FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “First Amendment”) is dated as of June 12, 2026, and entered into by and between HAWK PARENT HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), TRUIST BANK, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the Lenders party hereto, and is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2026 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof prior to the effectiveness of this First Amendment on the First Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), the “Existing Credit Agreement”; the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by this First Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”), by and among REPAY HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as Parent, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto from time to time, the Lenders and Issuing Banks party thereto from time to time and Truist Bank, as Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein as set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement.
W i t n e s s e t h:
Whereas, the Borrower has requested an amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to which certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement will be amended as set forth herein; and
Whereas, Section 10.2(i)(y) of the Existing Credit Agreement provides that the parties hereto may amend the Existing Credit Agreement for the purposes set forth herein;
Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date, (A) the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and adding the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Amended Credit Agreement attached as Annex A hereto; and (B) Exhibit I set forth on Annex B hereto is added as Exhibit I to the Amended Credit Agreement.
Section 2. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AMENDMENT
The amendments set forth in Section 1 hereof shall become effective only upon the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent (the date of satisfaction of such conditions being referred to herein as the “First Amendment Effective Date”):
Section 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, to enter into this First Amendment, the Borrower represents and warrants to each Lender and the Administrative Agent that the following statements are true, correct and complete in all material respects:
Section 4. REAFFIRMATION
By executing and delivering a counterpart hereof, (i) the Borrower hereby agrees on behalf of each Loan Party that, as of the First Amendment Effective Date and after giving effect to this First Amendment, (A) all Obligations of the Borrower shall be guaranteed pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof and shall be secured pursuant to the Collateral
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Documents in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof, (B) notwithstanding the effectiveness of this First Amendment, the Collateral Documents continue to be in full force and effect and (C) all of the Liens and security interests created and arising under each Collateral Document remain in full force and effect on a continuous basis, and the perfected status and priority of each such Lien and security interest continues in full force and effect on a continuous basis, unimpaired, uninterrupted and undischarged, as collateral security for all Obligations under the Loan Documents (as modified hereby), in each case, to the extent provided in, and subject to the limitations and qualifications set forth in, such Loan Documents (as amended by this First Amendment); and (ⅱ) as of the First Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower hereby affirms and confirms on behalf of each Loan Party all of obligations and liabilities of each Loan Party under the Amended Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document (including this First Amendment) to which such Loan Party is a party, in each case, after giving effect to this First Amendment, including its guarantee of the Obligations and the pledge of and/or grant of a security interest in its assets as Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents to secure such Obligations, all as provided in the Collateral Documents, and acknowledges and agrees on behalf of each Loan Party that as of the First Amendment Effective Date such obligations, liabilities, guarantee, pledge and grant continue in full force and effect in respect of, and to secure, such Obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in each case after giving effect to this First Amendment.
Section 5. MISCELLANEOUS
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this First Amendment as of the date first set forth above.
HAWK PARENT HOLDINGS LLC, as the Borrower
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer
[Signature Page to First Amendment]
TRUIST BANK,
as Administrative Agent
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
[Signature Page to First Amendment]
TRUIST BANK,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
[Signature Page to First Amendment]
Annex A
Amended Credit Agreement
[Attached]
Execution Version
Published Transaction CUSIP Number: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Published Revolver CUSIP Number: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Published Term Loan CUSIP Number: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
_______________________________________________________________________________
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of June 1, 2026
among
REPAY HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
as Parent and a Guarantor,
HAWK PARENT HOLDINGS LLC,
as the Borrower,
THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
THE LENDERS AND ISSUING BANKS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
and
TRUIST BANK,
as Administrative Agent
_______________________________________________________________________________
TRUIST SECURITIES, INC.,
as sole Lead Arranger and Book Runner for the Initial Term Loans
_______________________________________________________________________________
TRUIST SECURITIES, INC.,
BMO BANK N.A.,
CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, and
SOUTHSTATE BANK, N.A.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Runners for the Revolving Facility
_______________________________________________________________________________
SILVER POINT FINANCE, LLC, and
WHITEHORSE CAPITAL ORIGINATION, LLC,
as Documentation Agents for the Initial Term Loans
_______________________________________________________________________________
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION |
2 |
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Section 1.1 |
Definitions |
2 |
Section 1.2 |
Classifications of Loans and Borrowings |
5759 |
Section 1.3 |
Accounting Terms and Determination |
5759 |
Section 1.4 |
Terms Generally |
5859 |
Section 1.5 |
Limited Condition Transactions |
5860 |
Section 1.6 |
Divisions |
5961 |
Section 1.7 |
Rates |
5961 |
Section 1.8 |
Certain Determination and Calculations. |
6061 |
Section 1.9 |
Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents. |
6264 |
Section 1.10 |
Cashless Rollovers |
6264 |
Article II AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENTS |
6365 |
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Section 2.1 |
General Description of Facilities |
6365 |
Section 2.2 |
Loans |
6365 |
Section 2.3 |
Procedure for Borrowings |
6466 |
Section 2.4 |
Swingline Commitment |
6567 |
Section 2.5 |
[Reserved] |
6668 |
Section 2.6 |
Funding of Borrowings |
6668 |
Section 2.7 |
Interest Elections |
6769 |
Section 2.8 |
Optional Reduction and Termination of Commitments |
6870 |
Section 2.9 |
Repayment of Loans |
6970 |
Section 2.10 |
Evidence of Indebtedness |
7072 |
Section 2.11 |
Optional Prepayments |
7072 |
Section 2.12 |
Mandatory Prepayments |
7173 |
Section 2.13 |
Interest on Loans |
7375 |
Section 2.14 |
Fees |
7476 |
Section 2.15 |
Computation of Interest and Fees |
7577 |
Section 2.16 |
Inability to Determine Interest Rates; Benchmark Replacement Setting |
7577 |
Section 2.17 |
Illegality |
7779 |
Section 2.18 |
Increased Costs |
7880 |
Section 2.19 |
Funding Indemnity |
7981 |
Section 2.20 |
Taxes |
7981 |
Section 2.21 |
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs |
8486 |
Section 2.22 |
Letters of Credit |
8587 |
Section 2.23 |
Incremental Credit Extensions |
9192 |
Section 2.24 |
Mitigation of Obligations |
9597 |
Section 2.25 |
Replacement of Lenders |
9597 |
Section 2.26 |
Defaulting Lenders and Potential Defaulting Lenders. |
9698 |
Section 2.27 |
Refinancing Amendments |
98100 |
Section 2.28 |
Extension Amendments |
99101 |
Article III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT |
99101 |
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Section 3.1 |
Conditions to Effectiveness |
99101 |
Section 3.2 |
Conditions to Each Credit Event |
102104 |
Section 3.3 |
Delivery of Documents |
103105 |
Article IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
103105 |
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Section 4.1 |
Existence; Power |
103105 |
Section 4.2 |
Organizational Power; Authorization |
103105 |
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Section 4.3 |
Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts |
103105 |
Section 4.4 |
Financial Statements; No Default; No Material Adverse Effect |
103105 |
Section 4.5 |
Litigation and Environmental Matters |
104106 |
Section 4.6 |
Compliance with Laws and Agreements |
104106 |
Section 4.7 |
Investment Company Act |
104106 |
Section 4.8 |
Taxes |
104106 |
Section 4.9 |
Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations |
104106 |
Section 4.10 |
ERISA |
105107 |
Section 4.11 |
Ownership of Property; Insurance |
105107 |
Section 4.12 |
Disclosure |
106108 |
Section 4.13 |
Labor Relations |
106108 |
Section 4.14 |
Subsidiaries |
107109 |
Section 4.15 |
Solvency |
107109 |
Section 4.16 |
[Reserved] |
107109 |
Section 4.17 |
Collateral Documents |
107109 |
Section 4.18 |
Subordinated Debt |
107109 |
Section 4.19 |
Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws |
108110 |
Section 4.20 |
Patriot Act |
108110 |
Section 4.21 |
Affected Financial Institution; Other Regulations |
108110 |
Article V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
108110 |
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Section 5.1 |
Financial Statements and Other Information |
108110 |
Section 5.2 |
Notices of Material Events |
110112 |
Section 5.3 |
Existence; Conduct of Business |
111113 |
Section 5.4 |
Compliance with Laws |
111113 |
Section 5.5 |
Payment of Taxes |
111113 |
Section 5.6 |
Books and Records |
112114 |
Section 5.7 |
Visitation and Inspection |
112114 |
Section 5.8 |
Maintenance of Properties; Insurance |
112114 |
Section 5.9 |
Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations |
112114 |
Section 5.10 |
Non-U.S. Plans |
112115 |
Section 5.11 |
[Reserved] |
113115 |
Section 5.12 |
Additional Subsidiaries and Collateral |
113115 |
Section 5.13 |
Maintenance of RatingsLender Calls |
114116 |
Section 5.14 |
Further Assurances |
114116 |
Section 5.15 |
Target Specified Representations |
114116 |
Section 5.16 |
Designation of Subsidiaries |
114117 |
Section 5.17 |
Certain Post-Closing Matters |
115117 |
Section 5.18 |
Government Regulation |
115117 |
Article VI FINANCIAL COVENANT |
115118 |
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Section 6.1 |
Total Net Leverage Ratio |
115118 |
Section 6.2 |
Equity Cure |
115118 |
Article VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
116118 |
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Section 7.1 |
Indebtedness |
116118 |
Section 7.2 |
Liens |
119121 |
Section 7.3 |
Fundamental Changes |
121123 |
Section 7.4 |
Investments, Loans |
122124 |
Section 7.5 |
Restricted Payments |
124127 |
Section 7.6 |
Sale of Assets |
126128 |
Section 7.7 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
128130 |
Section 7.8 |
Restrictive Agreements |
129131 |
Section 7.9 |
Sale and Leaseback Transactions |
129132 |
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Section 7.10 |
Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws |
130132 |
Section 7.11 |
Amendment to Organization Documents |
130133 |
Section 7.12 |
Material Indebtedness; Junior Financing |
130133 |
Section 7.13 |
Change in Fiscal Year |
131134 |
Section 7.14 |
Holding Company Restrictions |
131134 |
Article VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
132135 |
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Section 8.1 |
Events of Default |
132135 |
Section 8.2 |
Application of Proceeds from Exercise of Remedies |
136138 |
Article IX THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
137140 |
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Section 9.1 |
Appointment of the Administrative Agent |
137140 |
Section 9.2 |
Nature of Duties of the Administrative Agent |
138140 |
Section 9.3 |
Lack of Reliance on the Administrative Agent |
138141 |
Section 9.4 |
Certain Rights of the Administrative Agent |
139141 |
Section 9.5 |
Reliance by the Administrative Agent |
139142 |
Section 9.6 |
The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity |
139142 |
Section 9.7 |
Successor Administrative Agent |
139142 |
Section 9.8 |
Withholding Tax |
140143 |
Section 9.9 |
The Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
141143 |
Section 9.10 |
Authorization to Execute Other Loan Documents |
141144 |
Section 9.11 |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
141144 |
Section 9.12 |
Erroneous Payments |
142145 |
Section 9.13 |
Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee |
144147 |
Section 9.14 |
Secured Bank Product Obligations and Hedging Obligations |
144147 |
Section 9.15 |
Certain ERISA Matters |
145148 |
Article X MISCELLANEOUS |
146149 |
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Section 10.1 |
Notices |
146149 |
Section 10.2 |
Waiver; Amendments |
149152 |
Section 10.3 |
Expenses; Indemnification |
152155 |
Section 10.4 |
Successors and Assigns |
154157 |
Section 10.5 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
159163 |
Section 10.6 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
160163 |
Section 10.7 |
Right of Set-off |
160164 |
Section 10.8 |
Counterparts; Integration |
161164 |
Section 10.9 |
Survival |
161164 |
Section 10.10 |
Severability |
161164 |
Section 10.11 |
Confidentiality |
161164 |
Section 10.12 |
Interest Rate Limitation |
162166 |
Section 10.13 |
Waiver of Effect of Corporate Seal |
163166 |
Section 10.14 |
Patriot Act |
163166 |
Section 10.15 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
163166 |
Section 10.16 |
Location of Closing |
163167 |
Section 10.17 |
Swaps |
164167 |
Section 10.18 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions |
164167 |
Section 10.19 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
164167 |
Section 10.20 |
Electronic Signatures |
165168 |
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Schedules
Schedule I - Commitments and LC Sublimits
Schedule 4.14 - Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.17 - Certain Post-Closing Matters
Schedule 7.1 - Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 7.2 - Existing Liens
Schedule 7.4 - Existing Investments
Schedule 7.7 - Existing Affiliate Agreements
Schedule 7.8 - Existing Restrictive Agreements
Schedule 7.9 - Sale and Leaseback Transactions
Exhibits
Exhibit A - Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit B - Form of Term Note
Exhibit C - Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit D - Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit E - Form of Notice of Swingline Borrowing
Exhibit F - Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
Exhibit G - Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit H - Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit I - Form of Intercompany Note
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 1, 2026, by and among Repay Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Hawk Parent Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the other Loan Parties from time to time party hereto, the several banks and other financial institutions and lenders from time to time party hereto (the “Lenders”), the Issuing Banks from time to time party hereto, and TRUIST BANK, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (including its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and as Swingline Lender.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, substantially contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement on the Closing Date (the transactions described in this paragraph below, collectively with the transactions related thereto, the “Transactions”):
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION
. In addition to the other terms defined herein, the following terms used herein shall have the meanings herein specified (to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
“2029 Convertible Notes” shall mean those certain 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 issued by Parent on July 8, 2024, in an original principal amount of $287,500,000 and shall include any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof; provided, that, as of the Closing Date, the outstanding principal amount of the 2029 Convertible Notes is $287,500,000.
“Acquired Business” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Acquisition” shall mean (a) any Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any other Person, pursuant to which such Person shall become a Subsidiary of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or shall be merged with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) any acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the assets of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) that constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or a division or business unit of such Person, whether through purchase, merger or other business combination or transaction.
“Acquisition Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Acquisition Agreement Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties made by or with respect to the Acquired Business in the Acquisition Agreement to the extent (x) a breach of such representation or warranty is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders (in their capacities as such) and (y) a failure of such representation or warranty to be accurate results (or has resulted) in a failure of a condition precedent to Parent’s (or its Affiliates’) obligation to consummate the Closing Date Acquisition pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement or gives (or has given) Parent (or its Affiliates) the right (taking into account any notice and cure provisions) to terminate its (or their) obligation to consummate the Closing Date Acquisition pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement.
“Additional Lender” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(c).
“Additional Refinancing Lender” means, at any time, any bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor (other than any such bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor that is a Lender at such time) that agrees to provide any portion of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with Section 2.27; provided that each Additional Refinancing Lender shall be subject to the approval of (i) the Borrower and (ii) the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank, in the case of clause (ii), only to the extent that such consent would be required under Section 10.4(b)(iii) if the Loans or Commitments, as applicable, established by such Refinancing Amendment had been obtained by such Additional Refinancing Lender by way of assignment.
“Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, an administrative questionnaire in the form provided by the Administrative Agent and submitted to the Administrative Agent
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duly completed by such Lender.
“Affected Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “Control” shall mean the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms “Controlled by” and “under common Control with” have the meanings correlative thereto.
“Agent Approvals” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Negative Consent.
“Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount” shall mean the aggregate principal amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments from time to time. On the Closing Date, the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount is $100,000,000.
“Aggregate Revolving Commitments” shall mean, collectively, all Revolving Commitments of all Revolving Lenders at any time outstanding.
“Agreed Currencies” means Dollars and Canadian Dollars.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” shall mean all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Parent and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
“Anti-Terrorism Order” shall mean United States Executive Order 13224, signed by President ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ on September 23, 2001.
“Applicable Lending Office” shall mean, for each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the “Lending Office” of such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) designated for such Type of Loan in the Administrative Questionnaire submitted by such Lender or such other office of such Lender (or such Affiliate of such Lender) as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the office by which its Loans of such Type are to be made and maintained.
“Applicable ECF Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Excess Cash Flow Period, (a) if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period is greater than or equal to 2.65:1.001.90:1.00, 50%, (b) if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period is less than 2.65:1.001.90:1.00 but greater than or equal to 2.15:1.001.40:1.00, 25% and (c) if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period is less than 2.15:1.001.40:1.00, 0%.
“Applicable Margin” shall mean, as of any date, (a) with respect to any Initial Term Loan, 5.50% per annum in the case of any SOFR Loan and 4.50% per annum in the case of any Base Rate Loan and (b) with respect to any Revolving Loan, the percentage per annum determined by reference to the applicable First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect on such date as set forth in the Pricing Grid below (the “Pricing Grid”); provided that a change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall be effective on the second Business Day after which the Borrower delivers each of
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the applicable financial statements required by Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b) and the Compliance Certificate required by Section 5.1(c); provided, further, that if at any time the Borrower shall have failed to deliver such financial statements and such Compliance Certificate when so required, the Applicable Margin during the period of such failure shall, if so directed in writing by the Required Revolving Lenders, be at Level I as set forth in the Pricing Grid until such time as such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are delivered, at which time the Applicable Margin shall be determined as provided above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Margin with respect to any Revolving Loan shall be at Level Ⅰ as set forth in the Pricing Grid from the Closing Date through the date on which the financial statements required by Section 5.1(b) and the Compliance Certificate required by Section 5.1(c) for Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2026 are delivered. In the event that any financial statement or Compliance Certificate delivered hereunder is shown to be inaccurate prior to the termination of this Agreement, and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin based upon the Pricing Grid (the “Accurate Applicable Margin”) for any period that such financial statement or Compliance Certificate covered, then (i) the Borrower shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected financial statement or Compliance Certificate, as the case may be, for such period, (ii) the Applicable Margin shall be adjusted such that after giving effect to the corrected financial statement or Compliance Certificate, as the case may be, the Applicable Margin shall be reset to the Accurate Applicable Margin based upon the Pricing Grid for such period and (iii) the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Revolving Lenders, the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such Accurate Applicable Margin for such period. The provisions of this definition shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to Section 2.13(c) or Article VIII.
Pricing Grid
Level |
First Lien Net Leverage Ratio |
SOFR Loans and ▇▇▇▇▇ Loans |
Base Rate Loans and Canadian Prime Rate Loans |
Commitment Fee |
I |
> 1.90:1.00 |
4.25% |
3.25% |
0.50% |
II |
> 1.40:1.00 but ≤ 1.90:1.00 |
4.00% |
3.00% |
0.375% |
III |
≤ 1.40:1.00 |
3.75% |
2.75% |
0.250% |
“Applicable Percentage” shall mean, as of any date, with respect to the commitment fee as of such date, the percentage per annum determined by reference to the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect on such date as set forth in the Pricing Grid; provided that a change in the Applicable Percentage resulting from a change in the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall be effective on the second Business Day after which the Borrower delivers each of the applicable financial statements required by Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b) and the Compliance Certificate required by Section 5.1(c); provided, further, that if at any time the Borrower shall have failed to deliver such financial statements and such Compliance Certificate when so required, the Applicable Percentage shall during the period of such failure, shall, if so directed in writing by the Required Revolving Lenders, be at Level I as set forth in the Pricing Grid until such time as such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are delivered, at which time the Applicable Percentage shall be determined as provided above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Percentage shall be at Level Ⅰ as set forth in the Pricing Grid from the Closing Date through the date on which the financial
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statements required by Section 5.1(b) and the Compliance Certificate required by Section 5.1(c) for Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2026 are delivered. In the event that any financial statement or Compliance Certificate delivered hereunder is shown to be inaccurate prior to the termination of this Agreement, and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Percentage based upon the Pricing Grid (the “Accurate Applicable Percentage”) for any period that such financial statement or Compliance Certificate covered, then (i) the Borrower shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected financial statement or Compliance Certificate, as the case may be, for such period, (ii) the Applicable Percentage shall be adjusted such that after giving effect to the corrected financial statement or Compliance Certificate, as the case may be, the Applicable Percentage shall be reset to the Accurate Applicable Percentage based upon the Pricing Grid for such period and (iii) the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, the accrued additional commitment fee owing as a result of such Accurate Applicable Percentage for such period. The provisions of this definition shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to Section 2.13(c) or Article VIII.
“Approved Fund” shall mean any Person (other than a natural Person) 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 its business and that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.4(b)) and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Availability Period” shall mean the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
“Available Amount” shall mean, at any date, an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a cumulative basis equal to, without duplication:
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“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark for any Agreed Currency, as applicable, (x) 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 (y) 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” pursuant to Section 2.16(e).
“Bail-In Action” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” shall mean (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, 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).
“Bank Product Obligations” shall mean, collectively, all obligations and other liabilities of any Loan Party to any Bank Product Provider arising with respect to any Bank Products.
“Bank Product Provider” shall mean any Person that, at the time it provides any Bank Product to any Loan Party (or, with respect to any such Bank Products in effect on the Closing Date, on the Closing Date), (i) is a Revolving Lender or an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender and (ii) except when the Bank Product Provider is Truist Bank or any of its Affiliates, has provided prior written notice to the Administrative Agent which has been acknowledged in writing by the Borrower of (x) the existence of such Bank Product, (y) the maximum dollar amount of obligations arising thereunder (the “Bank Product Amount”) and (z) the methodology to be used by such parties in determining the obligations under such Bank Product from time to time. In no event shall any Bank Product Provider acting in such capacity be deemed a Lender for purposes hereof to the extent of and as to Bank Products except that each reference to the term “Lender” in Article IX and Section 10.3(b) shall be deemed to include such Bank Product Provider and in no event shall the approval of any such person in its capacity as Bank Product Provider be required in connection with the release or termination of any security interest or Lien of the Administrative Agent. The Bank Product Amount may be changed from time to time upon written notice to the Administrative Agent by the applicable Bank Product Provider which has been acknowledged by the Borrower. No Bank Product Amount may be established at any time that a Default orSpecified Event of Default exists except with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, but shall be subject to obtaining Negative Consent).
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“Bank Products” shall mean any of the following services provided to any Loan Party by any Bank Product Provider: (a) any treasury or other cash management services, including deposit accounts, automated clearing house (ACH) origination and other funds transfer, depository (including cash vault and check deposit), zero balance accounts and sweeps, return items processing, controlled disbursement accounts, positive pay, lockboxes and lockbox accounts, account reconciliation and information reporting, payables outsourcing, payroll processing, trade finance services, investment accounts and securities accounts, and (b) card services, including credit cards (including purchasing cards and commercial cards), prepaid cards, including payroll, stored value and gift cards, merchant services processing, and debit card services.
“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, including the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and any applicable local bankruptcy rules.
“Base Rate Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing that bears interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.
“Base Rate Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.
“Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day” shall have the meaning set forth the definition of “Term SOFR”.
“Benchmark” shall mean, initially, (i) with respect to Loans denominated in Dollars, Term SOFR and (ii) with respect to Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars, Term ▇▇▇▇▇; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the applicable Relevant Rate or the then-current Benchmark for such Agreed Currency, then “Benchmark” shall mean the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.16(b).
“Benchmark Replacement” shall mean with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(a) in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, Daily Simple SOFR, and, in the case of any Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars, Daily Simple ▇▇▇▇▇; and
(b) the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (B) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency at such time in the United States and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above would be less than
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the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” shall mean, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, 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 Administrative Agent and the Borrower for the applicable Corresponding Tenor 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 such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency at such time in the United States.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, a date and time determined by the Administrative Agent, which date shall be no later than the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(a) in the case of clause (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 all Available Tenors 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 the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if such Benchmark (or component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any 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 clause (a) or (b) above with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such 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 all Available Tenors 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 any 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
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Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the ▇▇▇▇▇ Administrator, 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), in each case, which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors 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 any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c) 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) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.
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 each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, 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 such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.16 and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.16.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Bona Fide Debt Fund” means any bona fide debt fund or investment vehicle of any Person described in clause (b) of the definition of “Ineligible Institution” that is primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, notes, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course of its business.
“Borrower” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Borrowing” shall mean a borrowing consisting of (i) Loans of the same currency, Class and Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of SOFR Loans and ▇▇▇▇▇ Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, or (ii) a Swingline Loan.
“Business Day” shall mean (i) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Charlotte, North Carolina or New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close, (ii) if such day relates to a Borrowing of, a payment or prepayment of principal or interest on, a
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conversion of or into, or an Interest Period for, a SOFR Loan, a determination of Term SOFR or a notice with respect to any of the foregoing, any day that is also a U.S. Government Securities Business Day and (iii) if such day relates to a Borrowing of, a payment or prepayment of principal or interest on, a conversion of or into, or an Interest Period for, a ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan, a determination of Term ▇▇▇▇▇ or the Canadian Prime Rate or a notice with respect to any of the foregoing, any day that is also a day on which banks are open for business in Toronto, Canada.
“Canadian Amalgamation” means the actions taken on or within three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees to in writing) for the amalgamation of King Canada with Kayak CA Acquisition, Inc., an Ontario corporation, where the amalgamated Person shall be an indirect, wholly-owned, Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, with the name “KUBRA Data Transfer Ltd.” and having its jurisdiction of organization in Ontario.
“Canadian Dollar(s)” the sign “C$” shall mean the lawful currency of Canada.
“Canadian Dollar Sublimit” means an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of $40,000,000. The Canadian Dollar Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Commitments.
“Canadian Prime Rate” shall mean, on any day, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate equal to the PRIMCAN Index rate that appears on the Bloomberg screen at 10:15 a.m. Toronto time on such day (or, in the event that the PRIMCAN Index is not published by Bloomberg, any other information services that publishes such index from time to time, as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided, that in no event shall the Canadian Prime Rate be less than the greater of (a) Term ▇▇▇▇▇ for a one-month tenor in effect on such day plus 1.00% per annum, and (b) one percent (1%) per annum for purposes of this Agreement. Any change in the Canadian Prime Rate due to a change in the PRIMCAN Index or Term ▇▇▇▇▇ shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the PRIMCAN Index or Term ▇▇▇▇▇, respectively.
“Canadian Prime Rate Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Canadian Prime Rate.
“Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, in respect of any period, the aggregate of all expenditures incurred during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” or similar items reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person shall mean, subject to Section 1.3, all obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) of real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital Stock” shall mean all shares, options, warrants, general or limited partnership interests, membership interests or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or equivalent entity whether voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock or any other “equity security” (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11‑1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act); provided, however, that Convertible Bond Indebtedness and Capped Call Transactions, Convertible Bond Hedge Transactions and Warrant Transactions entered into as a part of, or in connection with, an issuance of such Convertible Bond Indebtedness shall in no event be deemed Capital Stock hereunder.
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“Capitalized Software Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in accordance with GAAP, are permitted or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet.
“Capped Call Transactions” means one or more call options referencing Parent’s Capital Stock purchased by Parent in connection with the issuance of Convertible Bond Indebtedness with a strike or exercise price (howsoever defined) initially equal to the conversion price (howsoever defined) of the related Convertible Bond Indebtedness (subject to rounding) and limiting the amount deliverable to Parent upon exercise thereof based on a cap or upper strike price (howsoever defined).
“Cash Collateralize” shall mean, in respect of any obligations, to provide and pledge (as a first-priority perfected security interest) cash collateral for such obligations, in the Agreed Currency in which such obligations are denominated, with the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Issuing Bank, pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and “Cash Collateralized” and “Cash Collateralization” have the corresponding meanings).
“Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following events: (i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its Subsidiaries and any person or entity acting in its capacity as a trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, is or shall at any time become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting interests (for the election of directors or other similar governing body) in Parent’s Capital Stock or (ii) Parent ceases to own and control, directly (and/or indirectly through Kubra Newco), beneficially and of record, 100% of the voting Capital Stock of the Borrower.
“Change in Law” shall mean (i) the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (ii) any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation, implementation or application thereof, by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement, or (iii) compliance by any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) or any Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.18(b), by the Parent Company of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, if applicable) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that for purposes of this Agreement, (x) the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives in connection therewith and (y) 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 Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Class” (a) when used in reference to any Loans or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or each of the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Initial Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans (of a Class), Refinancing Term Loans (of a Class), Extended Term Loans (of a Class), Revolving Loans, Extended Revolving Loans (of a Class), Refinancing Revolving Loans (of a Class), or Swingline Loans, (b) when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to a Commitment in respect of an applicable Class of Loans and Borrowings, and (c) when used in reference to any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment of such Class. Commitments or Loans that have different maturity dates, pricing (other than upfront fees and other similar fees) or other terms shall be designated separate Classes.
“Closing Date” shall mean June 1, 2026.
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“Closing Date Acquisition” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time.
“Collateral” shall mean all tangible and intangible property, real and personal, of any Loan Party that is or is purported to be subject to a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent to secure the whole or any part of the Obligations or any Guarantee thereof, and shall exclude all Excluded Property.
“Collateral Documents” shall mean, collectively, the Guaranty and Security Agreement, any Copyright Security Agreements, any Patent Security Agreements, any Trademark Security Agreements, and any other instruments and agreements now or hereafter securing or perfecting the Liens securing the whole or any part of the Obligations or any Guarantee thereof, all UCC financing statements, fixture filings and stock powers.
“Commitment” shall mean a Term Loan Commitment, Revolving Commitment or a Swingline Commitment or any combination thereof (as the context shall permit or require), and shall include, where appropriate, any commitment provided pursuant to Section 2.23, 2.27 or 2.28.
“Commitment Letter” shall mean that certain commitment letter, dated as of March 30, 2026, by and among Parent, the Borrower, Truist Bank and Truist Securities, Inc.
“Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute thereto.
“Compliance Certificate” shall mean a certificate from an executive officer or a financial officer of Parent in the form of, and containing the certifications set forth in, the certificate attached hereto as Exhibit G.
“Compliant Financials” shall mean, with respect to any monthly financial statements permitted to be delivered hereunder, that such financial statements are (i) (x) in form and substance materially consistent with the financial statements most recently delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) and (y) are accompanied by a Compliance Certificate with respect to the periods covered by such financial statements or (ii) approved by Negative Consent.
“Conforming Changes” shall mean, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or Term ▇▇▇▇▇ or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate”, 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 frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.19 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent (or, for purposes of clause (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement”, the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Borrower) decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent (or, for purposes of clause (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement”, the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Borrower) decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan
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Documents).
“Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, an amount equal to the sum of:
(i) Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus
(ii) to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period (if applicable), and without duplication,
(A) Consolidated Interest Expense,
(B) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation, federal, state, local, foreign, franchise, excise, value added, and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations and any tax distributions related to the foregoing or otherwise permitted under the Loan Documents, and
(C) depreciation and amortization (including amortization of deferred financing fees) determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus
(iii) except with respect to clauses (F), (G), (J) and, if applicable, (N) of this clause (iii), to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period (if applicable), and without duplication,
(A) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring expenses, losses, charges or write-downs,
(B) non-cash charges, expenses or losses, including, without limitation, any non-cash compensation, non-cash translation (gain) loss and non-cash expense relating to the vesting of warrants,
(C) restructuring costs, integration costs, business optimization expenses or costs, business line consolidation, non-recurring retention, recruiting, relocation and signing bonuses and expenses, stock option and other equity-based compensation expenses, severance costs and transaction fees and expenses from the Transactions,
(D) accruals, losses, charges, write-downs (but excluding write-downs in respect of accounts receivable and inventory, in each case, other than to the extent due to purchase or recapitalization accounting), up-front fees, transaction costs, commissions, expenses, premiums or charges related to (x) any Restricted Payment, permitted investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or issuance, incurrence, redemption, exchange or repayment of Indebtedness permitted by the Loan Documents (including refinancings thereof), (y) any amendment, waiver, consent or modification to any documentation governing the terms of any transaction described in the immediately preceding subclause (x), or (z) any amendment, waiver, consent or modification to any Loan Document or any other document governing any Indebtedness, in each case under subclauses (x), (y) and (z), whether or not such transaction or amendment, waiver, consent or modification is successful, in each case, including fees, costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and Lenders that are paid or reimbursed and up-front or financing fees, fees, costs, expenses (including fees, costs and expenses of any counsel, consultants or other advisors), transaction costs, commissions, expenses, premiums or charges, including, without limitation, those related to or in connection with the Transactions and any non-recurring merger or business acquisition transaction costs incurred during such period (in each case whether or not successful),
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(E) any non-cash increase in expenses (1) resulting from the revaluation of inventory (including any impact of changes to inventory valuation policy methods including changes in capitalization of variances) or other inventory adjustments or (2) due to purchase or recapitalization accounting,
(F) “run rate” cost savings, operating savings, operating expense reductions and cost synergies (including, without limitation, savings related to favorable network pricing) reasonably anticipated by the Borrower in good faith to be realizable within twenty-foureighteen (2418) months (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such savings, reductions and synergies have been realized on the first day of such period, net of the aggregate amount of actual savings, reductions and synergy benefits realized) so long as such savings, reductions and synergies are reasonably identifiable, factually supported and set forth in reasonable detail in the applicable Compliance Certificate for such period; provided that, with respect to this clause (F), to the extent that such savings, reductions or synergies are no longer reasonably anticipated by the Borrower to be realized within twenty-foureighteen (2418) months, such savings, reductions and synergies shall not be included in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” for any period thereafter,
(G) expenses or losses relating to business interruption or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days), charges, losses, lost profit expenses (including litigation expenses, fees and charges) or write-offs to the extent indemnified or incurred by a third party,
(H) non-cash minority interest expense,
(I) letter of credit fees,
(J) solely for purposes of determining compliance with the Financial Covenant in respect of any Fiscal Quarter in which the cure right under Section 6.2 is utilized (but, for avoidance of doubt, not for any other determination of the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Total Net Leverage Ratio or any other financial ratio hereunder), the amount of proceeds from any Specified Equity Contribution in respect of such Fiscal Quarter,
(K) fees, costs and expenses of the board of directors or managers or any similar governing body of the Borrower or any parent entity thereof, not to exceed $900,000 in any consecutive four Fiscal Quarter period,
(L) one-time, non-recurring costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and one-time, non-recurring costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Exchange Act or any other comparable body of laws, rules or regulations, as companies with listed equity, in each case, in connection with the initial listing of such person’s equity securities on a securities exchange,
(M) with respect to any Person, assets, division or business unit acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, any other adjustments and addbacks (but excluding any such adjustments or addbacks related to revenue enhancements or other revenue synergies) reflected in any quality of earnings report from a “Big Four” accounting firm (or other accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, subject to obtaining Negative Consent) delivered to the Administrative Agent in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, and
(N) addbacks reflected in Parent’s Management Case Model, provided to the Administrative Agent
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on March 30, 2026, minus
(iv) the sum of income and gain items corresponding to those referred to in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(E) above;
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) the aggregate amount added back to Consolidated Net Income (excluding non-cash amounts) to the extent supported with reasonable documentation made pursuant to clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(C) and (iii)(F) above in any period shall not in any event exceed 35.030.0% of Consolidated EBITDA after giving effect to such addbacks and all other addbacks contemplated by this definition and (II) no cap or limitation shall apply with respect to non-cash amounts added back to Consolidated Net Income to the extent supported with reasonable documentation.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum of (i) total interest expense in respect of Consolidated Total Debt (net of total interest income), including the interest component of any payments in respect of Capital Lease Obligations, capitalized or expensed during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period) plus (ii) the net amount payable (or minus the net amount receivable) with respect to interest rate Hedging Transactions during such period (whether or not actually paid or received during such period) but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (a) any non-cash interest expense, including capitalized interest, whether paid or accrued, (b) the amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of indebtedness at less than par, (c) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, (d) any expenses resulting from discounting of indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or purchase accounting, (e) penalties or interest related to taxes and any other amounts of non-cash interest resulting from the effects of acquisition method accounting or pushdown accounting, (f) the accretion or accrual of, or accrued interest on, discounted liabilities (other than Indebtedness) during such period, (g) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under hedging agreements or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification No. 815-Derivatives and Hedging, (h) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of hedging agreements for interest rates, (i) any payments with respect to make whole premiums or other breakage costs of any Indebtedness, (j) all non-recurring interest expense consisting of liquidated damages for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, all as calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and (k) expensing of bridge, arrangement, structuring, commitment or other financing fees.
“Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, the net income (or loss) of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis (after deduction for minority interests) in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income (without duplication and to the extent otherwise included therein) (i) any gains or losses attributable to write-ups or write-downs of assets or the sale of assets (other than the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business), (ii) any equity interest of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in the unremitted earnings of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) any income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or the date that such Person’s assets are acquired by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, (iv) the effects of purchase and recapitalization accounting adjustments and (v) any income (or loss) attributable to the early extinguishment or cancellation of Indebtedness.
“Consolidated Total Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, without duplication, all Indebtedness of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the type described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) (only with respect to past due amounts of earn-outs and other past due contingent acquisition consideration), (v) and, only with respect to amounts drawn and unreimbursed thereunder, (vi) of the definition of Indebtedness
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and all Guarantees by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the foregoing types of Indebtedness, in each case, measured on a consolidated basis as of such date.
“Contractual Obligation” of any Person shall mean any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking (other than a Loan Document) under which such Person is obligated or by which it or any of the property in which it has an interest is bound.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Convertible Bond Hedge Transactions” means one or more call options referencing Parent’s Capital Stock purchased by Parent in connection with the issuance of Convertible Bond Indebtedness with a strike or exercise price (howsoever defined) initially equal to the conversion or exchange price (howsoever defined) of the related Convertible Bond Indebtedness (subject to rounding).
“Convertible Bond Indebtedness” means unsecured Indebtedness of Parent having a feature which entitles the holder thereof to convert all or a portion of such Indebtedness into Capital Stock of Parent (and cash in lieu of fractional Capital Stock) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of Capital Stock of Parent), and shall include (x) the 2029 Convertible Notes, and any supplements as in effect on the Closing Date, and (y) any unsecured Indebtedness of Parent resulting from any supplement, modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof, so long as, in the case of this clause (y):
“Copyright” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.
“Copyright Security Agreement” shall mean any Copyright Security Agreement executed by a Loan Party owning registered Copyrights or applications for Copyrights in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, both on the Closing Date and thereafter.
“▇▇▇▇▇” means the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average administered and published by the Bank of Canada (or any successor administrator).
“▇▇▇▇▇ Administrator” means the Bank of Canada (or any successor administrator).
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“▇▇▇▇▇ Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing that bears interest at a rate based on Term ▇▇▇▇▇.
“▇▇▇▇▇ Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Term ▇▇▇▇▇.
“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
“Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means secured or unsecured Indebtedness of any Loan Party in the form of (a) Refinancing Revolving Commitments, (b) Refinancing Term Loans or (c) other term loans or notes or revolving commitments governed by definitive documentation other than this Agreement (such other term loans, notes and revolving commitments, “Refinancing Facilities”); provided that:
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“Cure Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.
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“Current Assets” shall mean, with respect to Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all assets (other than cash and Permitted Investments or other cash equivalents) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as current assets at such date of determination, other than amounts related to current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, assets held for sale, loans (permitted) to third parties, pension assets, deferred bank fees and derivative financial instruments.
“Current Liabilities” shall mean, with respect to Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all liabilities that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as current liabilities at such date of determination (including deferred revenue (other than deferred revenue arising from cash receipts earmarked for specific projects)), other than, without duplication, (a) the current portion of any Indebtedness and derivative financial instruments, (b) accruals of Consolidated Interest Expense (excluding Consolidated Interest Expense that is due and unpaid), (c) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, (d) accruals, if any, of transaction costs resulting from the Transactions, (e) accruals of any costs or expenses related to bonuses, pension and other post-retirement benefit obligations, (f) any other liabilities that are not Indebtedness and will not be settled in cash or cash equivalents during the next succeeding twelve (12) month period after such date, (g) liabilities in respect of unpaid acquisition, disposition or refinancing related expenses, deferred purchase price holdbacks and earn-out obligations, (h) accrued settlement costs, (i) outstanding revolving loans and letter of credit exposure, (j) the current portion of any other long-term liabilities and (k) accruals for add-backs to Consolidated EBITDA included in clauses (ⅲ)(B), (C) and (D) of the definition of such term.
“Daily Simple ▇▇▇▇▇” shall mean, for any day, ▇▇▇▇▇, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple ▇▇▇▇▇” for syndicated business loans in the United States; provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
“Daily Simple SOFR” shall mean, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans; provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
“Declined Amounts” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(c).
“Default” shall mean any condition or event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Default Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(c).
“Defaulting Lender” shall mean, at any time, subject to Section 2.26(b), (i) any Lender that has failed for two (2) or more Business Days to comply with its obligations under this Agreement to make a Loan, to make a payment to the applicable Issuing Bank in respect of a Letter of Credit or to the Swingline Lender in respect of a Swingline Loan or to make any other payment due hereunder (each a “funding obligation”), unless such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding has not been satisfied (which conditions precedent, together with any applicable Default, will be specifically
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identified in such writing), (ii) any Lender that has notified the Administrative Agent or the Borrower in writing, or has stated publicly, that it does not intend to comply with any such funding obligation hereunder, unless such writing or public statement states that such position is based on such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding cannot be satisfied (which conditions precedent, together with any applicable Default, will be specifically identified in such writing or public statement), (iii) any Lender that has, for three (3) or more Business Days after written request of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, failed to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ will cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (iii) upon the Administrative Agent’s and the Borrower’s receipt of such written confirmation), or (iv) any Term Lender with a Term Loan Commitment or any Revolving Lender, in each case, with respect to which a Lender Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender will be conclusive and binding, absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.26(b)) upon notification of such determination by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the Issuing Banks, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders.
“Disposition” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.6.
“Disqualified Capital Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Capital Stock into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares) at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date (excluding any provisions requiring redemption upon a “change of control” or similar event; provided that such “change of control” or similar event results in the concurrent payment in full of the Obligations), (b) is convertible into or exchangeable for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Capital Stock referred to in (a) above, in each case, at any time on or prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days following Latest Maturity Date, or (c) is entitled to receive scheduled dividends or distributions in cash prior to the time that the Obligations are paid in full in cash; provided that if such Capital Stock is issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability.
“Documentation Agents” shall mean Silver Point Finance, LLC and WhiteHorse Capital Origination, LLC, in their respective capacities as documentation agents for the Initial Term Loans.
“Dollar(s)” and the sign “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, for any amount, at the time of determination thereof, (a) if such amount is expressed in Dollars, such amount, (b) if such amount is expressed in Canadian Dollars, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars determined by using the rate of exchange for the purchase of Dollars with Canadian Dollars last provided (either by publication or otherwise provided to the Administrative Agent) by Reuters on the date that is two (2) Business Days immediately preceding the date of determination or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide a rate of exchange for the purchase of Dollars with Canadian Dollars, as provided by such other publicly available information service which provides that rate of exchange at such time in place of Reuters chosen by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide such rate of exchange, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent using any method of determination it deems
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appropriate in its sole discretion) and (c) if such amount is denominated in any other currency, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent using any method of determination it deems appropriate in its sole discretion.
“Domestic Foreign Holdco” shall mean any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary substantially all the assets of which consist of the Capital Stock and, if applicable, Indebtedness of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries.
“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of Parent that is organized under the laws of the United States or any state or district thereof or the District of Columbia.
“EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Environmental Laws” shall mean all applicable laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, consent orders or decrees, judgments, injunctions, or legally binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority relating to the protection of the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or to public or occupational health and safety matters (with respect to exposure to Hazardous Materials).
“Environmental Liability” shall mean any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental investigation and remediation, costs of administrative oversight, fines, natural resource damages, penalties or indemnities), of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent resulting from or based upon (i) any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, (ii) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (iii) any actual or alleged exposure to any Hazardous Materials, or (iv) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and in effect from time to time, and any successor statute thereto and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any person that for purposes of Title I or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code would be deemed at any relevant time to be a “single employer” or otherwise aggregated with Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA or, for purposes of Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, “ERISA Affiliate” does not include any person that would be deemed an “ERISA Affiliate” of King US, King Canada, or any of their respective subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date Acquisition to the extent such
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person would not otherwise constitute an “ERISA Affiliate” immediately after giving effect to the Closing Date Acquisition.
“ERISA Event” shall mean (i) any “reportable event” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to a Plan (other than an event as to which the PBGC has waived under Regulation Section 4043 the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified of such event); (ii) any failure to make a required contribution to any Plan or Non-U.S. Plan that would result in the imposition of a lien or other encumbrance or the provision of security under Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 or 4068 of ERISA or non-U.S. law, or the arising of such a lien or encumbrance, there being or arising any “unpaid minimum required contribution” (as defined in Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA), whether or not waived, or any filing of any request for or receipt of a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or that such filing may be made, or any determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in at-risk status under Title IV of ERISA; (iii) any incurrence by Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan (other than for premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) any institution of proceedings, or the occurrence of an event or condition which would reasonably be expected to constitute grounds for the institution of proceedings, by the PBGC under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan; (v) any incurrence by Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or the receipt by Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of any notice that a Multiemployer Plan is in endangered or critical status under Section 305 of ERISA; (vi) any receipt by Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or any receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (vii) engaging in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA; or (viii) any filing of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan if such termination would require material additional contributions in order to be considered a standard termination within the meaning of Section 4041(b) of ERISA, any filing under Section 4041(c) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan, or the termination of any Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA.
“Erroneous Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.12(a).
“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.12(d).
“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.12(d).
“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.12(d).
“Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.12(d).
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.
“Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, with respect to Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any Excess Cash Flow Period, Consolidated EBITDA for such Excess Cash Flow Period, minus, without duplication,
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(a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(b) permanent repayments or prepayments of any Indebtedness (other than repayments of Revolving Loans and other than repayments of other revolving loans unless, in the case of such other revolving loans, accompanied by a corresponding permanent reduction in revolving commitments) made in cash by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary during such Excess Cash Flow Period (other than any mandatory or voluntary prepayment or purchase of Term Loans), but only to the extent that the Indebtedness so prepaid cannot be reborrowed or redrawn and such prepayments do not occur in connection with a refinancing of all or any portion of such Indebtedness,
(c) [reserved],
(d) Taxes paid in cash by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period or that will be paid within six months after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period; provided, that with respect to any such amounts to be paid after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period, (i) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Excess Cash Flow Period, and (ii) appropriate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP,
(e) an amount equal to any increase in Working Capital of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(f) amounts paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period on account of (A) items that were accounted for as non-cash reductions of net income in determining Consolidated Net Income or as non-cash reductions of Consolidated Net Income in determining Consolidated EBITDA in a prior Excess Cash Flow Period and (B) reserves or accruals established in purchase accounting,
(g) to the extent not deducted in the computation of Net Asset Sale Proceeds or Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in respect of any Disposition or casualty or condemnation giving rise thereto, as applicable, the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), together with any interest, premium or penalties required to be paid (and actually paid) in connection therewith,
(h) [reserved], and
(i) the amount related to items that were added to or not deducted from net income in calculating Consolidated Net Income or were added to or not deducted from Consolidated Net Income in calculating Consolidated EBITDA to the extent such items represented a cash payment (which had not reduced Excess Cash Flow upon the accrual thereof in a prior Excess Cash Flow Period), or an accrual for a cash payment, by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries or did not represent cash received by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period,
plus, without duplication,
(j) an amount equal to any decrease in Working Capital for such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(k) all amounts referred to in clause (b) above to the extent funded with the proceeds of the sale
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or issuance of any Capital Stock (including any capital contributions) and any loss, damage, destruction, casualty or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other Disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of Real Estate) to any person of any asset or assets, in each case to the extent there is a corresponding deduction from Excess Cash Flow above,
(l) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain realized in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period (except to the extent such gain consists of Net Proceeds subject to Section 2.12(a)),
(m) to the extent deducted in the computation of Consolidated EBITDA, cash interest income,
(n) the amount related to items that were deducted from or not added to net income in connection with calculating Consolidated Net Income or were deducted from or not added to Consolidated Net Income in calculating Consolidated EBITDA to the extent either (i) such items represented cash received by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) such items do not represent cash paid by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period, and
(o) any amounts not actually paid in a subsequent Excess Cash Flow Period within six (6) months after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period in which such expenditures were deducted from Excess Cash Flow pursuant to clause (d) above.
For the avoidance of doubt, Excess Cash Flow shall not be calculated on a pro forma basis.
“Excess Cash Flow Period” shall mean each Fiscal Year, commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2027.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time.
“Excluded Affiliates” shall mean any Affiliate of a Person, which Affiliate is engaged as a principal primarily in private equity, mezzanine financing or venture capital or any of such Affiliate’s officers, directors, employees, legal counsel, independent auditors, professionals and other experts, agents or representatives, in each case, other than a limited number of senior employees who are required, in accordance with industry regulations or such Person’s or Affiliate’s internal policies and procedures to act in a supervisory capacity and internal legal, compliance, risk management, credit or investment committee members.
“Excluded Indebtedness” shall mean all Indebtedness the incurrence of which is permitted by Section 7.1 and, if such Indebtedness is secured by Liens, by Section 7.2 (other than Refinancing Facilities (to the extent incurred in respect of Initial Term Loans) and Refinancing Term Loans in respect of Initial Term Loans).
“Excluded Property” shall mean, collectively, (a) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title; (b) pledges and security interests in non-wholly owned partnerships, joint ventures and other non-wholly owned entities to the extent prohibited by law or prohibited by agreements (not entered into in contemplation of this exclusion) containing anti assignment clauses not overridden by the UCC or other applicable law; (c) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations to the extent a security interest therein is prohibited or restricted thereby or by applicable law, in each case, not overridden by the UCC or other applicable law; (d) any Capital Stock in or assets of any Foreign Subsidiary or Domestic Foreign Holdco (other than 100% of the issued and outstanding non-voting Capital
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Stock and 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Capital Stock of any direct first-tier Foreign Subsidiary or Domestic Foreign Holdco), in each case, that has not guaranteed or pledged any of its assets or suffered a pledge of more than 65% of its voting Capital Stock to secure, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries that is a U.S. Person; (e) any fee or leasehold interest in Real Estate (and there shall be no requirement to deliver landlord lien waivers, estoppels or collateral access letters), (f) intent to use Trademark applications prior to the filing with, and the acceptance by, the United States Patent and Trademark Office of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto; (g) any lease, license or other agreement (in each case, not entered into in contemplation of this exclusion) or any property subject to a purchase money security interest, capital lease obligation or similar arrangement, in each case, to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents, to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement, purchase money, capital lease or similar arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Borrower, a Guarantor or any of their Affiliates) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition; (h) property the pledge of which, or the grant of a security interest therein, is prohibited by any Requirement of Law, but only to the extent, and for so long as, such prohibition is not terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the UCC or any other Requirement of Law; (i) any Capital Stock in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Immaterial Subsidiary (to the extent such Immaterial Subsidiary is not a Guarantor); and (j) those assets as to which the Administrative Agent (subject to obtaining Negative Consent) and the Borrower agree in writing that the costs of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value to the Lenders of the security to be afforded thereby; provided, however, that Excluded Property shall not include, any proceeds (as defined in the UCC) of any of the foregoing (unless such proceeds of Excluded Property would otherwise constitute Excluded Property).
“Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean (a) any Subsidiary that is not wholly owned (other than directors’ qualifying shares and nominal shares issued to the extent required by applicable Requirements of Law) by Parent and/or one or more of its wholly owned Subsidiaries, (b) any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (c) any Subsidiary that is (i) a Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) a Domestic Foreign Holdco or (iii) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, (d) any Immaterial Subsidiary and (e) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower and, subject to obtaining Negative Consent, the Administrative Agent, the burden or cost of providing a Guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, in no circumstances shall Kubra Newco constitute an Excluded Subsidiary so long as Kubra Newco owns any Capital Stock of the Borrower; provided, further, that no Subsidiary shall become an Excluded Subsidiary pursuant to clause (a) above unless (i) such Subsidiary became non-wholly owned by Parent and/or one or more of its wholly owned Subsidiaries as the result of a sale, disposition, or other transfer of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary to a third party that is not an Affiliate of Parent for a bona fide business purpose and not effected in contemplation of adversely affecting the Secured Parties’ interests in the Guarantees of the Obligations or in the Collateral and (ii) Parent or its applicable Restricted Subsidiary that is the holder of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to have made an Investment at such time in a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in the amount of its remaining outstanding Investment in such Subsidiary at such time and such Investment is permitted hereunder at such time.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange
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Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Loan Parties, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) and franchise Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Applicable Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any branch profits Tax imposed by the U.S. or any similar Tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a)(i),(c) in the case of a Lender, any U.S. federal withholding Taxes that are imposed on amounts payable to such Recipient with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which such Recipient acquires the applicable interest in the applicable Commitment or, if such Lender acquires an applicable interest in a Loan other than by funding such Loan pursuant to a prior Commitment, on the date such Lender acquires the applicable interest in such Loan (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.25) or designates a new lending office, except in each case to the extent that amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either (i) to such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a Lender under this Agreement, or (ii) to such Lender immediately before it designated a new lending office, (d) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.20(f), and (e) Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Extended Revolving Commitments” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.28.
“Extended Revolving Loans” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.28.
“Extended Term Loans” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.28.
“Extension Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.28.
“Extension Amendment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.28.
“Extension Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.28.
“FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above) and any applicable intergovernmental agreement (and related official administrative guidance) implementing the foregoing.
“Federal Funds Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with member banks of the Federal Reserve System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the next succeeding Business Day or, if such rate is not so published for any Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average (rounded, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the
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quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent.
“Fee Letter” shall mean that certain fee letter, dated as of March 30, 2026, by and among Parent, the Borrower, Truist Bank and Truist Securities, Inc., as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Financial Covenant” shall mean the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.1.
“First Lien Facilities” shall mean the Term Facilities and Revolving Facility.
“First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a)(i) all Obligations in respect of the First Lien Facilities and all other Consolidated Total Debt as of such date that is secured by a Lien ranking pari passu with the Liens securing the First Lien Facilities minus (ii) unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA (for the most recently ended four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered, calculated on a pro forma basis).
“Fiscal Quarter” shall mean any fiscal quarter of Parent.
“Fiscal Year” shall mean any fiscal year of Parent.
“Fixed Basket” means any category of exceptions, thresholds, baskets, or other provisions in this Agreement based on a fixed Dollar amount and/or percentage of Consolidated EBITDA.
“Fixed Incremental Amount” shall mean an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding equal to the greater of (1) $200,000,000100,000,000 and (2) 100.050.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (for the most recently ended four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered, calculated on a pro forma basis) less the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Facilities and Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred and then outstanding in reliance on the Fixed Incremental Amount (after giving effect to any reallocation). For the avoidance of doubt, the Fixed Incremental Amount is a Fixed Basket for purposes of Section 1.8.
“Floor” shall mean a rate of interest equal to 01.00%.
“Foreign Person” shall mean any Person that is not a U.S. Person.
“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of Parent that is a “controlled foreign corporation” (as defined in Section 957 of the Code).
“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States, Canada, any other nation or government or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority), supra-national entity (including the European Union and the European Central Bank) or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing that engages in substantially similar activities.
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) shall mean any obligation, contingent or
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otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly and including any obligation, direct or indirect, of the guarantor (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or (iv) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued in support of such Indebtedness; provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not so stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor” shall mean Parent and each Subsidiary of Parent (other than the Borrower) that provides a Guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement.
“Guaranty and Security Agreement” shall mean the Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, made by the Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Hazardous Materials” shall mean all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes, in each case that are regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law because of their dangerous or deleterious properties or characteristics.
“Hedging Obligations” of any Person shall mean any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired under (i) any and all Hedging Transactions, (ii) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Hedging Transactions and (iii) any and all renewals, extensions and modifications of any Hedging Transactions and any and all substitutions for any Hedging Transactions. For purposes of determining the amount of attributed Indebtedness from Hedging Obligations, the “principal amount” of any Hedging Obligations at any time shall be the Net Mark-to-Market Exposure of such Hedging Obligations.
“Hedging Transaction” of any Person shall mean (a) any transaction (including an agreement with respect to any such transaction) now existing or hereafter entered into by such Person that is a rate swap transaction, swap option, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap or option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option, spot transaction, credit protection transaction, credit swap, credit default swap, credit default option, total return swap, credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reverse repurchase transaction, buy/sell-back transaction, securities lending transaction, or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent entered into in
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connection with Convertible Bond Indebtedness, Capped Call Transactions, Convertible Bond Hedge Transactions and Warrant Transactions shall not constitute a Hedging Transaction.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of Parent that as of any date of determination, does not have (i) assets (after eliminating intercompany obligations) in excess of 10% when combined with the assets of all other Immaterial Subsidiaries, of the consolidated total assets of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of Parent as of the last day of the four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered under this Agreement or (ii) Consolidated EBITDA (after eliminating intercompany obligations) for the four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered under this Agreement in excess of 10% when combined with the Consolidated EBITDA of all Immaterial Subsidiaries, of the Consolidated EBITDA of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; provided that, in the event that the aggregate assets or Consolidated EBITDA (in each case, after eliminating intercompany obligations) of all Immaterial Subsidiaries exceeds the applicable aggregate percentage limit specified above as of any date of determination, the Borrower shall designate one or more Immaterial Subsidiaries as not being Immaterial Subsidiaries as may be necessary such that the foregoing aggregate percentage limit shall not be exceeded, and any such Subsidiary shall thereafter be deemed to not be an Immaterial Subsidiary hereunder; provided, further, that the Borrower may re-designate Subsidiaries as Immaterial Subsidiaries so long as the Borrower is in compliance with this definition; provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, in no circumstances shall Kubra Newco constitute an Immaterial Subsidiary so long as Kubra Newco owns any Capital Stock of the Borrower.
“Increasing Lender” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(c).
“Incremental Amendment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(d).
“Incremental Cap” shall mean the sum of the Fixed Incremental Amount and the Ratio Incremental Amount.
“Incremental Commitment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(a).
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“Incremental Lenders” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(c).
“Incremental Revolving Lenders” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(c).
“Incremental Term Commitments” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(a).
“Incremental Term Lenders” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(c).
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“Incremental Term Loans” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(a).
“Incurrence-Based Basket” means any category of exceptions, thresholds, baskets, or other provisions in this Agreement based on complying (including on a pro forma basis) with any financial ratio or test.
“Indebtedness” of any Person shall mean, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business, but, subject to clause (a) of the last sentence of this definition, including any obligations in respect of earn-outs and other contingent acquisition consideration), (iv) all obligations of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement(s) relating to property acquired by such Person, (v) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (vi) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of letters of credit, acceptances or similar extensions of credit, (vii) all Guarantees of such Person of the type of Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, (viii) all Indebtedness of a third party described in clauses (i) through (vi) above secured by any Lien on property owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person; provided that the amount of any such Indebtedness under this clause (viii) shall be deemed to be the lesser of (A) the total amount of third party Indebtedness secured by such Lien and (B) the fair market value of the property subject to such Lien, (ix) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock, (x) all Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities and (xi) all Hedging Obligations of such Person. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent that the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall not include (a) obligations of such Person in respect of earn-outs and other contingent acquisition consideration until such obligations become liabilities on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP (except to the extent such obligations that are liabilities on the balance sheet of such Person are payable solely in Capital Stock) and (b) Indebtedness arising as a result of any changes in GAAP which would classify any operating leases so characterized in accordance with GAAP (as GAAP is in effect as of December 15, 2018) as Capital Lease Obligations (or the equivalent) required to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of Parent in accordance with GAAP.
“Indemnified Taxes” shall mean Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
“Ineligible Institution” shall mean (a) the Persons identified in writing by Parent to Truist Securities, Inc. (x) prior to March 30, 2026 or, (y) if after March 30, 2026 but prior to the Closing Date, as approved by Truist Securities, Inc. (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or (z) if on or after the Closing Date, as approved by the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, but shall be subject to obtaining Negative Consent), and in each case their respective Affiliates that are readily identifiable as such on the basis of the similarity of their name, and (b) any competitors of the Parent or its Subsidiaries or the Acquired Business identified in writing by Parent to Truist Securities, Inc. (if prior to the Closing Date) or the Administrative Agent (if on or after the Closing Date), and in each case their respective Affiliates (other than any Affiliates that are Bona Fide Debt Funds) that are readily identifiable as such on the basis of the similarity of their name; provided that (i) a Person shall cease to be an Ineligible Institution when Parent delivers a notice to such effect to the Administrative Agent, (ii) the addition of any Person as an Ineligible Institution shall not be effective until the third Business Day after the Administrative Agent consents (after obtaining Negative Consent) to the addition of such Person as an Ineligible Institution, (iii) the identification of any Person as an Ineligible Institution after the Closing Date shall not apply to retroactively disqualify any Person to the extent such Person was a Lender or a participant (or that was party to any pending assignments or
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participations, pursuant to which such Person is to become a Lender or participant) prior to the effectiveness of the addition of such Person as an Ineligible Institution and, (iv) any notice to the Administrative Agent adding or removing an Ineligible Institution shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 10.1 in order for such update to be effective and (v) all Persons that would otherwise be Ineligible Institutions shall cease to be Ineligible Institutions during the continuance of any Specified Event of Default.
“Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount” shall mean one or more Borrowings of Revolving Loans on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 plus additional amounts used to backstop, replace or cash collateralize letters of credit under the Existing Credit Agreement and existing letters of credit for the benefit of the Acquired Business.
“Initial Term Loans” shall mean the Term Loans made by the Lenders on the Closing Date.
“Inside Maturity Exception” means Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the greater of (a) $50,000,000 and (b) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (for the most recently ended four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered, calculated on a pro forma basis) as of the applicable date of determination.Intercompany Note” shall mean an intercompany note substantially in the form of Exhibit I.
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“Investments” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4.
“IP Rights” means, in each case, to the extent registered (or that a pending application for registration has been filed) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, (i) patents (including all reissues, reexaminations, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part and extensions thereof); (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade names and logos; and (iii) copyrights.
“Issuing Bank” shall mean Truist Bank, in its capacity an as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and any other Revolving Lender that, with the approval of the Borrower, agrees to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, in such capacity.
“Junior Financing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.12(b).
“Junior Lien Debt” shall mean Indebtedness secured by ▇▇▇▇▇ on the Collateral ranking junior in priority to the Liens securing the First Lien Facilities.
“King Canada” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“King US” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Kubra Conversions” shall mean, collectively, which conversions shall be filed on or within three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees to in writing): (i) the conversion of KUBRA Holdings, Inc. from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company, (ii) the conversion of Dropcountr, Inc. from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company, (iii) the conversion of Kubra Arizona, Inc. from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company, (iv) the merger of Kubra Data Transfer, Ltd., a New York corporation, with and into a newly-formed New York limited liability company (“Kubra New York”), with Kubra New York being the surviving Person of such merger, (v) the conversion of Kubra America West, Inc. from a California corporation to a Delaware limited liability company, (vi) the conversion of Kubra America South East Inc. from a Georgia corporation to a Georgia limited liability company, (vii) the conversion of Kubra Investment Corp. from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company, (viii) the conversion of KUBRA US, Inc. from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company, (ix) the conversion of Kubra Acquisition Corp. from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company, (x) the conversion of FormMaker Software, Inc. from a Texas corporation to a Texas limited liability company, (xi) the conversion of Matrix Digital Technologies, Inc. from a Texas corporation to a Texas limited liability company, and (xii) the conversion of Newbridge Information Services, Inc. from a Texas corporation to a Texas limited liability company.
“Kubra New York” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Kubra Conversions.
“Kubra Newco” shall mean Kubra US Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Kubra Newco Transactions” shall mean, within three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees to in writing), the contribution by Parent of all of the Capital Stock of KUBRA Holdings, Inc. and its Subsidiaries (other than King Canada) to Kubra Newco in exchange for Capital Stock in Kubra Newco.
“Latest Maturity Date” shall mean, at any date of determination, the latest maturity date or commitment termination date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time (including, without limitation, the latest maturity date of any Incremental Term Loans, Extended Term Loan, Extended
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Revolving Commitment and Extended Revolving Loan), in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
“LC Commitment” shall mean that portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments that may be used for the issuance of Letters of Credit in any Agreed Currency in an aggregate face amount not to exceed the Dollar Equivalent of $15,000,000.
“LC Disbursement” shall mean a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“LC Documents” shall mean all applications, agreements and instruments relating to the Letters of Credit but excluding the Letters of Credit.
“LC Exposure” shall mean, at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender shall be its Pro Rata Share of the total LC Exposure at such time. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14 of the ISP or Article 29(a) of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits or applicable law, or the express terms of the Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“LC Sublimit” shall mean (x) with respect to Truist Bank, the amount set forth opposite such Issuing Bank’s name on Schedule I as such Issuing Bank’s “LC Sublimit”, as such amount may be modified as agreed from time to time between such Issuing Bank and the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in writing and (y) for each additional Issuing Bank, the amount agreed from time to time between such Issuing Bank and the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in writing, in each case, as such amount may be modified in accordance with Section 2.22(k) and/or reduced from time to time in accordance with Section 2.8. Schedule I shall automatically be deemed amended accordingly to reflect any additions or modifications to LC Sublimits as contemplated by this definition.
“Lead Arrangers” shall mean the Term Lead Arranger and the Revolving Lead Arrangers.
“Lender Insolvency Event” shall mean that (i) a Lender or its Parent Company is insolvent, or is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (ii) a Lender or its Parent Company is the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or similar proceeding, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, custodian 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 capacity, has been appointed for such Lender or its Parent Company, or such Lender or its Parent Company has taken any action in furtherance of or indicating its consent to or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment, (iii) a Lender or its Parent Company has been adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Person or its assets to be, insolvent or (iv) a Lender or its Parent Company has become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, a Lender Insolvency Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of an Undisclosed Administration or the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in or control of a Lender or a Parent Company thereof by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof so long as such ownership or acquisition 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.
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“Lender-Related Hedge Provider” shall mean any Person that, at the time it enters into a Hedging Transaction with any Loan Party (or, with respect to any such Hedging Transaction in effect on the Closing Date, on the Closing Date), (i) is a Revolving Lender or an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender and (ii) except when the Lender-Related Hedge Provider is Truist Bank or any of its Affiliates, has provided prior written notice to the Administrative Agent which has been acknowledged in writing by the Borrower of (x) the existence of such Hedging Transaction and (y) the methodology to be used by such parties in determining the obligations under such Hedging Transaction from time to time. In no event shall any Lender-Related Hedge Provider acting in such capacity be deemed a Lender for purposes hereof to the extent of and as to Hedging Obligations except that each reference to the term “Lender” in Article IX and Section 10.3(b) shall be deemed to include such Lender-Related Hedge Provider. In no event shall the approval of any such Person in its capacity as Lender-Related Hedge Provider be required in connection with the release or termination of any security interest or Lien of the Administrative Agent.
“Lenders” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof and shall include, where appropriate, the Swingline Lender, each Increasing Lender, each Additional Lender that joins this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.23 and each Additional Refinancing Lender that joins this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.27.
“Letter of Credit” shall mean any standby or commercial letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 2.22 by an Issuing Bank for the account of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to the LC Commitment.
“Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, encumbrance, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, or other arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Limited Condition Transaction” shall mean (a) any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder, in each case, that is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing, (b) an irrevocable redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness (including any Junior Financing) and (c) an irrevocable Restricted Payment.
“Liquidity” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount minus (b) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures of all Lenders plus (c) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Permitted Investments of the Loan Parties.
“Loan Documents” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Collateral Documents, the LC Documents, the Fee Letter, all Notices of Borrowing, all Notices of Conversion/Continuation, all Compliance Certificates, any promissory notes issued hereunder, any subordination and intercreditor agreements and any other document or instrument designated by any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent as a “Loan Document”.
“Loan Parties” shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantors.
“Loans” shall mean all Term Loans, Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans in the aggregate or any of them, as the context shall require, and shall include, where appropriate, any loan made pursuant to Section 2.23, 2.27 or 2.28.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event, change or condition that, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, singularly or in conjunction with any other
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event, change or condition, (i) a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, assets or results of operations of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) a material and adverse effect on the material rights and remedies (taken as a whole) of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Swingline Lender or any Lender under the Loan Documents, taken as a whole, including the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of the Loan Documents.
“Material Indebtedness” shall mean all Permitted Acquisition Debt, Incremental Equivalent Debt and Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and any other Indebtedness (other than the Loans and the Letters of Credit) of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, in an aggregate committed or outstanding principal amount exceeding the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (for the most recently ended four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered, calculated on a pro forma basis).
“Material IP” means the IP Rights that are material (individually or in the aggregate) to the business and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) as reasonably determined by the Borrower.
“MFN Protection” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(e)(ii)(E).
“Modified Amortization Percentage” means, at any time, with respect to Term Loan Increases that will constitute, and be added to, the Initial Term Loans, a percentage equal to the fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of the scheduled amortization payment required to be made on the next scheduled amortization repayment date pursuant to Section 2.9(a)(i) and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans that is outstanding at such time (without giving effect to the incurrence of any Term Loan Increase to be made at such time, but, for the avoidance of doubt, to include Term Loan Increases incurred prior to such time).
“▇▇▇▇▇’▇” shall mean ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc.
“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean any “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, which is contributed to by (or to which there is or may be an obligation to contribute of) Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or an ERISA Affiliate, and each such plan for the five-year period immediately following the latest date on which the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate contributed to or had an obligation to contribute to such plan.
“Negative Consent” shall mean, with respect to any provision of this agreement that requires or permits (x) the consent, judgement, approval, or agreement of, (y) the taking of any action by, or (z) that any document, fact, or event be acceptable to, the Administrative Agent (collectively, the “Agent Approvals”), that (1) the Administrative Agent shall have furnished to the Lenders a description of such intended Agent Approval in reasonable detail (including, in the case of any document with respect to which such Agent Approval is to be made, a substantially final version of such document) and (2) the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five (5) Business Days, written notice of objection to such Agent Approval from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
“Net Asset Sale Proceeds” means, with respect to any Disposition made in reliance on Section 7.6(k) or 7.6(q), an amount equal to: (i) any payments received in cash by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary from such Disposition, (including any cash received by way of earn-outs and other deferred payments pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) (net of purchase price adjustments reasonably expected to be payable in connection therewith, provided that upon final calculation of such purchase price adjustments, all netted amounts not actually paid to the purchaser of the underlying assets shall be considered Net Asset Sale Proceeds), minus (ii) any
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direct costs incurred in connection with such Disposition to the extent paid or payable to non‑Affiliates of Parent and, to the extent permitted by Section 7.7, Affiliates of Parent, including (a) taxes paid or payable by the seller as a result of any gain recognized in connection with such Disposition, including any transfer, documentary, income, gains or other taxes payable by the seller in connection therewith, (b) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) that is secured by a Lien on the Capital Stock or assets in question (so long as such Lien was permitted to encumber such properties under the Loan Documents at the time of such sale), that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Disposition and that is repaid with such proceeds (other than any such Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such properties and other than any Indebtedness, or any refinancing of such Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien that ranks pari passu with or junior to the Liens securing the Initial Term Loans), (c) a reserve for any indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of such Disposition undertaken by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Disposition; provided that upon release of any such reserve (other than a release from a reserve to make any such indemnification payments), the amount released shall be considered Net Asset Sale Proceeds and (d) brokerage fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, legal fees, costs and expenses, survey costs, title insurance premiums and other customary (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) fees actually incurred and paid by Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition, minus (iii) the pro rata portion of the proceeds of such Disposition (calculated without regard to this clause (iii)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of Parent or a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of Parent as a result thereof.
“Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds” means an amount equal to: (i) any payments or proceeds received in cash by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) under any casualty insurance policies in respect of any covered loss thereunder, or (b) as a result of the taking of any assets of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or similar action by a Governmental Authority, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a Governmental Authority with such power under threat of such a taking, minus (ii) (a) any costs incurred by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect thereof (including brokerage fees, accountants’ fees, investment booking fees, legal fees, costs and expenses, survey costs, title insurance premiums and other customary (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) fees, costs and expenses payable to non‑Affiliates of Parent and, to the extent permitted by Section 7.7, Affiliates of Parent that are incurred and paid by Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection therewith) and (b) any costs incurred in connection with any sale of such assets as referred to in clause (i)(b) of this definition, including taxes payable as a result thereof, including any transfer, documentary, income, gains or other taxes payable by the seller in connection therewith, minus (iii) the pro rata portion of such proceeds (calculated without regard to this clause (iii)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of Parent or a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of Parent as a result thereof.
“Net Mark-to-Market Exposure” of any Person shall mean, as of any date of determination with respect to any Hedging Obligation, the excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from such Hedging Obligation. “Unrealized losses” shall mean the fair market value of the cost to such Person of replacing the Hedging Transaction giving rise to such Hedging Obligation as of the date of determination (assuming such Hedging Transaction were to be terminated as of that date), and “unrealized profits” shall mean the fair market value of the gain to such Person of replacing such Hedging Transaction as of the date of determination (assuming such Hedging Transaction were to be terminated as of that date).
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“Net Proceeds” shall mean:
“Non-CAD Lender” means SouthState Bank, N.A.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” shall mean, at any time, a Revolving Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender.
“Non-Guarantor Acquisition” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Permitted Acquisition.
“Non-Guarantor Debt Amount” shall mean, at any time, an aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness that does not exceed the greater of (1) $70,000,000 and (2) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (for the most recently ended four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered, calculated on a pro forma basis); less the sum of the aggregate principal amount of:
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“Non-Guarantor Investment Amount” shall mean, at any time, an aggregate amount of Investments that does not exceed the greater of (1) $70,000,000 and (2) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (for the most recently ended four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered, calculated on a pro forma basis); less the sum of the aggregate amount of:
“Non-Public Information” shall mean any material non-public information (within the meaning of United States federal and state securities laws) with respect to Parent, its Affiliates or any of their securities or loans.
“Non-U.S. Plan” shall mean any plan, fund (including, without limitation, any superannuation fund) or other similar program established, contributed to (regardless of whether through direct contributions or through employee withholding) or maintained outside the United States by Parent or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries primarily for the benefit of employees of Parent or such Restricted Subsidiaries residing outside the United States, which plan, fund or other similar program provides, or results in, retirement income, a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement, or similar payments to be made upon termination of employment, and which plan is not subject to ERISA or the Code; provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement, Non-U.S. Plan shall not include any plan, fund (including, without limitation, any superannuation fund) or other similar program maintained by, or pursuant to any statutory requirements of, any Governmental Authority with respect to which Parent’s or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ sole obligations are to make contributions (regardless of whether through direct contributions or through employee withholding) and file related reports.
“Notices of Borrowing” shall mean, collectively, the Notices of Borrowing (as further defined in Section 2.3(a)) and the Notices of Swingline Borrowing.
“Notice of Conversion/Continuation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(b).
“Notice of Swingline Borrowing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“Obligations” shall mean (a) all amounts owing by the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent,
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any Issuing Bank, any Lender (including the Swingline Lender) or any Lead Arranger pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, all principal, interest, fees, expenses (including any interest, fees or expenses accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding), reimbursement obligations, indemnification and reimbursement payments, costs and expenses (including all fees and expenses of counsel required to be paid by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender (including the Swingline Lender) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, now existing or hereafter arising hereunder or thereunder, (b) all Hedging Obligations owed by any Loan Party to any Lender-Related Hedge Provider, and (c) all Bank Product Obligations, together with all renewals, extensions, modifications or refinancings of any of the foregoing; provided that in no event shall “Obligations” of any Guarantor include any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Guarantor.
“Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities” of any Person shall mean (i) any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person or (ii) any Synthetic Lease Obligation.
“Organization Documents” shall mean, (a) for any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation, the bylaws, any certificate of determination or instrument relating to the rights of preferred shareholders of such corporation, and any shareholder rights agreement, (b) for any partnership, the partnership agreement and, if applicable, certificate of limited partnership, (c) for any limited liability company, the operating agreement and articles or certificate of formation or (d) any other organization document setting forth the manner of election or duties of the officers, directors, managers or other similar persons, or the designation, amount or relative rights, limitations and preference of the Capital Stock of a Person.
“OSHA” shall mean the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended and in effect from time to time, and any successor statute thereto.
“Other Connection Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.25).
“Parent” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Parent Company” shall mean, with respect to a Lender, the “bank holding company” as defined in Regulation Y, if any, of such Lender, and/or any Person owning, beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares of such Lender.
“Pari Passu Lien Debt” shall mean Indebtedness secured by ▇▇▇▇▇ on the Collateral ranking pari
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passu with the Liens securing the First Lien Facilities.
“Participant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(d).
“Participant Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(d).
“Patent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.
“Patent Security Agreement” shall mean any Patent Security Agreement executed by a Loan Party owning registered Patents or applications for Patents in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, both on the Closing Date and thereafter.
“Patriot Act” shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56, as amended and in effect from time to time.
“Payment Office” shall mean the office of the Administrative Agent located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, or such other location as to which the Administrative Agent shall have given written notice to the Borrower and the other Lenders.
“Payment Recipient” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.12(a).
“PBGC” shall mean the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA, and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted Acquisition” shall mean any Acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (or, in the case of any Acquisition of the Capital Stock of a Person, Parent, so long as substantially all of such Capital Stock is contributed or otherwise transferred to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower substantially simultaneously with or promptly after the consummation of such Acquisition; provided that, for purposes of clause (iv) of this definition, such Acquisition shall be deemed to have been consummated by the Borrower) that occurs when the following conditions have been satisfied:
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“Permitted Acquisition Debt” means Indebtedness of the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred or assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition; provided that:
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“Permitted Encumbrances” shall mean:
provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing indebtedness for borrowed money.
“Permitted Investments” shall mean:
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“Permitted Short Term Debt” means Indebtedness consisting of any bridge facility that by its terms converts into Indebtedness that upon conversion would comply with the applicable maturity limitations to which the Indebtedness being incurred in reliance on a Permitted Short Term Debt exception would otherwise be subject, upon the satisfaction of customary conversion conditions.
“Permitted Tax Distributions” shall mean any distributions permitted to be made pursuant to Section 7.5(d).
“Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other entity, or any Governmental Authority.
“Plan” shall mean any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3 of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) maintained or contributed to by Parent or any ERISA Affiliate or to which Parent has or may have an obligation to contribute, and each such plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA for the five-year period immediately following the latest date on which Parent or any ERISA Affiliate maintained, contributed to or had an obligation to contribute to (or is deemed under Section 4069 of ERISA to have maintained or contributed to or to have had an obligation to contribute to, or otherwise to have liability with respect to) such plan.
“Platform” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(c).
“Post-Closing Restructuring” shall mean (i) the Canadian Amalgamation, (ii) the Kubra Newco Transactions, (iii) the Kubra Conversions and (iv) within three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees to in writing), the contribution by ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ of all of the Capital Stock of KUBRA Holdings, Inc. (after giving effect to the Kubra Conversions) and its Subsidiaries (other than King Canada) to the Borrower in exchange for certain Capital Stock in the Borrower.
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“Potential Defaulting Lender” shall mean, at any time, subject to Section 2.26(b), any Revolving Lender as to which the Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower that (i) an event of the kind referred to in the definition of “Lender Insolvency Event” has occurred and is continuing in respect of any financial institution affiliate of such Lender, (ii) such Lender has (or its Parent Company or a financial institution affiliate thereof has) notified the Administrative Agent in writing, or has stated publicly, that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under any other loan agreement, credit agreement or other financing agreement, unless such writing or public statement states that such position is based on such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding cannot be satisfied (which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, will be specifically identified in such writing or public statement), or (iii) such Lender, if a Revolving Lender, has, or whose Parent Company has, a non-investment grade rating from ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ or S&P or another nationally recognized rating agency. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Revolving Lender is a Potential Defaulting Lender will be conclusive and binding, absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Potential Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.26(b)) upon notification of such determination by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the Issuing Banks, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders.
“Prepayment Premium” means a fee in an amount equal to 1.00% of (x) the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Term Loans prepaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced or (y) in the case of an amendment, the principal amount of Initial Term Loans subject to such amendment, in each case, in connection with a Prepayment Transaction. Such fees shall be due and payable upon the date of the effectiveness of such Prepayment Transaction.
“Prepayment Transaction” means, (a) all or any portion of the Initial Term Loans is prepaid or refinanced (including any mandatory prepayment required by Section 2.12(a) with Net Proceeds described in clause (b) of the definition of “Net Proceeds”, but excluding any other mandatory prepayment required by Section 2.12), or (b) any amendment (including a Refinancing Amendment and any assignment by a Term Lender of its Initial Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.25 as a result of such Term Lender’s failure to consent to an amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any Loan Document that is approved by the Required Lenders (for the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower shall be required to pay the fee set forth in Section 2.14(f), to the extent such fee has been or would be paid, to such assignor Term Lender in connection with such amendment in respect of such Initial Term Loans assigned pursuant to Section 2.25(d) immediately prior to the Prepayment Transaction)) to the Loan Documents.
“Pricing Grid” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.
“Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest that the Administrative Agent announces from time to time as its prime lending rate. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. The Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above, or below the Prime Rate.
“Proceeding” shall mean any investigation, inquiry, litigation, review, hearing, suit, claim, audit, proceeding or action (in each case, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or informal) commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental Authority.
“Processing Accounts” means any settlement, reserve, custodial or similar accounts (including any such accounts where a Person acts as agent) holding funds of merchants or other customers in connection with which a Person acts, in whole or in part, as a processor, custodian, remitter or transmitter in the ordinary course of its business.
“Processing Liens” means Liens on cash, cash equivalents, books and records, receivables, general
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intangibles, payment intangibles, instruments, loss reserve accounts, deposit accounts, Processing Accounts and other types of collateral, in each case, to the extent (a) such Liens secure only Processing Obligations, (b) the collateral subject to such Liens is reasonably related to the applicable Processing Obligations and is not described broadly as “all assets” or “all personal property” and (c) such Liens do not attach to any property, interests or other collateral that is not reasonably related to the applicable Processing Obligations.
“Processing Obligations” means, as to any Person, liabilities and obligations of such Person that arise out of or relate to any payment processing transaction for which such Person acts, in whole or in part, as a processor, custodian, remitter, servicer or accounts payable automator or transmitter in the ordinary course of its business, including, without limitation, any liability or obligation of such Person under any Sponsorship Agreement.
“Pro Rata Share” shall mean (i) with respect to any Class of Commitment or Loan of any Lender at any time, a percentage, the numerator of which shall be such Lender’s Commitment of such Class (or, in the case of the Revolving Commitments of any Class, if such Revolving Commitments have been terminated or expired or the Revolving Loans have been declared to be due and payable, such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Revolving Credit Exposure), and, if applicable and without duplication, Term Loans of such Class of such Lender at such time and the denominator of which shall be the sum of all Commitments of such Class of all Lenders (or, in the case of the Revolving Commitments of any Class, if such Revolving Commitments have been terminated or expired or the Revolving Loans have been declared to be due and payable, all Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders) and, if applicable and without duplication, Term Loans of such Class at such time and (ii) with respect to all Classes of Commitments and Loans of any Lender at any time, the numerator of which shall be the sum of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Revolving Commitment (or, if such Revolving Commitment has been terminated or expired or the Revolving Loans have been declared to be due and payable, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure), Term Loan Commitment and Term Loans at such time and the denominator of which shall be the sum of all Lenders’ Revolving Commitments (or, if such Revolving Commitments have been terminated or expired or the Revolving Loans have been declared to be due and payable, all Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders funded under such Commitments), Term Loan Commitments and Term Loans at such time. For the avoidance of doubt, (1) with respect to (x) LC Exposure with respect to Letters of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, (y) participations pursuant to Section 2.22(a) in Letters of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars and (z) funding obligations with respect to LC Disbursements made in Canadian Dollars pursuant to Section 2.22(e), (A) the Non-CAD Lender’s Pro Rata Share shall, in each case, be deemed to be zero and (B) the Pro Rata Shares of the other Revolving Lenders (excluding the Non-CAD Lender) shall, in each case, be calculated without including the Revolving Commitment of the Non-CAD Lender in the denominator of such Pro Rata Share calculation, and (2) to the extent that the foregoing clause (1) results in the Revolving Credit Exposure of the Revolving Lenders (other than the Non-CAD Lender) reaching their respective Revolving Commitments, the Non-CAD Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such LC Exposure, participations, and funding obligations, in each case, with respect to amounts denominated in Dollars, shall be increased, such that the Non-CAD Lender’s aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure (taking into account the effects of the foregoing clause (1)) remains proportionate to its Revolving Commitment relative to the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Lender” shall mean any Lender who does not wish to receive Non-Public Information and who may be engaged in investment and other market related activities with respect to Parent, its Affiliates or any of their securities or loans.
“Qualified Capital Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
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“Ratio Incremental Amount” shall mean, at any time, the maximum aggregate principal amount of Incremental Facilities or Incremental Equivalent Debt that could be incurred at such time without, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such incurrence (assuming that the full amount of any Revolving Commitment Increase or revolving commitment in respect of Incremental Equivalent Debt, in each case, established at such time was fully drawn), causing (1) with respect to Incremental Equivalent Debt that is Pari Passu Lien Debt or any Incremental Facility, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio to exceed 2.40:1.00 as of the end of the most recently ended four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements shall have been delivered, or (2) with respect to Incremental Equivalent Debt that is Junior Lien Debt or that is unsecured, the Total Net Leverage Ratio to exceed 3.80:1.00 as of the most recently ended four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements shall have been delivered. For the avoidance of doubt, the Ratio Incremental Amount is an Incurrence-Based Basket for purposes of Section 1.8.
“Real Estate” shall mean all real property owned or leased by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Recipient” shall mean, as applicable, (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Bank.
“Refinanced Debt” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.”
“Refinancing” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Refinancing Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement executed by (a) the Borrower, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) each Additional Refinancing Lender and (d) each Lender that agrees to provide any portion of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness being incurred pursuant thereto, in accordance with Section 2.27.
“Refinancing Facilities” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.”
“Refinancing Revolving Commitments” means one or more Classes of commitments in respect of Revolving Loans hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment in respect of Refinanced Debt consisting of existing Revolving Commitments.
“Refinancing Revolving Loans” means one or more Classes of Revolving Loans that result from a Refinancing Amendment in respect of Refinanced Debt consisting of existing Revolving Commitments.
“Refinancing Term Commitments” means one or more Classes of commitments in respect of Term Loans hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment in respect of Refinanced Debt consisting of existing Term Loans.
“Refinancing Term Loans” means one or more Classes of Term Loans that result from a Refinancing Amendment in respect of Refinanced Debt consisting of existing Term Loans.
“Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(c).
“Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and any successor regulations.
“Regulation T” shall mean Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
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as the same may be in effect from time to time, and any successor regulations.
“Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and any successor regulations.
“Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and any successor regulations.
“Regulation Y” shall mean Regulation Y of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and any successor regulations.
“Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s controlled Affiliates and controlling persons and the respective officers, directors, employees, partners, agents, advisors, attorneys and representatives of such Person and such Person’s controlled Affiliates and controlling persons.
“Related Party Debt” means Indebtedness in the form of intercompany loans made by (i) Repay Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company to Repay Management Holdco Inc., a Delaware corporation and (ii) Repay Management Holdco Inc., a Delaware corporation, to Kayak CA Acquisition, Inc., an Ontario corporation (and its successor after the Canadian Amalgamation, KUBRA Data Transfer Ltd.), in each case, on the Closing Date to facilitate the Closing Date Acquisition.
“Release” shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or within any building or facility.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means (i) with respect to Loans denominated in Dollars, 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, in each case, any successor thereto and (ii) with respect to Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars, the Bank of Canada, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Bank of Canada or, in each case, any successor thereto.
“Relevant Rate” means (i) with respect to any Borrowing denominated in Dollars, Term SOFR or (ii) with respect to any Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars, Term ▇▇▇▇▇.
“Repricing Premium” means a fee in an amount equal to 1.00% of (x) the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Term Loans prepaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced or (y) in the case of an amendment, the principal amount of Initial Term Loans subject to such amendment, in each case, in connection with a Repricing Transaction. Such fees shall be due and payable upon the date of the effectiveness of such Repricing Transaction.
“Repricing Transaction” means, (a) all or any portion of the Initial Term Loans is prepaid or refinanced with the proceeds of Pari Passu Lien Debt incurred under a syndicated term loan “B” facility (including any mandatory prepayment required by Section 2.12(a) with Net Proceeds described in clause (b) of the definition of “Net Proceeds”), the primary purpose of which is to reduce the Yield on such Indebtedness to less than the Yield of the Initial Term Loans or (b) any amendment (including a Refinancing Amendment and any assignment by a Term Lender of its Initial Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.25 as a result of such Term Lender’s failure to consent to an amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any Loan Document that is approved by the Required Lenders (for the avoidance
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of doubt, the Borrower shall be required to pay the fee set forth in Section 2.14(f), to the extent such fee has been or would be paid, to such assignor Term Lender in connection with such amendment in respect of such Initial Term Loans assigned pursuant to Section 2.25(d) immediately prior to the Repricing Transaction)) to the Loan Documents, the primary purpose of which is to reduce the Yield applicable to all or a portion of the Initial Term Loans; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall any such prepayment, refinancing or amendment, in each case, in connection with a financing for a Transformative Transaction or a Change in Control constitute a Repricing Transaction.
“Required Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Lenders having Term Loans and Commitments (and, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, Revolving Credit Exposures) that, taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum of all Term Loans and Commitments (and, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, Revolving Credit Exposures) at such time; provided that (x) each Specified Lender shall be required to be included in any determination of Required Lenders for so long as it remains a Specified Lender, (y) any Negative Consent required hereby shall be deemed to have failed to be obtained if a Specified Lender, for so long as it remains a Specified Lender, provides written notice of objection to the applicable Agent Approval within the timeline set forth in the definition of Negative Consent, and (z) for the avoidance of doubt, other than as set forth in the immediately preceding clause (y), no Specified Lender may, by itself, take any action or effect any consent, waiver or modification to any Loan Document, in each case if such action or consent, waiver or modification is not otherwise permitted to be taken or effected by such Specified Lender without giving effect to clause (x) above. The Loans, Commitments and Revolving Credit Exposures of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time, including, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of the preceding proviso; provided that the amount of any participation in any Swingline Loan and unreimbursed LC Disbursements that any Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that has not been reallocated to and funded by another Revolving Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Revolving Lender that is the Swingline Lender or applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, in making the determination of the “Required Lenders.”
“Required Prepayment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(c).
“Required Revolving Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Revolving Lenders having Revolving Commitments (and, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, Revolving Credit Exposures) that, taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum of all Revolving Commitments (and, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, Revolving Credit Exposures) at such time. The Revolving Commitments and Revolving Credit Exposures of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Revolving Lenders at any time; provided that the amount of any participation in any Swingline Loan and unreimbursed LC Disbursements that any Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that has not been reallocated to and funded by another Revolving Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Revolving Lender that is the Swingline Lender or applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, in making the determination of the “Required Revolving Lenders.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time there are fewer than three (3) Revolving Lenders hereunder, “Required Revolving Lenders” shall mean all Revolving Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders).
“Requirement of Law” for any Person shall mean any law (statutory or common), ordinance, treaty, rule, regulation, order, or other legal requirement, or written determination of a Governmental Authority, in each case, applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Resolution Authority” shall mean an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
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“Responsible Officer” shall mean any of the president, the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer (and their equivalents) of Parent or the Borrower or such other representative of Parent or the Borrower as may be designated in writing by any one of the foregoing with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
“Restricted Payment” shall mean, for any Person, any dividend or distribution on any class of its Capital Stock, or any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any shares of its Capital Stock, or any options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Capital Stock whether now or hereafter outstanding; provided, however, that payments in respect, or on account, of Capped Call Transactions, Convertible Bond Hedge Transactions, Warrant Transactions or otherwise in connection with the settlement of Convertible Bond Indebtedness shall in no event be deemed a “Restricted Payment”.
“Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower and Kubra Newco shall each constitute a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent. Unless the context otherwise indicates, a Restricted Subsidiary shall refer to a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent.
“Returns” means, with respect to any Investment, any dividends, distributions, interest, fees, premium, return of capital, repayment of principal, income, profits (from an asset sale or disposition or otherwise) and other amounts received or realized in respect of such Investment, in each case on an after‑tax basis.
“Revaluation Date” shall mean (a) with respect to any Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars, each of the following: (i) the date of the Borrowing of such Loan and (ii) (A) with respect to any ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan, each date of a conversion into or continuation of such Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and (B) with respect to any Canadian Prime Rate Loan, each date that is on the numerically corresponding day in each successive calendar month after the Borrowing of such Loan (or, if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such month, then the last day of such month); (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, each of the following: (i) the date on which such Letter of Credit is issued, (ii) the first Business Day of each calendar month and (iii) the date of any amendment of such Letter of Credit that has the effect of increasing the face amount thereof; and (c) any additional date as the Administrative Agent may determine at any time when an Event of Default exists.
“Revolving Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the Commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the amount of its “Revolving Commitment” set forth with respect to such Lender on Schedule I, as such Commitment may be increased pursuant to Section 2.23, or, in the case of a Person becoming a Lender after the Closing Date, the amount of the assigned “Revolving Commitment” as provided in the Assignment and Acceptance executed by such Person as an assignee, or the joinder executed by such Person, in each case as such commitment may subsequently be increased or decreased pursuant to the terms hereof; provided that with respect to any Revolving Loan (including any Revolving Loan made pursuant to Section 2.22(d)) or Letter of Credit, in each case, denominated in Canadian Dollars, (A) the Revolving Commitment of the Non-CAD Lender shall be deemed to be zero and (B) for the avoidance of doubt, the Revolving Commitments of the other Revolving Lenders (excluding the Non-CAD Lender) to make such Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in such Letters of Credit shall collectively equal the Canadian Dollar Sublimit; provided, further, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent that the immediately preceding proviso results in the Revolving Credit Exposure of the Revolving Lenders (other than the Non-CAD Lender) reaching their respective Revolving Commitments, the Non-CAD Lender’s Pro Rata Share of obligations in respect of funding such Revolving Loans and acquiring such participations in Letters of Credit, in each case,
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denominated in Dollars, shall be increased, such that the Non-CAD Lender’s aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure (taking into account the effects of the immediately preceding proviso) remains proportionate to its Revolving Commitment relative to the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount.
“Revolving Commitment Increase” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(a).
“Revolving Commitment Termination Date” shall mean the earliest of (i) the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) the date on which the Revolving Commitments are terminated in whole pursuant to Section 2.8, (iii) the date on which all amounts outstanding under this Agreement have been declared or have automatically become due and payable (whether by acceleration or otherwise), (iv) unless Liquidity as of such date exceeds the sum of (A) the amount required to redeem the 2029 Convertible Notes in full on such date plus (B) $15,000,000, the date that is one hundred eighty-two (182) days prior to the maturity date of the 2029 Convertible Notes, as such maturity date of the 2029 Convertible Notes may be extended (pursuant to a refinancing or otherwise) from time to time and, (v) unless Liquidity as of such date exceeds the sum of (1) the amount required to redeem the 2029 Convertible Notes in full on such date plus (2) $15,000,000, the date that is ninety-one (91) days prior to the maturity date of the 2029 Convertible Notes, as such maturity date of the 2029 Convertible Notes may be extended (pursuant to a refinancing or otherwise) from time to time and (vi) the Term Facility Maturity Date with respect to the Initial Term Loans.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Revolving Loans, LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure.
“Revolving Facility” shall mean the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans made hereunder.
“Revolving Lead Arrangers” shall mean Truist Securities, Inc., BMO Bank N.A., Citizens Bank, N.A., PNC Capital Markets LLC and SouthState Bank, N.A., in their respective capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners of the Revolving Facility.
“Revolving Lender” shall mean each Lender with a Revolving Commitment (or, if all Revolving Commitments have been terminated, each Lender with Revolving Credit Exposure), in such capacity.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9.
“Sanctioned Country” shall mean, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions as of the relevant time.
“Sanctioned Person” shall mean, at any time, (a) any Person or Governmental Authority listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or the United Kingdom, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).
“Sanctions” shall mean 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 the Office of
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Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury 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.
“Secured Parties” shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks, the Lender-Related Hedge Providers and the Bank Product Providers.
“SOFR” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” shall mean the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing that bears interest at a rate based on Term SOFR, other than pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of “Base Rate”.
“SOFR Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Term SOFR, other than pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of “Base Rate”.
“Solvent” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a particular date, that on such date (a) the sum of the debt (including contingent liabilities) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, does not exceed the present fair saleable value (on a going concern basis) of the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) the capital of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is not unreasonably small in relation to the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, contemplated as of such date; and (c) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, do not intend to incur, or believe that they will incur, debts including current obligations beyond their ability to pay such debt as they mature in the ordinary course of business. For the purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 450).
“S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services.
“Specified Equity Contribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.
“Specified Event of Default” shall mean an Event of Default under Section 8.1(a), 8.1(b), 8.1(h) or 8.1(i).
“Specified Lenders” shall mean each of Silver Point Finance, LLC (or a designated Affiliate or Approved Fund thereof that is then a Lender) and WhiteHorse Capital Origination, LLC (or a designated Affiliate or Approved Fund thereof that is then a Lender), in each case, for so long as such Lender, together with its respective designated Affiliates and Approved Funds, holds Term Loans that, taken together, represent more than 25% of the sum of all Term Loans and Commitments (and, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, Revolving Credit Exposures) at such time.
“Specified Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in Section 4.1(i) (with respect to valid existence), Section 4.2, Section 4.3(c) (with respect to Organization Documents as in effect upon, or immediately after, consummation of the Closing Date Acquisition), Section 4.7, the second sentence of Section 4.9, Section 4.15, Section 4.17, Section 4.19
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(solely with respect to use of proceeds of the Loans not resulting in non-compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws or with applicable Sanctions) and Section 4.20.
“Sponsorship Agreement” means (a) any sponsorship, custodial, depository, processing or similar agreement with a bank or financial institution which enables a Person to process or otherwise facilitate a credit card transaction, debit card transaction or other funds transfer through one or more payment networks on behalf of its merchants or other customers or (b) any agreement with any independent sales organization or other third party payment processor which enables a Person to offer payment processing services to merchants or other customers.
“Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other entity (i) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (ii) that is, as of such date, otherwise controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to “Subsidiary” hereunder shall mean a Subsidiary of Parent.
“Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swingline Commitment” shall mean the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $15,000,000.
“Swingline Exposure” shall mean, with respect to each Revolving Lender, the principal amount of the Swingline Loans in which such Revolving Lender is legally obligated either to make a Base Rate Loan or to purchase a participation in accordance with Section 2.4, which shall equal such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all outstanding Swingline Loans.
“Swingline Lender” shall mean Truist Bank and its successors in such capacity.
“Swingline Loan” shall mean a loan made to the Borrower by the Swingline Lender under the Swingline Commitment.
“Synthetic Lease” shall mean a lease transaction under which the parties intend that (i) the lease will be treated as an “operating lease” by the lessee pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Sections 840-10 and 840-20, as amended, and (ii) the lessee will be entitled to various tax and other benefits ordinarily available to owners (as opposed to lessees) of like property.
“Synthetic Lease Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the sum of (i) all remaining rental obligations of such Person as lessee under Synthetic Leases which are attributable to principal and, without duplication, (ii) all rental and purchase price payment obligations of such Person under such Synthetic Leases assuming such Person exercises the option to purchase the lease property at the end of the lease term.
“Target Escrow Arrangements” means, with respect to any requirement that any Loan Document, certificate or other document or instrument be executed and delivered by any Target Loan Party, that such
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execution and delivery shall be accomplished under escrow arrangements pursuant to which the applicable Target Loan Party’s signature pages are provided to the Administrative Agent before the time the Closing Date Acquisition is consummated (the “Acquisition Effective Time”), and such signature pages (and the Loan Documents and related deliverables to which such Target Loan Party is to become a party) shall be automatically released from escrow to the Administrative Agent concurrently with the Acquisition Effective Time. The counterpart signature page of any Target Loan Party may be executed by individuals that will be officers, directors, managers, members and/or partners of such Target Loan Party (or of one or more controlling parent or general partner entities of such Target Loan Parties) upon consummation of the Closing Date Acquisition, whether or not such Persons are officers, directors, managers, members and/or partners of such Target Loan Party (or any such controlling parent or general partner entities) prior to the consummation of the Closing Date Acquisition, so long as such Persons are authorized in such capacity at the time such signature pages are released from escrow pursuant to this definition.
“Target Loan Party” means King US and each of its subsidiaries that becomes a Guarantor upon consummation of the Closing Date Acquisition in accordance with the Target Escrow Arrangements.
“Target Specified Representations” shall mean the Specified Representations with respect to each Target Loan Party.
“Tax Receivable Agreement” shall mean that certain Tax Receivable Agreement dated as of July 11, 2019, among the Borrower, Parent and the other parties from time to time party thereto, as in effect on the Closing Date and as amended from time to time.
“Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including an interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of SOFR Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term Lenders of the applicable Class pursuant to Section 2.2(a).
“Term ▇▇▇▇▇” means, for any calculation with respect to any Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars, the Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Determination Day”) that is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 1:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on any Periodic Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Determination Day the Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term ▇▇▇▇▇ will be the Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Administrator on the first preceding Business Day for which such Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Administrator so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than five (5) Business Days prior to such Periodic Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Determination Day; provided, further, that if Term ▇▇▇▇▇ shall ever be less than the Floor (including pursuant to the proviso above), then Term ▇▇▇▇▇ shall be deemed to be the Floor.
“Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Administrator” means Candeal Benchmark Administration Services Inc., TSX Inc., or any successor administrator.
“Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on ▇▇▇▇▇.
“Term Facilities” shall mean (a) the Initial Term Loans and (b) any additional Class of Term Loan
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Commitments and/or Term Loans, as applicable, at such time.
“Term Facility Maturity Date” shall mean (ⅰ) with respect to the Initial Term Loans, the earliest of (a) the seventhsixth (76th) anniversary of the Closing Date, (b) the date on which all amounts outstanding under this Agreement have been declared or have automatically become due and payable (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and (c) unless Liquidity as of such date exceeds the sum of (1) the amount required to redeem the 2029 Convertible Notes in full on such date plus (2) $15,000,00035,000,000, the date that is ninety-one (91) days prior to the maturity date of the 2029 Convertible Notes, as such maturity date of the 2029 Convertible Notes may be extended (pursuant to a refinancing or otherwise) from time to time, and each date after such ninety-first (91st) date; (ⅱ) with respect to any Class of Extended Term Loans, the final maturity date as specified in the applicable Extension Amendment, (ⅲ) with respect to any Refinancing Term Loans, the final maturity date as specified in the applicable Refinancing Amendment and (v) with respect to any Incremental Term Loans, the final maturity date as specified in the applicable Incremental Amendment.
“Term Lead Arranger” shall mean Truist Securities, Inc., in its capacities as the sole lead arranger and bookrunner of the Initial Term Loans.
“Term Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or a Term Loan at such time.
“Term Loan” means any Initial Term Loan, Incremental Term Loan, Refinancing Term Loan or Extended Term Loan, as the context may require.
“Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make any Term Loan hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.8(a) and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to (i) assignments by or to such Term Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) an Incremental Amendment, (iii) a Refinancing Amendment or (iv) an Extension Amendment. The aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $500,000,000. The amount of each Lender’s Term Loan Commitment, if any, is set forth on Schedule I under the heading “Term Loan Commitment” or in the applicable Assignment and Acceptance, Incremental Amendment, Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed, increased or decreased its Term Loan Commitment, as the case may be.
“Term Loan Increase” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.23(a).
“Term SOFR” shall mean:
(a) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable 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; provided, that if as of 5:00 p.m. on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect 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, and
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(b) for any calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided that if as of 5:00 p.m. on any Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect 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 Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day;
provided, further, that if Term SOFR as provided above (including pursuant to the proviso under clause (a) or clause (b) above) shall ever be less than the Floor, then Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.
“Term SOFR Administrator” shall mean the CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” shall mean the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Total Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date, the ratio of (a)(i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date minus (ii) unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA (for the most recently ended four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered, calculated on a pro forma basis).
“Trademark” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.
“Trademark Security Agreement” shall mean any Trademark Security Agreement executed by a Loan Party owning registered Trademarks or applications for Trademarks in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, both on the Closing Date and thereafter.
“Trading with the Enemy Act” shall mean the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States of America (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 1 et seq.), as amended and in effect from time to time.
“Transactions” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Transformative Transaction” means any Acquisition or similar Investment that (a) is not permitted by the terms of any of the Loan Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition or Investment or (b) if permitted by the terms of the Loan Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition or Investment, would not provide the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under the Loan Documents for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such consummation, as reasonably determined by the Borrower.
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“UK Financial Institution” shall mean any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person 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” shall mean 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 Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Undisclosed Administration” shall mean in relation to a Lender or its Parent Company the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the law in the country where such person is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such appointment is not to be publicly disclosed.
“Unfunded Pension Liability” of any Plan subject to Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Non-U.S. Plan required to be funded shall mean the amount, if any, by which the value of the accumulated plan benefits under the Plan or Non-U.S. Plan, determined on a funding basis, exceeds the fair market value of all Plan or Non-U.S. Plan assets allocable to such liabilities under Title IV of ERISA or the applicable provision of non-U.S. law (excluding any accrued but unpaid contributions).
“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as amended and in effect from time to time in the State of New York.
“United States” or “U.S.” shall mean the United States of America.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16 subsequent to the Closing Date.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” shall mean any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) 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. Person” shall mean any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.20(f)(ii).
“Warrant Transactions” means one or more call options referencing Parent’s Capital Stock written by Parent substantially contemporaneously with the purchase by Parent of Convertible Bond Hedge Transactions and having an initial strike or exercise price (howsoever defined) greater than the strike or exercise price (howsoever defined) of such Convertible Bond Hedge Transactions.
“Waivable Mandatory Prepayment” shall mean a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.12(a) (other than any mandatory prepayment with Net Proceeds described in clause (b) of the definition of “Net Proceeds”) and Section 2.12(b).
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“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one‑twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Withholding Agent” shall mean the Borrower, any other Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and any other applicable withholding agent, as applicable.
“Working Capital” shall mean, with respect to Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, Current Assets at such date of determination minus Current Liabilities at such date of determination; provided, that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to any changes in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (a) any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (b) the effects of purchase accounting.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” shall mean, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
“Yield” means, as to any Indebtedness, the then “effective yield” on such Indebtedness consistent with generally accepted financial practice, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate floors (provided that if such Indebtedness contains an interest rate floor higher than that applicable to the existing Term Loans, the differential between interest rate floors shall be equated to the applicable interest rate margin for purposes of determining whether an increase to the interest rate margin under the existing Term Loans shall be required, but only to the extent that an increase in the interest rate floor in the existing Term Loans would cause an increase in the interest rate then in effect thereunder, and in such case, the interest rate floor (but not the interest rate margin) applicable to the existing Term Loans shall be increased to the extent of such differential between interest rate floors), all upfront or similar fees and original issue discount (with original issue discount being equated to interest based on an assumed four year life to maturity), but excluding arrangement, structuring, underwriting, ticking, or other fees, in each case, not paid generally to all lenders of such Indebtedness. For purposes of calculating the Yield, if such debt is fixed-rate debt, it shall be deemed to be swapped to floating-rate debt on a customary matched maturity basis as is reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.
. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g. “Revolving Loan” or “Term Loan”) or by Type (e.g. “SOFR Loan,” “Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan,” “Canadian Prime Rate
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Loan” or “Base Rate Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g. “Revolving SOFR Loan,” “Revolving Term ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan” or “Term SOFR Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g. “Revolving Loan Borrowing” or “Term Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g. “SOFR Borrowing” or “▇▇▇▇▇ Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g. “Revolving SOFR Borrowing” or “Revolving ▇▇▇▇▇ Borrowing”).
. Unless otherwise defined or specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time, applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statement of Parent delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) (or, if no such financial statements have been delivered, on a basis consistent with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower last delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Commitment Letter); provided that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower wishes to amend the Financial Covenant to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP on the operation of such covenant (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders wish to amend the Financial Covenant for such purpose), then the Borrower’s compliance with such covenant shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required Lenders. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification Section 825-10 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, any lease that would be treated as an operating lease for purposes of GAAP as of December 15, 2018, shall not be treated as Indebtedness or as a Capital Lease Obligation and shall be treated as an operating lease for purpose of this Agreement, notwithstanding any actual or proposed change in the application of GAAP after December 15, 2018.
. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The word “or” is not intended to be exclusive unless expressly indicated otherwise. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the word “to” means “to but excluding”. Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as it was originally executed or as it may from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (iii) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import shall be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision hereof, and (iv) all references to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement. Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction, repayment or payment in full of the Obligations shall mean (a) the repayment in full in immediately available funds of the Obligations (other than (A) Letters of Credit that have been cancelled, Cash Collateralized or otherwise backstopped on terms reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank (including by “grandfathering”
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on terms reasonably acceptable to such Issuing Bank of the applicable Letters of Credit into a future credit facility), (B) contingent reimbursement obligations (other than those described in clause (C) below) that have been Cash Collateralized or otherwise backstopped on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (C) contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations not yet due and payable and for which no claim has been made and (D) except to the extent the Administrative Agent has been notified in writing such obligations are then due and payable, Hedging Obligations and Bank Product Obligations) and (b) all Commitments have expired or been terminated. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to New York City time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
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. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its equity interests at such time.
. The interest rate on a Loan denominated in Dollars or Canadian Dollars may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Section 2.16(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission, performance or any other matter related to any interest rate used in this Agreement, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the existing interest rate being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as did any existing interest rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any interest rate used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates referenced 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.
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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue, convert or rollover all or a portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, Extension Offer, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Lender, and such Extension Agreement, loan modification or similar transaction, renewal or refinancing shall be deemed to comply with any requirement hereunder or any other Loan Document that such payment be made “in Dollars”, “in Canadian Dollars”, “in immediately available funds”, “in cash” or any other similar requirement.
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. Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, (i) the Term Lenders hereby establish in favor of the Borrower a term loan facility pursuant to which each Term Lender severally agrees (to the extent of such Term Lender’s Term Loan Commitment) to make Term Loans to the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.2; (ⅱ) the Revolving Lenders hereby establish in favor of the Borrower a revolving credit facility pursuant to which each Revolving Lender severally agrees (to the extent of such Revolving ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Revolving Commitment) to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.2; (ⅲ) the Issuing Banks may issue Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 2.22; (ⅳ) the Swingline Lender may make Swingline Loans in accordance with Section 2.4; and (ⅴ) each Revolving ▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to purchase a participation interest in the Letters of Credit and the Swingline Loans pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof; provided that in no event shall the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and outstanding LC Exposure exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount in effect from time to time.
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whole or in part, without premium or penalty (other than as required by Section 2.14(f)), by giving written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent no later than (i) in the case of any prepayment of any SOFR Borrowing, 12:00 p.m. not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment, (ii) in the case of any prepayment of any Base Rate Borrowing, 12:00 p.m. not less than one (1) Business Day prior to the date of such prepayment, (iii) the case of any prepayment of any ▇▇▇▇▇ Borrowing, 12:00 p.m. not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment, (iv) in the case of any prepayment of any Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing, 12:00 p.m. not less than one (1) Business Day prior to the date of such prepayment and (v) in the case of any prepayment of any Swingline Borrowing, prior to 1:00 p.m. on the date of such prepayment or, in each case such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Each such notice shall be irrevocable (but may be conditioned upon the consummation of another transaction) and shall specify the proposed date of such prepayment and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid. Upon receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender of the contents thereof and of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Pro Rata Share of any such prepayment. If such notice is given, the aggregate amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date designated in such notice, together with accrued interest to such date on the amount so prepaid in accordance with Section 2.13(d); provided that if a SOFR Borrowing or ▇▇▇▇▇ Borrowing is prepaid on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay all amounts required pursuant to Section 2.19. Each partial prepayment of any Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type pursuant to Section 2.3 or, in the case of a Swingline Loan, pursuant to Section 2.4 (or, in each case, such lesser amount to the extent outstanding). Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and, in the case of Term Loans, shall be applied to the remaining installments thereof as directed by the Borrower or, in the absence of such direction, in direct order of maturity.
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then the Administrative Agent shall give written notice thereof (or telephonic notice, promptly confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and to the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter.
Upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, any obligation of the Lenders to make SOFR Loans or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loans, as applicable, and any right of the Borrower to continue SOFR Loans or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to SOFR Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans to ▇▇▇▇▇ Loans, as applicable, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loans or affected Interest Periods) until the Administrative Agent revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of (A) SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein or (B) the ▇▇▇▇▇ Loans (to the extent of the affected ▇▇▇▇▇ Loans or affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to Canadian Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and (ii) any (A) outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period and (ii) outstanding affected ▇▇▇▇▇ Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Canadian Prime Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.19. Subject to paragraphs (b) through (f) below, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that “Term SOFR” or “Term ▇▇▇▇▇” cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof on any given day, the interest rate on Base Rate Loans and Canadian Prime Rate Loans, as applicable, shall be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause (iii) of the definition of “Base Rate” or clause (a) to the proviso in the definition of “Canadian Prime Rate”, as applicable, until the Administrative Agent revokes such determination.
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. If any Change in Law shall make it unlawful or impossible for any Lender to perform any of its obligations hereunder, to make, maintain or fund any SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan or to or to determine or charge interest rates based upon any Relevant Rate and such Lender shall so notify the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower and the other Lenders, whereupon until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, (i) the obligation of such Lender to make Loans based on such applicable Relevant Rate, or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or into Loans based on such Relevant Rate, shall be suspended and (ii) the Base Rate and/or the Canadian Prime Rate, as applicable, shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference the components thereof based upon such applicable Relevant Rate. In the case of the making of a SOFR Borrowing or ▇▇▇▇▇ Borrowing, such Lender’s Loan shall be made as a Base Rate Loan or Canadian Prime Rate Loan, as applicable, as part of the same Borrowing and, if the affected SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan is then outstanding, such Loan shall be converted to a Base Rate Loan or Canadian Prime Rate Loan, as applicable, either (i) on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Loan to such date or (ii) immediately if such Lender shall determine that it may not lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan to such date (and in each instance the Base Rate the and Canadian Prime Rate, as applicable, shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, bet determined by the Administrative Agent without reference the components thereof based upon such applicable Relevant Rate). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the affected Lender shall, prior to giving such notice to the Administrative Agent, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Applicable Lending Office if such designation would avoid the need for giving such notice and if such designation would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in the good faith exercise of its discretion. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.19.
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and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining a SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan or to increase the cost to such Lender or such Issuing Bank of participating in or issuing any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount received or receivable by such Lender or such Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then, from time to time, such Lender or such Issuing Bank may provide the Borrower (with a copy thereof to the Administrative Agent) with written notice and demand with respect to such increased costs or reduced amounts, and within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice and demand the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank for any such increased costs incurred or reduction suffered.
. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of a SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion or continuation of a SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure by the Borrower to borrow, prepay, convert or continue any SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan on the date specified in any applicable notice (unless such notice is revocable and is revoked in accordance with its terms) or (d) any assignment to a Replacement Lender required to be made pursuant to Section 2.25, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender, within thirty (30) days after written demand from such Lender (which demand must be given by such Lender promptly following the event giving rise to such compensation), for any loss, cost or expense attributable to such
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event (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any lost profits). In the case of a SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan, such loss, cost or expense shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (A) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan if such event had not occurred at Term SOFR or Term ▇▇▇▇▇ applicable to such SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan) over (B) the amount of interest that would accrue on the principal amount of such SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan for the same period if Term SOFR or Term ▇▇▇▇▇ were set on the date such SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan was prepaid or converted or the date on which the Borrower failed to borrow, convert or continue such SOFR Loan or ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan. A certificate as to any additional amount payable under this Section submitted to the Borrower by any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
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Neither the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Revolving Lender nor any Related Party of any of the foregoing shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to above), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the applicable Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the applicable Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any actual direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect (including claims for lost profits or other consequential damages), or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the applicable Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise due care when determining whether drafts or other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the applicable Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised due care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
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Upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Facility, the Loans, Commitments and Pro Rata Share of each Lender will be adjusted, as applicable, to give effect to such Incremental Facility, and Schedule I shall automatically be deemed amended accordingly.
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. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.18, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.20, then 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 to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the sole judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable under Section 2.18 or Section 2.20, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with such designation or assignment.
. If (a) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.18, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.20, (b) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or (c) in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent contemplated by Section 10.2(b) that requires the consent of each Lender or each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, more than 50% (in dollar amount) of such Lenders, as applicable, shall have consented to such amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent, but one or more of such Lenders shall not have consented thereto (each a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 10.4(b), including, to the extent required therein, the consent of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.18 or 2.20, as applicable) and obligations
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under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender) (a “Replacement Lender”); provided that (i) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of all Loans owed to it, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (in the case of such outstanding principal and accrued interest) and from the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (ii) in the case of a claim for compensation under Section 2.18 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.20, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments, and (iii) in the case of a Non‑Consenting Lender, each Replacement Lender shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each matter in respect of which such terminated Lender was a Non‑Consenting Lender. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
provided that, subject to Section 10.18, neither any such reallocation nor any payment by a Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant thereto nor any such Cash Collateralization or reduction will constitute a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender or cause such Defaulting Lender to be a Non-Defaulting Lender.
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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein but subject to the terms of any applicable subordination or intercreditor agreement, the Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, make one or more offers (each, an “Extension Offer”) to all the Lenders of any Class to make one or more amendments or modifications to (A) allow the maturity and scheduled amortization of the Loans and/or Commitments of such Class of the accepting Lenders to be extended and/or (B) increase the Applicable Margin, Applicable Percentage or other fees payable with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments of such Class of the accepting Lenders (each, an “Extension Amendment”) pursuant to procedures reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Such notice shall set forth (x) the terms and conditions of the requested Extension Amendment and (y) the date on which such Extension Amendment is requested to become effective. An Extension Amendment shall become effective only with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments of the applicable Class of the Lenders that accept the applicable Extension Offer (such Lenders, the “Extending Lenders”) and, in the case of any Extending Lender, only with respect to such Lender’s Loans and/or Commitments of such Class as to which such Lender’s acceptance has been made (such Term Loans, “Extended Term Loans”, such Revolving Loans, “Extended Revolving Loans”, and such Revolving Commitments, “Extended Revolving Commitments”). The Borrower, each other Loan Party and each Extending Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a modification agreement (an “Extension Agreement”) and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the acceptance of such Extension Amendment and the terms and conditions thereof. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Extension Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Extension Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Extension Amendment evidenced thereby and only with respect to the Loans and Commitments of the applicable Class of the Extending Lenders as to which such Lenders’ acceptance has been made.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
. The obligations of the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender) to make Loans and the obligation of the Issuing Banks to issue any Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.2):
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Without limiting the generality of the provisions of this Section, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved of, accepted or been satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to, approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and certificates by the Target Loan Parties is not a condition precedent under this Section 3.1, it being agreed that each Loan Document (and related authorizing resolutions) and certificate to be executed and/or delivered on the Closing Date by or on behalf of a Target Loan Party, will be executed and delivered in accordance with the Target Escrow Arrangements.
. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan (but not the conversion or continuation of any such Loan, and other than any Incremental Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans or Extended Term Loans, which shall be governed by Sections 2.23, 2.27 and 2.28, respectively) on the occasion of any Borrowing and of the Issuing Banks to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit is subject to Section 2.26(c) and the satisfaction of the following conditions:
Each Borrowing referred to in the previous sentence (other than the making of the Initial Term Loans on the Closing Date), and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section.
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to in this Article, unless otherwise specified, shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent on behalf of each of the Lenders and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Loan Party represents and warrants, both before and after giving effect to the Transactions to occur on the Closing Date, to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and Issuing Bank as follows:
. Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted, and (iii) is duly qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except failures to be so qualified as would not reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party are within such Loan Party’s organizational powers and have been authorized by all necessary organizational and, if required, shareholder, partner or member action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, valid and binding obligations of such Loan Party (as the case may be), enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.
. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any action by, any Governmental Authority, except those as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except for filings necessary to perfect or maintain perfection of the Liens created under the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate any Requirement of Law applicable to Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any judgment, order or ruling of any Governmental Authority except, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), as would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (c) will not violate any Organization Document of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (d) will not violate or result in a default under any material Contractual Obligation of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries except as would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and (e) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except Liens created under the Loan Documents or otherwise permitted hereunder.
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. Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with (a) all Requirements of Law and all judgments, decrees and orders of any Governmental Authority and (b) all indentures, agreements or other instruments binding upon it or its properties, except in the case of each of clause (a) and (b) where non-compliance, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
. Neither Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is an “investment company” or is “controlled” by an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and in effect from time to time.
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. Except as could not otherwise reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries and each other Person for whose taxes Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries could become liable have timely filed or caused to be filed all Federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns that are required to be filed by them, and have paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns or on any assessments made against it or its property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority, in each case except where the same are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP.
. The proceeds of the Loans will be used in accordance with Section 5.9. None of the proceeds of any of the Loans or Letters of Credit will be used, directly or indirectly, for “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of such terms under Regulation U or for any purpose that violates the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X. Neither Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying “margin stock”.
. Except as would not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan and Non-U.S. Plan is in substantial compliance in form and operation with its terms and with ERISA and the Code (including, without limitation, the Code provisions compliance with which is necessary for any intended favorable tax treatment) and all other applicable laws and regulations. Each Plan (and each related trust, if any) which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that it meets the requirements of Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code covering all applicable tax law changes, or is comprised of a master or prototype plan that has received a favorable opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service, and, to the knowledge of Parent, nothing has occurred since the date of such determination that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect such determination (or, in the case of a Plan with no determination letter, to the knowledge of Parent, nothing has occurred that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the issuance of a favorable determination letter or otherwise adversely affect such qualification). No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that would reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There exists no Unfunded Pension Liability with respect to any Plan or Non-U.S. Plan that would reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has, within any of the five calendar years immediately preceding the date this assurance is given or deemed given, made or accrued an obligation to make, contributions to any Multiemployer Plan. There are no actions, suits or claims pending against or involving a Plan or Non-U.S. Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) or, to the knowledge of Parent, any of Parent, its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, threatened, which would reasonably be expected to be asserted successfully against any Plan or Non-U.S. Plan and, if so asserted successfully, would reasonably be expected either singly or in the aggregate to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each of its Restricted Subsidiaries and each ERISA Affiliate have made all contributions to or under each Plan, Non-U.S. Plan and Multiemployer Plan required by law within the applicable time limits prescribed thereby, by the terms of such Plan or Multiemployer Plan, respectively, or by any contract or agreement requiring contributions to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan. No Plan which is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA has applied for or received an extension of any amortization period within the meaning of Section
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412 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA. Except as would reasonably not be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate have ceased operations at a facility so as to become subject to the provisions of Section 4062(e) of ERISA, withdrawn as a substantial employer so as to become subject to the provisions of Section 4063 of ERISA or ceased making contributions to any Plan subject to Section 4064(a) of ERISA to which it made contributions. As of the Closing Date, neither Parent nor any Restricted Subsidiaries sponsor, maintain or contribute to any Non-U.S. Plan.
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. There are no strikes, lockouts or other material labor disputes or grievances against Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or, to each Loan Party’s knowledge, threatened in writing against or affecting Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and no significant unfair labor practice charges or grievances are pending against Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or, to each Loan Party’s knowledge, threatened in writing against any of them before any Governmental Authority, in each case, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All payments due from Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary, except for failures to do so as would not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
. Schedule 4.14 sets forth the name of, the ownership interest of the applicable Loan Party in, the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of, and the type of each Subsidiary of Parent and the other Loan Parties and identifies each Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, in each case, as of the Closing Date.
. As of the Closing Date and after giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date and the incurrence of the Indebtedness and obligations being incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions on the Closing Date, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are Solvent.
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. This Agreement, and all amendments, modifications, extensions, renewals, refinancings and refundings hereof, constitute the “Senior Credit Agreement” or any similar term within the meaning of any indentures, agreements, notes, guaranties, instruments and other documents governing or evidencing any Junior Financing to the extent provided therein; and the Loans and all other Obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and all other Loan Documents, and all amendments, modifications, extensions, renewals, refinancings or refundings of any of the foregoing, constitute “Senior Indebtedness” or “Senior Debt” or any similar term of the Borrower within the meaning of any indentures, agreements, notes, guaranties, instruments and other documents governing or evidencing any Junior Financing to the extent provided therein, and the holders thereof from time to time shall be entitled to all of the rights of a holder of “Senior Indebtedness”, “Senior Debt” or any similar term to the extent provided in any such documents.
. The Loan Parties have implemented and maintain in effect policies and procedures (written or otherwise) designed to promote compliance by Parent and its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions. Each Loan Party, and, to each Loan Party’s knowledge, its directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws in all material respects and with applicable Sanctions. None of (a) Parent, any Subsidiary or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of each Loan Party, any agent of Parent or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facilities established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.
. Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “enemy” or an “ally of the enemy” within
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the meaning of Section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy Act or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto. Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of (a) the Trading with the Enemy Act, (b) any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto or (c) the Patriot Act. None of the Loan Parties (i) is a blocked person described in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (ii) to each Loan Party’s knowledge, engages in any dealings or transactions, or is otherwise associated, with any such blocked person.
. Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary is an Affected Financial Institution.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Loan Party covenants and agrees until the payment in full of the Obligations:
. The Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in Section 5.1(a)(i) and 5.1(b)(i) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of Parent and its Subsidiaries by furnishing Parent’s Form 10-K or 10-Q or other report, proxy statement or materials, as applicable, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission; provided that, to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under Section 5.1(a)(i), such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP or other independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing (which report shall not contain any “going concern”, scope of audit or other qualification other than a qualification resulting from any breach or anticipated breach of any financial covenant; the impending maturity of any Indebtedness; the activities, operations, financial results, assets or liabilities of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; changes in accounting principles or practices reflecting changes in GAAP and required or approved by the Borrower’s independent certified public accounting firm; or any emphasis of matter or like explanatory statement) to the effect that such financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and the results of operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, nothing in this Agreement will require the Borrower or any Subsidiary to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure is prohibited by Law or binding written
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agreement with any non-affiliate third party that was not entered into in contemplation of this clause or (iii) that is subject to attorney-client or other privilege or constitutes attorney work product; provided that in the event that the Borrower does not provide information that otherwise would be required to be provided hereunder in reliance on the exclusions in this paragraph relating to violation of any obligation of confidentiality, the Borrower shall provide written notice to the Administrative Agent promptly upon obtaining knowledge that such information is being withheld (but solely if providing such notice would not violate such obligation of confidentiality).
. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender prompt written notice, after a Responsible Officer obtains knowledge thereof, of the following:
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(x) promptly and in any event no later than thirty (30) calendar days after (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may permit), notice of any change (i) in any Loan Party’s legal name, entity type or corporate structure, (ii) in any Loan Party’s chief executive office, its principal place of business, or any office in which it maintains books or records, (iii) in any Loan Party’s federal taxpayer identification number or organizational number or (iv) in any Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization; and
(y) within 30 days after receipt thereof, a copy of any material environmental report or material site assessment obtained by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date with respect to any owned Real Estate.
Each notice or other document delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a written statement of a Responsible Officer describing the event or development requiring such notice or other document in reasonable detail and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect, other than to facilitate the Post-Closing Restructuring, its (i) legal existence and (ii) respective rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names the absence of which would reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that nothing in this Section shall prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 7.3 or any disposition permitted under Section 7.6.
. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and requirements of any Governmental Authority applicable to its business and properties, including, without limitation, all Environmental Laws, ERISA and OSHA, except where the failure to do so, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Parent will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures (written or otherwise) designed to promote compliance by Parent, its Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge all Taxes that could result in a statutory Lien before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a)(i) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (ii) the Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or (b) the failures to make payment would not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities to the extent necessary to prepare the consolidated financial statements
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of Parent in conformity with GAAP.
. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit any representative of the Administrative Agent to visit and inspect its properties, to examine its books and records and to make copies and take extracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with any of its appropriate officers and with its independent certified public accountants, all at such reasonable times and after reasonable prior written notice to the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 5.7 is subject to the last paragraph of Section 5.1.
. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear, casualty and condemnation excepted and except for property that, in each Loan Party’s reasonable business judgment, is no longer necessary for, used in, or useful for the conduct of such Loan Party’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s business, (b) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies which are not Affiliates of Parent insurance with respect to its properties and business, and the properties and business of its Restricted Subsidiaries, against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by companies in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations, and will, upon reasonable written request of the Administrative Agent, furnish to the Administrative Agent not more than once in any 12-month period an insurance certificate setting forth the nature and extent of all insurance maintained by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with this Section, and (c) subject to any post-closing time period provided therefor under Section 5.17, at all times shall name the Administrative Agent as additional insured on all general liability policies of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries and as loss payee (pursuant to a loss payee endorsement reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent) on all casualty and property insurance policies of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans to finance working capital needs, Permitted Acquisitions and capital expenditures and for other general corporate purposes of Parent and its Subsidiaries. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans made on the Closing Date and the Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount to finance the Transactions, including payment of consideration in connection with the Closing Date Acquisition, the Refinancing, and the payment of fees, costs and expenses related to the foregoing. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that would violate any rule or regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X. All Letters of Credit will be used for general corporate purposes, including backstopping or replacing letters of credit under the Existing Credit Agreement and existing letters of credit for the benefit of the Acquired Business. The Borrower will, at its option, use the proceeds of any Revolving Loans to repay, prepay, redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire for value, whether at maturity or prior thereto, the 2029 Convertible Notes only to the extent the Borrower can do so without, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Revolving Loans and the application of proceeds thereof, causing (1) the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio to exceed 2.40:1.00 as of the end of the most recently ended four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements shall have been delivered or (2) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures of all Revolving Lenders to exceed 50.0% the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount.
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. Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall ensure that all Non-U.S. Plans administered by any of them or into which any of them make payments obtains or retains (as applicable) registered status under and as required by applicable law and is administered in a timely manner in all respects in compliance with all applicable laws, except where the failure to do any of the foregoing would not be reasonably likely, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.12, but subject to the consent of the Required Lenders, where specified in clause (a) above, the Administrative Agent may grant one or more extensions of time from any time period set forth herein for the taking of or causing any action, delivering or furnishing any notice, information, documents, insurance or opinions or for the creation and perfection of any Liens in its reasonable discretion and any such extensions may, in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent be effective retroactively.
The Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause the issuance of (a) a public corporate credit rating of Parent from S&P, (b) a public corporate family rating of Parent from ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ and (c) a public rating of each Term Facility from each of S&P and ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ and (ii) cause such ratings to be maintained; provided that in no event shall the Borrower be required to obtain or maintain any specific rating level
Following delivery (or, if later, required delivery) of the applicable financial statements required by Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b), at the written request of the Required Lenders, Parent and the Borrower will promptly participate in a conference call with the Lenders to review the financial information and results of operations presented therein at a time reasonably selected by the Borrower.
. Each Loan Party will execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings and other documents, if any, related regulatory compliance), which may be required under
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any applicable law, or which the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to grant, preserve, protect or perfect the Liens created by the Collateral Documents or the validity or priority of any such Lien, all at the expense of the Loan Parties.
. On the Closing Date, upon release of the signature pages of the Target Loan Parties to this Agreement in accordance with the Target Escrow Arrangements, the Target Specified Representations shall be made and each shall be shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent qualified by materiality, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects after giving effect to such materiality qualifier), in each case, on and as of the Closing Date; provided that to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be accurate in all material respects (or in all respects, as applicable) as of such earlier date.
. The Borrower may at any time after the Closing Date designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, (i) immediately before and after such designation, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) after giving effect to such designation, on a pro forma basis, Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with the Financial Covenant, measuring clause (a) of the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the date of such designation and otherwise re-computing such covenant as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or 5.1(b) (or, if the Borrower at its sole discretion shall have provided the Administrative Agent with monthly financial statements for Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Compliant Financials in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, re-computing such covenants as of the last day of the most recently ended twelve month period) as if such designation was in effect on the first day of the relevant period for testing compliance, (iii) an Unrestricted Subsidiary that has subsequently been designated as a Restricted Subsidiary cannot be redesignated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (iv) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it is a “Restricted Subsidiary” for the purposes of any Permitted Acquisition Debt, Incremental Equivalent Debt or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, and (v) no Unrestricted Subsidiary may own any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or hold any Lien on any property of, or Guarantee any Indebtedness of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value as determined in good faith by the Borrower of the Borrower’s or any applicable Subsidiary’s Investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i) the incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and (ii) a Return on any Investment by the Borrower in Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding sentence in an amount equal to the fair market value as determined in good faith by the Borrower at the date of such designation of such Return. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower will not designate any Restricted Subsidiary that owns Material IP as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
. As promptly as practicable, and in any event within the time periods after the Closing Date specified in Schedule 5.17 or such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees to in writing (provided any such extension of more than fifteen (15) days shall require the consent of the Required Lenders), the Loan Parties shall deliver the documents or take the actions specified on Schedule 5.17, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Within three (3) Business Days after the
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Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees to in writing; provided any such extension of more than fifteen (15) days shall require the consent of the Required Lenders), Kubra Newco shall contribute all of the Capital Stock of KUBRA Holdings, Inc. (after giving effect to the Kubra Conversions) and its Subsidiaries (other than King Canada) to the Borrower in exchange for certain Capital Stock in the Borrower. On or before the date which is forty (40) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees to in writing; provided any such extension of more than fifteen (15) days shall require the consent of the Required Lenders), the Borrower shall cause each Loan Party and each Restricted Subsidiary to become a party to the Intercompany Note and shall cause an original copy thereof to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, (a) knowingly be or become subject at any time to any law, regulation or list of any Governmental Authority of the United States (including, without limitation, any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury) that prohibits or limits the Lenders or the Administrative Agent from making any advance or extension of credit to the Borrower or from otherwise conducting business with the Loan Parties, or (b) fail to provide reasonable documentary and other evidence of the identity of the Loan Parties as may be requested by the Lenders or the Administrative Agent at any time to enable the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to reasonably verify the identity of the Loan Parties or to comply with any applicable law or regulation, including, without limitation, Section 326 of the Patriot Act at 31 U.S.C. Section 5318.
FINANCIAL COVENANT
Each Loan Party covenants and agrees until the payment in full of the Obligations:
. Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, will maintain, as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter, commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2026, a Total Net Leverage Ratio of not greater than 6.10:1.00 for each such Fiscal Quarter.
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article VI, for purposes of determining compliance with Section 6.1 as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, any cash equity contribution in the Borrower (which is funded with proceeds of Qualified Capital Stock issued by the Borrower) received after the last day of such Fiscal Quarter and on or prior to the day that is fifteen (15) Business Days after the day on which financial statements are required to be delivered with respect to such Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or 5.1(b), as applicable (the “Cure Period”), will, upon notice by the Borrower (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent no later than the day on which such financial statements are required to be delivered) (the “Cure Notice”), be included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for purposes of determining compliance with Section 6.1 for the applicable Fiscal Quarter and applicable subsequent periods that include such Fiscal Quarter (any such equity contribution so included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, a “Specified Equity Contribution”); provided that (a) no Lender shall be required to make any extension of credit from and after the delivery by the Borrower of a Cure Notice until the end of the corresponding Cure Period unless the Borrower has received the proceeds of such Specified Equity Contribution, (b) in each four Fiscal Quarter period, there shall be a period of two
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(2) Fiscal Quarters in which no Specified Equity Contribution is made and only five (5) Specified Equity Contributions may be made during the term of this Agreement, (c) the amount of any Specified Equity Contribution shall not exceed the amount required to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with Section 6.1, (d) all Specified Equity Contributions will be disregarded for purposes of determining the availability of any baskets or thresholds in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (e) there shall be no pro forma reduction in Indebtedness (through either netting of cash or prepayment of indebtedness) with the proceeds of any Specified Equity Contribution for determining compliance with Section 6.1. Upon the delivery by the Borrower of the Cure Notice, until the end of the Cure Period, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall exercise the right to accelerate the Obligations under the First Lien Facilities or terminate the Commitments and none of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank shall exercise any right to foreclose on or take possession of the Collateral or exercise any other remedy prior to the expiration of the Cure Period solely on the basis of an Event of Default having occurred and being continuing with respect to the breach of Section 6.1.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Loan Party (other than, except as expressly provided below, Parent and Kubra Newco) covenants and agrees until the payment in full of the Obligations:
. The Loan Parties (other than, subject to Section 7.14, Parent and Kubra Newco) will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, issue any Disqualified Capital Stock or create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
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The accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, as the case may be, of the same class, accretion or amortization of original issue discount and increases in the amount of Indebtedness solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies, will, in each case, not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 7.1.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, all Indebtedness of any Loan Party owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, whether incurred in reliance on Section 7.1(d) or otherwise, must be unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations pursuant to the Intercompany Note.
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. The Loan Parties (other than, subject to Section 7.14, Parent and Kubra Newco) will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any of its assets or property now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Kubra Newco shall be permitted at any time to merge into or consolidate into any Loan Party, or liquidate or dissolve, so long as any Capital Stock of the Borrower owned or controlled by Kubra Newco is transferred to Parent and any other material assets of Kubra Newco are transferred to one or more Loan Parties, in each case, through one or more transactions.
. The Loan Parties (other than, subject to Section 7.14, Parent and Kubra Newco) will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Capital Stock, evidence of Indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant, or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment in, any other Person (all of the foregoing being collectively called “Investments”), or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person or a division or business unit of any other Person, except:
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If any Person in which an Investment is made pursuant to Section 7.4(d) that is not a Loan Party at the time of such Investment thereafter becomes a Loan Party or is merged or consolidated into or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, a Loan Party, then from and after such merger, consolidation, transfer, conveyance or liquidation such Investment shall thereafter not be accounted for under the proviso of Section 7.4(d).
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary in the Loan Documents, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make Investments in, or transfer assets or property to, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (whether by means of an Investment, Disposition, transfer, exclusive license, dividend, Restricted Payment or otherwise) in an aggregate amount over the life of this Agreement exceeding the sum of (1) the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (for the most recently ended four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered, calculated on a pro forma basis) and (2) the aggregate amount of Returns actually received in cash by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date in respect of Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
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. The Loan Parties (other than, subject to Section 7.14, Parent and Kubra Newco) will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
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. The Loan Parties (other than, subject to Section 7.14, Parent and Kubra Newco) will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets, business or property, including shares of a Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock (any such conveyance, sale, lease, assignment, transfer or other disposition, a “Disposition”), in each case whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to any Person, except:
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To the extent the Required Lenders (or all Lenders, if required under Section 10.2) waive the provisions of this Section 7.6 with respect to the conveyance, sale, lease, assignment or other disposition of any Collateral, or any Collateral is sold as permitted by this Section 7.6 (other than to a Loan Party), such Collateral shall automatically be deemed sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Collateral Documents, and the Administrative Agent is authorized to take and shall take any actions reasonably requested by the Borrower in order to effect and/or evidence the foregoing, so long as the Borrower or applicable Loan Party shall have provided the Administrative Agent a certificate confirming compliance with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary in the Loan Documents, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, permit any transfer of Material IP owned by a Loan Party to Parent, Kubra Newco or a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (including any Unrestricted Subsidiary).
. The Loan Parties (other than, subject to Section 7.14, Parent and Kubra Newco) will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates involving payment or consideration in excess of $10,000,000 with respect to any such transaction or series of related transactions, except:
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. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur or permit any Lien upon any of its assets or properties to secure the Obligations, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or (b) the ability of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to its Capital Stock, to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or to transfer any of its property or assets to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by law, by any Loan Document or by any agreement related to any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, Incremental Equivalent Debt or Permitted Acquisition Debt, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the
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Subsidiary that is sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iii) clause (a) shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions and conditions apply only to the property or assets permitted to secure such Indebtedness, (iv) clause (a) shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof so long as such restriction was not entered into in contemplation of this exception, (v) the foregoing shall not apply to any agreement or instrument governing Indebtedness acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or the properties or assets of the Person acquired pursuant to the respective Permitted Acquisition or Investment and so long as the respective encumbrances or restrictions were not created (or made more restrictive) in connection with or in anticipation of the respective Permitted Acquisition or Investment, (vi) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions applicable to any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any joint venture (or, in each case, the Capital Stock thereof), in the case of any joint venture, to the extent such restrictions were not entered into in contemplation of this exception, (vii) the foregoing shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions on assignment on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (viii) the foregoing shall not apply to contractual obligations which (x) exist on the Closing Date and (to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Section 7.8) are listed on Schedule 7.8 hereto and (y) to the extent contractual obligations permitted by clause (x) are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness, or any agreement evidencing any permitted modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing of such Indebtedness so long as such modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing is not (taken as a whole) materially less favorable to the Lenders, and (ix) the foregoing shall not apply to (i) an agreement related to Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.1(w) or Section 7.1(x) hereof, or (ii) an agreement effecting a refinancing, replacement or substitution, extension, renewal or restructuring of Indebtedness issued, assumed or incurred pursuant to an agreement or instrument referred to in clause (i) through (viii) above, provided, that the provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in any such agreement or refinancing, replacement or substitution agreement (taken as a whole) are no less favorable to the Borrower or the Lenders in any material respect than the provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in the agreements or instruments referred to in such clauses (i) through (viii).
. The Loan Parties (other than, subject to Section 7.14, Parent and Kubra Newco) will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred (each, a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”), except (i) to the extent such transactions are solely between Loan Parties (other than Parent and Kubra Newco), (ii) as permitted by Section 7.6(q) or (iii) as set forth on Schedule 7.9 hereto.
. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, request any Loan or Letter of Credit or, directly or, to any Loan Party’s knowledge, indirectly, use the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person (a) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions, except to the extent permissible for a Person required to comply with Sanctions, (b) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Loans or Letters of Credit, whether as an arranger, documentation agent, the Administrative Agent, any Lender (including a Swingline Lender), an Issuing Bank, underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise), or (c) in furtherance of
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an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment or giving of money or anything else of value to any Person in violation of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.
. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights under its Organization Documents in any manner that could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Borrower).
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. Without the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, change the fiscal year of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, except to change the fiscal year of a Restricted Subsidiary to conform its fiscal year to that of Parent.
. Each of Parent and Kubra Newco will not incur any material liabilities or obligations, own or acquire any material assets, permit any material Lien to exist on its assets or engage itself in any operations or business, other than (a) activities and contractual rights incidental to maintenance of its corporate or organizational existence in compliance with applicable law, including the ability to incur and pay fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance, (b) the issuance of its Capital Stock to its shareholders, (c) the making of Restricted Payments and, to the extent not prohibited under Section 7.12(b), the payment, prepayment, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition for value of Indebtedness (or interest or other amounts owing in respect thereof), (d)(i) the ownership of the Capital Stock of the Borrower (and, in the case of Parent, of Kubra Newco), the making of contributions to the capital of the Borrower (and, in the case of Parent, of Kubra Newco), and incidental business or operations related thereto or to any Person that has merged, amalgamated or consolidated with the Borrower (and, in the case of Parent, of Kubra Newco), (ii) the formation and ownership of any wholly‑owned Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary to effect a Permitted Acquisition, the making of contributions to the capital of such Subsidiary in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and incidental business or operations related thereto or to any Person that has merged, amalgamated or consolidated with such Subsidiary, (iii) the ownership of an immaterial amount of the Capital Stock (retained for tax structuring or other similar purposes) of a Person acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition and (iv) the Kubra Newco Transactions, (e) the filing of registration statements, and compliance with applicable reporting and other obligations, under federal, state or other securities laws, (f) the performance of obligations under and compliance with its Organization Documents, or any applicable law, ordinance, regulation, rule, order, judgment, decree or permit, including as a result of or in connection with the activities of its Subsidiaries, (g) the entry into, and performance of its obligations with respect to, indemnification arrangements with officers, directors, employees, managers, partners, consultants or independent contractors of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or in any other contractual agreement incidental to the ownership of the Borrower or its business or operations, including equity incentive plans and the Tax Receivable Agreement, (h) the incurrence and payment of its operating and business expenses incidental to a holding company and any Taxes for which it may be liable (including reimbursement to Affiliates for such expenses paid on its behalf), (i) the execution and delivery of, and the incurrence of any Indebtedness or guarantee obligations under, and the granting of any Liens, as applicable,
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under any Loan Documents and any documents governing or evidencing any Incremental Equivalent Debt, any Convertible Bond Indebtedness (in the case of Parent), or any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations thereunder and other related agreements contemplated hereby or thereby (subject, in the case of any payment, prepayment, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition for value of any such Indebtedness (or interest or other amounts owing in respect thereof), to any applicable restrictions in Section 7.12(b)), (j) Indebtedness in respect of netting services or overdraft protections in connection with deposit accounts and other cash management obligations, in each case solely to the extent incurred in the ordinary course of business, (k) Liens permitted hereunder (as if any reference to any Loan Party were a reference to Parent or Kubra Newco, as applicable) that are not consensual, (l) in the case of Parent, the execution and delivery of, and performance of, any Capped Call Transactions, Convertible Bond Hedge Transactions and Warrant Transactions entered into as a part of, or in connection with, an issuance of such Convertible Bond Indebtedness and other related agreements contemplated thereby, (m) any transaction between or among Loan Parties expressly permitted under this Article VII, including (i) holding any cash, Permitted Investments or property received in connection with any payment permitted to made by the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.12 pending application thereof by Parent or Kubra Newco in the manner contemplated by Section 7.12, (ii) the provision of Guarantees in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sublicensees or distribution partners, provided for the avoidance of doubt, that such Guarantees shall not be in respect of Indebtedness for borrowed money and (iii) the receipt of the cash proceeds of any distribution by the Borrower to facilitate the consummation of the Closing Date Acquisition in accordance with Section 7.5, (n) the execution and delivery of, and performance of obligations under, the Acquisition Agreement or any other merger or other acquisition agreement in respect of any Permitted Acquisition and other related agreements contemplated thereby, and (o) legal, Tax, accounting and administrative matters in connection with any of the foregoing.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) described in subsection (h) or (i) of this Section) and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and upon the written request of the Required Lenders shall, by written notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, whereupon the Commitment of each Lender shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the principal of and any accrued interest on the Loans, and all other Obligations owing hereunder, to be, whereupon the same shall become, due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, (iii) exercise all remedies contained in any other Loan Document, and (iv) exercise any other remedies available at law or in equity; provided that, if an Event of Default specified in either subsection (h) or (i) shall occur, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon, and all fees and all other Obligations shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Loan Party.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, so long as the Commitments shall not have been terminated and/or the Loans accelerated pursuant to this Section 8.1, (x) no Default or Event of Default occurring as a result of any failure by any Loan Party to deliver any notice (including any notice required pursuant to Section 5.2), to provide any financial information (including any such information required pursuant to Section 5.1) or to make any disclosure required under any Loan Document shall be deemed to be “continuing” or “existing” if such failure has been remedied or cured or has ceased to exist and (y) any Default or Event of Default occurring as a result of the making or deemed making of any representation or warranty by any Loan Party as to the absence of a Default or Event of Default during the continuance or existence of any underlying Default or Event of Default specified in clause (x) above shall be deemed to be no longer “continuing” or “existing” automatically upon and simultaneously with the remedy or cure of such underlying Default or Event of Default pursuant to clause (x) above; provided that this paragraph shall not apply in the case of any Default or Event of Default occurring as a result of any Loan Party (i) knowingly
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failing to give timely notice to the Administrative Agent of any Default or Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.2(a) or (ii) making any representation or warranty that such Loan Party knows is materially incorrect at the time such representation or warranty is made or deemed made.
. All proceeds from each sale of, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral by any Secured Party after an Event of Default arises and, after the Loans have become immediately due and payable, any amounts received on account of the Obligations, shall be applied as follows:
All amounts allocated pursuant to the foregoing clauses third through fifth to the Lenders as a result of amounts owed to the Lenders under the Loan Documents shall be allocated among, and distributed to, the Lenders pro rata based on their respective Pro Rata Shares; provided that all amounts allocated to that portion of the LC Exposure comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit pursuant to clauses fifth and sixth shall be distributed to the Administrative Agent, rather than to the Lenders, and held by the Administrative Agent in an account in the name of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the applicable Issuing Banks and the Revolving Lenders as cash collateral for the LC Exposure, such account to be administered in accordance with Section 2.22(g) and/or Section 2.26, as applicable. All cash collateral for LC Exposure shall be applied to satisfy drawings under the Letters of Credit as they occur; if any amount remains on deposit as cash collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied as set forth above.
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excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the Bank Product Provider or the Lender-Related Hedge Provider, as the case may be. Each Bank Product Provider or Lender-Related Hedge Provider that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Article IX hereof for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.
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. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except those discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders, the Required Revolving Lenders, or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.2, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it, its sub-agents or its attorneys-in-fact with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders, the Required Revolving Lenders, or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.2, or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (which notice shall include an express reference to such event being a “Default” or “Event of Default” hereunder) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or any Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements, or other terms and conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article III or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the Borrower) concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.
. Each of the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Issuing Bank or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each of the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Issuing Bank or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking any action under or based on this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties. Each Lender represents and warrants that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility and (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course and is entering into this Agreement as a Lender for the purpose of making, acquiring or
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holding commercial loans and providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument, and each Lender agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing. Each Lender represents and warrants that it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities.
. If the Administrative Agent shall request instructions (or Negative Consent) from the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders with respect to any action or actions (including the failure to act) in connection with this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such act unless and until it shall have received instructions (or Negative Consent) from such Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Administrative Agent as a result of the Administrative Agent acting or refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the instructions (or Negative Consent) of the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders where required by the terms of this Agreement.
. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts.
. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and any other Loan Document in its capacity as a Lender and as an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, and may exercise or refrain from exercising the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent; and the terms “Lenders”, “Required Lenders”, “Required Revolving Lenders” or any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity. The bank acting as the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
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consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or Issuing Bank or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or Issuing Bank in any such proceeding.
. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute on behalf of all Lenders all Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the Collateral Documents and any subordination and intercreditor agreements contemplated by this Agreement) other than this Agreement.
. The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion:
Upon request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Loan Party from its obligations under the applicable Loan Documents pursuant to this Section. In each case as specified in this Section, the Administrative Agent is authorized, at the Borrower’s expense, to execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the Liens granted under the applicable Collateral Documents, or to release such Loan Party from its obligations under the applicable Loan Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section.
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Each party’s obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 9.12 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender or Issuing Bank, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.
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. Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby agree that (i) no Lender shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Collateral Documents, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the Collateral Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing), shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale or other disposition.
. No Bank Product Provider or Lender-Related Hedge Provider that obtains the benefits of Section 8.2, the Collateral Documents or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any other Loan Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Bank Product Obligations and Hedging Obligations unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Bank Product Provider or Lender-Related Hedge Provider, as the case may be.
(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
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(b) In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (A) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (D) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
MISCELLANEOUS
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With a copy to: c/o Hawk Parent Holdings LLC
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Any party hereto may change (or provide) its address or e-mail address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and other communications shall be effective upon actual receipt by the relevant Person or, if delivered by overnight courier service, upon the first Business Day after the date deposited with such courier service for overnight (next-day) delivery or, if sent by telecopy, upon transmittal in legible form by facsimile machine or, if mailed, upon the third Business Day after the date deposited into the mail or, if delivered by hand, upon delivery; provided that notices delivered to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender shall not be effective until actually received by such Person at its address specified in this Section.
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Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 and 10.3 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection, except as set forth in subsection (g) of
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this Section, shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver with respect to the following to the extent affecting such Participant: (i) increase the Commitment of such Lender; (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reimbursement obligation with respect to a LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder; (iii) postpone the date fixed for any payment of any principal of, or interest on, any Loan or LC Disbursement or any fees hereunder or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date for the termination or reduction of any Commitment; (iv) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors (or all or substantially all of the aggregate value of the Guarantees provided thereby), or limit the liability of such Guarantors, under any guaranty agreement guaranteeing any of the Obligations; or (v) release all or substantially all Collateral (if any) securing any of the Obligations, in each case subject to the exceptions, limitations and qualifications applicable to Lenders in the corresponding provisions in Section 10.2(b). Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.18, 2.19, and 2.20 (subject to the requirements and limitations of such Sections (it being understood that the documents required to be delivered under Section 2.20(f) shall be delivered solely to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to
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subsection (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant shall be subject to Section 2.24 as though it were a Lender. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.7 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.21 as though it were a Lender.
Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register in the United States on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Commitments, Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or other obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
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. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY AND WHETHER AT LAW OR IN EQUITY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, each Lender and Issuing Bank shall have the right, at any time or from time to time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Specified Event of Default, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply against all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final but excluding all trust, payroll, tax withholding, employee benefit and other accounts relating to insurance premiums and payments of claims which are required by applicable law or contract to be segregated from the Loan Parties’ other funds) of the Borrower at any time held or other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Issuing Bank to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all Obligations held by such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, irrespective of whether such Lender or Issuing Bank shall have made demand hereunder and although such Obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower after any such set-off and any application made by such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. Each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees to apply all amounts collected from any such set-off to the Obligations before applying such amounts to any other Indebtedness or other obligations owed by the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries to such Lender or Issuing Bank.
. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Commitment Letter, the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements relating to any fees payable to the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto and thereto and their affiliates regarding the subject matters hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, regarding such subject matters. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement or any other Loan Document by facsimile transmission or by electronic mail or .pdf format shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
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. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties herein, in the other Loan Documents and in the certificates and notices delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.18, 2.19, 2.20, and 10.3, and Article IX shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
. Any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability without affecting the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof or thereof; and the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of any information relating to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses (in the case of any such information provided after the Closing Date, to the extent designated in writing as confidential and provided to it by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) that is not available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except that such information may be disclosed (i) to any Related Party (excluding Excluded Affiliates) of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender including, without limitation, accountants, legal counsel and other advisors, in each case, to the extent they are informed of the confidential nature of the information provided to them and instructed to keep such information confidential, (ii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any court, subpoena or similar legal process (in which case the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders agree, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to provide prompt written notice thereof, such notice to be provided in advance to the extent commercially reasonable and permitted by applicable law), (iii) to the extent requested by any governmental, administrative or regulatory agency or authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) in which case the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders agree, other than in connection with customary regulatory disclosures or in connection with regulatory (including self-regulatory) audits or examinations conducted by accountants or any governmental or regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority, to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulation, to provide prompt written notice thereof, such notice to be provided in advance to the extent commercially reasonable and permitted by applicable law or regulation, (iv) to the extent that such information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of any Loan Document (including this Section), or becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Parent or any of its Subsidiaries who did not, to the knowledge of the Administrative Agent, such
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Issuing Bank, or such Lender, as the case may be, acquire such information as a result of a breach of any Loan Document (including this Section), (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Documents, for purposes of establishing a “due diligence” defense, or in connection with any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) subject to execution by such Person of an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (A) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, or (B) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap or derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (vii) to any rating agency, including in connection with any financing that any Lender or its Affiliates may obtain, (viii) to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar organization, (ix) to any financing source, investor or prospective investor in connection with any financing that any Lender or its Affiliates may obtain who is informed of the confidential nature of this information and agrees to keep the information confidential on terms substantially the same as those contained in this Section, (x) to the extent that such information is independently developed by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender, as the case may be, or (xi) with the written consent of the Borrower. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of any information as provided for in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such information as such Person would accord its own confidential information. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Section and those of any other Contractual Obligation or Loan Document entered into with any Loan Party, the terms of this Section shall govern. In consultation with the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and, the Lead Arrangers and the Documentation Agents may, at their own expense, place customary tombstone announcements and advertisements or otherwise publicize their engagement hereunder (which may include the reproduction of any Loan Party’s name and logo and other publicly available information) in financial and other newspapers and journals and marketing materials describing their services hereunder. Further, the Administrative Agent and, the Lead Arrangers and the Documentation Agents may provide to market data collectors, such as league table, or other service providers to the lending industry, information regarding the closing date, size, type, purpose of, and parties to, the credit facilities established hereunder.
For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein prohibits any individual from communicating or disclosing information regarding suspected violations of laws, rules, or regulations to a governmental, regulatory, or self-regulatory authority without any notification to any Person.
. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which may be treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively, the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate of interest (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by a Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Rate to the date of repayment (to the extent permitted by applicable law), shall have been received by such Lender.
. Each Loan Party represents and warrants that it is not required to affix its corporate seal to this
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Agreement or any other Loan Document pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any of its Organization Documents, agrees that this Agreement is delivered by such Loan Party under seal and waives any shortening of the statute of limitations that may result from not affixing the corporate seal to this Agreement or such other Loan Documents.
. The Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender hereby notifies the Loan Parties that (a) pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender, Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the Patriot Act and (b) pursuant to the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it is required to obtain a Beneficial Ownership Certification.
. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower and each other Loan Party acknowledges and agrees and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding that (i) (A) the services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and/or the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, each other Loan Party and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) the Borrower and the other Loan Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower and each other Loan Party is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person, and (B) none of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender has any obligation to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their Affiliates with respect to the transaction contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders has no obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
. Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges and agrees that it has delivered, with the intent to be bound, its executed counterparts of this Agreement to the Administrative Agent, c/o ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇. Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that it has delivered, with the intent to be bound, its executed counterparts of this Agreement and each other Loan Document, together with all other documents, instruments, opinions, certificates and other items required under Section 3.1, to the Administrative Agent, c/o ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇. All parties agree that the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement has occurred in New York.
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. Nothing herein constitutes an offer or recommendation to enter into any “swap” or trading strategy involving a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act. Any such offer or recommendation, if any, will only occur after the Administrative Agent has received appropriate documentation from the applicable Loan Party regarding whether such Loan Party is qualified to enter into a swap under applicable law.
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Hedging Obligations or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest,
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obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §252.82(b), (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b) or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §382.2(b).
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
. The words “execution,” “execute,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to this Agreement or any other document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, or in or related to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it.
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