receivables Finance LLC and (ii) Huntsman Receivables Finance II LLC, each a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, or either such entity, as the context requires.
“Receivables Securitization Programs” means each of the receivables financing programs providing for the sale, contribution or other transfer of Receivables Securitization Program Facility Assets pursuant to the relevant Receivables Securitization Program Documents by the Borrower and/or the Receivables Securitization Program Participating Subsidiaries to the relevant Receivables Securitization Program Subsidiary(directly or through the Borrower, another Receivables Securitization Program Participating Subsidiary or a financial institution) in which the Borrower and/or the Receivables Securitization Program Subsidiaries shall finance the purchase of such Receivables Securitization Program Facility Assets by the sale, transfer, conveyance, lien, grant of a participation or other interest or pledge of such Receivables Securitization Program Facility Assets directly or indirectly to one or more limited purpose financing companies, special purpose entities and/or financial institutions, in each case, on a limited recourse basis as to the Borrower and the Receivables Securitization Program Participating Subsidiaries.
“Receivables Subsidiary” means a special purpose, bankruptcy remote Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower which may be formed for the sole and exclusive purpose of engaging in activities in connection with the purchase, sale and financing of Accounts Receivable in connection with and pursuant to one or more Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitizations; provided, however, that if the law of a jurisdiction in which the Borrower proposes to create a Receivables Subsidiary does not provide for the creation of a bankruptcy remote entity that is acceptable to the Borrower or requires the formation of one or more
additional entities (whether or not Subsidiaries of the Borrower), the Administrative Agent may in its discretion permit the Borrower to form such other type of entity in such jurisdiction to serve as a Receivables Subsidiary as is necessary or customary for similar transactions in such jurisdiction. Each of the Receivables Securitization Program Subsidiaries shall be considered a Receivables Subsidiary hereunder.
“Receivables Subsidiary Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement, Collateral Security Agreement and/or such other pledge or security agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which the Borrower or a Participating Subsidiary pledges the Pledged Receivables Subsidiary Stock and the Pledged Receivables Subsidiary Notes to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders to secure the “Secured Obligations” described in the Pledge Agreement or the Collateral Security Agreement, as applicable.
“Recovery Event” means the receipt by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any insurance or condemnation proceeds payable (i) by reason of any theft, physical destruction or damage or any other similar event with respect to any properties or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) by reason of any condemnation, taking, seizing or similar event with respect to any properties or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii) under any policy of insurance required to be maintained under Section 7.8 provided, however, that in no event shall payments made under business interruption insurance constitute a Recovery Event.
“Refinanced Facility Debt” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.23(a).
“Refinanced Term Debt” has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”.
“Refinancing Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower executed by each of (a) the Borrower, (b) the Administrative Agent and (c) each Additional Lender and Lender that agrees to provide any portion of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness being incurred pursuant thereto, in accordance with Section 2.14.
“Refinancing Term Loans” means one or more Classes of Term Loans that result from a Refinancing Amendment. For the avoidance of doubt, the 2016 Term B Loans shall constitute Refinancing Term Loans.
“Refunded Swing Line Loans” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.1(c)(ii).
“Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act, substantially identical notes (having the same Guarantees) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing reserve requirements.
“Related Fund” means, with respect to any Lender which is a Fund, any other Fund that is administered or managed by the same investment advisor of such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, dumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, escape, leaching or migration into the indoor or outdoor environment, including the movement of Contaminants through or in the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
“Relevant AIY Reference Tranche” means the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans (as in effect on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date), or, if the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans Termination Date occurs, the Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans (as in effect on the Tenth Amendment Effective Date).
“Remedial Action” means actions required to (i) clean up, remove, treat or in any other way address Contaminants in the indoor or outdoor environment; (ii) prevent, minimize or otherwise address the Release or substantial threat of a material Release of Contaminants so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment; or (iii) perform pre-response or post-response studies and investigations and post-response monitoring and care or any other studies, reports or investigations relating to Contaminants.
“Replaced Lender” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.7.
“Replacement Lender” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.7.
“Reportable Event” means a “reportable event” described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or in the regulations thereunder with respect to a Plan other than a reportable event for which the 30 day notice requirement to the PBGC has been waived, any event requiring disclosure under Section 4063(a) or 4062(e) of ERISA, receipt of a notice of withdrawal liability with respect to a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA or receipt of a notice of reorganization or insolvency with respect to a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4242 or 4245 of ERISA.
“Repricing Transaction” means (x) the prepayment (whether with cash or through a conversion or exchange) of all or a portion of the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans, of the 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans or of the 2016 Term B Loans, as the case may be, with the incurrence of any secured term loans having an RT All-In Yield that is less than the RT All-In Yield of the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans, of the 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans or of the 2016 Term B Loans, as applicable, or (y) an amendment to this Agreement that causes the RT All-In Yield of the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans, of the 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans or of the 2016 Term B Loans, as the case may be, to be lowered, in the case of each of clauses (x) and (y), so long as the primary purpose of such prepayment or amendment is to lower the RT All-In Yield applicable to the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans, to the 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans or to the 2016 Term B Loans, as applicable, and, in each case, such prepayment or amendment is not consummated in connection with a Change of Control or the financing of an acquisition not otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents.
“Required Lenders” means Non-Defaulting Lenders the sum of whose outstanding Term Loans and Revolving Commitments (or, after the Total Revolving Commitment has been terminated, the Assigned Dollar Value of outstanding Revolving Loans and the Assigned Dollar Value of LC Obligations) constitute greater than 50% of the sum of (i) the total outstanding Dollar Equivalent amount of Term Loans of Non-Defaulting Lenders and (ii) the Total Revolving Commitment less the aggregate Revolving Commitments of Defaulting Lenders (or, after the Total Revolving Commitment has been terminated, the total Assigned Dollar Value of outstanding Revolving Loans of Non-Defaulting Lenders and the aggregate Pro Rata Share of all Non-Defaulting Lenders of the total Assigned Dollar Value of outstanding LC Obligations at such time).
“Required Note Offer Amount Proceeds” means (i) with respect to any Asset Disposition, the amount of any Net Sale Proceeds which would be required by the terms of the Senior Secured Notes (2010) Indenture to be applied to offer to purchase Senior Secured Notes (2010) and (ii) with respect to any Recovery Event, any Net Recovery Proceeds which would be required by the terms of the Senior Secured Notes (2010) Indenture to offer to purchase Senior Secured Notes (2010); in each case (x) including amounts which are required under the terms of the Senior Secured Notes (2010) Indenture to be accumulated to make such an offer, (y) assuming no reinvestment of such proceeds or expenditure of such proceeds to purchase replacement properties or assets and (z) after giving effect to any prepayment of Loans to the maximum extent permitted by the Senior Secured Notes (2010) Indenture without requiring an offer to repurchase Senior Secured Notes (2010).
“Required Sum” means, for any day, the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes (2016) (in the case of the definition of Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date), Existing Senior Notes (in the case of clause (A) of the definition of 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date), 2020 Senior Subordinated Notes (in the case of clause (B) of the definition of 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date) or 2021 Senior Subordinated Notes (in the case of clause (C) of the definition of 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date), outstanding on such day plus (y) $200,000,000.
“Requirement of Law” means, as to any Person, any law (including common law), treaty, rule or regulation or judgment, decree, determination or award of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, including without limitation, any Environmental Law, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Resigning Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 11.9(h).
“Responsible Financial Officer” means, as to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, a financial vice president, controller, manager (in the case of a limited liability company) having responsibility for financial matters, treasurer or assistant treasurer of such Person.
“Responsible Officer” means, as to any Person, any of the chairman or vice chairman of the board of directors, the president, any executive vice president, the vice
president-controller, any vice president, manager (in the case of a limited liability company) or any Responsible Financial Officer of such Person.
“Restricted Payment” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.4(a).
“Revolver Event of Default” means any Event of Default under Section 10.1(c) as a result of the Borrower failing to be in compliance with Section 9.1.
“Revolver Termination Date” means (x) with respect to the 2016 Non-Extended Revolving Loans and the 2016 Non-Extended Revolving Commitments, the 2016 Non-Extended Revolving Loan Stated Termination Date or such earlier date as the 2016 Non-Extended Revolving Commitments or the Total Revolving Commitments, as the case may be, shall have been terminated or otherwise reduced to $0 pursuant to this Agreement and (y) with respect to the 2016 Extended Revolving Loans and the 2016 Extended Revolving Commitments, the 2016 Extended Revolving Loan Stated Termination Date or such earlier date as the 2016 Extended Revolving Commitments or the Total Revolving Commitments, as the case may be, shall have been terminated or otherwise reduced to $0 pursuant to this Agreement.
“Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, the obligation of such Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and participate in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement, which commitment as of the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date is the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto under the caption “Revolving Commitments”, as the same may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof and “Revolving Commitments” means such commitments collectively, which commitments will not exceed $650,000,000 in the aggregate. The Revolving Commitments shall include the 2016 Extended Revolving Commitments and the 2016 Non-Extended Revolving Commitments, or either of them, as the context may require.
“Revolving Commitment Increase” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(a).
“Revolving Commitment Increase Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(a).
“Revolving Facility” means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans.
“Revolving Lender” means any Lender which has a Revolving Commitment or is owed a Revolving Loan (or a portion thereof). The Revolving Lenders shall include the 2016 Extended Revolving Lenders and the 2016 Non-Extended Revolving Lenders, or either of them, as the context may require.
“Revolving Loan” and “Revolving Loans” have the meanings given in Section 2.1(b)(i). The Revolving Loans shall include the 2016 Extended Revolving Loans and the 2016 Non-Extended Revolving Loans, or either of them, as the context may require.
“Revolving Note” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.2(a).
“Rockwood Acquisition” means the acquisition from the Seller of the Companies pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement.
“Rockwood Acquisition Closing Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.5.
“Rockwood Acquisition-Related Purposes” means the use of proceeds of Borrowings (including, without limitation, proceeds of the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans which are released from escrow pursuant to the Eleventh Amendment Escrow Agreement on the Eleventh Amendment Release Date) to pay fees, costs and expenses in connection with the Transactions (including, without limitation, upfront fees or original issue discount payable in connection with the 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Facility and the 2014 Revolving Commitment Increase and arising from the exercise of the market flex provisions of the Tenth Amendment Fee Letter).
“RT All-In Yield” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, the yield thereof determined by taking into account the following: (a) the interest margin thereon, (b) any Eurocurrency Rate or Base Rate “floor” applicable thereto, (c) OID or upfront fees (which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of OID) payable for the account of the lenders thereof (with OID being equated to interest based on an assumed four year life to maturity), and (d) customary arrangement, structuring or similar fees payable to the Joint Lead Arrangers (or their Affiliates) in connection with such Indebtedness or to one or more arrangers (or their Affiliates) of such Indebtedness shall be excluded.
“Rubicon” means Rubicon Inc., and its successors and assigns.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, a division of the XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby a seller or transferor shall sell or otherwise transfer any real or personal property and then or thereafter lease, or repurchase under an extended purchase contract, conditional sales or other title retention agreement, the same or similar property.
“Scheduled 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Repayments” means, with respect to the principal payments on the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans for each date set forth below, the principal payment on the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans set forth opposite such date:
Scheduled 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Repayments
Date |
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Principal Payment |
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December 31, 2014 |
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If the Eleventh Amendment Release Date is prior to September 30, 2014, 0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date |
Date |
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Principal Payment | |
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March 31, 2015 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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June 30, 2015 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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September 30, 2015 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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December 31, 2015 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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March 31, 2016 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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June 30, 2016 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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September 30, 2016 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
December 31, 2016 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
March 31, 2017 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment | |
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Date |
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Principal Payment | |
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| |
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Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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June 30, 2017 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
September 30, 2017 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
December 31, 2017 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
March 31, 2018 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
June 30, 2018 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
September 30, 2018 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
December 31, 2018 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
March 31, 2019 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
June 30, 2019 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional | |
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Date |
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Principal Payment | |
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| |
|
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Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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September 30, 2019 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
December 31, 2019 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
March 31, 2020 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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June 30, 2020 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
September 30, 2020 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
December 31, 2020 |
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If the 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date is after December 31, 2020, 0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
March 31, 2021 |
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If the 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date is after March 31, 2020, 0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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June 30, 2021 |
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If the 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date is after June 30, 2021, 0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh | |
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Date |
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Principal Payment | |
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| |
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Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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September 30, 2021 |
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If the 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date is after September 30, 2021, 0.25% of the principal amount of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans funded on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date and the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date | |
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| |
2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date |
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100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans outstanding on the 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date | |
“Scheduled 2015 Extended Term B Loan Repayments” means, with respect to the principal payments on the 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans for each date set forth below, the principal payment on the 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans set forth opposite such date:
Scheduled 2015 Extended Term B Loan Repayments
Date |
|
Principal Payment |
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|
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March 31, 2016 |
|
$7,734,536.56 |
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March 31, 2017 |
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$7,734,536.56 |
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March 31, 2018 |
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$7,734,536.56 |
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|
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2015 Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date |
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100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2015 Extended Term B Loans outstanding on the 2015 Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date |
“Scheduled 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loan Repayments” means, (x) with respect to the principal payments on the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans (other than 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loans constituting Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans) for each date set forth below, the principal payment on the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans (other than 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loans constituting Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans) set forth opposite such date and (y) with respect to the principal payments on the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loans constituting Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans, for each date set forth below, the principal payment on the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loans constituting Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans set forth opposite such date:
Scheduled 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loan Repayments (other than 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loans constituting Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans)
Date |
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Principal Payment |
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March 31, 2016 |
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$3,231,814.09 |
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2015 Non-Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date |
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100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loans (other than 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loans constituting Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans) outstanding on the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date |
Scheduled 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loan Repayments (2015 Non-Extended Term B Loans constituting Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans)
Date |
|
Principal Payment |
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March 31, 2016 |
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$1,979,268.44 |
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2015 Non-Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date |
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100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loans constituting Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans outstanding on the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date |
“Scheduled 2016 Term B Loan Repayments” means, with respect to the principal payments on the 2016 Term B Loans for each date set forth below, the principal payment on the 2016 Term B Loans set forth opposite such date:
Scheduled 2016 Term B Loan Repayments
Date |
|
Principal Payment |
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|
|
June 30, 2016 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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September 30, 2016 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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Date |
|
Principal Payment |
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|
|
December 31, 2016 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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|
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March 31, 2017 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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June 30, 2017 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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September 30, 2017 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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December 31, 2017 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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March 31, 2018 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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June 30, 2018 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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September 30, 2018 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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December 31, 2018 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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March 31, 2019 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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June 30, 2019 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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September 30, 2019 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
|
|
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December 31, 2019 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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|
March 31, 2020 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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|
|
Date |
|
Principal Payment |
|
|
|
June 30, 2020 |
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0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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September 30, 2020 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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|
|
December 31, 2020 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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|
March 31, 2021 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
|
|
|
June 30, 2021 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
|
|
|
September 30, 2021 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
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|
|
December 31, 2021 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
|
|
|
March 31, 2022 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
|
|
|
June 30, 2022 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
|
|
|
September 30, 2022 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
|
|
|
December 31, 2022 |
|
0.25% of the principal amount of 2016 Term B Loans funded on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date |
|
|
|
2016 Term B Loan Maturity Date |
|
100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2016 Term B Loans outstanding on the 2016 Term B Loan Maturity Date |
“Scheduled Term C Dollar Repayments” means, with respect to the principal payments on the Term C Dollar Loans for each date set forth below, that percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term C Dollar Loans on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date set forth opposite thereto:
Term C Dollar Repayments
Date |
|
Principal Payment |
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|
|
March 31, 2012 |
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1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date |
|
|
|
March 31, 2013 |
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1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date |
|
|
|
March 31, 2014 |
|
1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date |
|
|
|
March 31, 2015 |
|
1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date |
|
|
|
March 31, 2016 |
|
1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date |
|
|
|
Term C Loan Maturity Date |
|
100% of the aggregate principal amount of Term C Dollar Loans outstanding on the Term C Loan Maturity Date. |
“Scheduled Term Repayments” means (a) for the 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans, the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans, the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, the 2016 Term B Loans or the Term C Dollar Loans, the scheduled principal payments set forth in the definition of Scheduled 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Repayments, Scheduled 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Repayments, Scheduled 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Repayments, Scheduled 2016 Term B Loan Repayments or Scheduled Term C Dollar Repayments, as applicable, and (b) for the Term Loans, the sum of the scheduled principal payments set forth in the definitions of Scheduled 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Repayments, Scheduled 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Repayments, Scheduled 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Repayments, Scheduled 2016 Term B Loan Repayments and Scheduled Term C Dollar Repayments.
“Screen Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term under the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
“Secured Parties” has the meaning provided in the respective Security Documents to the extent defined therein and shall include any Person who is granted a security interest pursuant to any Loan Document.
“Securities” means any stock, shares, voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, options, warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any
certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of the 1933, as amended.
“Security Documents” means, collectively the Collateral Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages, the UK Security Documents and all other agreements, assignments, security agreements, instruments and documents executed in connection therewith, in each case as the same may at any time be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Security Documents” shall also include all guaranties, mortgagees, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, subordination agreements and other collateral documents and any reaffirmation of the foregoing in the nature thereof entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower on and after the Closing Date in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in satisfaction of the requirements of this Agreement.
“Seller” means Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Senior Note (2012) Documents” means the Senior Notes (2012), the Senior Notes (2012) Indenture and all other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the Senior Notes (2012).
“Senior Note (2016) Documents” means the Senior Notes (2016), the Senior Notes (2016) Indenture and all other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the Senior Notes (2016).
“Senior Notes (2012)” means those certain 11-1/2% senior notes due July 15, 2012 issued pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes (2012) Indenture.
“Senior Notes (2012) Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of June 22, 2004 among the Borrower (as successor to Huntsman LLC), the guarantors named therein and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as trustee (as the same may be amended in compliance with this Agreement, including pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 11, 2005) and any supplemental indenture or additional indenture to be entered into with respect to the Senior Notes (2012) to the extent permitted under Section 8.11.
“Senior Notes (2016)” means those certain 5-1/2% senior notes due 2016 issued pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes (2016) Indenture.
“Senior Notes (2016) Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of July 6, 2009 among the Borrower, the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee (as the same may be amended in compliance with this Agreement) and any supplemental indenture or additional indenture to be entered into with respect to the Senior Notes (2016) to the extent permitted under Section 8.11.
“Senior Notes (2016) Maturity Date” means the scheduled maturity date of the Senior Notes (2016).
“Senior Notes (2016) Trigger Date” means the 91st day prior to scheduled maturity date of the Senior Notes (2016).
“Senior Representative” means, with respect to any series of Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt, Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt or other series of secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under the indenture or agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or otherwise obtained, as the case may be, and each of their successors in such capacities.
“Senior Secured (2010) Note Documents” means the Senior Secured Notes (2010), the Senior Secured Notes (2010) Indenture and all other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the Senior Secured Notes (2010).
“Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Debt that is either (x) secured by any Lien or (y) is Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the type referred to in clause (x) of the definition of such term (other than any such Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries that are not secured by Liens) to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarters for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.1; provided, that the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans shall not be considered Indebtedness prior to the Eleventh Amendment Release Date for the purposes of calculating the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio under Section 9.1.
“Senior Secured Notes (2010)” means those certain 11-5/8% senior secured notes due October 15, 2010 issued pursuant to the terms of the Senior Secured Notes (2010) Indenture, and secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations.
“Senior Secured Notes (2010) Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of September 30, 2003 among the Borrower (as successor to Huntsman LLC), the guarantors named therein and HSBC Bank USA, National Association (as successor to HSBC Bank USA), as trustee (as the same may be amended in compliance with this Agreement, including pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 13, 2005) and any supplemental indenture or additional indenture to be entered into with respect to the Senior Secured Notes (2010) to the extent permitted under Section 8.11.
“Senior Subordinated Note (2013) Documents” means the Senior Subordinated Notes (2013), the Senior Subordinated Notes (2013/2014) Indenture and all other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the Senior Subordinated Notes (2013).
“Senior Subordinated Notes (2013)” means those certain 6-7/8% senior subordinated notes due November 2013 issued by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Senior Subordinated Notes (2013/2014) Indenture.
“Senior Subordinated Notes (2013/2014) Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of November 13, 2006 among the Borrower, the guarantors named therein and Xxxxx Fargo, National Association, as trustee (as the same may be amended in compliance with this Agreement, including pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture dated February 2007) and any
supplemental indenture or additional indenture to be entered into with respect to the Senior Subordinated Notes (2013) or the Senior Subordinated Notes (2014) to the extent permitted under Section 8.11.
“Senior Subordinated Note (2014) Documents” means the Senior Subordinated Notes (2014), the Senior Subordinated Notes (2013/2014) Indenture and all other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the Senior Subordinated Notes (2014).
“Senior Subordinated Note (2015) Documents” means the Senior Subordinated Notes (2015), the Senior Subordinated Notes (2015) Indenture and all other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the Senior Subordinated Notes (2015).
“Senior Subordinated Notes (2014)” means those certain 7-7/8% senior subordinated notes due November 2014 issued by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Senior Subordinated Notes (2013/2014) Indenture.
“Senior Subordinated Notes (2015)” shall mean (i) those certain 7-3/8% senior subordinated notes due January 1, 2015 denominated in Dollars issued by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Senior Subordinated Notes (2015) Indenture and (ii) those certain 7-1/2% senior subordinated notes due January 1, 2015 denominated in Euros issued by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Senior Subordinated Notes (2015) Indenture.
“Senior Subordinated Notes (2015) Indenture” shall mean that certain Indenture dated as of December 17, 2004 among the Borrower, the guarantors named therein and Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as trustee (as the same may be amended in compliance with this Agreement) and any supplemental indenture or additional indenture to be entered into with respect to the Senior Subordinated Notes (2015) to the extent permitted under Section 8.11.
“Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has an Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loan at such time.
“Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loan” means a Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loan immediately prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date that has been converted to a Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loan on the Seventh Amendment Effective Date. For the avoidance of doubt, from and after the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date the Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans shall constitute either 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans or 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, as applicable.
“Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Note” and “Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Notes” have the meanings assigned to those terms in Section 2.2(a).
“Series 2 Extended Term B Loan Facility” means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans.
“Seventh Amendment” means the Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement dated March 6, 2012.
“Seventh Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Seventh Amendment.
“Sixth Amendment” shall mean the Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 7, 2011 among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Sixth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Sixth Amendment.
“Solicited Discount Proration” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iv)(C).
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iv)(A).
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice” means a written notice of the Borrower of Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers made pursuant to Section 4.3(c)(iv) substantially in the form of Exhibit 4.3(c)-C.
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer” means the irrevocable written offer by each Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit 4.3(c)-D, submitted following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice.
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iv)(A).
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, when used with respect to (i) any Person (other than subject to clause (ii)), that (x) the fair saleable value of its assets is in excess of the total amount of its liabilities (including for purposes of this definition all liabilities, whether or not reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and whether direct or indirect, fixed or contingent, disputed or undisputed), (y) it is able to pay its debts or obligations in the ordinary course as they mature and (z) it has capital sufficient to carry on its business and all business in which it is about to engage and (ii) for any Person other than a Domestic Subsidiary, such Person has the ability to pay its debts as and when they fall due and could not be deemed to be insolvent for the purposes of the law of such Person’s jurisdiction of formation. For purposes of Section 6.5(b) “debt” means any liability on a claim, and “claim” means (A) any right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, or unsecured (including all obligations, if any, under any Plan or the equivalent for unfunded past service liability, and any other unfunded medical and death benefits) or (B) any right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured. In computing the amount of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, 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 Discount” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.3(c)(ii)(A).
“Specified Discount Prepayment Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(ii)(A).
“Specified Discount Prepayment Notice” means a written notice of the Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment made pursuant to Section 4.3(c)(ii) substantially in the form of Exhibit 4.3(c)-E.
“Specified Discount Prepayment Response” means the irrevocable written response by each Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit 4.3(c)-F, to a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice.
“Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.3(c)(ii)(A).
“Specified Discount Proration” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(ii)(C).
“Specified Representations” means those representations and warranties made by the Borrower in Sections 6.1 (with respect to clause (i) only), 6.2, 6.3 (with respect to clauses (i) and (iii) only), 6.5(b) (with respect to the second sentence only), 6.8(d), 6.15, 6.21, 6.22 and 6.23.
“Spot Rate” means, for any currency at any date, the rate quoted in Bloomberg World Currency Value as the spot rate for the purchase of such currency with another currency on the applicable determination date.
“Standby Letters of Credit” means any of the irrevocable standby letters of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement, in form acceptable to the Facing Agent issuing such standby letters of credit, together with any increases or decreases in the Stated Amount thereof and any renewals, amendments and/or extensions thereof.
“Stated Amount” or “Stated Amounts” means, (i) with respect to any Letter of Credit issued in Dollars, the stated or face amount of such Letter of Credit to the extent available at the time for drawing (subject to presentment of all requisite documents), and (ii) with respect to any Letter of Credit issued in any currency other than Dollars, the Assigned Dollar Value of the stated or face amount of such Letter of Credit to the extent available at the time for drawing (subject to presentment of all requisite documents), in either case, as the same may be increased or decreased from time to time in accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit. For purposes of calculating the Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit at any time:
(A) any increase in the Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit by reason of any amendment to any Letter of Credit shall be deemed
effective under this Agreement as of the date the relevant Facing Agent actually issues an amendment purporting to increase the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit, whether or not such Facing Agent receives the consent of the Letter of Credit beneficiary or beneficiaries to the amendment, except that if the Borrower has required that the increase in Stated Amount be given effect as of an earlier date and such Facing Agent issues an amendment to that effect, then such increase in Stated Amount shall be deemed effective under this Agreement as of such earlier date requested by the Borrower; and
(B) any reduction in the Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit by reason of any amendment to any Letter of Credit shall be deemed effective under this Agreement as of the later of (x) the date the applicable Facing Agent actually issues an amendment purporting to reduce the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit, whether or not the amendment provides that the reduction be given effect as of an earlier date, or (y) the date the applicable Facing Agent receives the written consent (including by authenticated telex, cable, SWIFT messages or facsimile transmission (with, in the case of a facsimile transmission, a follow-up original hard copy)) of the Letter of Credit beneficiary or beneficiaries to such reduction, whether written consent must be dated on or after the date of the amendment issued by such Facing Agent purporting to effect such reduction.
“Sterling” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Submitted Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iii)(A).
“Submitted Discount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3(c)(iii)(A).
“Subsidiary” of any Person means any corporation, partnership (limited or general), limited liability company, trust or other entity of which a majority of the Capital Stock (or equivalent beneficial ownership or voting interest) having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (if a corporation) or to select the trustee or equivalent controlling interest, shall, at the time such reference becomes operative, be directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of such Person or any combination thereof. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower. Unless otherwise expressly provided, an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not be considered a “Subsidiary” of the Borrower for purposes of this Agreement.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is or becomes a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty or delivers a guaranty pursuant to Section 7.11.
“Subsidiary Guaranty” means the guaranty executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and delivered as of the Closing Date, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Swing Line Commitment” means, with respect to the Swing Line Lender at any date, the obligation of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.1(c) in the amount referred to therein.
“Swing Line Lender” means JPMCB in such capacity (acting through any branch or Affiliate).
“Swing Line Lender Sublimit” means $25,000,000.
“Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate” means a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.1(c).
“Swing Line Loans” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.1(c)(i).
“Swing Line Note” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.2(a).
“Target Representations” means, with respect to any Investment being financed pursuant to an Incremental Facility, such of the representations and warranties with respect to the investee made by such investee or the seller of such investee under an acquisition agreement pursuant to which such investee is being acquired, to the extent a breach of such representations and warranties would be material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower has the right to terminate the Borrower’s or such Affiliate’s obligations under such acquisition agreement (or decline to consummate such Investment) as a result of a breach of such representations in such acquisition agreement.
“Tax Distributions” has the meaning provided in Section 8.4.
“Tax Sharing Agreement” means that certain tax sharing agreement dated as of the Closing Date by and among the Borrower, Huntsman Corporation and other Subsidiaries of Huntsman Corporation referred to therein, initially substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.1(v), as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 8.11.
“Taxes” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.7(a).
“Technology” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.3(f).
“Tenth Amendment” means the Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2013.
“Tenth Amendment Effective Date” means the date that the conditions in Section 6 of the Tenth Amendment shall have been satisfied or waived.
“Tenth Amendment Fee Letter” means that certain Project R Second Amended and Restated Fee Letter, dated October 15, 2013, among the Borrower, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., JPMCB, Bank of America, N.A., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays, Xxxxxxx Sachs Bank USA, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., HSCB Bank USA, National Association, PNC Bank, National Association, PNC Capital Markets LLC, Royal Bank of Canada, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and RBS Securities Inc., as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Term B Dollar Commitment” means, with respect to any Existing Term B Lender signatory to the Third Amendment, the principal amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto or in any Assignment and Assumption Agreement under the caption “Amount of Term B Dollar Commitment”, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or increased pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii), and “Term B Dollar Commitments” means such commitments collectively, which commitments equal $1,640,000,000 in the aggregate on the Third Amendment Effective Date.
“Term B Dollar Loans” means, collectively, (x) prior to giving effect to the Fourteenth Amendment on the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, the Extended Term B Dollar Loans (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the 2013 Additional Term Loans and the 2013-1 Additional Term Loans), Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans and Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans and (y) after giving effect to the Fourteenth Amendment on the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, the 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans and the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans.
“Term B Loan Maturity Date” means, as applicable, the 2015 Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date, the 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date, the 2016 Term B Loan Maturity Date and/or the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Loan Maturity Date.
“Term C Dollar Commitment” means, with respect to any Term C Dollar Lender signatory to the Fourth Amendment, the principal amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto under the caption “Amount of Term C Dollar Commitment”, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or increased pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii), and “Term C Dollar Commitments” means such commitments collectively, which commitments equal $500,000,000 in the aggregate on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.
“Term C Dollar Facility” means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the Term C Dollar Commitments and the Term C Dollar Loans.
“Term C Dollar Lender” means any Lender which has a Term C Dollar Commitment or has made (or a portion thereof) a Term C Dollar Loan.
“Term C Dollar Loans” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.1(d).
“Term C Loan Maturity Date” means June 30, 2016.
“Term C Loan Trigger Date” means the 91st day prior to scheduled maturity date of the Term C Loan Maturity Date.
“Term Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender and any Term Facility, the principal amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto or in any Assignment and Assumption Agreement under the caption for the amount of commitment to such Term Facility, as such commitments may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement, and “Term Commitments” means such commitments collectively.
“Term Facilities” means the collective reference to the Extended Term B Loan Facility, Series 2 Extended Term B Loan Facility, Non-Extended Term B Loan Facility, 2015 Extended Term B Loan Facility, 2015 Non-Extended Term Loan B Facility, 2016 Term B Loan Facility, Term C Dollar Facility and 2014-1 Additional Term Facility. The term “Term Facility” shall be deemed to also include any Incremental Term Facility, any facilities pursuant to which New Extended Term Loans and Refinancing Term Loans may be made.
“Term Loan Ratable Share” shall mean, as of any date of determination, a fraction, the numerator of which is the total outstanding principal amount of Term Loans as of such date and the denominator of which is an amount equal to the sum of (i) the total principal amount of Term Loans outstanding as of such date and (ii) the total principal amount of Senior Secured Notes (2010) outstanding as of such date.
“Term Loan Refinancing Debt” means (a) Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt, (b) Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt and (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt and, in each case, any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof.
“Term Loans” means the Loans under the Term Facilities, collectively.
“Term Maturity Date” means, with respect to any Term Facility, the scheduled maturity date for such Term Facility under this Agreement.
“Term Note” and “Term Notes” means the Term C Dollar Notes that evidence the Term C Dollar Loans and the notes provided for in Section 2.2 that evidence indebtedness under the Term Facilities, collectively.
“Term Percentage” means, at any time with respect to any Term Facility, a fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate Assigned Dollar Value of all Loans under such Term Facility outstanding at such time and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate Assigned Dollar Value of all Term Loans outstanding at such time.
“Test Period” means, at any time the four Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower then last ended.
“TG” means Tioxide Group, a direct Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company number 00249759.
“Thai Holding Companies” means the Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower whose sole asset, if any, is an ownership interest in Huntsman (Thailand) Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of Thailand, and identified as such on Schedule 6.13.
“Third Amendment” means the Third Amendment to this Agreement dated as of April 19, 2007.
“Third Amendment Effective Date” means the “Third Amendment Effective Date” as defined in the Third Amendment.
“Thirteenth Amendment” means the Thirteenth Amendment, dated as of October 1, 2014, among the Borrower, the Facing Agents, the Swing Line Lender, the Administrative Agent and Commerzbank AG, as 2014 Incremental Revolving Lender.
“Thirteenth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in the Thirteenth Amendment.
“Total Assets” means, at any date of determination, the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP at the end of the most recent Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section 7.1.
“Total Available Revolving Commitment” means, at the time of any determination thereof is made, the sum of the respective Available Revolving Commitments of the Lenders at such time.
“Total Commitment” means, at the time any determination thereof is made, the sum of the Term Commitments and the Revolving Commitments at such time.
“Total Revolving Commitment” means, at any time, the sum of the Revolving Commitments of each of the Lenders at such time.
“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the Rockwood Acquisition (if applicable), (b) the funding of the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date into escrow in accordance with the Eleventh Amendment Escrow Agreement, (c) the Other Debt Refinancing (if applicable), (d) any Borrowings of Revolving Loans on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date or the Eleventh Amendment Release Date (if applicable), (e) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing, and (f) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Transferee” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.8(d).
“Twelfth Amendment” means the Twelfth Amendment, dated as of August 13, 2014, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as the 2014-1 Incremental Term Loan Lender.
“Twelfth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in the Twelfth Amendment.
“Type” means any type of Loan, namely, a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the relevant jurisdiction.
“UK Business Sale” means the sale all of the outstanding equity interests of Huntsman Petrochemicals (UK) Limited to SABIC and the assumption by SABIC of unfunded pension liabilities.
“UK Debenture” has the meaning assigned to that term Section 5.1(b).
“UK Holdco 1” means Huntsman (Holdings) UK, an indirect, Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of HI that is a private unlimited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company number 03768308.
“UK Pledge Agreements” means, to the extent not released by the Administrative Agent, the English law governed charges over shares in respect of the shares held by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor in TG or UK Holdco 1 granted in favor of the UK Security Trustee (as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time).
“UK Security Documents” means the UK Pledge Agreements and the UK Debenture.
“UK Security Trustee” means JPMCB, X.X. Xxxxxx Europe Limited or any other designated affiliate, in its capacity as UK Security Trustee under the UK Security Documents or any successor UK Security Trustee.
“Unmatured Event of Default” means an event, act or occurrence which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time (or both) would become an Event of Default.
“Unpaid Drawing” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.9(c).
“Unrestricted Investments” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.4(a).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) each of the Persons identified on Schedule 1.1(c) hereto, (ii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in the manner provided below, (iii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary created at or after the designation of its parent company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (ii) above and (iv) any Permitted Unconsolidated Venture that, as a result of an Investment permitted under Section 8.7(j), (o) or (p), would otherwise become a Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided, however, that no Receivables Subsidiary may be an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Borrower may designate any Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary but excluding any Receivables Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, that (x) each Subsidiary to be so designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary and each of its
Subsidiaries has not, at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which any lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries), (y) immediately before and immediately after the effectiveness of such designation, no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default exists or will exist and (z) the Investment made in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (valued at the fair market value of the Subsidiary at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary and valued thereafter in accordance with the definition of “Investments”) is permitted pursuant to Section 8.7. Any such designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be evidenced by delivery to the Administrative Agent of (A) a copy of the resolutions of the Borrower giving effect to such designation and (B) an officer’s certificate signed by two Responsible Financial Officers of the Borrower certifying that such designation complies with the foregoing provisions. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the requirements set forth in clause (x) above for an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and Borrower shall take such applicable actions as required by Section 12.20 to redesignate such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary Investment Basket” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the greater of (A) $300,000,000 or (B) 3% of Total Assets plus (ii) the after-tax amount of any cash returns of principal or capital on Investments listed on Schedule 1.1(c) hereto or made pursuant to Section 8.7(j), cash dividends thereon and other cash returns on investment thereon, as the case may be, in each case, after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date plus (iii) $35,000,000 for each Fiscal Year beginning on or after January 1, 2012, provided, that (1) the amount set forth in clause (iii) that is unused in any given Fiscal Year may be carried over, on a year-by-year basis, to succeeding Fiscal Years and (2) the amount set forth in clause (iii) (as adjusted per clause (1) above) shall be deemed to be the portion of the Unrestricted Subsidiary Investment Basket used last.
“US Commodity Business Sale” means the proposed sale of the Borrower’s U.S. base chemicals and polymers business to Flint Hills Resources pursuant to the terms of the US Commodity Business Sale Agreement.
“US Commodity Business Sale Agreement” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated February 15, 2007 among Flint Hills Resources, LLC, the Borrower, Huntsman Petrochemical Corporation, Huntsman International Chemicals Corporation, Huntsman Polymers Holdings Corporation, Huntsman Expandable Polymers Company, LLC, Huntsman Polymers Corp. and Huntsman Chemical Company of Canada, Inc., together with any amendments or modifications thereto to the extent not materially adverse to the Lenders.
“Voting Securities” means any class of Capital Stock of a Person pursuant to which the holders thereof have, at the time of determination, the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to vote for the election of directors, managers, trustees or general partners of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time any other class or classes will have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness into (ii) the sum of each of the products obtained by multiplying (x) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof by (y) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the scheduled due date of each such remaining payment.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of which (other than qualifying shares required to be owned by directors of Foreign Subsidiaries, or similar de minimis issuances of capital stock to comply with Requirement of Law) are at the time owned directly or indirectly by such Person and/or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person; provided, that each of Huntsman Corporation Hungary Rt. and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. For purposes of this definition, ‘capital stock’ shall include equivalent ownership or controlling interests having ordinary voting power in entities other than corporations.
“written” or “in writing” means any form of written communication or a communication by means of telecopier device or authenticated telex, telegraph or cable.
The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding.” The words “herein,” “hereof” and words of similar import as used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision in this Agreement. References to “Articles”, “Sections”, “paragraphs”, “Exhibits” and “Schedules” in this Agreement shall refer to Articles, Sections, paragraphs, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise expressly provided; references to Persons include their respective permitted successors and assigns or, in the case of governmental Persons, Persons succeeding to the relevant functions of such persons; and all references to statutes and related regulations shall include any amendments of same and any successor statutes and regulations. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, references to constitutive and Organizational Documents and to agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document.
1.2 Accounting Terms; Financial Statements
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein (including without limitation, any modification to the terms hereof pursuant to Section 8.12), all accounting terms used herein but not expressly defined in this Agreement and all computations and determinations for purposes of determining compliance with the financial requirements of this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP in effect on the Closing Date and on a basis consistent with the presentation of the financial statements and projections delivered pursuant to, or otherwise
referred to in, Sections 6.5(a) and 6.5(e). Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the respective dates of their preparation. Unless otherwise provided for herein, wherever any computation is to be made with respect to any Person and its Subsidiaries, such computation shall be made so as to exclude all items of income, loss, assets and liabilities attributable to any Person that is not a Subsidiary of such Person. For purposes of the financial terms set forth herein, whenever a reference is made to a determination which is required to be made on a consolidated basis (whether in accordance with GAAP or otherwise) for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, such determination shall be made as if each Unrestricted Subsidiary were wholly-owned by a Person not an Affiliate of the Borrower.
(b) Solely for purposes of delivery of the financial statements required by Sections 6.5, 7.1(a) and (b), Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be Subsidiaries; provided, however, concurrently with the delivery of the officer’s certificate required by Section 7.2(b), for purposes of calculating compliance with the financial covenants hereof, Borrower shall also deliver to Administrative Agent statements excluding the Unrestricted Subsidiaries, and, upon request of Administrative Agent, reflecting the relevant calculations pertaining to the Unrestricted Subsidiaries existing on the Third Amendment Effective Date, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Without limiting the definition of “Pro Forma Basis”, for purposes of computing the financial ratios as of the end of any period, all components of such ratios for the applicable period shall include or exclude, as the case may be, without duplication, such components of such ratios attributable to any business or assets that have been acquired or disposed of by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (including through mergers or consolidations) after the first day of such period and prior to the end of such period on a pro forma basis, as if such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such period, as determined in good faith by the Borrower and certified to by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT
2.1 The Commitments
(a) Extended Term B Dollar Loans, Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans and 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in the Third Amendment, each Converting Term Loan Lender and Additional Term Loan Lender agreed to convert or make a loan in Dollars (collectively, the “Existing Term B Dollar Loans”) to the Borrower on the Third Amendment Effective Date in the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Term B Dollar Commitment. The Borrower, the Extended Term B Dollar Lenders, Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Lenders and Non-Extended Term B Dollar Lenders acknowledge the making of the Existing Term B Dollar Loans under this Agreement and agree that,
to the extent outstanding on the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, the Existing Term B Dollar Loans shall continue to be outstanding as Extended Term B Dollar Loans, Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans or Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, as applicable, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In addition, the Borrower, the 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Lenders and the 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Lenders agree that, to the extent outstanding on the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, the Term B Dollar Loans shall continue to be outstanding as 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans or 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, as applicable, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. No amount of a Term B Dollar Loan which is repaid or prepaid by the Borrower may be reborrowed hereunder. The Term B Dollar Loans shall be denominated in Dollars, shall be maintained as and/or converted into Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans or a combination thereof, provided, that all 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans, Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans, 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, as applicable, made by the 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Lenders, Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Lenders or 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Lenders, as applicable, pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans, Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans or 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, as applicable, of the same Type.
(ii) (A) The Borrower shall have the right any time on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date (so long as (x) no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default then exists and is continuing, (y) the Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate for the period of four full Fiscal Quarters immediately preceding the incurrence described below (prepared in good faith and in a manner and using such methodology which is consistent with the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1) on a Pro Forma Basis for such incurrence and evidencing compliance with the covenant set forth in Article IX) and (z) such incurrence is not prohibited by the terms of any Public Note Document), to incur from one or more existing Lenders and/or other Persons that are Eligible Assignees and which, in each case, agree to make such term loans to the Borrower, Additional Term Loans in Dollars or Euros (in maximum amounts described below), which loans may be incurred as one or more tranches of additional term loans as determined by Administrative Agent in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,150,000,000, so long as the proceeds of such Additional Term Loans are used in accordance with Section 6.8(e). Notwithstanding the foregoing, clauses (x) and (y) of this Section 2.1(a)(ii)(A) shall not be applicable to the making of the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans to fund the Rockwood Acquisition or the Other Debt Refinancing.
(B) In the event that the Borrower desires to incur Additional Term Loans, the Borrower will enter into an amendment with the lenders (who shall by execution thereof become Lenders hereunder if not theretofore Lenders) to provide for such Additional Term Loans, which amendment shall set forth any terms and conditions of the Additional Term Loans not covered by this Agreement as agreed by the Borrower and such Lenders, and shall provide for the
issuance of promissory notes to evidence the Additional Term Loans if requested by the lenders advancing Additional Term Loans (which notes shall constitute Term Notes for purposes of this Agreement) and for such reaffirmations of or amendments to Security Documents as Administrative Agent may reasonably require, with such amendment to be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and consistent with the terms of this Section 2.1(a)(ii) and of the other provisions of this Agreement. No consent of any Lender (other than any Lender making Additional Term Loans) is required to permit the Loans contemplated by this Section 2.1(a)(ii) or the aforesaid amendment to effectuate the Additional Term Loans. This section shall supersede any provisions contained in this Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 12.1, to the contrary.
(b) Revolving Loans. Each Revolving Lender, severally and for itself alone, hereby agrees, on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, to make loans to the Borrower denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency on a revolving basis from time to time during the Commitment Period, in an amount that will not (i) exceed its Pro Rata Share of the Total Available Revolving Commitment (each such loan by any Lender, a “Revolving Loan” and collectively, the “Revolving Loans”) or (ii) cause the Assigned Dollar Value of Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and LC Obligations denominated in an Alternative Currency to exceed $200,000,000. All Revolving Loans comprising the same Borrowing hereunder shall be made by the Revolving Lenders simultaneously and in proportion to their respective Revolving Commitments. Prior to the Revolver Termination Date, Revolving Loans may be repaid and reborrowed by the Borrower in accordance with the provisions hereof and, except as otherwise specifically provided in Section 3.6, all Revolving Loans comprising the same Borrowing shall at all times be of the same Type. On the Revolver Termination Date, 100% of the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans then outstanding shall be due and payable.
(c) Swing Line Loans
(i) Swing Line Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender in its individual capacity agrees to make swing line loans in Dollars, Euros or Sterling (or, at the option of the Swing Line Lender, any other Alternative Currency) (“Swing Line Loans”) to the Borrower on any Business Day from time to time during the Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the Dollar Equivalent of the Swing Line Lender Sublimit; provided, however, that in no event may the amount of any Borrowing of Swing Line Loans (A) exceed the Total Available Revolving Commitment immediately prior to such Borrowing (after giving effect to the use of proceeds thereof), (B) cause the outstanding Revolving Loans of any Lender, when added to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the then outstanding Swing Line Loans and Pro Rata Share of the aggregate LC Obligations (exclusive of Unpaid Drawings relating to LC Obligations which are repaid with the proceeds of, and simultaneously with the incurrence of, Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans) to exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or (C) cause
the Assigned Dollar Value of Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and LC Obligations denominated in an Alternative Currency to exceed $150,000,000. Amounts borrowed by the Borrower under this Section 2.1(c)(i) may be repaid and reborrowed until the Revolver Termination Date.
(ii) Refunding of Swing Line Loans. The Swing Line Lender, at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, may on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs the Swing Line Lender to so act on its behalf) notify each Revolving Lender (including the Swing Line Lender) to make a Revolving Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Dollar Equivalent of the principal amount of such Swing Line Loans (the “Refunded Swing Line Loans”) outstanding on the date such notice is given, provided, however, that such notice shall be deemed to have automatically been given upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Sections 10.1(e) or 10.1(f) or upon the occurrence of a Change of Control. Unless any of the events described in Sections 10.1(e) or 10.1(f) shall have occurred (in which event the procedures of Section 2.1(c)(iii) shall apply) and regardless of whether the conditions precedent set forth in this Agreement to the making of a Revolving Loan are then satisfied, each Lender shall make the proceeds of its Revolving Loan available to the Swing Line Lender at the Payment Office prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, in funds immediately available on the third Business Day next succeeding the date such notice is given. The proceeds of such Revolving Loans shall be immediately applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line Loans.
(iii) Participation in Swing Line Loans. If, prior to refunding a Swing Line Loan with a Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(ii), one of the events described in Sections 10.1(e) or 10.1(f) shall have occurred, or if for any other reason a Revolving Loan cannot be made pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(ii), then, subject to the provisions of Section 2.1(c)(iv) below, each Revolving Lender will, on the date such Revolving Loan was to have been made, purchase (without recourse or warranty) from the Swing Line Lender an undivided participation interest in the Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Dollar Equivalent of such Swing Line Loan. Upon request, each Revolving Lender will immediately transfer to the Swing Line Lender, in immediately available funds, the amount of its participation and upon receipt thereof the Swing Line Lender will deliver to such Revolving Lender a Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate dated the date of receipt of such funds and in such amount.
(iv) Lenders’ Obligations Unconditional. Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.1(c)(ii) and to purchase participating interests in accordance with Section 2.1(c)(iii) above shall, except as set forth in the last sentence of this clause (iv), be absolute and unconditional and shall not, except as set forth in the last sentence of this clause (iv), be affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation, (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of any Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default; (C) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower or any other Person; (D) any breach of this Agreement by the Borrower or any other Person; (E) any inability of the Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to borrowing set forth in this Agreement on the date upon which such participating interest is to be purchased or (F) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. If any Revolving Lender does not make available to the Swing Line Lender the amount required pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(ii) or (iii) above, as the case may be, the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Lender, together with interest thereon for each day from the date of non-payment until such amount is paid in full at the Federal Funds Rate for the first two Business Days and at the Base Rate thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.1(c)(iv), no Revolving Lender shall be required to make a Revolving Loan to the Borrower for the purpose of refunding a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(ii) above or to purchase a participating interest in a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(iii) if an Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, prior to the making by the Swing Line Lender of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender has received written notice from such Revolving Lender specifying that such Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, describing the nature thereof and stating that, as a result thereof, such Revolving Lender shall cease to make such Refunded Swing Line Loans and purchase such participating interests, as the case may be; provided, however, that the obligation of such Revolving Lender to make such Refunded Swing Line Loans and to purchase such participating interests shall be reinstated upon the earlier to occur of (y) the date upon which such Revolving Lender notifies the Swing Line Lender that its prior notice has been withdrawn and (z) the date upon which the Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default specified in such notice no longer is continuing.
(d) Term C Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in the Fourth Amendment, each Term C Dollar Lender agrees to make a loan in Dollars (the “Term C Dollar Loans”) to the Borrower on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date in the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Term C Dollar Commitment. No amount of a Term C Dollar Loan which is repaid or prepaid by the Borrower may be reborrowed hereunder. The Term C Dollar Loans shall be denominated in Dollars, shall be maintained as and/or converted into Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans or a combination thereof, provided, that all Term C Dollar Loans made by the Term C Dollar Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Term C Dollar Loans of the same Type.
(e) 2014-1 Additional Term Loans. Subject only to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions expressly set forth in Section 4 of the Eleventh Amendment, each 2014-1 Additional Term Lender agrees to make a loan in Dollars (the “2014-1 Additional Term Loans”) to the Borrower on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date in the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s 2014-1 Additional Term Commitment. No amount of a 2014-1 Additional Term
Loan which is repaid or prepaid by the Borrower may be reborrowed hereunder. The 2014-1 Additional Term Loans shall be denominated in Dollars, shall be maintained as and/or converted into Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans or a combination thereof, provided, that all 2014-1 Additional Term Loans made by the 2014-1 Additional Term Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of 2014-1 Additional Term Loans of the same Type. The proceeds of the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans made on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date shall be placed into escrow with the Eleventh Amendment Escrow Agent on the terms set forth in the Eleventh Amendment Escrow Agreement. Subject only to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in (x) Section 5.5 or (y) Section 5.2 and Section 5.6, as applicable, and the additional conditions expressly set forth in the Eleventh Amendment Escrow Agreement, the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans shall be released from escrow on the Eleventh Amendment Release Date. If the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans Termination Date occurs, the proceeds of the 2014-1 Additional Term Loans shall be released from escrow on the conditions set forth in the Eleventh Amendment Escrow Agreement and refunded and repaid in full (together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon) to the 2014-1 Additional Term Lenders on the 2014-1 Additional Term Loan Maturity Date in accordance with the Eleventh Amendment Escrow Agreement.
(f) 2016 Term B Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in the Fifteenth Amendment, each 2016 Term B Lender agrees to make a loan in Dollars (the “2016 Term B Loans”) to the Borrower on the Fifteenth Amendment Effective Date in the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s 2016 Term B Commitment. No amount of a 2016 Term B Loan which is repaid or prepaid by the Borrower may be reborrowed hereunder. The 2016 Term B Loans shall be denominated in Dollars, shall be maintained as and/or converted into Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans or a combination thereof; provided, that all 2016 Term B Loans made by the 2016 Term B Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of 2016 Term B Loans of the same Type.
2.2 Notes
(a) Evidence of Indebtedness. The Borrower’s obligation to pay the principal of and interest on all the Loans made to it by each Lender shall, if requested by a Lender, be evidenced, (1) if Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, by a promissory note (each, a “Non-Extended Term B Dollar Note” and, collectively, the “Non-Extended Term B Dollar Notes”) duly executed and delivered by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.2(a)(1) hereto, with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith, (2) if Revolving Loans, by a promissory note (each, a “Revolving Note” and, collectively, the “Revolving Notes”) duly executed and delivered by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.2(a)(2) hereto, with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith, (3) if Swing Line Loans, by a promissory note (each, a “Swing Line Note” and, collectively, the “Swing Line Notes”) duly executed and delivered by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.2(a)(3) hereto, with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith, (4) if Extended Term B Dollar Loans, by a promissory note (each, an “Extended Term B Dollar Note” and, collectively, the “Extended Term B Dollar Notes”) duly executed and delivered by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.2(a)(4) hereto, with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith, (5) if Term C Dollar Loans, by a promissory note (each, a “Term C Dollar Note” and, collectively, the “Term C Dollar Notes”) duly executed and delivered by the Borrower
substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.2(a)(5) hereto, with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith, (6) if Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Loans, by a promissory note (each a “Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Note” and collectively the “Series 2 Extended Term B Dollar Notes”) duly executed and delivered by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.2(a)(6) hereto, with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith, (7) if 2014-1 Additional Term Loans, by a promissory note (each a “2014-1 Additional Term Note” and collectively the “2014-1 Additional Term Notes”) duly executed and delivered by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.2(a)(7) hereto, with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith, (8) if 2015 Extended Term B Dollar Loans, by a promissory note (each, a “2015 Extended Term B Dollar Note” and, collectively, the “2015 Extended Term B Dollar Notes”) duly executed and delivered by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.2(a)(8) hereto, with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith, (9) if 2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Loans, by a promissory note (each, a “2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Note” and, collectively, the “2015 Non-Extended Term B Dollar Notes”) duly executed and delivered by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.2(a)(9) hereto, with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith and (10) if 2016 Term B Loans, by a promissory note (each, a “2016 Term B Note” and, collectively, the “2016 Term B Notes”) duly executed and delivered by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.2(a)(10) hereto, with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith.
(b) Notation of Payments. Each Lender will note on its internal records the amount of each Loan made by it, and each payment in respect thereof and will, prior to any transfer of any of its Notes, endorse on the reverse side thereof the outstanding principal amount of Loans evidenced thereby. Failure to make any such notation, or any error in any such notation, shall not affect the Borrower’s or any guarantor’s obligations hereunder or under the other applicable Loan Documents in respect of such Loans.
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