CREDIT, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT dated as of May 20, 2024 by and among SHIMMICK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., RUST CONSTRUCTORS INC., THE LEASING CORPORATION, and the other entities shown on the signature pages hereto and any additional borrower...
CREDIT, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
dated as of May 20, 2024
by and among
SHIMMICK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., RUST CONSTRUCTORS INC., THE LEASING CORPORATION,
and
the other entities shown on the signature pages hereto and any additional borrower that hereafter becomes party hereto,
each as a Borrower, and collectively as Borrowers,
and
SHIMMICK CORPORATION,
and
any guarantor that hereafter becomes party hereto,
each as Guarantor, and collectively as Guarantors,
and
ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC,
as Agent,
and
THE LENDERS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article 1 - DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1 |
Certain Defined Terms |
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Section 1.2 |
Accounting Terms and Determinations |
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Section 1.3 |
Other Definitional and Interpretive Provisions |
38 |
Section 1.4 |
Settlement and Funding Mechanics |
39 |
Section 1.5 |
Time is of the Essence |
39 |
Section 1.6 |
Time of Day |
39 |
Section 1.7 |
MFN Override. |
39 |
Section 1.8 |
Rates |
39 |
Article 2 - LOANS |
39 |
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Section 2.1 |
Loans |
39 |
Section 2.2 |
Interest, Interest Calculations and Certain Fees |
40 |
Section 2.3 |
Notes |
43 |
Section 2.4 |
[Reserved] |
43 |
Section 2.5 |
Prepayments |
43 |
Section 2.6 |
General Provisions Regarding Payment; Loan Account |
45 |
Section 2.7 |
Maximum Interest |
45 |
Section 2.8 |
Taxes; Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs; Inability to Determine Rates; Illegality |
46 |
Section 2.9 |
Appointment of Borrower Representative |
50 |
Section 2.10 |
Joint and Several Liability; Rights of Contribution; Subordination and Subrogation |
51 |
Section 2.11 |
[Reserved] |
53 |
Section 2.12 |
Termination; Restriction on Termination |
53 |
Article 3 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 3.1 |
Existence and Power |
54 |
Section 3.2 |
Organization and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention |
54 |
Section 3.3 |
Binding Effect |
54 |
Section 3.4 |
Capitalization |
55 |
Section 3.5 |
Financial Information |
55 |
Section 3.6 |
Litigation |
55 |
Section 3.7 |
Ownership of Property |
55 |
Section 3.8 |
No Default |
55 |
Section 3.9 |
Labor Matters |
55 |
Section 3.10 |
Investment Company Act |
56 |
Section 3.11 |
Margin Regulations |
56 |
Section 3.12 |
Compliance With Laws; Anti-Terrorism Laws |
56 |
Section 3.13 |
Taxes |
56 |
Section 3.14 |
Compliance with ERISA |
57 |
Section 3.15 |
Brokers |
57 |
Section 3.16 |
EEA Financial Institutions |
57 |
Section 3.17 |
Material Contracts |
57 |
Section 3.18 |
Compliance with Environmental Requirements; No Hazardous Materials |
58 |
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Section 3.19 |
Intellectual Property |
58 |
Section 3.20 |
Solvency |
59 |
Section 3.21 |
Full Disclosure |
59 |
Section 3.22 |
[Reserved] |
59 |
Section 3.23 |
Subsidiaries |
59 |
Section 3.24 |
[Reserved] |
59 |
Section 3.25 |
Collateral; Governmental Contracts; Governmental Account Debtors |
59 |
Article 4 - AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 4.1 |
Financial Statements and Other Reports and Notices |
60 |
Section 4.2 |
Payment and Performance of Obligations |
63 |
Section 4.3 |
Maintenance of Existence |
63 |
Section 4.4 |
Maintenance of Property; Insurance |
63 |
Section 4.5 |
Compliance with Laws and Material Contracts |
65 |
Section 4.6 |
Inspection of Property, Books and Records |
65 |
Section 4.7 |
Use of Proceeds |
65 |
Section 4.8 |
[Reserved] |
65 |
Section 4.9 |
Notices of Material Contracts, Litigation and Defaults |
65 |
Section 4.10 |
Environmental Matters |
66 |
Section 4.11 |
Further Assurances |
67 |
Section 4.12 |
Rolling Stock |
68 |
Section 4.13 |
Power of Attorney |
69 |
Section 4.14 |
Milestone Schedule |
69 |
Section 4.15 |
Schedule Updates |
69 |
Section 4.16 |
Post-Closing Covenants |
69 |
Article 5 - NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
70 |
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Section 5.1 |
Debt; Contingent Obligations |
70 |
Section 5.2 |
Liens |
70 |
Section 5.3 |
Distributions |
70 |
Section 5.4 |
Restrictive Agreements |
70 |
Section 5.5 |
Payments and Modifications of Subordinated Debt |
71 |
Section 5.6 |
Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets |
71 |
Section 5.7 |
Purchase of Assets, Investments |
71 |
Section 5.8 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
72 |
Section 5.9 |
Modification of Organizational Documents |
72 |
Section 5.10 |
Modification of Certain Agreements |
72 |
Section 5.11 |
Conduct of Business |
73 |
Section 5.12 |
[Reserved] |
73 |
Section 5.13 |
Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions |
73 |
Section 5.14 |
Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts; Payroll and Benefits Accounts |
73 |
Section 5.15 |
Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws |
74 |
Section 5.16 |
[Reserved] |
74 |
Section 5.17 |
Permitted Activities of Holdings |
74 |
Section 5.18 |
Permitted Servicing Joint Ventures |
74 |
Section 5.19 |
AECOM Side Letter |
74 |
Section 5.20 |
Capital Expenditures |
74 |
Section 5.21 |
Approved Budget and Milestone Schedule |
74 |
Section 5.22 |
Material Project Documents. |
75 |
Section 5.23 |
Public Filings and Disclosures. |
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Section 5.24 |
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Article 6 – FINANCIAL COVENANTS |
76 |
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Section 6.1 |
Leverage Ratio |
76 |
Section 6.2 |
Evidence of Compliance |
76 |
Article 7 - CONDITIONS |
76 |
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Section 7.1 |
Conditions to Closing |
76 |
Section 7.2 |
Conditions to Each Loan |
78 |
Section 7.3 |
Searches |
79 |
Article 8 - [RESERVED] |
79 |
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Article 9 - SECURITY AGREEMENT |
79 |
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Section 9.1 |
Generally |
79 |
Section 9.2 |
Representations and Warranties and Covenants Relating to Collateral |
79 |
Section 9.3 |
Intercreditor Agreement. |
83 |
Article 10 - EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
84 |
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Section 10.1 |
Events of Default |
84 |
Section 10.2 |
Acceleration and Suspension or Termination of Revolving Loan Commitment |
86 |
Section 10.3 |
UCC Remedies |
87 |
Section 10.4 |
Protective Advances |
89 |
Section 10.5 |
Default Rate of Interest |
89 |
Section 10.6 |
Setoff Rights |
89 |
Section 10.7 |
Application of Proceeds |
89 |
Section 10.8 |
Waivers |
90 |
Section 10.9 |
Injunctive Relief |
92 |
Section 10.10 |
Marshalling; Payments Set Aside |
92 |
Article 11 - AGENT |
92 |
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Section 11.1 |
Appointment and Authorization |
92 |
Section 11.2 |
Agent and Affiliates |
92 |
Section 11.3 |
Action by Agent |
92 |
Section 11.4 |
Consultation with Experts |
93 |
Section 11.5 |
Liability of Agent |
93 |
Section 11.6 |
Indemnification |
94 |
Section 11.7 |
Right to Request and Act on Instructions |
94 |
Section 11.8 |
Credit Decision |
95 |
Section 11.9 |
Collateral Matters |
95 |
Section 11.10 |
Agency for Perfection |
95 |
Section 11.11 |
Notice of Default |
95 |
Section 11.12 |
Assignment by Agent; Resignation of Agent; Successor Agent |
95 |
Section 11.13 |
Payment and Sharing of Payment |
96 |
Section 11.14 |
[Reserved] |
98 |
Section 11.15 |
[Reserved]. |
98 |
Section 11.16 |
Amendments and Waivers |
98 |
Section 11.17 |
Assignments and Participations |
98 |
Section 11.18 |
Funding and Settlement Provisions Applicable When Non-Funding Lenders Exist |
101 |
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Section 11.19 |
Delegation of Duties |
102 |
Section 11.20 |
Erroneous Payments |
102 |
Section 11.21 |
Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
103 |
Article 12 - GUARANTY |
104 |
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Section 12.1 |
Guaranty |
104 |
Section 12.2 |
Payment of Amounts Owed |
104 |
Section 12.3 |
Certain Waivers by Guarantor |
104 |
Section 12.4 |
Guarantor’s Obligations Not Affected by Modifications of Financing Documents |
106 |
Section 12.5 |
Reinstatement; Deficiency |
106 |
Section 12.6 |
Subordination of Borrowers’ Obligations to Guarantors; Claims in Bankruptcy |
107 |
Section 12.7 |
Maximum Liability |
107 |
Section 12.8 |
Guarantor’s Investigation |
108 |
Section 12.9 |
Termination |
108 |
Section 12.10 |
Representative |
108 |
Section 12.11 |
Guarantor Acknowledgement |
108 |
Article 13 - MISCELLANEOUS |
108 |
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Section 13.1 |
Survival |
109 |
Section 13.2 |
No Waivers |
109 |
Section 13.3 |
Notices |
109 |
Section 13.4 |
Severability |
111 |
Section 13.5 |
Headings |
111 |
Section 13.6 |
Confidentiality |
111 |
Section 13.7 |
Waiver of Consequential and Other Damages |
112 |
Section 13.8 |
GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION |
112 |
Section 13.9 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
113 |
Section 13.10 |
Publication |
113 |
Section 13.11 |
Counterparts; Integration |
114 |
Section 13.12 |
No Strict Construction |
114 |
Section 13.13 |
Lender Approvals |
114 |
Section 13.14 |
Expenses; Indemnity |
114 |
Section 13.15 |
[Reserved] |
116 |
Section 13.16 |
Reinstatement |
116 |
Section 13.17 |
Successors and Assigns |
116 |
Section 13.18 |
USA PATRIOT Act Notification |
117 |
Section 13.19 |
Surety Rights |
117 |
Section 13.20 |
Intercreditor Agreement |
117 |
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ANNEXES, EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
ANNEXES
Annex A Commitment Annex
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A [Reserved]
Exhibit B Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit C Form of Assignment Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit E Form of Budget
Exhibit F-1 Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit F-2 Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit F-3 Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit F-4 Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit G Form of Cash Interest Election
Exhibit H Form of Monthly Report
Exhibit I Form of Variance Report
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.1 Milestone Schedule
Schedule 3.1 Existence, Organizational ID Numbers, Foreign Qualification, Prior Names
Schedule 3.4 Capitalization
Schedule 3.6 Litigation
Schedule 3.17(a) Material Contracts
Schedule 3.17(b) Legacy Projects
Schedule 3.18 Environmental Compliance
Schedule 3.19 Intellectual Property
Schedule 3.25 Governmental Contract Matters
Schedule 4.9 Litigation, Governmental Proceedings and Other Notice Events
Schedule 5.1 Debt; Contingent Obligations
Schedule 5.2 Liens
Schedule 5.7 Permitted Investments
Schedule 5.8(a) Affiliate Transactions
Schedule 5.8(f) Affiliate Transactions with Directors and Officers
Schedule 5.11 Business Description
Schedule 5.13 Sale Leaseback Transactions
Schedule 5.14 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
Schedule 9.2(b) Location of Collateral
Schedule 9.2(d) Chattel Paper, Letters of Credit Rights, Commercial Tort Claims, Instruments, Documents, Investment Property
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CREDIT, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”) is dated as of May 20, 2024, by and among SHIMMICK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., a California corporation (“Shimmick”), RUST CONSTRUCTORS INC., a Delaware corporation, THE LEASING CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation, and each additional borrower that may hereafter be added to this Agreement (collectively, together with each of their successors and permitted assigns, each individually as a “Borrower”, and collectively as “Borrowers”), SHIMMICK CORPORATION, f/k/a SCCI National Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), and any entities that become party hereto as Guarantors (together with each of their successors and permitted assigns, each individually as a “Guarantor”, and collectively as “Guarantors”), ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Agent, and the financial institutions or other entities from time to time parties hereto, each as a Lender.
RECITALS
The Credit Parties have requested that Lenders make available to Borrowers the financing facilities as described herein. Lenders are willing to extend such credit to Borrowers under the terms and conditions herein set forth.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, Credit Parties, Lenders and Agent agree as follows:
Article 1- DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms. The following terms have the following meanings:
“Account Debtor” means “account debtor”, as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, and any other obligor in respect of an Account.
“Accounts” means, collectively, (a) any right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, (b) without duplication, any “account” (as defined in the UCC), any accounts receivable (whether in the form of payments for services rendered or goods sold, rents, license fees or otherwise), any “payment intangibles” (as defined in the UCC) and all other rights to payment and/or reimbursement of every kind and description, whether or not earned by performance, (c) all accounts, “general intangibles” (as defined in the UCC), Intellectual Property, rights, remedies, Guarantees, “supporting obligations” (as defined in the UCC), “letter-of-credit rights” (as defined in the UCC) and security interests in respect of the foregoing, all rights of enforcement and collection, all books and records evidencing or related to the foregoing, and all rights under the Financing Documents in respect of the foregoing, (d) all information and data compiled or derived by any Borrower or to which any Borrower is entitled in respect of or related to the foregoing, and (e) all proceeds of any of the foregoing.
“Acquisition” means any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of any business, line of business or division or other unit of operation of a Person, (b) the acquisition of fifty percent (50%) or more of the Equity Interests of any Person, whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person, or otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary of a Credit Party, or (c) any merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person.
“AECOM” means AECOM, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.
“AECOM Side Letter” means that certain Side Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, between AECOM and Holdings, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affected Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.17(c).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Person, (b) any Person which is controlled by or is under common control with such controlling Person, and (c) each of such Person’s (other than, with respect to any Lender, any Lender’s) officers or directors (or Persons functioning in substantially similar roles). As used in this definition, the term “control” of a Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to vote ten percent (10%) or more of any class of voting securities of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agent” means Alter Domus (US) LLC, in its capacity as administrative agent for itself and for Lenders hereunder, and as collateral agent for the Lenders and the other secured parties, as such capacity is established in, and subject to the provisions of, Article 11, and the successors and assigns in such capacity.
“Agent Fee Letter” means that certain fee letter, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Borrower and the Agent, as it may be amended, amended and restated or modified from time to time.
“Agent Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.16.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“Anti-Terrorism Laws” means any Laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including, without limitation, Executive Order No. 13224 (effective September 24, 2001), the USA PATRIOT Act, the Laws comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, and Sanctions.
“Applicable Margin” means (i) with respect to Revolving Loans and all other Obligations bearing interest at a rate based on SOFR Interest Rate, three and one half of one percent (3.50%) and (ii) with respect to Revolving Loans and all other Obligations bearing interest at the Base Rate, four and one half of one percent (4.50%).
“Approved Budget” means the Budget most recently approved by the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 5.21. Except as expressly stated otherwise, any reference herein or in the other Financing Documents to the Approved Budget shall refer to the Approved Budget then in effect.
“Approved Fund” means any (a) investment company, fund, trust, securitization vehicle or conduit that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business, or (b) any Person (other than a natural person) which temporarily warehouses loans for any Lender or any entity described in the preceding
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clause (a) and that, with respect to each of the preceding clauses (a) and (b), is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (iii) a Person (other than a natural person) or an Affiliate of a Person (other than a natural person) that administers or manages a Lender.
“Asset Disposition” means any sale, lease, license, transfer, assignment or other consensual disposition (including by merger, amalgamation, allocation of assets (including allocation of assets to any series of a limited liability company), division, consolidation or amalgamation) (and including any assignment in whole or in part of any Contractual Obligation, any disposition of a business or any part of a business, and any disposition of equipment, real property (including by way of a sale-leaseback transaction) or any other property or asset) by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof of any asset of such Credit Party or Subsidiary.
“Assignment Agreement” means an assignment agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C, or such other form acceptable to Agent.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination with respect to the then-current Benchmark, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” or similar term pursuant to Section 2.2(o).
“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute thereto.
“Bankruptcy Court” means any United States Bankruptcy Court or any appellate court having jurisdiction over any Cases from time to time.
“Bankruptcy Law” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.11.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such date and (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1%, Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate, respectively. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Base Rate shall be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor for purposes of this Agreement.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.
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“Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.2(o).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Agent (in consultation with of the Required Lenders and the Borrower Representative) (which alternate benchmark rate shall be administratively feasible as determined by the Agent) giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Financing documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for the Available Tenor, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Agent (in consultation with the Required Lenders and the Borrower Representative) (and which shall be administratively feasible as determined by the Agent) giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the Available Tenor of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) in the case of clauses (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative or non-compliant with or non-aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks; provided that such non-representativeness, non-compliance or non-alignment will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if the Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clauses (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to the Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
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“Benchmark Transition Event” means, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide the Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided, that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) announcing that the Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) is not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative or in compliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to the then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Financing document in accordance with Section 2.2(o) and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Financing document in accordance with Section 2.2(o).
“BHSI” means Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company, a Nebraska corporation, and its successors and assigns.
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“BHSI GAI” means that certain General Agreement of Indemnity, dated as of February 26, 2021, among Holdings, each Borrower; and Rust Constructors Puerto Rico Inc., each as indemnitors, and BHSI, as surety, pursuant to which BHSI may and has issued surety bonds or underwritten surety business.
“BHSI Project Financing Facility” means that certain Project Financing Agreement, dated March 26, 2024, by and among Holdings, each Borrower, and Rust Constructors Puerto Rico, Inc., and any and all affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and assigns thereof, as indemnitors; and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company, National Liability & Fire Insurance Company and National Indemnity Company and any and all affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and assigns thereof, as surety.
“BHSI Surety Documents” means the BHSI GAI, pursuant to which BHSI may and has issued surety bonds or underwritten surety business, all surety bonds issued pursuant to the BHSI GAI, and all other documents evidencing such obligations.
“BHSI Surety Liens” means the liens granted by the Credit Parties under the BHSI GAI to BHSI, solely to the extent perfected as of the Closing Date by the following UCC financing statements:
(a) UCC financing statement naming Holdings and each other Credit Party, as debtor, and XXXX, as secured party, filed with the Secretary of State of Colorado on February 5, 2024, with the initial filing no: 20242011281;
(b) UCC financing statement naming Holdings and each other Credit Party, as debtor, and XXXX, as secured party, filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 5, 2024, with the initial filing no: 2024 0772879;
(c) UCC financing statement naming Holdings and each other Credit Party, as debtor, and the BHSI Surety Providers, as secured party, filed with the Secretary of State of California on February 5, 2024, as file no: U240011698224; and
(d) UCC financing statement naming Holdings and each other Credit Party, as debtor, and the BHSI Surety Providers, as secured party, filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on February 5, 2024, with the initial filing no: 2024381581-7.
“Blocked Person” means any Person: (a) listed in the annex to, or is otherwise the subject of the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224, (b) owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224, (c) with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law, (d) that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in Executive Order No. 13224, (e) that is named a “specially designated national” or “blocked person” on the most current list published by OFAC or other similar list or is named as a “listed person” or “listed entity” on other lists made under any Anti-Terrorism Law or (f) any Person resident in, organized under the laws of or incorporated in a Sanctioned Country.
“Bonded Projects” means each Project for which BHSI (or its Affiliate), solely in its capacity as a surety provider, is the lead surety provider for Shimmick.
“Borrower” and “Borrowers” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
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“Borrower Representative” means Shimmick, in its capacity as Borrower Representative pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.9, or any successor Borrower Representative selected by Xxxxxxxxx and approved by Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders).
“Budget” means a 13-week cash flow budget for each of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, including a detailed capital expenditures budget and segregated line items for each Project, in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto, prepared by the Borrower Representative and delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.21, as updated or amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which either the New York Stock Exchange is closed, or on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized by Law to close.
“Capital Lease” of any Person means any lease of any Property by such Person as lessee which would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be accounted for as a capital lease or finance lease on the balance sheet of such Person.
“Case” means, with respect to any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries, any case with the Bankruptcy Court that is pending under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as of any date of determination, any of the following: (a) marketable securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States government, or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date; (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Xxxxx’x; (c) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Xxxxx’x, or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally; (d) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one (1) year after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (i) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulator), and (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; and (e) shares of any money market mutual fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, (ii) has net assets of not less than $500,000,000, and (iii) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Xxxxx’x.
“Cash Interest Election” means an election of cash interest substantially in the form of Exhibit G, or such other form acceptable to Agent.
“Casualty Event” means any loss, casualty or other insured damage to, or any nationalization, taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any Property of any Credit Party or Subsidiary.
“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C.A. § 9601 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur if:
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(a) any person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding (i) any employee benefit plan of Holdings and its subsidiaries and any person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) and (ii) AECOM and its Affiliates), in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, shall at any time have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act) of Voting Stock of Holdings having more than 35.0% of the ordinary voting power of all of the outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings; or
(b) any Person (other than a Person or group of or Persons are owned or controlled by the same Persons existing on the Closing Date) has the ability to elect, directly or indirectly, a majority of the members of the board of directors of Holdings, including, without limitation, by the acquisition of revocable or irrevocable proxies for the election of directors, in each case regardless whether such Persons or Persons are owned or controlled by the same Persons which owned or controlled such Equity Interests of the Holdings;
(c) Holdings shall fail to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each of the Borrowers (other than, in the case of any Subsidiary Borrower, as a result of any liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation or amalgamation of such Borrower into Holdings or any other Borrower consummated in accordance with Section 5.6);
(d) the Borrowers shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of each Subsidiary (except in connection with (i) an Asset Disposition of 100% of the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary permitted under this Agreement, or (ii) any Permitted Servicing Joint Venture);
(e) any Person (other than Holdings) has the ability to elect, directly or indirectly, a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Borrower, including, without limitation, by the acquisition of revocable or irrevocable proxies for the election of directors, in each case regardless whether such Persons or Persons are owned or controlled by the same Persons which owned or controlled such Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(f) the transfer, conveyance or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(g) the approval by the holders of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Borrower of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of Holdings or such Borrower; or
(h) “Change in Control” (or comparable term) occurs under the First Lien Credit Facility or any Subordinated Debt.
“Chick Lock Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(b).
“Chick Lock Project” means Project 34693 – Chickamauga Lock Chamber Replacement Contract No. W912P517C0007, dated September 28, 2017, by and between Shimmick Construction Company, Inc. (as successor to AECOM Energy & Construction, Inc.) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
“Chief Transformation Officer” means that independent Person, acceptable to the Required Xxxxxxx, appointed by the Special Committee and whose rights and responsibilities are designated by resolution of the Special Committee.
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“Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, any successor statutes thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto in temporary or final form.
“Collateral” means all Property, other than Excluded Property, now existing or hereafter acquired, mortgaged or pledged to, or purported to be subjected to a Lien in favor of, Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement and the Security Documents, including, without limitation, all of the Property described in Schedule 9.2(b) hereto.
“Commitment Annex” means Annex A to this Agreement.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate, duly executed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower Representative, appropriately completed and substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and/or frequency of determining rates, making interest payments, giving borrowing requests, prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, or length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.8 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Agent (in consultation with the Required Lenders) decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Agent (in consultation with the Required Lenders) decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Agent (in consultation with the Required Lenders) determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as (x) the Agent (in consultation with the Required Lenders) decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Financing documents and (y) the Agent determines is administratively feasible).
“Contingent Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect liability of such Person: (a) with respect to any Debt of another Person (a “Third Party Obligation”) if the purpose or intent of such Person incurring such liability, or the effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such Third Party Obligation that such Third Party Obligation will be paid or discharged, or that any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or that any holder of such Third Party Obligation will be protected, in whole or in part, against loss with respect thereto; (b) with respect to any undrawn portion of any letter of credit issued for the account of such Person or as to which such Person is otherwise liable for the reimbursement of any drawing; (c) under any Swap Contract, to the extent not yet due and payable; (d) to make take-or-pay or similar payments if required regardless of nonperformance by any other party or parties to an agreement; or (e) for any obligations of another Person pursuant to any Guarantee or pursuant to any agreement to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire any obligation or any Property constituting security therefor, to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation or to preserve the solvency, financial condition or level of income of another Person. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be equal to the amount of the obligation so Guaranteed or otherwise supported or, if not a fixed and determinable amount, the maximum amount so Guaranteed or otherwise supported.
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“Contractual Obligation” means as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or any agreement, instrument or other written undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which any Person or any of its Property is bound.
“Controlled Group” means all members of any group of corporations and all members of a group of trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with any Credit Party, are treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA and, solely for purposes of Section 412 and 436 of the Code, Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code.
“Credit Party” means each Borrower and Guarantor; and “Credit Parties” means all such Persons, collectively.
“Credit Party Restricted Cash” means restricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Credit Parties including cash and Cash Equivalents (a) deposited in an L/C Cash collateral Account or (b) for the payment of a drawn or committed but unpaid check, draft, ACH or EFT transaction.
“Credit Party Unrestricted Cash” means (a) cash and Cash Equivalents held or owned by (either directly or indirectly), credited to the account of or would otherwise be required to be reflected as an asset on the balance sheet of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries minus (b) the lesser of (i) Credit Party Restricted Cash and (ii) $5,000,000.
“Debt” of a Person means at any date, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising and paid on a timely basis and in the Ordinary Course of Business, (d) all Capital Leases of such Person, (e) all non-contingent obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar instrument, (f) Disqualified Equity Interests, (g) all obligations secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such obligation is otherwise an obligation of such Person, (h) “earnouts”, purchase price adjustments, profit sharing arrangements, deferred purchase money amounts and similar payment obligations or continuing obligations of any nature of such Person arising out of purchase and sale contracts, (i) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person, (j) off-balance sheet liabilities and/or Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan liabilities of such Person, (k) obligations arising under non-compete agreements, (l) obligations arising under bonus, deferred compensation, incentive compensation or similar arrangements, other than those arising in the Ordinary Course of Business and (m) obligations in respect of documented litigation settlement agreements or similar written arrangements. Without duplication of any of the foregoing, Debt of Credit Parties shall include any and all Loans.
“Default” means any condition or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Defaulted Lender” means, (i) so long as such failure shall remain in existence and uncured, any Lender which shall have failed to make any Loan or other credit accommodation, disbursement, settlement or reimbursement required pursuant to the terms of any Financing Document, (ii) any Lender that has notified the Credit Parties or Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Xxxxxx’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Xxxxxx’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable Default or Event of Default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), or (iii) any Lender that has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (a) become the subject of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other insolvency, debtor relief or
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debt adjustment or similar law (whether state, provincial, territorial, federal or foreign), or (b) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided, that a Lender shall not be a Defaulted Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by Agent that a Lender is a Defaulted Lender under any one or more of clauses (i) through (iii) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulted Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination to Agent and each Lender.
“Defined Period” means, for purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio (and any component thereof) for any given fiscal quarter, the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding any such fiscal quarter.
“Deposit Account” means a “deposit account” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), an investment account, or other account in which funds are held or invested for credit to or for the benefit of any Credit Party.
“Deposit Account Control Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, among Agent, any Credit Party and each financial institution in which such Credit Party maintains a Deposit Account (which is not an Excluded Account), which agreement provides that such financial institution shall comply with instructions originated by Agent directing disposition of the funds in such Deposit Account without further consent by the applicable Credit Party.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or any other Equity Interest into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable (other than for Equity Interests that are not otherwise Disqualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale, liquidation or similar event), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than for Equity Interests that are not otherwise Disqualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale, liquidation or similar event), (c) provides for and requires scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Debt or any other Equity Interest that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance.
“Distribution” means as to any Person (a) any dividend or other distribution or payment (whether in cash, securities or other Property) on, or in respect of, any Equity Interest in such Person (except those payable solely in its Equity Interests other than Disqualified Equity Interests), (b) any payment by such Person on account of (i) the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, surrender, cancellation, termination or acquisition of any Equity Interests in such Person or any claim respecting the purchase or sale of any Equity Interest in such Person, or (ii) any option, warrant or other right to acquire any Equity Interests in such Person, (c) any management fees, salaries or other fees or compensation to any Person holding an Equity Interest in a Credit Party or a Subsidiary of a Credit Party (other than reasonable and customary (i) payments of salaries to individuals, (ii) directors fees, and (iii) advances and reimbursements to employees or directors, all in the Ordinary Course of Business), an Affiliate of a Credit Party or an Affiliate of any Subsidiary of a Credit Party, (d) any lease or rental payments to an Affiliate or Subsidiary
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of a Credit Party (which is not itself a Credit Party), or (e) repayments of or debt service on loans or other indebtedness (other than conversion to Equity Interests other than Disqualified Equity Interests) held by any Person holding an Equity Interest in a Credit Party or a Subsidiary of a Credit Party, an Affiliate of a Credit Party or an Affiliate of any Subsidiary of a Credit Party unless permitted under and made pursuant to a Subordination Agreement applicable to such loans or other indebtedness.
“Dollars” or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
“EBITDA” means, for the applicable Defined Period, the sum of:
(a) Net income (or loss) for the Defined Period of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries, but excluding the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it became a Subsidiary of Borrowers or is merged into or consolidated with Borrowers; plus
(b) any provision for (or minus any benefit from) income and franchise taxes deducted in the determination of net income for the Defined Period; plus
(c) interest expense, net of interest income, deducted in the determination of net income for the Defined Period; plus
(d) amortization and depreciation deducted in the determination of net income for the Defined Period; plus
(e) to the extent deducted from net income, any non-cash costs or expenses incurred by Holdings or any of its Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; plus
(f) [reserved]; plus
(g) the amount of fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Credit Parties in connection with the initial closing of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents executed in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereunder to occur on the Closing Date, to the extent incurred within 60 days after the Closing Date; plus
(h) losses (or minus any gains) realized in connection with the receipt of Extraordinary Project Proceeds;
(i) the amount of any loss recognition resulting from purchase price accounting adjustments made in connection with or otherwise relating to the acquisition of Holdings by its current owners; plus
(j) unusual or non-recurring fees, costs and expenses, in each case to the extent approved by the Required Lenders in writing; plus
(k) any other adjustments which may be agreed to by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion, in writing.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this
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definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Electronic Signature” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.11.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund, and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by the Required Lenders and the Agent; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing,
“Eligible Assignee” shall not include any Borrower or any of a Borrower’s Affiliates.
“Employee Stock Plan” means each of (a) that certain SCCI National Holdings, Inc. 2021 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of Holding’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-274870) filed on October 5, 2023) and (b) Shimmick Corporation 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of Holding’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-274870) filed on October 24, 2023).
“Environmental Laws” means any present and laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, standards, policies, codes, orders, decrees, judgements and other governmental directives or requirements, as well as common law, pertaining to the environment, natural resources, pollution, health (including any environmental clean-up statutes and all regulations adopted by any local, state, federal or other Governmental Authority, and any statute, ordinance, code, order, decree, law rule or regulation all of which pertain to or impose liability or standards of conduct concerning medical waste or medical products, equipment or supplies), safety or clean-up, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 5101 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.), the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act (42 U.S.C. § 4851 et seq.), any analogous state or local laws, any amendments thereto, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to said laws, together with all amendments from time to time to any of the foregoing and judicial interpretations thereof.
“Equipment” means “equipment” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company or other ownership in participation or equivalent interests (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s equity capital (including any warrants, options or other purchase rights with respect to the foregoing), whether now outstanding or issued after the Closing Date.
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“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute thereto, and any and all rules or regulations promulgated from time to time thereunder.
“ERISA Plan” means any “employee benefit plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), which any Credit Party maintains, sponsors or contributes to, or, in the case of an employee benefit plan which is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, to which any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group may have any liability, including any liability by reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA at any time during the preceding five (5) years, or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under Section 4069 of ERISA.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 11.20(b).
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
“Excess Cash” means the amount by which (A) Credit Party Unrestricted Cash exceeds (B) $30,000,000.
“Excluded Accounts” means (a) the Lockbox Accounts (as defined in the MidCap Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof); provided, however, the Lockbox Account shall only constitute an Excluded Account for purposes of determining whether a Deposit Account Control Agreement is required in respect thereof prior to the date that the First Lien Credit Facility is Paid in Full (it being agreed and understood that upon Payment in Full of the First Lien Credit Facility, the Lockbox Account shall immediately and automatically cease to be an Excluded Account and a Deposit Account Control Agreement shall be required in respect thereof as of such date); provided, further that during such time as the First Lien Credit Facility remains outstanding, the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, shall hold a validly perfected and enforceable second priority Lien in the Lockbox Account pursuant to the applicable bailee for perfection provisions (or equivalent provisions) of the Intercreditor Agreement), (b) segregated Deposit Accounts into which the only funds deposited are those intended solely to cover wages and payroll for employees of a Credit Party for a period of service no longer than two weeks at any time (and related contributions to be made on behalf of such employees to health and benefit plans) plus balances for outstanding checks for wages and payroll from prior periods, (c) segregated Deposit Accounts constituting employee withholding accounts and contain only funds deducted from pay otherwise due to employees for services rendered to be applied toward the tax obligations of such employees, (d) segregated Deposit Accounts in which there is not maintained at any point in time funds on deposit greater than $500,000 in the aggregate for all such accounts, (e) segregated Deposit Accounts maintained by any Permitted Servicing Joint Venture, including Deposit Accounts for receipt of collections and payment of operating expenses, so long as Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries are in compliance with Section 5.18 and (f) segregated Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts holding cash or Cash Equivalents described in clauses (p) and (q) of the definition of Permitted Liens (and subject to the caps set forth therein); provided that the accounts described in clauses (a) through (f) above shall be used solely for the purposes described in such clauses.
“Excluded Property” means, collectively:
(a) any lease, license, contract, permit, letter of credit, purchase money arrangement, instrument or agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder if and to the extent that the grant of such security interest shall constitute a result in (i) the abandonment,
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invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of any Credit Party therein or (ii) result in a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or default under, any such lease, license, contract, permit, letter of credit, purchase money arrangement, instrument or agreement;
(b) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent that Agent may not validly possess a security interest in any such license, franchise, charter or authorization under applicable Law;
(c) Excluded Accounts (it being agreed and understood that the Lockbox Account shall not constitute an Excluded Account for this purpose);
(d) any “intent-to-use” trademarks or service mark applications for which an amendment to allege use or statement of use has not been filed under 15 U.S.C. § 1051 Section 1(c) or Section 1(d), respectively or if filed, has not been deemed in conformance with 15 U.S.C. § 1051(a) or examined and accepted, respectively by the United States Patent and Trademark Office; and
(e) any asset which is subject to a purchase money Lien or Capital Lease permitted hereunder to the extent the granting of a security interest in such asset is prohibited pursuant to the terms of the contract governing such purchase money Lien or Capital Lease;
provided that (x) any such limitation described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) on the security interests granted hereunder shall apply only to the extent that any such prohibition could not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the UCC or any other applicable Law (including Sections 9-406, 9-407 and 9-408 of the UCC) or principles of equity, (y) in the event of the termination or elimination of any such prohibition or the requirement for any consent contained in such contract, agreement, permit, lease or license or in any applicable Law, to the extent sufficient to permit any such item to become Collateral hereunder, or upon the granting of any such consent, or waiving or terminating any requirement for such consent, a security interest in such contract, agreement, permit, lease, license, franchise, authorization or asset shall be automatically and simultaneously granted hereunder and shall be included as Collateral hereunder, and (z) all rights to payment of money due or to become due pursuant to, and all products and proceeds (and rights to the proceeds) from the sale of, any Excluded Property shall be and at all times remain subject to the security interests created by this Agreement (unless such proceeds would independently constitute Excluded Property).
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on behalf of any obligation of Credit Parties hereunder or the Obligations or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to Agent, such Lender or such recipient (including any interest and penalties thereon): (a) Taxes to the extent imposed on or measured by Agent’s, any Lender’s or such recipient’s net income (however denominated), branch profits Taxes, and franchise Taxes and similar Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under which Agent, such Lender or such recipient is organized, has its principal office or conducts business with respect to entering into any of the Financing Documents or taking any action thereunder or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes; (b) in the case of a Lender, United States withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in the Loans pursuant to a Law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement other than as a result of an assignment requested by a Credit Party under the terms hereof or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office for funding its Loan, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.8, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Xxxxxx’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan or Revolving Loan Commitment, or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office; (c) Taxes attributable to such Lender’s
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failure to comply with Section 2.8(c); and (d) any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed in respect of a Lender under FATCA.
“Extraordinary Project Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(b)(ii).
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future Treasury regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to the implementation of Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any intergovernmental agreement between the United States Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Government and any governmental or taxation authority under any other jurisdiction which agreement’s principal purposes deals with the implementation of such sections of the Code.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) quoted to the Agent by three major banks of recognized standing (as selected by the Agent) on such day on such transactions as determined by the Agent and (b) 0%.
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Fee Letter” means the Agent Fee Letter.
“Financial Covenants” shall mean the Leverage Ratio.
“Financing Documents” means this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, any Notes, the Agent Fee Letter, the Security Documents, each Subordination Agreement and any other subordination or intercreditor agreement pursuant to which any Debt and/or any Liens securing such Debt is subordinated to all or any portion of the Obligations and all other documents, instruments and agreements related to the Obligations and heretofore executed, executed concurrently herewith or executed at any time and from time to time hereafter, as any or all of the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“First Lien Agent” means the “Agent” or equivalent term as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
“First Lien Credit Facility” means (a) that certain Credit Security and Guaranty Agreement, dated as March 27, 2023 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, waived, or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the Borrowers, as the borrower, certain guarantors party thereto from time to time, and the MidCap Agent, as agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “MidCap Credit Facility”) and (b) each other revolving credit facility that refunds, refinances or replaces such MidCap Credit Facility; provided, that, in each case of clauses (a) and (b), (i) the aggregate principal amount of commitments and other availability thereunder does not exceed $35,000,000 at any time (the “First Lien Cap”) (it being understood and agreed that, with respect to the MidCap Credit Facility, the First Lien Cap shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis with every dollar of mandatory principal repayment made pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(ii) of the MidCap Credit Facility), (ii) at no time shall any Person other than the Credit Parties provide guarantees or security for or otherwise be obligated in respect
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of the Debt and other obligations arising thereunder, (iii) such facility shall not differentiate among the lenders thereunder with respect to right of payment or priority of lien, (iv) the provisions of such facility shall not restrict any payments in respect of the Obligations under the Financing Documents in any manner or to any extent more burdensome than the restrictions contained in the MidCap Credit Facility as in effect on the date hereof, (v) the agent thereunder, on behalf of itself and each lender or other secured party thereunder, shall have executed and delivered the Intercreditor Agreement or a joinder to the Intercreditor Agreement and such other documents required pursuant to the terms hereof, (vi) the use of proceeds for such revolving credit facility shall be limited to general working capital in the ordinary course of business and (vii) to the extent any such facility contains any financial maintenance covenants, affirmative covenants, negative covenants or events of default that are not contained in the Financing Documents or that are more restrictive on the Credit Parties than the corresponding provisions in the Financing Documents, the Borrowers shall have offered to amend the Financing Documents to incorporate such more restrictive provisions (and shall have executed an amendment giving effect to such terms if so accepted by the Required Lenders) (this clause (vii), the “MFN Provision” and the amendment to the Financing Documents described herein, an “MFN Amendment”)).
“First Lien Lenders” has the meaning provided to the term “Lenders” in the First Lien Credit Facility.
“First Lien Loan” has the meaning provided to the term “Loan” in the First Lien Credit Facility.
“Floor” means (i) in respect of any SOFR Loan, 1.00% per annum and (ii) in respect of any Loan bearing interest at the Base Rate, 2.00% per annum.
“Foreign Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c)(i).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the United States accounting profession), which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
“General Intangible” means any “general intangible” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, and any personal property, including things in action, other than accounts, chattel paper, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, documents, goods, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, money, and oil, gas or other minerals before extraction, but including payment intangibles and software.
“Golden Gate Bridge Project” means Job 208 – Golden Gate Bridge Physical Suicide Deterrent System – Contract No. 2016-B-01, dated as of January 6, 2017, by and between Shimmick / Xxxxx’s Joint Venture and Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state, local or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or Person exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any corporation or other Person owned or controlled (through stock or capital ownership or otherwise) by any of the foregoing, whether domestic or foreign.
“Governmental Contract” means any contract between the United States or any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States and a Credit Party.
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“Guarantee” by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise), or (b) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), provided, however, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor” and “Guarantors” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Hazardous Materials” means (a) any “hazardous substance” as defined in CERCLA, (b) any “hazardous waste” as defined by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, (c) asbestos, (d) polychlorinated biphenyls, (e) petroleum and its derivatives, by-products and other hydrocarbons, (f) per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and (g) any other pollutant, waste, material or substance regulated under, or for which liability or standards of conduct may be imposed pursuant to, Environmental Laws.
“Hazardous Materials Contamination” means contamination (whether now existing or hereafter occurring) of the improvements, buildings, facilities, personalty, soil, groundwater, air, other elements on or of the relevant Property or any other environmental media by Hazardous Materials, or any derivatives thereof, or on or of any other Property as a result of Hazardous Materials, or any derivatives thereof, generated on, emanating from, under or through or disposed of in connection with the relevant Property.
“Holdings” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of Borrowers or any other Credit Party under any Financing Documents and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.14(a).
“Information Certificate” means the information certificate dated as of the Closing Date containing certain information and schedules delivered by the Credit Parties to Agent and the Lenders (as such information certificate may be supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).
“Initial Interest Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and continuing through and including May 31, 2024. For the avoidance of doubt, interest due on May 31, 2024, will be all interest accrued on Revolving Loans outstanding during the period commencing on the Closing Date through and including May 31, 2024.
“Instrument” means “instrument”, as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Intellectual Property” means, with respect to any Person, all patents, patent applications and like protections, including improvements divisions, continuation, renewals, reissues, extensions and continuations in part of the same, trademarks, trade names, trade styles, trade dress, service marks, logos and other business identifiers and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, any applications therefor, whether registered or not, and the goodwill of the business of such Person connected with and symbolized
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thereby, copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative works, whether published or unpublished, technology, know-how and processes, operating manuals, trade secrets, computer hardware and software, rights to unpatented inventions and all applications and licenses therefor, used in or necessary for the conduct of business by such Person and all claims for damages by way of any past, present or future infringement of any of the foregoing.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means (a) the MidCap Subordination Agreement and (b) any other Intercreditor Agreement, in the form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders and the Agent, entered into by the Agent, the Lenders and the First Lien Agent in connection with any First Lien Credit Facility or replacement or refinancing of any First Lien Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Interest Period” means, as to any SOFR Loan, the Initial Interest Period, and thereafter, the period commencing on the date such SOFR Loan is disbursed or continued as a SOFR Loan and ending on the date one (1) month thereafter; provided that:
(a) the Interest Period shall commence on the date of advance of any SOFR Loan and, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each successive Interest Period shall commence on the date on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires;
(b) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(c) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(d) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date; and
(e) there shall be no more than six (6) Interest Periods in effect at any time.
“Inventory” means “inventory” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, (a) to purchase or acquire any stock or stock equivalents, or any obligations or other securities of, or any interest in, any Person, including the establishment or creation of a Subsidiary, (b) to make or commit to make any Acquisition, or (c) make or purchase any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or any other investment in, any Person. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect thereto.
“IRS” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c)(i).
“Joinder Requirements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11(c).
“L/C Cash Collateral Accounts” means, collectively, each segregated Deposit Account from time to time identified to Agent in writing established by Borrower for the sole purpose of securing Borrower’s
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obligations under clause (h) of the definition Permitted Contingent Obligations and containing only such cash or Cash Equivalents that have been required to be pledged to secure such obligations of Borrower; provided, that the aggregate amount of cash or Cash Equivalents deposited in all such L/C Cash Collateral Accounts does not, at any time, exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate.
“Laws” means any and all federal, state, provincial, territorial, local and foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, codes, injunctions, permits, governmental agreements and governmental restrictions, whether now or hereafter in effect, which are applicable to any Credit Party in any particular circumstance. “Laws” includes, without limitation, Environmental Laws and applicable U.S. and non-U.S. export control laws and regulations, including without limitation the Export Administration Regulations.
“Legacy Project Contract” means each Project Contract relating to a Legacy Project.
“Legacy Projects” means (a) each Project listed on Schedule 3.17(b), including the Chick Lock Project, Golden Gate Bridge Project, (b) each Project for which Liberty or Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is the lead surety provider and (3) each Project for which AECOM is an indemnitor on the surety bonds.
“Legacy Reporting Projects” has the meaning assigned to it in Schedule 3.17(b).
“Lender” means each of (a) AECOM, in its capacity as a lender hereunder, (b) BHSI, solely in its capacity as a lender hereunder and not in any other capacity, (c) each other Person party hereto in its capacity as a lender hereunder, (d) each other Person that becomes a party hereto as Lender pursuant to Section 11.17, and (e) the respective successors of all of the foregoing, and “Lenders” means all of the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, it is agreed and understood that notwithstanding BHSI being a Lender hereunder, BHSI shall maintains all rights and obligations as surety, pursuant to the BHSI Surety Documents and applicable Law, which rights remain in full force and effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein.
“Lender Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.14(a).
“Lender Side Letter” means that certain Side Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, between AECOM and BHSI, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Leverage Ratio” means, for any Defined Period, the ratio of (a) Total Debt as of the last day of such Defined Period to (b) EBITDA of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries for such Defined Period.
“Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.11.
“Liberty” means Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind, in respect of such asset. For the purposes of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents, any Credit Party or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.
“Litigation” means any action, suit or proceeding before any court, mediator, arbitrator or Governmental Authority.
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“Loan(s)” means the Revolving Loans.
“Loan Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(b).
“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as such term is defined in Regulation T, U, or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
“Material Adverse Effect” means with respect to any event, act, condition or occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration, or governmental investigation or proceeding), whether singly or in conjunction with any other event or events, act or acts, condition or conditions, occurrence or occurrences, whether or not related, a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, any of (a) the condition (financial or otherwise), operations, business or properties of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of Agent or Lenders under any Financing Document or the ability of Agent or Lenders to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral, or the ability of any Credit Party to pay or perform any of its obligations under any Financing Document to which it is a party, (c) the legality, validity or enforceability of any Financing Document, (d) the existence, perfection or priority of any security interest granted in any Financing Document, or (e) the value of any material portion of the Collateral.
“Material Contracts” means (a) the agreements listed on Schedule 3.16(a), (b) each Non-Project Contract and (c) each other agreement or contract to which such Credit Party or its Subsidiaries is a party, the termination of which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Project Documents” means, (a) each Legacy Project Contract, (b) each Project Contract relating to a Bonded Project and (c) each Project Contract relating to a Non-Bonded Project (x) which has an aggregate value in excess of $15,000,000 or (y) the termination of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Maturity Date” means the date that is five (5) years following the Closing Date; provided, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the immediately succeeding Business Day.
“Maximum Lawful Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
“Maximum Liability” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.7.
“MidCap Agent” means MidCap Funding IV Trust.
“MidCap Amendment” means Amendment No. 3 to the MidCap Credit Facility, dated as of the Closing Date.
“MidCap Guaranty” means that certain Limited Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by AECOM in favor of the MidCap Agent.
“MidCap Loans” means the “Revolving Loans” as defined is the MidCap Credit Facility.
“MidCap Payoff Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) the date of the repayment of the MidCap Loans in full and the termination of the “Revolving Loan Commitment” (as defined in the MidCap Credit Facility) under the MidCap Credit Facility, (ii) the date on which MidCap Agent (or any of its Affiliates) shall no longer be the “Agent” (as defined in the MidCap Credit Facility) under the MidCap Credit Facility, (iii) the date on which MidCap Financial Trust (or any of its Affiliates) shall cease to hold 100% of the MidCap Loans outstanding and 100% of the “Revolving Loan Commitment” (as defined in the MidCap
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Credit Facility) and (iv) the refinancing or replacement of the MidCap Credit Facility in accordance with the terms hereunder.
“MidCap Subordination Agreement” means that certain Subordination Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Agent, AECOM and MidCap Agent.
“Milestone” means, as applicable, the event described in each row under the “Milestone” column set forth on the Milestone Schedule.
“Milestone Date” means, with respect to any Milestone, the applicable “Estimated Completion Date” set forth on the Milestone Schedule.
“Milestone Schedule” means the schedule as set forth on Schedule 1.1, prepared by the Borrower Representative and delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 4.14(a), as updated or amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof. Except as expressly stated otherwise, any reference herein or in the other Financing Documents to the Milestone Schedule shall refer to the Milestone Schedule then in effect.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or any other member of the Controlled Group (or any Person who in the last five years was a member of the Controlled Group) is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years (as determined on the applicable date of determination) made contributions.
“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by a Credit Party or any Subsidiary in respect of any sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer of Property (including any cash subsequently received upon the sale or other disposition or collection of any non-cash consideration received in any sale), any incurrence of Debt (other than any Permitted Refinancing), or Casualty Event, net of (a) the bona fide direct costs relating to such sale of Property, incurrence of Debt, or any Casualty Event (including (i) reasonable and documented out-of-pocket legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions paid to unaffiliated third parties, and (ii) solely with respect to any cash proceeds received in connection with any Casualty Event, expenses reasonably necessary to repair, restore or replace the Property lost due to or damaged by such Casualty Event) provided that if the Borrower shall, prior to the date of the required prepayment offer, deliver to the Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that the Borrower intends to cause the Net Available Cash with respect to such Disposition (or a portion of such Net Available Cash specified in such certificate) to be applied within 365 days after receipt of such Net Available Cash (or has entered into a binding agreement within such 365 day period to apply such Net Available Cash within 180 days of entering into such agreement) to acquire or construct real property, equipment or other assets to be used in the business of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries or to replace, improve or expand existing capital assets of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (provided, that any Net Available Cash attributable to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor must be reinvested in assets of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor)), (b) Taxes arising on account thereof, (c) mandatory repayments in respect of the First Lien Credit Facility and any other Debt (other than the Obligations) which is secured by a Permitted Lien upon any of the assets being sold and which must be repaid as a result of such sale and which has a lien priority superior to the lien of the Agent in respect of such assets, (d) any reasonable reserve for any contingent liabilities or indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser undertaken by the applicable Credit Party in connection with any such sale of Property; provided that any proceeds reserved for any contingent liabilities or indemnification payments pursuant to this subpart (d) that are subsequently determined by the Borrower Representative in good faith to exceed such contingent liabilities or indemnification payments excluded from Net Proceeds pursuant to this subpart (d),
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or otherwise released from such reserve, shall, in each case, be classified as Net Proceeds, and the Borrower Representative shall promptly deliver to the Agent written notice of such determination or event together with reasonably detailed calculations supporting such determination, (e) the deduction of appropriate amounts required to be provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, for liabilities associated with such transfer and retained by the seller thereof (such amounts to become Net Proceeds at the time, and if, such amounts are released to a Credit Party or Subsidiary or such reserve terminates), and (f) any amounts held in escrow pending determination of any applicable purchase price adjustment in connection with any such sale of Property (such amounts to become Net Proceeds at the time such amounts are released to a Credit Party or Subsidiary).
“Non-Bonded Projects” any Project other than a Legacy Project for which XXXX is not the lead surety provider for Shimmick.
“Non‑Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any amendment, waiver or consent of or under any Financing Document that requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with Section 11.14 and has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Non‑Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulted Lender at such time.
“Non-Funding Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.18.
“Non-Project Contracts” means each Contractual Obligation of any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries, other than a Project Contract, which has an aggregate value in excess of $500,000.
“Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Notice of Borrowing” means a notice of a Responsible Officer of Borrower Representative, appropriately completed and substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, or such other form acceptable to the Agent.
“Obligations” means all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness (monetary (including, without limitation, the payment of interest fees, expenses and indemnities and other amounts arising after the commencement of any case with respect to any Credit Party under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar statute which would accrue and become due but for the commencement of such case, whether or not such amounts are allowed or allowable in whole or in part in such case) or otherwise) of each Credit Party under this Agreement or any other Financing Document, in each case howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due.
“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“Operating Net Cash Flow” means Total Receipts minus Total Operating Distributions.
“Ordinary Course of Business” means, in respect of any transaction involving any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, the ordinary course of business of such Credit Party or Subsidiary, as conducted by such Credit Party in accordance with past practices and undertaken by such Person in good faith and not for purposes of evading any covenant or restriction in any Financing Document.
“Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person other than a natural person, the documents by which such Person was organized (such as a certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or articles of organization, and including, without limitation, any certificates of designation for
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preferred stock or other forms of preferred equity) and which relate to the internal governance of such Person (such as by-laws, a partnership agreement, joint venture agreement or an operating, limited liability company or members agreement), including any and all shareholder agreements or voting agreements relating to the capital stock or other Equity Interests of such Person.
“Other Connection Taxes” means taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between Agent or any Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such tax (other than connections arising from Agent or such Xxxxxx having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Financing Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loans or any Financing Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Financing Document, except any such taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.8(i)).
“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.17(a)(iii).
“Payment Account” means the account specified to the Borrower Representative and the Lenders, which all payments by or on behalf of each Borrower to Agent under the Financing Documents shall be made, or such other account as Agent shall from time to time specify by notice to Borrower Representative.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any Person succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“Pension Plan” means any ERISA Plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA.
“Permits” means all licenses, authorizations, supplier numbers, registrations, permits, certificates, franchises, qualifications, accreditations, consents, variances, exemptions, waivers and approvals.
“Permitted Asset Dispositions” means the following Asset Dispositions:
(a) dispositions of Property consented to by the Required Lenders in writing prior to such disposition; provided that the Net Proceeds received from such disposition shall be prepaid in accordance with Section 2.5;
(b) dispositions of Inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business and not pursuant to any bulk sale;
(c) dispositions of furniture, fixtures and equipment (including Rolling Stock) in the Ordinary Course of Business that the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary determines in good faith is no longer used or useful in the business of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(d) abandonment of immaterial Intellectual Property that is, in the reasonable good faith judgment of a Borrower, no longer useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries;
(e) dispositions consisting of the use or payment of cash or Cash Equivalents in the Ordinary Course of Business for equivalent value and in a manner that is not prohibited by the
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terms of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents; provided, that this clause (d) shall not be available for transactions between any Credit Party and any Affiliate thereof (which such transactions are addressed in clause (f) below)
(f) dispositions or transfers of cash among Credit Parties pursuant to cash management arrangements in the ordinary Course of Business (“Permitted Cash Management Transactions”);
(g) sales, forgiveness or discounting, on a non-recourse basis and in the Ordinary Course of Business, of past due Accounts in connection with the settlement of delinquent Accounts or in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers or customers in accordance with the applicable terms of this Agreement;
(h) to the extent constituting an Asset Disposition, the granting of Permitted Liens;
(i) (i) any termination of any lease, sublease, license or sub-license (other than any licenses constituting Material Contracts) in the Ordinary Course of Business (and any related Asset Disposition of improvements made to leased real property resulting therefrom), (ii) any expiration of any option agreement in respect of real or personal property, and (iii) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contractual rights or litigation claims (including in tort) in the Ordinary Course of Business; and
(j) other dispositions of tangible personal property (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, any Intellectual Property, Equity Interests or other intangible assets) to Persons who are not Affiliates of any Credit Party so long as (i) the assets subject to such Asset Dispositions are sold for fair value, as determined by the Borrowers in good faith, (ii) at least 75% of the consideration therefor is cash or Cash Equivalents, and (iii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Assets Dispositions are made or would result therefrom.
“Permitted Contest” means, with respect to any tax obligation or other obligation allegedly or potentially owing from any Credit Party or its Subsidiary to any governmental tax authority or other third party, a contest maintained in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and with respect to which such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made on the books and records and financial statements of the applicable Credit Party(ies); provided, however, that (a) compliance with the obligation that is the subject of such contest is effectively stayed during such challenge; (b) Credit Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ title to, and its right to use, the Collateral is not adversely affected thereby and Agent’s Lien and priority on the Collateral are not adversely affected, altered or impaired thereby; (c) Credit Parties have given prior written notice to Agent and each Lender of a Credit Party’s or its Subsidiary’s intent to so contest the obligation; (d) the Collateral or any part thereof or any interest therein shall not be in any danger of being sold, forfeited or lost by reason of such contest by Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries; (e) Credit Parties have given Agent written notice of the commencement of such contest and upon request by Agent, from time to time, notice of the status of such contest by Credit Parties and/or confirmation of the continuing satisfaction of this definition; and (f) upon a final determination of such contest, Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries shall promptly comply with the requirements thereof.
“Permitted Contingent Obligations” means:
(a) Contingent Obligations arising in respect of the Debt under the Financing Documents;
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(b) Contingent Obligations resulting from endorsements for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(c) Contingent Obligations outstanding on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 5.1 (but not including any refinancings, extensions, increases or amendments to the indebtedness underlying such Contingent Obligations other than extensions of the maturity thereof without any other change in terms);
(d) Contingent Obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations;
(e) Contingent Obligations arising under indemnity agreements with title insurers to cause such title insurers to issue to Agent mortgagee title insurance policies;
(f) Contingent Obligations arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of purchasers in connection with dispositions of personal property assets permitted under Section 5.6 or in connection with any other commercial agreement entered into by a Credit Party or a Subsidiary thereof in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(g) so long as there exists no Event of Default both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to any such transaction, Contingent Obligations existing or arising under any other Swap Contract, provided, however, that such obligations are (or were) entered into by Credit Party, Subsidiary or an Affiliate in the Ordinary Course of Business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or Property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person and not for purposes of speculation;
(h) Contingent Obligations existing or arising in connection with any letter of credit for the in the Ordinary Course of Business, provided that the aggregate amount of all such letter of credit reimbursement obligations does not at any time exceed $15,000,000 outstanding;
(i) Contingent Obligations arising under, and subject to the terms of, the Settlement Agreement;
(j) other Contingent Obligations not permitted by clauses (a) through (h) above, not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
“Permitted Debt” means:
(a) Credit Parties’ (x) Debt to each Lender under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents and (y) First Lien Loans under the First Lien Credit Facility (or the other Financing Documents (as defined in the First Lien Credit Facility) related thereto) or any refinancing thereof to the extent not prohibited by and subject in all respects to the Intercreditor Agreement;
(b) Debt incurred as a result of endorsing negotiable instruments received in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(c) purchase money Debt (including Capital Leases) not to exceed $500,000 at any time (whether in the form of a loan or a lease) used solely to acquire equipment used in the Ordinary Course of Business and secured only by such equipment and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
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(d) Debt existing on the date of this Agreement and described on Schedule 5.1 (but not including any refinancings, extensions, increases or amendments to such Debt other than Permitted Refinancings);
(e) so long as there exists no Event of Default both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to any such transaction, Debt existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided, however, that such obligations are (or were) entered into by Borrower or an Affiliate in the Ordinary Course of Business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or Property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person and not for purposes of speculation;
(f) Debt in the form of insurance premiums financed through the applicable insurance company;
(g) trade accounts payable arising and paid on a timely basis and in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(h) to the extent constituting Debt (without duplication) Permitted Contingent Obligations;
(i) Subordinated Debt;
(j) Debt consisting of unsecured intercompany loans and advances incurred by any Credit Party owing to any other Credit Party to the extent constituting a Permitted Cash Management Transaction; provided that any such Debt shall be subordinated to the Obligations;
(k) Debt in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and other like services, in each case incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(l) Debt arising out of judgments, attachments or awards (to the extent not covered or paid by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has acknowledged coverage) in an amount not otherwise resulting in an Event of Default;
(m) Debt in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations and bankers acceptances issued for the account of any Credit Party, in each case, in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(n) Debt, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,300,000 at any time outstanding, in respect of credit cards, credit card processing services, debit cards, stored value cards, purchase cards (including so-called “procurement cards” or “P-cards”) or other similar cash management or merchant services, in each case, incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business; and
(o) other unsecured Debt not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate at any time at any time outstanding.
“Permitted Distributions” means the following Distributions:
(a) dividends or distributions by any Subsidiary or Joint Venture of any Borrower to such parent Borrower;
(b) [reserved];
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(c) repurchases of stock of former employees, directors or consultants pursuant to stock purchase agreements made pursuant to the terms of the Employee Stock Plans so long as an Event of Default does not exist at the time of such repurchase and would not exist after giving effect to such repurchase; provided, however, that such repurchase does not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate per fiscal year;
(d) Distributions to Holdings to permit such Person to pay the costs and expenses of their respective board of directors (or other similar governing body), including observer’s fees and expenses, provided that any directors’ fees shall only be paid to independent directors in an aggregate amount not to exceed (i) the amounts previously disclosed in Holdings’ Form DEF 14A plus (ii) any incremental amounts payable to any new directors appointed pursuant to the AECOM Side Letter and other payments to members serving on the Special Committee;
(e) so long as a Borrower files a consolidated federal income tax return (or any combined, consolidated, unitary or other state or local tax return) with Holdings, such Borrower may make distributions to Holdings to permit Holdings to pay the consolidated, combined, unitary or other federal, state and local income, profits, franchise and capital Taxes then due and owing by Holdings in respect of such Borrower, so long as the amount of such Taxes shall not be greater, nor the receipt by such Borrower of Tax benefits less, than they would have been had such Borrower not filed consolidated income tax returns with Holdings; and
(f) cash dividends in the Ordinary Course of Business to Holdings to the extent necessary to permit Holdings (A) to pay general administrative costs and expenses (including corporate overhead, legal or similar expenses) and franchise fees and taxes and similar fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain the organizational existence of Holdings or otherwise comply with obligations required by virtue of Holdings being a publicly traded company, in each case, which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business, plus any reasonable and customary indemnification claims made by directors, officers, members of management or employees of Holdings, in each case, to the extent attributable to the ownership or operations of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries and (B) to pay audit and other accounting and reporting expenses at Holdings to the extent relating to the ownership or operations of its Subsidiaries, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amounts set forth in the Approved Budget.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a) Investments shown on Schedule 5.7 and existing on the Closing Date;
(b) To the extent constituting an Investment, cash and Cash Equivalents owned by such Person;
(c) Investments consisting of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(d) Investments consisting of (i) travel advances and employee relocation loans and other employee loans and advances in the Ordinary Course of Business, and (ii) loans to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of equity securities of Borrowers or their Subsidiaries pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or agreements approved by Borrowers’ Board of Directors (or other governing body), but the aggregate of all such loans and advances outstanding pursuant to this clause (d) may not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate;
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(e) Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(f) Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions, to customers and suppliers who are not Affiliates, in the Ordinary Course of Business, provided, however, that this subpart (f) shall not apply to Investments of any Credit Party in any Subsidiary;
(g) Investments consisting of Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts in which Agent has received a Deposit Account Control Agreement or Securities Account Control Agreement, as applicable;
(h) Investments amongst Credit Parties to the extent constituting a Permitted Cash Management Transaction;
(i) Investments of cash and Cash Equivalents in any Permitted Servicing Joint Ventures but solely to the extent that (i) no Event of Default has occurred or would occur as a result of such Investments, (ii) the aggregate net amount of such Investments (after taking into account the amount of any dividends or distributions made in cash to Credit Parties from the Permitted Servicing Joint Ventures) made with respect to all Permitted Servicing Joint Ventures (other than the Permitted Servicing Joint Venture known as Shimmick Construction Company Inc. / Xxxxx’s Construction Co., LLC) does not exceed $10,000,000 in any fiscal year and (iii) such amount has been expressly set forth in and approved by the Required Lenders pursuant to the Approved Budget;
(j) [reserved]; and
(k) other Investments in an amount not exceeding $500,000 in the aggregate.
“Permitted Liens” means:
(a) deposits or pledges of cash to secure obligations under workmen’s compensation, social security or similar laws, or under unemployment insurance (but excluding Liens arising under ERISA, or with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, the Code) pertaining to a Borrower’s or its Subsidiary’s employees, if any;
(b) deposits or pledges of cash to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money or the deferred purchase price of Property or services), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds and other obligations of like nature arising in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(c) carrier’s, warehousemen’s, mechanic’s, workmen’s, materialmen’s or other like Liens on Collateral arising in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to obligations which are not due, or which are being contested pursuant to a Permitted Contest;
(d) Liens on Collateral for taxes or other governmental charges not at the time delinquent or thereafter payable without penalty or the subject of a Permitted Contest;
(e) attachments, appeal bonds, judgments and other similar Liens on Collateral for sums not exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate arising in connection with court proceedings;
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provided, however, that the execution or other enforcement of such Xxxxx is effectively stayed and the claims secured thereby are the subject of a Permitted Contest;
(f) Liens and encumbrances securing Permitted Debt permitted pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”, subject, in the case of clause (a)(y) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”), to the Intercreditor Agreement and the limitations in respect of a First Lien Credit Facility;
(g) the BHSI Surety Liens;
(h) Liens on Collateral existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 5.2;
(i) any Lien on any equipment securing Debt permitted under clause (c) of the definition of Permitted Debt, provided, however, that such Lien attaches concurrently with or within twenty (20) days after the acquisition thereof;
(j) Liens with respect to real estate, easements, rights of way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities of title, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Security Documents, materially affect the value or marketability of the Collateral, impair the use or operation of the Collateral for the use currently being made thereof or impair Borrowers’ ability to pay the Obligations in a timely manner or impair the use of the Collateral or the ordinary conduct of the business of any Borrower or any Subsidiary and which, in the case of any real estate that is part of the Collateral, are set forth as exceptions to or subordinate matters in the title insurance policy accepted by Agent insuring the lien of the Security Documents;
(k) Liens that are rights of set-off, bankers’ liens or similar non-consensual Liens relating to deposit or securities accounts in favor of banks, other depositary institutions and securities intermediaries solely to secure payment of fees and similar costs and expenses and arising in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(l) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases or consignments of personal property entered into the Ordinary Course of Business;
(m) Liens granted in the Ordinary Course of Business on the unearned portion of insurance premiums securing the financing of insurance premiums to the extent the financing is permitted under clause (f) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(n) Liens that are rights of set-off, bankers’ liens or similar non-consensual Liens relating to Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts in favor of banks, other depositary institutions and securities intermediaries solely to secure payment of fees and similar costs and expenses and arising in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(o) Leases or subleases of real property granted in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(p) Liens, deposits and pledges encumbering cash and Cash Equivalents with a value not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate at any time, to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), public or statutory obligations, surety, indemnity, performance or other similar bonds or other similar obligations arising in the Ordinary Course of Business;
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(q) Liens solely in respect of the L/C Cash Collateral Accounts and amounts deposited therein to the extent securing obligations permitted pursuant to clause (h) of the definition of Permitted Contingent Obligations; and
(r) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of Law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the Ordinary Course of Business.
“Permitted Modifications” means such amendments or modifications to a Credit Party’s or Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents (other than those involving a change in the name of a Credit Party or Subsidiary or involving a reorganization of a Credit Party or Subsidiary under the laws of a different jurisdiction) that would not adversely affect the rights and interests of Agent or any Lender and fully disclosed in writing to Agent and Lenders within thirty (30) days after such amendments or modifications have become effective.
“Permitted Refinancing” means Debt constituting a refinancing, extension or renewal of Debt; provided that the refinanced, extended, or renewed Debt (a) has an aggregate outstanding principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Debt being refinanced or extended (plus any reasonable and customary interest, fees, premiums and costs and expenses) (b) has a weighted average maturity (measured as of the date of such refinancing or extension) and maturity no shorter than that of the Debt being refinanced or extended, (c) is not entered into as part of a sale leaseback transaction, (d) is not secured by a Lien on any assets other than the collateral securing the Debt being refinanced or extended, (e) the obligors of which are the same as the obligors of the Debt being refinanced or extended, (f) is otherwise on terms no less favorable to Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, than those of the Debt being refinanced or extended, (g) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such refinancing, extension or renewal occurs or would result therefrom, (h) has been approved by the Special Committee pursuant to a duly executed resolution thereof, and (i) has been consented to by the Required Lenders.
“Permitted Servicing Joint Venture” means a joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity between a Credit Party and one or more third parties whether created through a contractual arrangement or ownership of Equity Interests (each, a “Joint Venture”) that is set forth on Schedule 5.7 as a Joint Venture or which is otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 5.18 and meets each and all of the following criteria: (a) the formation and governing documents for the Joint Venture provide that the liability of the Credit Party that is a party thereto (as among all of the parties to the Joint Venture) is expressly limited to no more than such Credit Party’s pro rata portion of the scope of services and/or other liabilities arising from the Joint Venture, (b) the terms of which formation and governing documents provide for indemnification of such Credit Party against any damages (other than special, indirect or consequential) caused by any other member of the Joint Venture, (c) the scope of the services to be provided by the Joint Venture shall be consistent with the scope of services currently provided by the Credit Parties in the Ordinary Course of Business (taking into account any services that may be currently subcontracted by the Credit Parties in the Ordinary Course of Business), (d) the Joint Venture shall be formed solely for the purpose of bidding upon and entering into one or more contracts with one or more customers and (e) such Credit Party, the Joint Venture or the customer or customers of the Joint Venture shall obtain customary liability and commercial insurance, in amounts and from a reputable insurer as may be necessary for prudent execution of the work by the Joint Venture. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any unincorporated Joint Venture, the term “formation and governing documents” as used in this definition shall include the applicable contractual arrangement(s) between a Credit Party and one or more third parties pursuant to which such Joint Venture is operated.
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“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, professional association, limited partnership, general partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, trust, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, and any Governmental Authority.
“PIK Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(i).
“Pledge Agreement” means that certain Pledge Agreement, executed by Holdings and the other pledgors named therein in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, on the Closing Date, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Pre-Closing Date Funded Amount” means the dollar amount set forth opposite such Xxxxxx’s name on the Commitment Annex under the column “Pre-Closing Date Funded Amount” (if such Xxxxxx’s name is not so set forth thereon, then the dollar amount on the Commitment Annex for the Pre-Closing Date Funded Amount for such Lender shall be deemed to be $0).
“Prime Rate” shall mean, as of any day, the rate last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as reasonably determined by the Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as reasonably determined by the Agent). The Agent or any Lender may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate. Any change in the Prime Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Pro Rata Share” means (a) with respect to a Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans, such Lender’s right to receive the unused line fee described in Section 2.2(a)(ii) the Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage of such Lender, (b) with respect to a Lender’s right to receive payments of principal and interest with respect to Revolving Loans, such Lender’s Revolving Loan Exposure with respect thereto; and (c) for all other purposes (including, without limitation, the indemnification obligations arising under Section 11.6) with respect to any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the Revolving Loan Commitment Amount of such Lender (or, in the event the Revolving Loan Commitment shall have been terminated, such Lender’s then existing Revolving Loan Outstandings), by (ii) the sum of the Revolving Loan Commitment (or, in the event the Revolving Loan Commitment shall have been terminated, the then existing Revolving Loan Outstandings) of all Lenders.
“Project” means each project of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, including the Legacy Projects.
“Project Contract” means each offer, contract, bid, agreement or other Contractual Obligation pursuant to which a Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries is awarded, has agreed, or is otherwise obligated or permitted to develop, construct, maintain, manage, administer, own, use, provide services related to or otherwise perform with respect to any Project.
“Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, real property, cash, securities, accounts, equipment, contracts and contract rights.
“Protective Advance” means all sums expended by Agent (as applicable) or any Lender in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement to (a) protect the priority, validity and enforceability of any lien on, and security interests in, any Collateral and the instruments evidencing and securing the
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Obligations, (b) prevent the value of any Collateral from being diminished, or (c) protect any of the Collateral from being materially damaged, impaired, mismanaged or taken.
“PSA” means the Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated December 9, 2020, between AECOM, URS Holdings, Inc. and Holdings.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.17(a)(iii).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, brokers, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives, including accountants, auditors, and legal counsel of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.
“Replacement Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.17(c).
“Required Lenders” means (a) if there are fewer than three non-Affiliated Lenders at such time, all Non‑Defaulting Lenders, and (b) if there are three or more non-Affiliated Lenders at such time, (i) at any time while no Loans is outstanding, two or more Non‑Defaulting Lenders that are not Affiliates of one another having more than fifty percent (50%) of the Revolving Loan Commitment of all Non‑Defaulting Lenders; and (ii) at any time while any Loans are outstanding, two or more Non‑Defaulting Lenders holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Loans of all Non‑Defaulting Lenders (without regard to any sale by a Non‑Defaulting Lender of a participation in any Loan under Section 11.17(b)); provided, however, in all cases, as long as AECOM or any Affiliate of AECOM is a Non-Defaulting Lender, the Required Lenders must include AECOM (or such Affiliate) and as long as BHSI or any Affiliate of BSHI is a Non-Defaulting Lender, the Required Lenders must include BSHI (or such Affiliate).
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means, for so long as there is a Chief Transformation Officer, the Chief Transformation Officer, and any other time, the Chief Financial Officer or any other officer of the applicable Credit Party reasonably acceptable to Required Lenders.
“Revolving Lender” means each Lender having a Revolving Loan Commitment Amount in excess of Zero Dollars ($0) (or, in the event the Revolving Loan Commitment shall have been terminated at any time, each Lender at such time having Revolving Loan Outstandings in excess of Zero Dollars ($0)).
“Revolving Loan(s)” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(i).
“Revolving Loan Availability” means, at any time, the Revolving Loan Limit minus the Revolving Loan Outstandings.
“Revolving Loan Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Revolving Loan.
“Revolving Loan Commitment” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment Amounts of all Lenders as of such date.
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“Revolving Loan Commitment Amount” means, as to any Lender, the dollar amount set forth opposite such Xxxxxx’s name on the Commitment Annex under the column “Revolving Loan Commitment Amount” (if such Xxxxxx’s name is not so set forth thereon, then the dollar amount on the Commitment Annex for the Revolving Loan Commitment Amount for such Lender shall be deemed to be $0), as such amount may be adjusted from time to time by (a) any amounts assigned (with respect to such Xxxxxx’s portion of Revolving Loans outstanding and its commitment to make Revolving Loans) pursuant to the terms of any and all effective assignment agreements to which such Lender is a party. For the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment Amount of all Lenders on the Closing Date shall be $60,000,000 and, for purposes of determining remaining availability under any Revolving Loan Commitment Amount, such remaining availability shall be calculated exclusive of any PIK Interest that has served to increase the outstanding principal amount of the Loans at any time.
“Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage” means, as to any Lender, (a) on the Closing Date, the percentage set forth opposite such Xxxxxx’s name on the Commitment Annex under the column “Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage” (if such Lender’s name is not so set forth thereon, then, on the Closing Date, such percentage for such Lender shall be deemed to be zero), and (b) on any date following the Closing Date, the percentage equal to the Revolving Loan Commitment Amount of such Lender on such date divided by the Revolving Loan Commitment on such date.
“Revolving Loan Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender on any date of determination, the percentage equal to the amount of such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Loan Outstandings on such date divided by the aggregate Revolving Loan Outstandings of all Lenders on such date.
“Revolving Loan Limit” means the Revolving Loan Commitment.
“Revolving Loan Outstandings” means, at any time of calculation, (a) the then existing aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans, and (b) when used with reference to any single Lender, the then existing outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans advanced by such Lender; provided that, on the Closing Date, each Lender shall have been deemed to have funded Revolving Loans in the amount equal to such Lender’s Pre-Closing Date Funded Amount and such Pre-Closing Date Funded Amount shall constitute Revolving Loan Outstandings as of the Closing Date; provided further any PIK Interest accrued and capitalized shall not constitute Revolving Loan Outstandings for purposes of calculating the Revolving Loan Availability.
“Revolving Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
“Rolling Stock” means trucks, tractors, trailers, service vehicles, forklifts, cranes and other vehicles that are subject to a certificate of title registration requirement pursuant to applicable State law.
“Sanctioned Country” means any country or territory that is itself subject to comprehensive sanctions maintained by OFAC including at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and the Crimea, Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic.
“Sanctions” means all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“SEC Required Disclosures” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.24(a).
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“Securities Account” means a “securities account” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), an investment account, or other account in which investment property or securities are held or invested for credit to or for the benefit of any Credit Party.
“Securities Account Control Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, among Agent, any applicable Credit Party and each securities intermediary in which such Credit Party maintains a Securities Account pursuant to which Agent shall obtain “control” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) over such Securities Account.
“Securitization” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.6(b).
“Security Document” means this Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Information Certificate and any other agreement, document or instrument executed concurrently herewith or at any time hereafter pursuant to which one or more Credit Parties or any other Person either (a) Guarantees payment or performance of all or any portion of the Obligations, and/or (b) provides, as security for all or any portion of the Obligations, a Lien on any of its assets in favor of Agent for its own benefit and the benefit of the Lenders, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement.
“Settlement Agreement” means that certain Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release dated as of January 31, 2022, by and among SCC Group, LLC, AECOM and URS Holdings, Inc.
“Settlement and Release Agreement” has the meaning assigned to it in the AECOM Side Letter.
“Settlement Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.17(a)(v).
“Settlement Service” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.17(a)(v).
“Share Issuance Agreement” has the meaning assigned to it in the AECOM Side Letter.
“Shimmick” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“SOFR Interest Rate” means, with respect to each day during which interest accrues on a Loan, the rate per annum (expressed as a percentage) equal to (a) Term SOFR for the applicable Interest Period for such day; or (b) if the then-current Benchmark has been replaced with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to Section 2.2(o), such Benchmark Replacement for such day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the SOFR Interest Rate shall not at any time be less the Floor.
“SOFR Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based on SOFR Interest Rate.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person (a) owns and will own assets the fair saleable value of which are (i) greater than the total amount of its debts and liabilities (including subordinated and Contingent Obligations), and (ii) greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of its then existing debts as they become absolute and matured considering all financing alternatives and potential asset sales reasonably available to it; (b) has capital that is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as presently conducted or after giving effect to any contemplated transaction; and (c) does not intend to incur and does not believe that it will incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due.
“Special Committee” means that certain committee established by the Board of Directors of Holdings which is comprised of three independent directors and to which has been designated authority to
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oversee transactions, asset sales, employee compensation and retention and settlement discussions as well as such other duties as detailed in the establishing resolution or charter thereof.
“Stated Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
“Subordinated Debt” means any Debt of Credit Parties incurred pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated Debt Documents and with the prior written consent of Required Lenders, all of which documents must be in form and substance acceptable to Required Lenders, provided, that in each case the applicable Subordinated Debt remains subject to a Subordination Agreement.
“Subordinated Debt Documents” means any documents evidencing and/or securing Debt governed by a Subordination Agreement, all of which documents must be in form and substance acceptable to the Required Lenders and the Agent, as applicable.
“Subordination Agreement” means each agreement between Agent and another creditor of Credit Parties, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, pursuant to which the Debt owing from any Credit Party and/or the Liens securing such Debt granted by any Credit Party to such creditor are subordinated in any way to the Obligations and the Liens created under the Security Documents, the terms and provisions of such Subordination Agreements to have been agreed to by and be acceptable to the Required Lenders and the Agent.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation (or any foreign equivalent thereof) of which an aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Equity Interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, Equity Interests of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned legally or beneficially by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or with respect to which any such Person has the right to vote or designate the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of such Equity Interests whether by proxy, agreement, operation of law or otherwise, and (b) any partnership or limited liability company (or any foreign equivalents thereof) in which such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person shall have an interest (whether in the form of voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than fifty percent (50%) or of which any such Person is a general partner or may exercise the powers of a general partner; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Permitted Servicing Joint Venture be deemed to be a Subsidiary hereunder. Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to a Subsidiary shall be a reference to a Subsidiary of a Credit Party.
“Swap Contract” means any “swap agreement”, as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code, that is obtained by Borrower to provide protection against fluctuations in interest or currency exchange rates, but only if Agent provides its prior written consent to the entry into such “swap agreement”.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term SOFR” means the greater of (a) Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator and (b) the Floor; provided, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the Available Tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect
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to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day.
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) any date on which the maturity of the Loans is accelerated pursuant to Section 10.2, or (c) the termination date stated in any notice of termination of this Agreement provided by Borrowers in accordance with Section 2.12.
“Testing Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(p)(iii).
“Total Operating Distributions” means the amounts identified in the applicable Budget as “Total Operating Distributions”.
“Total Receipts” means the amounts identified in the applicable Budget as “Total Receipts”.
“Total Debt” means, without duplication, an amount equal to the total aggregate principal amount of Debt of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries of the types described in clauses (a), (b), (d), (e) and (g) of the definition of “Debt”.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c)(i).
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York or of any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the perfection of security interests in any Collateral.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
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“United States” means the United States of America.
“Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any person, such person’s Equity Interests having the right to vote for the election of directors of such person under ordinary circumstances.
“Withholding Agent” means each Credit Party or Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Section 1.2 Accounting Terms and Determinations. Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder (including, without limitation, determinations made pursuant to the exhibits hereto) shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of each Credit Party and its consolidated Subsidiaries delivered to Agent and each of the Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or financial requirement set forth in any Financing Document, and either Borrowers or the Required Lenders shall so request, Agent, the Lenders and Borrowers shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided, however, that until so amended, (a) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (b) Borrowers shall provide to Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement which include a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. Any obligations of a Person under a lease (whether existing now or entered into in the future) that is not (or would not be) a capital lease obligation under GAAP as in effect prior to giving effect to FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases, shall not be treated as a capital lease obligation solely as a result of the adoption of changes in GAAP, unless the parties hereto shall enter into a mutually acceptable amendment addressing such changes, as provided for above.
Section 1.3 Other Definitional and Interpretive Provisions. References in this Agreement to “Articles”, “Sections”, “Annexes”, “Exhibits”, or “Schedules” shall be to Articles, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits or Schedules of or to this Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided. Any term defined herein may be used in the singular or plural. “Include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by “without limitation”. Except as otherwise specified or limited herein, references to any Person include the successors and assigns of such Person. References “from” or “through” any date mean, unless otherwise specified, “from and including” or “through and including”, respectively. References to any statute or act shall include all related current regulations and all amendments and any successor statutes, acts and regulations. All amounts used for purposes of financial calculations required to be made herein shall be without duplication. References to any statute or act, without additional reference, shall be deemed to refer to federal statutes and acts of the United States. References to any agreement, instrument or document shall include all schedules, exhibits, annexes and other attachments thereto. References to capitalized terms that are not defined herein, but are defined in the UCC, shall have the meanings given
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them in the UCC. All references herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale or transfer, or analogous term, will be construed to also mean a division of or by a limited liability company, as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale or transfer, or similar term, as applicable. Any series of limited liability company shall be considered a separate Person.
Section 1.4 Settlement and Funding Mechanics. Unless otherwise specified herein, the settlement of all payments and fundings hereunder between or among the parties hereto shall be made in lawful money of the United States and in immediately available funds.
Section 1.5 Time is of the Essence. Time is of the essence in Xxxxxxxx’s and each other Credit Party’s performance under this Agreement and all other Financing Documents.
Section 1.6 Time of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight savings or standard, as applicable).
Section 1.7 MFN Override. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any Financing Document, in the event that, following the Closing Date, any transaction, event, occurrence or circumstance (financial or otherwise) would trigger a default or event of default under the First Lien Credit Facility absent consent from the agent or any lender thereunder, then (regardless of whether such consent is obtained) any such transaction, event, occurrence or circumstance shall also be deemed to trigger a Default or Event of Default, as the case may be, hereunder unless consented to by the Agent or the Required Lenders, as the case may be.
Section 1.8 Rates. The Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
Article 2- LOANS
Section 2.1 Loans.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) Revolving Loans.
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(i) Revolving Loans and Borrowings. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans to Borrowers from time to time as set forth herein (each a “Revolving Loan”, and collectively, “Revolving Loans”) equal to such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage of Revolving Loans requested by Borrowers hereunder, provided, however, that after giving effect thereto, the Revolving Loan Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Loan Limit. Borrowers shall deliver to Agent a Notice of Borrowing with respect to each proposed Revolving Loan Borrowing, such Notice of Borrowing to be delivered before 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time) five (5) Business Days prior to the date of such proposed borrowing. Each Notice of Borrowing shall specify (i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing, (ii) the date of the Borrowing, (iii) the account of the Borrower Representative to which funds are to be sent. Promptly following receipt of a Notice of Borrowing, the Agent shall advise each applicable Lender of the details thereof and such Xxxxxx’s portion of each resulting Revolving Borrowing.
(ii) Funding of Revolving Loan Borrowings. Each Lender shall make the amount of each Revolving Loan Borrowing to be made by it hereunder available to the Agent by wire transfer in immediately available funds not later than 12:00 p.m. noon (Eastern time) on the proposed date thereof. Upon receipt of all requested funds, the Agent will make all such funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds, by wire transfer of such funds in accordance with the instructions provided in the applicable Notice of Borrowing. The Borrower hereby agrees that unless the Borrower has notified the Agent in writing that it has not received such proceeds by 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of the Borrowing, the Agent, in reliance on the Notice of Borrowing, shall record such Revolving Loan in the Register without any liability for doing so.
(iii) Mandatory Revolving Loan Repayments and Prepayments.
(A) The Revolving Loan Commitment shall terminate on the Termination Date. On such Termination Date, there shall become due, and Borrowers shall pay, the entire outstanding principal amount of each Revolving Loan, together with accrued and unpaid Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations) pertaining thereto incurred to, but excluding the Termination Date; provided, however, that such payment is made not later than 12:00 Noon (Eastern time) on the Termination Date.
(B) If at any time the Revolving Loan Outstandings exceed the Revolving Loan Limit, then, on the next succeeding Business Day, Borrowers shall repay the Revolving Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
(C) Principal payable on account of Revolving Loans shall be payable by Borrowers to Agent (I) immediately upon the receipt by any Borrower or Agent of any payments on or proceeds from any of the Accounts, to the extent of such payments or proceeds, as further described in Section 2.11 below, and (II) in full on the Termination Date.
(c) [Reserved].
Section 2.2 Interest, Interest Calculations and Certain Fees.
(a) Interest.
(i) From and following the Closing Date, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, Loans and the other Obligations shall bear interest at the sum of the SOFR Interest
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Rate plus the Applicable Margin. Interest on the Loans shall be paid monthly in arrears on the first (1st) Business Day of each month and on the maturity of such Loans (each, an “Interest Payment Date”, whether by acceleration or otherwise. Interest on all other Obligations shall be payable upon demand. Until the MidCap Credit Facility has been paid in full and terminated and all liens thereunder released (the “MidCap Termination Date”), interest on each Loan shall be paid by adding all or a portion of such interest to the principal amount of the outstanding Loans (“PIK Interest”) in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided, that the Borrower shall promptly notify the Agent in writing that the MidCap Termination Date has occurred. PIK Interest shall be deemed due and payable on the Interest Payment Date and thereupon, the principal amount of the Loans shall automatically be increased by an amount equal to such PIK Interest and evidenced by this Agreement and, if applicable, any Notes. From and after the MidCap Payoff Date, interest shall be payable in cash at the election of the Borrower Representative. To make an election pursuant to this Section 2.2(a), the Borrower shall notify the Agent and each Lender of such election in writing pursuant to the delivery of a Cash Interest Election by no later than 1:00 pm (Eastern time) at least six (6) Business Days prior to each applicable Interest Payment Date indicating the amount of interest to be paid in kind and the amount of interest to be paid in cash in respect of the Loans on such Interest Payment Date.
(ii) [Reserved].
(iii) [Reserved].
(b) [Reserved].
(c) [Reserved].
(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) [Reserved].
(g) [Reserved].
(h) [Reserved].
(i) Audit Fees. Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for its own account and not for the benefit of any other Lenders, all reasonable and documented fees and expenses in connection with audits and inspections of Borrowers’ books and records, audits, valuations or appraisals of the Collateral, audits of Borrowers’ compliance with applicable Laws and such other matters as Agent shall deem appropriate, which shall be due and payable on the first Business Day of the month following the date of issuance by Agent of a written request for payment thereof to Borrowers, in each case, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4.6 (in the case of audits and field examinations) and Section 4.4(d) (in the case of valuations or appraisals of the Collateral).
(j) Wire Fees. Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for its own account and not for the account of any other Lenders, on written demand, fees for incoming and outgoing wires made for the account of Borrowers, such fees to be based on Agent’s then current wire fee schedule (available upon written request of the Borrowers).
(k) [Reserved].
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(l) Computation of Interest and Related Fees. All interest and fees under each Financing Document shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed. The date of funding of a Loan shall be included in the calculation of interest. The date of payment of a Loan shall be excluded from the calculation of interest. If a Loan is repaid on the same day that it is made, one (1) day’s interest shall be charged.
(m) [Reserved]
(n) Agent Fee Letter. In addition to the other fees set forth herein, the Borrowers agree to pay to Agent, the fees set forth in the Agent Fee Letter, which shall be non-refundable and earned upon receipt.
(o) Benchmark Replacement Setting; Conforming Changes.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Financing Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, the Agent (in consultation with Required Lenders) and the Borrower Representative may amend this Agreement to replace the then-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement (and the Lenders hereby (i) authorize and direct the Agent to enter into any such amendments that have been consented or agreed to by the Required Lenders or in respect of which the Agent has received a direction from the Required Lenders to execute and (ii) acknowledge and agree that the Agent shall be entitled to all of the exculpations, protections and indemnifications provided for in this Agreement in favor of the Agent in entering into any such amendment that has been consented or agreed to by the Required Lenders, or in respect of which the Agent has received a direction from the Required Lenders to executed). Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the tenth Business Day after the Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all affected Lenders and the Borrower Representative so long as the Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. No replacement of a Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 2.2(o)(i) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
(ii) In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Financing Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Financing Document (and the Lenders hereby (i) authorize and direct the Agent to make any Conforming Changes (and to enter into any modifications to this Agreement or other Financing Documents implementing such Conforming Changes) that have been consented or agreed to by the Required Lenders or in respect of which the Agent has received a direction from the Required Lenders to implement and (ii) acknowledge and agree that the Agent shall be entitled to all of the exculpations, protections and indemnifications provided for in this Agreement in favor of the Agent in implementing any Conforming Changes (or in entering into any modifications to this Agreement or the other Financing Documents implementing the same).
(iii) The Agent will promptly notify the Borrower Representative and the Lenders of (A) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (B) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, and (C) the commencement and conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. The Agent will promptly notify the Borrower Representative of the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 2.2(o)(iv). Any determination,
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decision or election that may be made by the Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.2(o)(iii) including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Financing Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.2(o).
(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Financing Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (A) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (1) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion or (2) the administrator of such Benchmark or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative or in compliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks, then the Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable, non-representative, non-compliant or non-aligned tenor and (B) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (A) above either (1) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (2) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative or in compliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(v) Upon Borrower Representative’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, any outstanding affected Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period.
Section 2.3 Notes. The portion of the Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced, if so requested by such Lender, by one or more promissory notes executed by the Borrowers on a joint and several basis (each, a “Note”) in an original principal amount equal to such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Loan Commitment Amount.
Section 2.4 [Reserved].
Section 2.5 Prepayments.
(a) Optional Prepayments.
(i) Subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Borrowers may prepay the Loans on any Business Day (together with any amounts due pursuant to Section 2.2), in whole or in part, in an aggregate minimum amount equal to (a) if being prepaid in whole, the Obligations and (b) if being prepaid in part, US$250,000 and integral multiples of US$250,000 in excess of that amount. The Borrower Representative shall notify the Agent in writing of any prepayment hereunder not later than 12:00 Noon (Eastern time), one (1) Business Day prior to the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of the Loans or portion thereof to be prepaid.
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Upon the giving of any such notice, the principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall become irrevocably due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein. For the avoidance of doubt, (x) any refinancing of the Obligations and (y) any acceleration (voluntary or involuntary), redemption, prepayment, repayment, or payment of the Obligations shall, in each case, constitute an optional prepayment thereof under this Section 2.5(a)(i).
(ii) Amounts prepaid pursuant to Section 2.5(a)(i) shall be applied to the Obligations pursuant to Section 11.13.
(b) Mandatory Repayments. Subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement:
(i) The Borrowers shall promptly (not to exceed three Business Days) cause the Net Proceeds attributable to any Asset Disposition or Casualty Event to be applied to the repayment of the Obligations; provided that if the Borrower Representative shall, prior to the date of the required prepayment, deliver to the Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that the Borrowers intend to cause the Net Proceeds attributable to a Casualty Event (or a portion of such Net Proceeds specified in such certificate) to be applied within 60 days after receipt of such Net Proceeds to repair, restore or replace the Property lost due to or damaged by such Casualty Event then, as long as no Default or Event of Default is outstanding at any time during the reinvestment period, no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this paragraph in respect of such Net Proceeds (or the portion of such Net Proceeds specified in such certificate, if applicable) except to the extent that any such Net Proceeds has not been so applied by the end of such period, or if the Borrower Representative decides to not so reinvest, at which time a prepayment shall be required in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds that has not been so applied.
(ii) Following any Credit Party’s receipt of payments received other than in the Ordinary Course of Business (which shall include, without limitation, litigation settlements, change orders, insurance proceeds and contract retainage releases), proceeds or claim or settlement recoveries received in connection with the Legacy Projects (the “Extraordinary Project Proceeds”), the Borrowers shall promptly (and in any event on the same Business Day) cause 100% of such Extraordinary Project Proceeds to be applied to the repayment of the Obligations.
(iii) If, on the last Business Day of every second week commencing on the date that is two weeks following the Closing Date, (i) there are outstanding Loans and (ii) the Credit Parties have Excess Cash as of the end of such Business Day, the Borrowers shall, within two (2) Business Days, prepay such Loans, which prepayment shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount of such Excess Cash and (B) the amount of such outstanding Loans; provided that if the date of such prepayment falls on the last Business Day of any fiscal quarter, then required date for such prepayment shall be moved to the next succeeding Business Day.
(iv) Following the incurrence of any Debt (other than Permitted Debt) by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, the Borrowers shall promptly (and in any event on the same Business Day) cause 100% of the gross proceeds received in respect of such Debt to be applied to the repayment of the Obligations. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to permit any Credit Party or Subsidiary to incur Debt other than Permitted Debt, and any such incurrence of Debt shall be a violation of Section 5.1, a breach of this Agreement, and result in an immediate Event of Default.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.5, and unless otherwise requested by the Special Committee and approved by the Required Lenders, until the MidCap Payoff Date, each mandatory prepayment of Loans required pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be applied first to
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permanently prepay the outstanding Loans under the MidCap Credit Facility and permanently reduce commitments under the MidCap Credit Facility then, from and after the MidCap Payoff Date, shall be applied by the Borrower Representative as a mandatory prepayment hereunder in accordance with the relevant terms of this Section 2.5.
(d) The Borrower shall provide the Agent, with a copy to each Lender, with written notice of any such mandatory prepayment, including a calculation of such prepayment and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, and such written notice must be received by the Agent not later than noon (Eastern time) one (1) Business Day before the date of prepayment.
Section 2.6 General Provisions Regarding Payment; Loan Account.
(a) All payments to be made by each Borrower under any Financing Document, including payments of principal and interest made hereunder and pursuant to any other Financing Document, and all fees, expenses, indemnities and reimbursements, shall be made without set-off, recoupment or counterclaim. If any payment hereunder becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension (it being understood and agreed that, solely for purposes of calculating financial covenants and computations contained herein and determining compliance therewith, if payment is made, in full, on any such extended due date, such payment shall be deemed to have been paid on the original due date without giving effect to any extension thereto). Any payments received in the Payment Account before 12:00 Noon (Eastern time) on any date shall be deemed received by Agent on such date, and any payments received in the Payment Account at or after 12:00 Noon (Eastern time) on any date may, in the Agent’s discretion, be deemed received by Agent on the next succeeding Business Day.
(b) Agent shall maintain a loan account (the “Loan Account”) on its books to record Loans and other extensions of credit made by the Lenders hereunder or under any other Financing Document, and all payments thereon made by each Borrower. All entries in the Loan Account shall be made in accordance with Agent’s customary accounting practices as in effect from time to time. The balance in the Loan Account, as recorded in Agent’s books and records at any time shall be conclusive and binding evidence of the amounts due and owing to Agent by each Borrower absent manifest error; provided, however, that any failure to so record or any error in so recording shall not limit or otherwise affect any Borrower’s duty to pay all amounts owing hereunder or under any other Financing Document. Agent shall provide Borrowers with a statement regarding the Loan Account (but neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability if Agent shall fail to provide any such statement) upon loan activity. Unless any Borrower notifies Agent in writing of any objection to any such statement (specifically describing the basis for such objection) within ninety (90) days after the date of receipt thereof, it shall be deemed final, binding and conclusive upon Borrowers in all respects as to all matters reflected therein.
Section 2.7 Maximum Interest. In no event shall the interest charged with respect to the Loans or any other Obligations of any Borrower under any Financing Document exceed the maximum amount permitted under the laws of the State of New York or of any other applicable jurisdiction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or elsewhere, if at any time the rate of interest payable hereunder or under any Note or other Financing Document (the “Stated Rate”) would exceed the highest rate of interest permitted under any applicable law to be charged (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then for so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest payable shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate; provided, however, that if at any time thereafter the Stated Rate is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, each Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by law, continue to pay interest at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received is equal to the total interest which would have been received had the Stated Rate been (but for the operation of this provision) the interest rate
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payable. Thereafter, the interest rate payable shall be the Stated Rate unless and until the Stated Rate again would exceed the Maximum Lawful Rate, in which event this provision shall again apply. In no event shall the total interest received by any Lender exceed the amount which it could lawfully have received had the interest been calculated for the full term hereof at the Maximum Lawful Rate. If, notwithstanding the prior sentence, any Lender has received interest hereunder in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate, such excess amount shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of the Loans or to other amounts (other than interest) payable hereunder, and if no such principal or other amounts are then outstanding, such excess or part thereof remaining shall be paid to Borrowers. In computing interest payable with reference to the Maximum Lawful Rate applicable to any Lender, such interest shall be calculated at a daily rate equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate divided by the number of days in the year in which such calculation is made.
Section 2.8 Taxes; Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs; Inability to Determine Rates; Illegality.
(a) All payments of principal and interest on the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any present or future Taxes, except as required by applicable Law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and if any such withholding or deduction is in respect of any Indemnified Taxes, then the Borrowers shall pay such additional amount or amounts as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by Agent and each Lender will equal the full amount Agent and such Lender would have received had no such withholding or deduction been required (including, without limitation, such withholdings and deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.8). After payment of any Tax by a Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.8, such Borrower shall promptly forward to Agent the original or a certified copy of an official receipt, a copy of the return reporting such payment, or other documentation satisfactory to Agent evidencing such payment to such authority. Borrowers shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(b) The Borrowers shall indemnify Agent and Lenders, within ten (10) days after demand thereof, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.8) payable or paid by Agent or any Lender or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to Agent or any Lender and any expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate in reasonable detail as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Borrowers by a Lender (with a copy to Agent), or by Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(c) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments made under any Financing Document shall deliver to Borrower Representative and Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by Borrowers or Agent as will enable Borrowers or Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than
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such documentation set forth in Sections 2.8(c)(i), 2.8(c)(ii) and 2.8(e)) below) shall not be required if in such Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(i) Each Lender that is not a “United States person” (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes and is a party hereto on the Closing Date or purports to become an assignee of an interest pursuant to Section 11.17(a) after the Closing Date (unless such Xxxxxx was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment) (each such Lender a “Foreign Lender”) shall, to the extent permitted by Law, execute and deliver to Borrower Representative and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower Representative or Agent) whichever of the following is applicable: (A) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Financing Document, two (2) properly completed and executed originals of United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Forms W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Financing Documents, two (2) properly completed and executed originals of IRS Forms W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty; (B) two (2) executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form); (C) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) two (2) executed originals of IRS Forms W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form); (D) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, two (2) executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2 or Exhibit F-3, IRS Form W-9 (or successor form), and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner; or (E) other applicable forms, certificates or documents prescribed by the IRS. Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered under this Section 2.8(c) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Borrower Representative and Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so. In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, such forms shall be delivered by each Foreign Lender upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Foreign Lender shall promptly notify Borrower Representative at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to Borrower Representative (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose).
(ii) Each Lender that is a “United States person” (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes and is a party hereto on the Closing Date or purports to become an assignee of an interest pursuant to Section 11.17(a) after the
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Closing Date (unless such Xxxxxx was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment) shall, to the extent permitted by Law, provide to Borrower Representative and Agent on or prior to the date on which such Xxxxxx becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower Representative or Agent), a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-9 or any successor form certifying as to such Xxxxxx’s entitlement to an exemption from U.S. backup withholding and other applicable forms, certificates or documents prescribed by the IRS or reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or Agent. Each such Lender shall promptly notify Borrowers at any time it determines that any certificate previously delivered to Borrower Representative (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. governmental authorities for such purposes) is no longer valid.
(iii) Any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower Representative and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower Representative or Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit Borrowers or Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(d) If any Lender determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund in respect of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.8 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.8), then it shall promptly pay an amount equal to such refund to Borrowers, net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender or of Agent with respect thereto, including any Taxes; provided, however, that Borrowers, upon the written request of such Lender or Agent, agree to repay any amount paid over to Borrowers to such Lender or to Agent (plus any related penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event such Lender or Agent is required, for any reason, to disgorge or otherwise repay such refund. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.8, in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 2.8(d) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This Section 2.8 shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(e) If a payment made to a Lender under any Financing Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Borrower Representative and Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or Agent as may be necessary for Borrowers and Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Xxxxxx has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (e), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(f) Each Lender shall severally indemnify Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Credit
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Party has not already indemnified Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Xxxxxx’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.17 relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by Agent in connection with any Financing Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Financing Document or otherwise payable by Agent to such Lender from any other source against any amount due to Agent under this paragraph (f).
(g) If any Lender shall reasonably determine that the adoption or taking effect of, or any change in, any applicable Law regarding capital adequacy, in each instance, after the Closing Date, or any change after the Closing Date in the interpretation, administration or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation, administration or application thereof, or the compliance by any Lender or any Person controlling such Lender with any request, guideline or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of Law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency adopted or otherwise taking effect after the Closing Date, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such controlling Person’s capital as a consequence of such Xxxxxx’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling Person could have achieved but for such adoption, taking effect, change, interpretation, administration, application or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such controlling Person’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) then from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (which demand shall be accompanied by a certificate setting forth the basis for such demand and a calculation of the amount thereof in reasonable detail, a copy of which shall be furnished to Agent), Borrowers shall promptly pay to such Lender such additional amount as will compensate such Lender or such controlling Person for such reduction, so long as such amounts have accrued on or after the day which is two hundred seventy (270) days prior to the date on which such Lender first made demand therefor; provided that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “change in applicable Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
(h) If any Lender shall reasonably determine that the adoption or taking effect of, or any change in, any applicable Law shall (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender, (ii) subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, or any SOFR Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for Taxes covered by Section 2.8); or (iii) impose on any Lender any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or SOFR Loans made by such Lender, and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to Term SOFR (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender, the Borrowers will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(i) If any Lender requests compensation under any of the clauses in this Section 2.8, or requires Borrowers to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the
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account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.8, then, upon the written request of Borrower Representative, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder (subject to the provisions of Section 11.17) to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or materially reduce amounts payable pursuant to any such Section, as the case may be, in the future, (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and (iii) would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender (as determined in its sole good faith discretion). Without limitation of the provisions of Section 13.14, each Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable and documented, out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(j) Subject to Section 2.2(o), if Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Term SOFR cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period, Agent will promptly so notify the Borrowers and each Lender. Upon notice thereof by Agent to Borrowers, any obligation of the Lenders to make SOFR Loans shall be suspended until Agent revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such conversion, Borrower shall also pay any additional amounts required pursuant to this Agreement.
(k) If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain or fund SOFR Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon Term SOFR, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender to Borrowers (through Agent), any obligation of such Lender to make SOFR Loans shall be suspended, in each case until such Lender notifies Agent and Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, all SOFR Loans shall become Base Rate Loans. Upon any such conversion, Borrower shall also pay any additional amounts required pursuant to this Agreement.
(l) Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.8 shall survive the resignation or replacement of Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations hereunder.
Section 2.9 Appointment of Borrower Representative.
(a) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints and constitutes Borrower Representative as its agent and attorney-in-fact to request and receive Loans in the name or on behalf of such Borrower and any other Borrowers, deliver Notices of Borrowing, give instructions with respect to the disbursement of the proceeds of the Loans, giving and receiving all other notices and consents hereunder or under any of the other Financing Documents and taking all other actions (including in respect of compliance with covenants) in the name or on behalf of any Borrower or Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement and the other Financing Documents. Agent and Xxxxxxx may disburse the Loans to such bank account of Borrower Representative or a Borrower or otherwise make such Loans to a Borrower, in each case as Borrower Representative may designate or direct, without notice to any other Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Agent or Lenders may at any time and from time to time require that Loans to or for the account of any Borrower be disbursed directly to an operating account of such Borrower.
(b) Borrower Representative xxxxxx accepts the appointment by Xxxxxxxxx to act as the agent and attorney-in-fact of Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.9. Borrower Representative shall
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ensure that the disbursement of any Loans that are at any time requested by or to be remitted to or for the account of a Borrower, shall be remitted or issued to or for the account of such Borrower.
(c) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints and constitutes Borrower Representative as its agent to receive statements on account and all other notices from Agent and Lenders with respect to the Obligations or otherwise under or in connection with this Agreement and the other Financing Documents.
(d) Any notice, election, representation, warranty, agreement or undertaking made or delivered by or on behalf of any Borrower by Borrower Representative shall be deemed for all purposes to have been made or delivered by such Borrower, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon and enforceable against such Borrower to the same extent as if made or delivered directly by such Borrower.
(e) No resignation by or termination of the appointment of Borrower Representative as agent and attorney-in-fact as aforesaid shall be effective, except after ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent and Xxxxxxx. If the Borrower Representative resigns under this Agreement, Xxxxxxxxx shall be entitled to appoint a successor Borrower Representative (which shall be a Borrower and shall be reasonably acceptable to Agent as such successor). Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor Borrower Representative hereunder, such successor Borrower Representative shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Borrower Representative and the term “Borrower Representative” means such successor Borrower Representative for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents, and the retiring or terminated Borrower Representative’s appointment, powers and duties as Borrower Representative shall be thereupon terminated.
Section 2.10 Joint and Several Liability; Rights of Contribution; Subordination and Subrogation.
(a) Borrowers are defined collectively to include all Persons named as one of the Borrowers herein; provided, however, that any references herein to “any Borrower”, “each Borrower” or similar references, shall be construed as a reference to each individual Person named as one of the Borrowers herein. Each Person so named shall be jointly and severally liable for all of the obligations of Borrowers under this Agreement. Each Borrower, individually, expressly understands, agrees and acknowledges, that the credit facilities would not be made available on the terms herein in the absence of the collective credit of all of the Persons named as the Borrowers herein, the joint and several liability of all such Persons, and the cross-collateralization of the collateral of all such Persons. Accordingly, each Borrower individually acknowledges that the benefit to each of the Persons named as one of the Borrowers as a whole constitutes reasonably equivalent value, regardless of the amount of the credit facilities actually borrowed by, advanced to, or the amount of collateral provided by, any individual Borrower. In addition, each entity named as one of the Borrowers herein hereby acknowledges and agrees that all of the representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, conditions, agreements and other terms contained in this Agreement shall be applicable to and shall be binding upon and measured and enforceable individually against each Person named as one of the Borrowers herein as well as all such Persons when taken together. By way of illustration, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the terms of Section 10.1 of this Agreement are to be applied to each individual Person named as one of the Borrowers herein (as well as to all such Persons taken as a whole), such that the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 10.1 of this Agreement as to any Person named as one of the Borrowers herein shall constitute an Event of Default even if such event has not occurred as to any other Persons named as the Borrowers or as to all such Persons taken as a whole.
(b) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, it is intended that the joint and several nature of the liability of each Borrower for the Obligations and the Liens granted
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by Borrowers to secure the Obligations, not constitute a Fraudulent Conveyance (as defined below). Consequently, Agent, Lenders and each Borrower agree that if the liability of a Borrower for the Obligations, or any Liens granted by such Borrower securing the Obligations would, but for the application of this sentence, constitute a Fraudulent Conveyance, the liability of such Borrower and the Liens securing such liability shall be valid and enforceable only to the maximum extent that would not cause such liability or such Lien to constitute a Fraudulent Conveyance, and the liability of such Borrower and this Agreement shall automatically be deemed to have been amended accordingly. For purposes hereof, the term “Fraudulent Conveyance” means a fraudulent conveyance under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of Title II of the Bankruptcy Code or a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under the applicable provisions of any fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer law or similar law of any state, nation or other governmental unit, as in effect from time to time.
(c) Agent, upon express authorization, in writing, of the Required Lenders, is authorized, without notice or demand (except as otherwise specifically required under this Agreement) and without affecting the liability of any Borrower hereunder, at any time and from time to time, to (i) with the written agreement of all Borrowers and the express written authorization of the Required Lenders, renew, extend or otherwise increase the time for payment of the Obligations; (ii) with the written agreement of all Borrowers and the Required Lenders, change the terms relating to the Obligations or otherwise modify, amend or change the terms of any agreement, document or instrument now or hereafter executed by any Borrower and delivered to Agent for any Lender; (iii) accept partial payments of the Obligations; (iv) take and hold any Collateral for the payment of the Obligations or for the payment of any guaranties of the Obligations and exchange, enforce upon (upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default), waive and release any such Collateral; (v) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, settle, release, compromise, collect or otherwise liquidate the Obligations and any Collateral therefor in any manner that does not otherwise conflict with the BSHI Surety Documents or BHSI rights as a surety under applicable law. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents, Agent, with the express authorization of the Required Lenders, may determine the time and manner of application of any payments or credits, whether received from any Borrower or any other source, and such determination shall be binding on all Borrowers. All such payments and credits may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to any of the Obligations that Agent shall determine, with the express authorization of the Required Lenders, without affecting the validity or enforceability of the Obligations of any other Borrower.
(d) Each Borrower hereby agrees that, except as hereinafter provided, the Obligations are unconditional, irrespective of (i) the absence of any attempt to collect the Obligations from any obligor or other action to enforce the same; (ii) the waiver or consent by Agent with respect to any provision of any instrument evidencing the Obligations, or any part thereof, or any other agreement heretofore, now or hereafter executed by a Borrower and delivered to Agent; (iii) failure by Agent to take any steps to perfect and maintain its security interest in, or to preserve its rights to, any security or collateral for the Obligations; (iv) the institution of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar proceeding, by or against a Borrower or Agent’s election in any such proceeding of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (v) any borrowing or grant of a security interest by a Borrower as debtor-in-possession, under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code; (vi) the disallowance, under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, of all or any portion of Agent’s claim(s) for repayment of any of the Obligations; or (vii) any other circumstance other than payment in full of the Obligations which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor or surety.
(e) Borrowers hereby agree, as between themselves, that to the extent that Agent, on behalf of Xxxxxxx, shall have received from any Borrower any Recovery Amount (as defined below), then the paying Borrower shall have a right of contribution against each other Borrower in an amount equal to such other Borrower’s contributive share of such Recovery Amount; provided, however, that in the event
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any Borrower suffers a Deficiency Amount (as defined below), then the Borrower suffering the Deficiency Amount shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against the other Borrowers in an amount equal to the Deficiency Amount; and provided, further, that in no event shall the aggregate amounts so reimbursed by reason of the contribution of any Borrower equal or exceed an amount that would, if paid, constitute or result in Fraudulent Conveyance. Until all Obligations have been paid and satisfied in full (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) and all Revolving Loan Commitments terminated, no payment made by or for the account of a Borrower including, without limitation, (i) a payment made by such Borrower on behalf of the liabilities of any other Borrower, or (ii) a payment made by any other Guarantor under any Guarantee, shall entitle such Borrower, by subrogation or otherwise, to any payment from such other Borrower or from or out of such other Borrower’s Property. The right of each Borrower to receive any contribution under this Section 2.10(e) or by subrogation or otherwise from any other Borrower shall be subordinate in right of payment to the Obligations and such Borrower shall not exercise any right or remedy against such other Borrower or any Property of such other Borrower by reason of any performance of such Borrower of its joint and several obligations hereunder, until the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full and all Revolving Loan Commitments terminated, and no Borrower shall exercise any right or remedy with respect to this Section 2.10(e) until the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) and all Revolving Loan Commitments terminated. As used in this Section 2.10(e), the term “Recovery Amount” means the amount of proceeds received by Agent from the exercise of any remedy of the Lenders under this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, including, without limitation, the sale of any Collateral. As used in this Section 2.10(e), the term “Deficiency Amount” means any amount that is less than the entire amount a Borrower is entitled to receive by way of contribution or subrogation from, but that has not been paid by, the other Borrowers in respect of any Recovery Amount attributable to the Borrower entitled to contribution, until the Deficiency Amount has been reduced to Zero Dollars ($0) through contributions and reimbursements made under the terms of this Section 2.10(e) or otherwise.
Section 2.11 [Reserved].
Section 2.12 Termination; Restriction on Termination.
(a) Termination by Xxxxxxx. In addition to the rights set forth in Section 10.2, Agent may, and at the direction of Required Lenders shall, terminate this Agreement without notice upon or after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.
(b) Termination by Borrowers. Upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice and pursuant to payoff documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and Lenders, Borrowers may, at their option, terminate this Agreement; provided, however, that no such termination shall be effective until Borrowers have (i) paid all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) in cash, in full and in immediately available funds, and (ii) complied with Section 2.12(c), the other terms of this Agreement and the terms of any Fee Letter. Any notice of termination given by Borrowers shall be irrevocable unless all Lenders otherwise agree in writing and no Lender shall have any obligation to make any Loans on or after the termination date stated in such notice. Borrowers may elect to terminate this Agreement in its entirety only. No section of this Agreement or type of Loan available hereunder may be terminated singly.
(c) Effectiveness of Termination. All of the Obligations shall be immediately due and payable upon the Termination Date. All undertakings, agreements, covenants, warranties and representations of Borrowers contained in the Financing Documents shall survive any such termination and Agent shall retain its Liens in the Collateral and Agent and each Lender shall retain all of its rights and remedies under the Financing Documents notwithstanding such termination until all Obligations (other than
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contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) have been discharged or paid, in full, in immediately available funds, including, without limitation, Obligations under Section 2.2 and the terms of any Fee Letter resulting from such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the payment in full of the Obligations, Agent shall not be required to terminate its Liens in the Collateral unless, with respect to any loss or damage Agent may incur as a result of dishonored checks or other items of payment received by Agent from Borrower or any Account Debtor and applied to the Obligations, Agent shall have retained cash Collateral or other Collateral for such period of time as Agent, in its discretion, may deem necessary to protect Agent and each Lender from any such loss or damage. Upon the payment in full, in cash in immediately available funds, of all Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations) and the termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments, as Borrower may reasonably request, Agent shall, at Borrower’s sole cost and expense, execute and deliver such documents evidencing the release and termination of the security interest in the Collateral granted under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of any applicable payoff documentation.
Article 3- REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce Agent and Xxxxxxx to enter into this Agreement and to induce Lenders to make the Loans and other credit accommodations contemplated hereby, each Credit Party hereby represents and warrants to Agent and each Lender, that:
Section 3.1 Existence and Power. Each Credit Party (a) is an entity as specified on Schedule 3.1, (b) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization specified on Schedule 3.1, (c) has the same legal name as it appears in such Credit Party’s Organizational Documents and an organizational identification number (if any), in each case as specified on Schedule 3.1, (d) has all powers to own its assets and has powers and all Permits necessary or desirable in the operation of its business as presently conducted or as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to have such powers or Permits would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (e) is qualified to do business as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction in which it is required to be so qualified, except in the case of this clause (e), where the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1, no Credit Party (x) has had, over the five (5) year period preceding the Closing Date, any name other than its current name, or (y) was incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than its current jurisdiction of incorporation or organization.
Section 3.2 Organization and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Financing Documents to which it is a party are (a) within its powers, (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary action pursuant to its Organizational Documents, (c) require no further action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority other than (i) recordings, filings and other perfection actions in connections with the Liens granted to Agent under this Agreement or any Security Document and (ii) those obtained or made prior to the Closing Date and (d) do not violate, conflict with or cause a breach or a default under (i) any Law applicable to any Credit Party, (ii) any of the Organizational Documents of any Credit Party, or (iii) any agreement or instrument binding upon it, except for such violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults as would not, with respect to this clause (iii), reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.3 Binding Effect. Each of the Financing Documents to which any Credit Party is a party constitutes a valid and binding agreement or instrument of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles. Each Financing Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party party thereto.
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Section 3.4 Capitalization. The issued and outstanding equity securities of each of the Credit Parties are as set forth on Schedule 3.4. All issued and outstanding equity securities of each of the Credit Parties are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens and, other than with respect to Holdings, Liens in favor of Agent for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, and such equity securities were issued in compliance with all applicable Laws. The identity of the holders of the equity securities of each of the Credit Parties (other than Holdings) and the percentage of their fully-diluted ownership of the equity securities of each of the Credit Parties is set forth on Schedule 3.4. No shares of the capital stock or other Equity Interests of any Credit Party, other than those described above (other than the Equity Interests of Holdings), are issued and outstanding. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4, there are no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights or similar agreements or understandings for the purchase or acquisition from any Credit Party of any equity securities of any such entity.
Section 3.5 Financial Information. All information delivered to Agent and Lenders and pertaining to the financial condition of any Credit Party fairly presents in all material respects the financial position of such Credit Party as of such date in conformity with GAAP (and as to unaudited financial statements, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosures). Since March 31, 2023, nothing has occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.6 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.6, and except as hereafter disclosed to Agent and Xxxxxxx in writing, there is no Litigation pending against, or to such Credit Party’s knowledge threatened in writing against, any Credit Party or, to such Credit Party’s knowledge, any party to any Financing Document other than a Credit Party. There is no Litigation pending against any Credit Party in which an adverse decision could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.7 Ownership of Property. Each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries is the lawful sole owner of, has good and marketable title to and is in lawful possession of, or has valid leasehold interests in, all properties, accounts and other assets (real or personal, tangible, intangible or mixed) purported or reported to be owned or leased (as the case may be) by such Person, subject only to Permitted Liens.
Section 3.8 No Default. No Event of Default, or to such Credit Party’s knowledge, Default, has occurred and is continuing. No Credit Party is in breach or default under or with respect to any contract, agreement, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which its Property is bound or affected, which breach or default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.9 Labor Matters. Except as hereafter disclosed to Agent in writing, there are no strikes or other labor disputes pending or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened in writing against any Credit Party, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Hours worked and payments made to the employees of the Credit Parties have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Law dealing with such matters. All payments due from the Credit Parties, or for which any claim may be made against any of them, on account of wages and employee and retiree health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on their books, as the case may be. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which it is a party or by which it is bound, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 3.10 Investment Company Act. No Credit Party is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” or a “subsidiary” of an “investment company,” all within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 3.11 Margin Regulations.
(a) The Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries do not own any stock, partnership interest or other equity securities, except for Permitted Investments. Without limiting the foregoing, the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries do not own or hold any Margin Stock.
(b) None of the proceeds from the Loans have been or will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board), for the purpose of reducing or retiring any indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any “margin stock” or for any other purpose which might cause any of the Loans to be considered a “purpose credit” within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
Section 3.12 Compliance With Laws; Anti-Terrorism Laws.
(a) Each Credit Party is in compliance with the requirements of all applicable Laws, except for such Laws the noncompliance with which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) None of the Credit Parties and, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, none of their Affiliates (i) is in violation of any Anti-Corruption Law, (ii) is in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law, (iv) is a Blocked Person, or is controlled by a Blocked Person, (v) is acting or will act for or on behalf of a Blocked Person, (vi) is associated with, or will become associated with, a Blocked Person or (vii) is providing, or will provide, material, financial or technical support or other services to or in support of acts of terrorism of a Blocked Person. No Credit Party nor, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, any of its Affiliates or agents acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (A) conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services directly or indirectly to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person or Sanctioned Country, or (B) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction directly or indirectly relating to, any Property or interest in Property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, any similar executive order or other Anti-Terrorism Law.
Section 3.13 Taxes. All federal, state and local income and all other material tax returns, reports and statements required to be filed by or on behalf of each Credit Party have been filed with the appropriate Governmental Authorities in all jurisdictions in which such returns, reports and statements are required to be filed and, except to the extent subject to a Permitted Contest, all federal income and other material Taxes (including real property Taxes) and other charges shown to be due and payable in respect thereof have been timely paid prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss may be added thereto for nonpayment thereof. Except to the extent subject to a Permitted Contest, all material state and local sales and use Taxes required to be paid by each Credit Party have been paid. All material federal and state returns have been filed by each Credit Party for all periods for which returns were due with respect to employee income tax withholding, social security and unemployment taxes, and, except to the extent subject to a Permitted Contest, the amounts shown thereon to be due and payable have been paid in full or adequate provisions therefor have been made.
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Section 3.14 Compliance with ERISA.
(a) Each ERISA Plan (and the related trusts and funding agreements) complies in form and in operation with, has been administered in compliance with, and the terms of each ERISA Plan satisfy, the applicable requirements of ERISA and the Code in all material respects. Each ERISA Plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, and the United States Internal Revenue Service has issued a favorable determination letter with respect to each such ERISA Plan which may be relied on currently. No Credit Party has incurred liability for any material excise tax under any of Sections 4971 through 5000 of the Code.
(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Credit Party and each Subsidiary is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the provision of the Code relating to ERISA Plans and the regulations and published interpretations therein. During the thirty-six (36) month period prior to the Closing Date or the making of any Loan, (i) no steps have been taken to terminate any Pension Plan, and (ii) no contribution failure has occurred with respect to any Pension Plan sufficient to give rise to a Lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA or Section 430(k) of the Code and no event has occurred that would give rise to a Lien under Section 4068 of ERISA. No condition exists or event or transaction has occurred with respect to any Pension Plan which would result in the incurrence by any Credit Party of any material liability, fine or penalty. No Credit Party has incurred liability to the PBGC (other than for current premiums) with respect to any employee Pension Plan. All contributions (if any) have been made on a timely basis to any Multiemployer Plan that are required to be made by any Credit Party or any other member of the Controlled Group under the terms of the plan or of any collective bargaining agreement or by applicable Law; no Credit Party nor any member of the Controlled Group has withdrawn or partially withdrawn from any Multiemployer Plan, incurred any withdrawal liability with respect to any such plan or received notice of any claim or demand for withdrawal liability or partial withdrawal liability from any such plan, and no condition has occurred which, if continued, could result in a withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any such plan, and no Credit Party nor any member of the Controlled Group has received any notice that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization, that increased contributions may be required to avoid a reduction in plan benefits or the imposition of any excise tax, that any such plan is or has been funded at a rate less than that required under Section 412 of the Code, that any such plan is or may be terminated, or that any such plan is or may become insolvent.
Section 3.15 Brokers. Except for fees payable to Agent and/or Lenders, no broker, finder or other intermediary has brought about the obtaining, making or closing of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents, and no Credit Party has or will have any obligation to any Person in respect of any finder’s or brokerage fees, commissions or other expenses in connection herewith or therewith.
Section 3.16 EEA Financial Institutions. No Credit Party is an EEA Financial Institution.
Section 3.17 Material Contracts.
(a) Except for the agreements set forth on Schedule Section 3.17, there are no Material Contracts. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents will not give rise to a right of termination in favor of any party to any Material Contract (other than any Credit Party).
(b) (i) Each Material Contract is in full force and effect and (ii) no breaches or defaults of any material obligations by any Credit Party and, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, any counterparty thereto, under any Material Contract have occurred and are continuing. Except as consented to by the Required Lenders or otherwise permitted hereunder, none of the Material Contracts has been terminated, amended, waived or otherwise modified in any respect.
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Section 3.18 Compliance with Environmental Requirements; No Hazardous Materials. Except in each case as set forth on Schedule 3.18:
(a) no written or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, other notice, notification, demand, request for information, citation, summons, complaint, claim, action or order has been issued, received or filed, no penalty has been assessed and no investigation or review is pending, or to such Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened by any Governmental Authority or other Person with respect to any (i) violation by any Credit Party of, or liability of any Credit Party under, any Environmental Law, (ii) failure by any Credit Party to have any Permits required in connection with the conduct of its business or to comply with the terms and conditions thereof, (iii) any generation, treatment, storage, recycling, transportation or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, or (iv) release of Hazardous Materials;
(b) no Property now owned or leased by any Credit Party and, to the knowledge of each Credit Party, no such Property previously owned or leased by any Credit Party, to which any Credit Party has, directly or indirectly, transported or arranged for the transportation of any Hazardous Materials, is listed or, to such Credit Party’s knowledge, proposed for listing, on the National Priorities List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA, or CERCLIS (as defined in CERCLA) or any similar state list or is the subject of federal, state or local enforcement actions or, to the knowledge of such Credit Party, other investigations which may lead to claims against any Credit Party for clean-up costs, remedial work, damage to natural resources or personal injury claims, including, without limitation, claims under CERCLA.
(c) each Credit Party is and has been in compliance with Environmental Laws and all Permits required under Environmental Laws, except where noncompliance with such Environmental Laws or Permits would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) there has been no release, treatment, storage, disposal, arrangement for or permitting the disposal, transportation or handling of, contamination by, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials, except for where such conduct would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) no Credit Party has assumed, undertaken, provided an indemnity with respect to or otherwise become subject to the liability of any other Person under Environmental Law or relating to Hazardous Materials where such indemnity or liability would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
For purposes of this Section 3.18, each Credit Party shall be deemed to include any business or business entity (including a corporation) that is, in whole or in part, a predecessor of such Credit Party.
Section 3.19 Intellectual Property. Each Credit Party owns, is licensed to use or otherwise has the right to use, all Intellectual Property that is material to the condition (financial or other), business or operations of such Credit Party. All Intellectual Property which is issued, registered or pending with any United States or foreign Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, any and all applications for the registration of any Intellectual Property with any such United States or foreign Governmental Authority) and all licenses under which any Credit Party is the licensee of any such registered Intellectual Property (or any such application for the registration of Intellectual Property) owned by another Person are set forth on Schedule 3.19. Such Schedule 3.19 indicates in each case whether such registered Intellectual Property (or application therefor) is owned or licensed by such Credit Party, and in the case of any such licensed registered Intellectual Property (or application therefor), lists the name and address of the licensor and the name and date of the agreement pursuant to which such item of Intellectual Property is licensed and whether or not such license is an exclusive license and indicates whether there are any purported restrictions in such license on the ability to such Credit Party to grant a security interest in and/or to transfer any of its
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rights as a licensee under such license. Except as indicated on Schedule 3.19, the applicable Credit Party is the sole and exclusive owner of the entire and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to each such registered Intellectual Property (or application therefor) purported to be owned by such Credit Party, free and clear of any Liens and/or licenses in favor of third parties or agreements or covenants not to sue such third parties for infringement. All registered Intellectual Property of each Credit Party is duly and properly registered, filed or issued in the appropriate office and jurisdictions for such registrations, filings or issuances, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Credit Party is party to, nor bound by, any material license or other agreement with respect to which any Credit Party is the licensee that prohibits or otherwise restricts such Credit Party from granting a security interest in such Credit Party’s interest in such license or agreement or other Property. To such Credit Party’s knowledge, each Credit Party conducts its business without infringement or claim of infringement of any Intellectual Property rights of others and there is no infringement or claim of infringement by others of any Intellectual Property rights of any Credit Party, which infringement or claim of infringement could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.20 Solvency. After giving effect to the Loan advance and the liabilities and obligations of each Credit Party under the Financing Documents, each Borrower and each additional Credit Party, on a consolidated basis, is Solvent.
Section 3.21 Full Disclosure. None of the written information (financial or otherwise) furnished by or on behalf of any Credit Party to Agent or any Lender in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents or at any time after the Closing Date, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made. All financial projections delivered to Agent and the Lenders by Credit Parties (or their agents) have been prepared on the basis of the assumptions stated therein. Such projections represent each Credit Party’s best estimate of such Credit Party’s future financial performance and such assumptions are believed by such Borrower to be fair and reasonable in light of current business conditions; provided, however, that Credit Parties can give no assurance that such projections will be attained. Agent and each Lender acknowledges and agrees that all financial performance projections delivered to Agent represent Xxxxxxxxx’ best good faith estimate of future financial performance and are based on assumptions believed by Credit Parties to be fair and reasonable in light of current market conditions, it being acknowledged and agreed by Agent and Lenders that projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that the actual results during the period or periods covered by such projections may differ from the projected results.
Section 3.22 [Reserved].
Section 3.23 Subsidiaries. Credit Parties do not own any stock, partnership interests, limited liability company interests or other equity securities or Subsidiaries except for Permitted Investments.
Section 3.24 [Reserved].
Section 3.25 Collateral; Governmental Contracts; Governmental Account Debtors.
(a) The Credit Parties have good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the Ordinary Course of Business. The Property of the Credit Parties is subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.25 no event has occurred and, to the knowledge of Borrower Representative, no condition exists that is reasonably likely to result in the debarment or suspension of any Credit Party from any contracting with a Governmental Authority, and no Credit Party
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has been subject to any such debarment or suspension. There is no investigation by a Governmental Authority or inquiry pending or, to Borrowers’ knowledge, threatened in writing against any Credit Party involving fraud, deception or willful misconduct in connection with any Governmental Contract of any Credit Party or any activities of any Credit Party that (i) is reasonably likely to result in debarment or suspension of any Credit Party from any contracting with a Governmental Authority and (ii) has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) (i) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.25, no Credit Party has received written notification of a material breach on a Governmental Contract due to cost schedule, technical or quality problems that have resulted in one or more fault-based claims against such Credit Party (or a successor in interest) by any Governmental Authority in excess of $500,000; and (ii) except awarded Governmental Contracts being protested or otherwise challenged by a third party, all current Governmental Contracts have been legally awarded, are binding on the applicable Credit Party, and to Borrowers’ knowledge, are binding on the other parties thereto and are in full force and effect.
(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.25, and except where such event could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Credit Party has complied with all statutory and regulatory requirements, including the Contract Disputes Act, the Procurement Integrity Act, the Federal Procurement and Administrative Services Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulations and related cost principles and the cost accounting standards, where and as relevant and applicable to each of the Governmental Contracts; (ii) to Borrowers’ knowledge, no termination for default, cure notice or show cause notice has been issued and remains unresolved with respect to any Governmental Contract; and to the best of Borrowers’ knowledge, no event, condition or omission has occurred or exists that would constitute grounds for such action; and (iii) other than retainage of a portion of the money due under any Governmental Contract in the ordinary course, no money due to any Credit Party pertaining to any Governmental Contract has been withheld or set-off as a result of any claim(s) made against any Credit Party.
(e) No Credit Party is a party to any litigation that could reasonably be expected to give rise to (i) liability under the False Claims Act or (ii) a claim for price adjustment under the Truth in Negotiations Act that would have a material adverse effect on any Eligible Account.
(f) No Governmental Contract to which any Credit Party has been a party has been terminated by a Governmental Authority for default in the past eighteen (18) months.
Each Credit Party maintains systems of internal controls (including cost accounting systems, estimating systems, purchasing systems, proposal systems, billing systems and material management systems), where required, that are in compliance in all material respects with all requirements of all of the Governmental Contracts and of applicable government laws and regulations.
Article 4- AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party agrees that:
Section 4.1 Financial Statements and Other Reports and Notices. Each Credit Party will deliver to Agent and the Lenders:
(a) as soon as available, but no later than thirty (30) days after the last day of each month, a company prepared consolidated balance sheet, cash flow and income statement (including year-to-date results) covering Credit Parties’ and their consolidated Subsidiaries’ consolidated operations during the period, prepared under GAAP (subject to normal adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosures),
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consistently applied, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as at the end of the corresponding month of the previous fiscal year and the projected figures for such period based upon the projections required hereunder, all in reasonable detail, certified by a Responsible Officer and in a form reasonably acceptable to Required Lenders; provided that other than financials delivered with respect to the last month of a fiscal quarter, the financials delivered pursuant to this clause (a) do not need to be “closed books”;
(b) (A) as soon as available, but no later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the last day of the Credit Parties’ fiscal year, audited consolidated financial statements of the Credit Parties and their consolidated Subsidiaries prepared under and in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, together with an unqualified opinion (including without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception paragraph and without any qualification or exception paragraph as to the scope of such audit) on the financial statements from Deloitte & Touche LLP or another independent certified public accounting firm acceptable to Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Credit Parties and their consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied as of the dates indicated and (B) as soon as available, but not later than sixty (60) days after the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Credit Parties’ and their consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Responsible Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Credit Parties and their consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes as of the dates indicated;
(c) within five (5) days of delivery or filing thereof, copies of all statements, reports and notices made available to Credit Parties’ security holders or to any holders of Subordinated Debt;
(d) a prompt, but in no event later than when the next Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered, written report of any legal actions pending or threatened in writing against any Credit Party or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or would otherwise reasonably be expected to result in liability to any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof (if adversely determined) in excess of $5,000,000;
(e) prompt written notice of an event that materially and adversely affects the value of any Intellectual Property;
(f) within thirty (30) days after the start of each fiscal year, projections for the forthcoming fiscal year, on a quarterly basis;
(g) promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days of any reasonable written request therefor) such readily available other budgets, sales projections, operating plans and other financial information and information, reports or statements regarding the Credit Parties, their business and the Collateral as Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request;
(h) together with each delivery of financial statements pursuant to clause (a) above, deliver to Agent and the Lenders a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer setting forth calculations showing (i) in respect of any calendar month ending a fiscal quarter, compliance with the Financial Covenants set forth in Article 6, as applicable, and (ii) monthly cash and Cash
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Equivalents of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, as of the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the delivery of the applicable Compliance Certificate;
(i) All documents, information and reports required to be delivered to the Agent under Section 4.1 of the MidCap Credit Facility (or such equivalent provision of any other First Lien Credit Facility);
(j) promptly, but in any event within fifteen (15) days after the last day of each fiscal month for each of the Credit Parties, in the form of Exhibit H attached hereto, that includes (i) an “EAC Report” or substantially similar update regarding estimated completion of all contracts in process, (ii) an “AECOM bonds to go” file that lists bond exposure on an annual basis and (iii) monthly projections for the upcoming two (2) fiscal years for the Legacy Reporting Projects;
(k) promptly after the request by any Lender or Agent, all documentation and other information that such Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act; and
(l) promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days, after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence of (i) a Default or Event of Default or (ii) any event or change that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or liability or loss to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in excess of $5,000,000, a certificate of a Responsible Officer specifying the nature and period of existence of any such event or change, or specifying the notice given or action taken by such holder or Person and the nature of such event or change, and what action the applicable Credit Party or Subsidiary has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
(m) promptly following any Credit Party’s receipt or delivery thereof, copies of all material written notices and report of adverse changes delivered pursuant to and in accordance with any Material Project Document;
(n) prompt written notice of any event of force majeure (as defined therein) under any Material Project Document;
(o) no later than the fifteenth (15) day of each calendar month, (i) a progress report detailing progress made with respect to (a) the Milestone Schedule, (b) any settlement negotiations, including with respect to the Chick Lock Project, and (c) refinancing efforts, in each case, to the extent there are any updates to any of the foregoing matters from the prior month, and (ii), to the extent reasonably requested by the Agent or any Lender (or any of their advisors), arrange for, and cause management of the Credit Parties to attend, a teleconference with the Lenders (and their advisors) to discuss such progress; and
(p) on the last Business Day of every other week commencing on the date that is two weeks following the Closing Date (or, in the case of clause (ii) below, such later date as permitted under Section 2.5(b)(iii)) and each other date as the Required Lenders may consent or request in writing):
(i) a certificate of the Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative (1) attaching the proposed updated Budget for the immediately succeeding 13-week period and an accounts payable aging report, (2) certifying to such Budget’s preparation based on each Credit Party’s best estimate of such Credit Party’s future financial performance and that such assumptions are believed by the Borrower Representative to be fair and reasonable in light of current business conditions, (3) attaching all additional documentation as may be reasonably requested by the Agent
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and the Lenders and (4) certifying to the approval of such Budget by the Responsible Officer and Special Committee (it being agreed and understood that such proposed updated Budget shall not become the Approved Budget until approved by the Required Lenders in accordance with Section 5.21 and, until such time, the most recent Approved Budget shall remain the Approved Budget);
(ii) a certificate of the Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative certifying as to compliance with Section 2.5(b)(iii) and attaching the calculation for Excess Cash as of such date; and
(iii) a variance report, in the form of Exhibit I, detailing the Total Receipts, Total Operating Distributions and Operating Net Cash Flow actually received or made, as applicable, for the rolling four week period ending on the last Business Day of the week immediately preceding the date of such variance report (the “Testing Period”) and the variance from the projected Total Receipts, Total Operating Distributions and Operating Net Cash Flow for such Testing Period and (ii) a compliance certificate of the Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative certifying as to compliance (or non-compliance) with Section 5.21.
Section 4.2 Payment and Performance of Obligations.
(a) Each Credit Party (i) will pay and discharge, and cause each Subsidiary to pay and discharge, on a timely basis as and when due, all of their respective obligations and liabilities, except for such obligations and/or liabilities (A) that may be the subject of a Permitted Contest, and (B) the nonpayment or nondischarge of which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or result in a Lien against any Collateral, except for Permitted Liens, (ii) without limiting anything contained in the foregoing clause (i), pay all material amounts due and owing in respect of (A) all federal Taxes (including without limitation, payroll and withholdings tax liabilities) and (B) all material foreign and state Taxes and other local Taxes (including without limitation, payroll and withholdings tax liabilities), in each case, on a timely basis as and when due, and in any case prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss may be added thereto for nonpayment thereof, except to the extent subject to a Permitted Contest, (iii) will maintain, and cause each Subsidiary to maintain, in accordance with GAAP, appropriate reserves for the accrual of all of their respective obligations and liabilities, and (iv) will not breach or permit any Subsidiary to breach, or permit to exist any default under, the terms of any lease, commitment, contract, instrument or obligation to which it is a party, or by which its properties or assets are bound, except for such breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each Credit Party will cause the Projects to be developed and constructed in all material respects in accordance with the Material Project Documents and the Approved Budget. The applicable Borrower shall enforce each material Contractual Obligation against each Major Project Party under each Material Project Document to which it is a party in accordance with the terms thereof in a commercially reasonable manner.
Section 4.3 Maintenance of Existence. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect and in good standing, and will cause each Subsidiary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect and in good standing, (a) their respective existence and (b) their respective rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of business, unless, solely in the case of this clause (b), a failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.4 Maintenance of Property; Insurance.
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(a) Each Credit Party will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep, all Property used and necessary in its business (including, without limitation, all Equipment and Rolling Stock) in good working order and condition in all material respects, ordinary wear and tear and casualty event excepted.
(b) Each Credit Party will maintain (i) casualty insurance on all real and personal property on an all risks basis (including the perils of flood, windstorm and quake), covering the repair and replacement cost of all such Property and coverage, business interruption and rent loss coverages with extended period of indemnity (for the period required by any Lender from time to time) and indemnity for extra expense, in each case without application of coinsurance and with agreed amount endorsements, (ii) general and professional liability insurance (including products/completed operations liability coverage), and (iii) such other insurance coverage in each case against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons or that is otherwise required under the BHSI Surety Documents; provided, however, that, in no event shall such insurance be in amounts or with coverage less than, or with carriers with qualifications inferior to, any of the insurance or carriers in existence as of the Closing Date (or required to be in existence after the Closing Date under a Financing Document). All such insurance shall be provided by insurers having an A.M. Best policyholders rating reasonably acceptable to Agent and the Required Lenders.
(c) On or prior to Closing Date, and at all times thereafter, each Credit Party will cause Agent to be named as an additional insured, assignee and lender’s loss payable (which shall include, as applicable, identification as mortgagee), as applicable, on each insurance policy required to be maintained pursuant to this Section 4.4 pursuant to endorsements in form and substance acceptable to Agent and the Required Lenders. Credit Parties shall deliver to Agent and the Lenders (i) on the Closing Date, a certificate from Credit Parties’ insurance broker dated such date showing the amount of coverage as of such date, and that such policies will include effective waivers (whether under the terms of any such policy or otherwise) by the insurer of all claims for insurance premiums against all loss payees and additional insureds and all rights of subrogation against all loss payees and additional insureds, and that if all or any part of such policy is canceled, terminated or expires, the insurer will forthwith give notice thereof to each additional insured, assignee and loss payee and that no cancellation, reduction in amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective until at least thirty (30) days after receipt by each additional insured, assignee and loss payee of written notice thereof, (ii) on an annual basis, and upon the request of any Lender through Agent from time to time full information as to the insurance carried, (iii) within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of notice from any insurer, a copy of any notice of cancellation, nonrenewal or material change in coverage from that existing on the date of this Agreement, (iv) forthwith, notice of any cancellation or nonrenewal of material coverage by any Credit Party, and (v) at least thirty (30) days prior to expiration of any policy of insurance, evidence of renewal of such insurance upon the terms and conditions herein required.
(d) In the event any Credit Party fails to provide Agent or any Lender with evidence of the insurance coverage required by this Agreement, Agent or any Lender may purchase insurance at Credit Parties’ expense to protect Agent’s and the Lenders’ interests in the Collateral. This insurance may, but need not, protect such Credit Party’s interests. The coverage purchased by Agent or any Lender may not pay any claim made by such Credit Party or any claim that is made against such Credit Party in connection with the Collateral. Such Credit Party may later cancel any insurance purchased by Agent or any Lender, but only after providing Agent and the Lenders with evidence that such Credit Party has obtained insurance as required by this Agreement (and only after the Required Lenders have agreed with the same as determined in their sole discretion). If Agent or any Lender purchases insurance for the Collateral, Credit Parties will be responsible for the costs of that insurance to the fullest extent provided by law, including interest and other charges imposed by Agent or any Lender in connection with the placement of the insurance, until the effective date of the cancellation or expiration of the insurance. The costs of the
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insurance may be added to the Obligations. The costs of the insurance may be more than the cost of insurance such Credit Party is able to obtain on its own.
Section 4.5 Compliance with Laws and Material Contracts.
(a) Each Credit Party will comply, and cause each Subsidiary to comply, with the requirements of all applicable Laws and Material Contracts, except to the extent that failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to (i) result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) result in any Lien upon either (x) a material portion of the assets of any such Person in favor of any Governmental Authority, or (y) any Collateral.
(b) [reserved].
(c) Each Credit Party shall implement and maintain in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by such Credit Party, its Subsidiaries, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws, and Anti-Terrorism Laws.
Section 4.6 Inspection of Property, Books and Records. Each Credit Party will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep, proper books of record substantially in accordance with GAAP in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities; and will permit, and will cause each Subsidiary to permit, at the sole cost of the applicable Credit Party or any applicable Subsidiary, representatives of Agent and of any Lender to visit and inspect any of their respective properties, to examine and make abstracts or copies from any of their respective books and records, to conduct a collateral audit and analysis of their respective operations and the Collateral, evaluate and make physical verifications of the Equipment, Rolling Stock and other Collateral in any manner and through any medium that Agent or any Lender considers advisable, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers, employees and independent public accountants as often as may reasonably be desired. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Agent and Lenders shall have the right to conduct one collateral audit during each fiscal year. In the absence of a Default or an Event of Default, Agent or any Lender exercising any rights pursuant to this Section 4.6 shall give the applicable Credit Party or any applicable Subsidiary commercially reasonable prior notice of such exercise. No notice shall be required during the existence and continuance of any Default or any time during which Agent or any Lender reasonably believes a Default exists.
Section 4.7 Use of Proceeds. Borrowers shall use the proceeds of Revolving Loans solely in accordance with the Approved Budget (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall have been approved by the Special Committee) for (a) transaction fees incurred in connection with the Financing Documents and the refinancing on the Closing Date of Debt and funding of cash collateral requirements under the MidCap Credit Facility, and (b) for working capital needs of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries in accordance with the Approved Budget. No portion of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or for any other purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, including Regulation T, U, or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
Section 4.8 [Reserved].
Section 4.9 Notices of Material Contracts, Litigation and Defaults.
(a) (i) Credit Parties shall promptly (but in any event within five (5) Business Days) provide written notice to Agent and the Lenders after any Credit Party or Subsidiary receives or delivers
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any written notice of termination or default (or similar notice) in connection with any Material Contract, and (ii) Credit Parties shall provide, together with the next Compliance Certificate required to be delivered under this Agreement, written notice to Agent and the Lenders after any Credit Party or Subsidiary (1) executes and delivers any material amendment, consent, waiver or other modification to any Material Contract (other than change orders incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business) or (2) enters into any new Material Contract and shall, upon written request of Agent, promptly provide Agent and Lenders a copy thereof.
(b) Credit Parties shall promptly (but in any event within five (5) Business Days) provide written notice to Agent and the Lenders (i) of any litigation or governmental proceedings pending or threatened (in writing) against Borrowers or other Credit Party which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Borrowers or any other Credit Party or which in any manner calls into question the validity or enforceability of any Financing Document or which (if adversely determined) would reasonably be expected to result in liability or loss to the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries in excess of $5,000,000, (ii) upon any Borrower becoming aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default, (iii) of any strikes or other labor disputes pending or, to any Borrower’s knowledge, threatened (in writing) against any Credit Party, (iv) if there is any infringement or claim of infringement by any other Person with respect to any Intellectual Property rights of any Credit Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or if there is any claim by any other Person that any Credit Party in the conduct of its business is infringing on the Intellectual Property rights of others, (v) of all returns, recoveries, disputes and claims that involve more than $1,000,000, and (vi) any notices of default given or received with respect to any Permitted Servicing Joint Venture and, upon written request of the Agent or any Lender, such additional material or documentation provided by or to the Credit Parties with respect to each such Permitted Servicing Joint Venture as may be reasonably requested. Credit Parties represent and warrant that, except as hereafter disclosed to Agent in writing, Schedule 4.9 sets forth a complete list of all matters for which notice could be required under this Section and all litigation or governmental proceedings pending or threatened (in writing) against any Credit Party.
Section 4.10 Environmental Matters.
(a) If any release or disposal of or contamination by Hazardous Materials shall occur or shall have occurred on any real property or any other assets of any Credit Party or otherwise as a result of the operations of any Credit Party, such Credit Party will cause, or direct the applicable Credit Party to cause, the prompt containment and removal of such Hazardous Materials and the remediation of such Hazardous Materials as is necessary to comply with all Environmental Laws and to preserve the value of such real property or other assets. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each other Credit Party to, comply with each Environmental Law, including any Environmental Law requiring the performance at any real property by any Credit Party of activities in response to the release or threatened release of a Hazardous Material. Each Credit Party shall obtain, maintain and timely renew, and shall cause each other Credit Party to obtain, maintain and timely renew each Permit required under Environmental Law.
(b) Credit Parties will provide Agent and the Lenders within thirty (30) days after written demand therefor with a bond, letter of credit or similar financial assurance evidencing to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent and Lenders that sufficient funds are available to pay the cost of removing, treating and disposing of any Hazardous Materials or Hazardous Materials Contamination and discharging any assessment which may be established on any Property as a result thereof, such demand to be made, if at all, upon Agent’s or the Required Lenders’ reasonable business determination that the failure to remove, treat or dispose of any Hazardous Materials or Hazardous Materials Contamination, or the failure to discharge any such assessment could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(c) Credit Parties will provide Agent with reasonably prompt written notice of (and in any event no later than five (5) Business Days after obtaining knowledge thereof) (i)